Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 68-584 (2026)

Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when

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68-584. Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when. If the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the city determines that any of the costs incurred or to be incurred by the county or city, as the case may be, in carrying out the provisions of K.S.A. 68-581, 68-582 and 68-583, and amendments thereto, in relation to any street, road or highway should be paid by moneys derived from the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county or city, the board or governing body, may issue such bonds for such purpose or purposes. No bonds shall be issued under this section until the question of the issuance of the bonds is submitted to a vote of the electors of the county or city at a regular or special election called for that purpose and a majority of those voting on the question shall have voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds. The question submitted may include projects involving one or more streets, roads and highways. Such election shall be held and the bonds issued, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law, except that no referendum shall be required to issue such bonds in an amount equal to not more than ½% of the assessed tangible valuation of such county or city unless a petition is filed in accordance with this section. Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors equal to not less than 2% of the qualified electors of the county or city proposing to issue such bonds and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such county or city within 60 days after publication of a notice of intent to issue such bonds. Such notice shall state the amount and purpose of the issuance of the bonds and shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the city or county. The total amount of such bonds outstanding issued without referendum approval shall not exceed an amount equal to more than 2% of the assessed tangible valuation of the county or city. Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to or be included in computing limitations upon bonded indebtedness of counties and cities prescribed under the provisions of article 3 of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 395, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 247, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 352, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 70; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1989–2008 · leading case: Blevins v. Hiebert, 795 P.2d 325 (Kan. 1990).

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Blevins v. Hiebert, 795 P.2d 325 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 6× “If the amount of funds needed exceeds 1/2% of the assessed tangible property valuation of the county or city, K.S.A. 68-584 provides: "No bonds shall be issued under this section until the question of the issuance of the bonds is submitted to a vote of the electors of the county…”

Blevins v. Bd. of Douglas Cnty. Comm'rs, 834 P.2d 1344 (Kan. 1992). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 68-584 provides in part: “No bonds shall be issued under this section until the question of the issuance of the bonds is submitted to a vote of the electors of the county or city at a regular or special election called for that purpose and a majority of those voting on…”

Genesis Health Club, Inc. v. City of Wichita, 181 P.3d 549 (Kan. 2008). “Because this court had previously validated the-county’s earlier bonds, despite the county’s failure to follow statutory procedures for their issuance, it held that the county was not now “required to hold an election pursuant to K.S.A. 68-584 and furthermore had no statutory…”

Blevins v. Hiebert, 770 P.2d 486 (Kan. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 3× “, the act dealing with arterial highways, specifically provides for what the county has done by resolution, but that the statutory authority under K.S.A. 68-584 requires that the question of the issuance of bonds be submitted to a vote of the county electors.”

Blevins v. Hiebert, 783 P.2d 1260 (Kan. 1989). · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 68-584 specifically authorizes a county to issue general obligation bonds to finance construction of a proposed highway; however, if the issue exceeds V2% of the assessed tangible valuation of the county the issue must first be submitted to a vote for approval of a…”

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