Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 19-3801 (2026)

Incorporation or enlargement; petition; limitation

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19-3801. Incorporation or enlargement; petition; limitation. For the purpose of encouraging development in this state and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners of any county shall have the power, upon a proper petition being presented for that purpose, to incorporate, organize and enlarge industrial districts within such county in the manner provided by this act. The board of county commissioners shall not incorporate and organize or enlarge an industrial district when such industrial district is located entirely or in part within three miles of the nearest point on the city limits of any incorporated city located in the same county, unless the governing body of such city shall recommend by resolution that such petition be granted.

History: L. 1957, ch. 196, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 127, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 20; May 15.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1980–2009 · leading case: Gen. Bldg. Contractors, L.L.C. v. Bd. of Shawnee Cnty. Commissioners, 66 P.3d 873 (Kan. 2003).
Gen. Bldg. Contractors, L.L.C. v. Bd. of Shawnee Cnty. Commissioners, 66 P.3d 873 (Kan. 2003). · cites it 6× “19-101, K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and K.S.A. 19-4101 et seq.”
Bd. of Pub. Utils. v. City of Kansas City, 605 P.2d 151 (Kan. 1980). “, and industrial districts, K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., are granted similar powers not conferred on the BPU.”
Rural Water Dist. No. 4 v. City of Eudora, Kan., 604 F. Supp. 2d 1298 (D. Kan. 2009). “, and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be included within the boundaries of any rural water district created pursuant to K.”
Bd. of Pub. Utils. v. City of Kansas City, 496 F. Supp. 389 (D. Kan. 1980). “12-3406[h]); and issue revenue bonds and refunding revenue bonds (K.S.A. 12-3415-12-3420).”
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