2006 Kansas Code - 80-1530

      80-1530.   Same; township board as governing body; powers; issuance of bonds and no-fund warrants. When any special fire protection district of such township has been organized under the provisions of this act, the township board thereof shall govern the conduct and operation of such auxiliary fire department, including selection and appointment of personnel, purchase of special equipment to fight fires in such industrial areas of the township and generally assume responsibility therefor. Such township board shall keep records and accounts applicable to such special districts which will be segregated from the operation and expenses of other fire departments maintained by all taxpayers in such township, including all industrial properties, and only charges and expenses pertaining to auxiliary fire protection shall be charged to such special fire protection district of such township. In addition to the powers provided for in this section, the township board shall have any powers granted to a fire district under K.S.A. 80-1514a. The township board shall also have the authority to issue general obligation bonds and no-fund warrants under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1514b.

      History:   L. 1959, ch. 412, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 11; July 1.