2012 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 ROADS AND BRIDGES
Article 20 TOLL ROADS OR TURNPIKES
Section 68-2032 Kansas turnpike authority; additional powers.

68-2032. Kansas turnpike authority; additional powers. In addition to the powers heretofore given to the authority, the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to:

(a) Determine the location, subject to the approval of the secretary of transportation, of each turnpike project financed under the provisions of this act, determine its design and the materials of construction, and construct, maintain, repair and operate the same;

(b) issue turnpike revenue bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes, payable solely from the tolls and revenues and any payments to the authority from the state highway fund provided to be made pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 68-2033, which are pledged for their payment, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this act;

(c) fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project;

(d) establish rules and regulations for the use of any turnpike project;

(e) acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act;

(f) designate the locations, and establish, limit and control such points of ingress to and egress from each turnpike project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the authority to insure the proper operation and maintenance of such project, and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated;

(g) make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act;

(h) employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and such other employees and agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;

(i) receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any turnpike project, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions may be made; and

(j) do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.