Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 68-515b (2026)

Adoption of county road unit system; procedure

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68-515b. Adoption of county road unit system; procedure. Boards of county commissioners may adopt the provisions of the county road unit system by resolution at a regular meeting of said board, and in the event of the filing with the county clerk of a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors in the county, the board of county commissioners shall adopt the provisions of the county road unit system by resolution at the next regular meeting of said board: Provided, That in either event said resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for at least three (3) consecutive weeks: Provided further, That such adoption shall take effect ninety (90) days after date of the first publication of the resolution providing for such adoption unless within such time there is filed with the county clerk a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors in the county protesting such adoption, in which event the board of county commissioners is hereby required to submit the question of a county road unit system to the electors of the respective counties.

History: L. 1961, ch. 299, § 15; June 30.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Patterson v. Cowley Cnty., 388 P.3d 923 (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).
Patterson v. Cowley Cnty., 388 P.3d 923 (Kan. Ct. App. 2017). “” Under K.S.A. 68-515b, a county may adopt a county-road unit system.”
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