2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 24. - DRAINAGE AND LEVEES
Article 1. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
24-126 Unlawful to construct fills and levees without prior approval of chief engineer, penalty; plans for levee, contents; approval of levee plans, considerations; fees; injunctions; rules and regulations.

24-126. Unlawful to construct fills and levees without prior approval of chief engineer, penalty; plans for levee, contents; approval of levee plans, considerations; fees; injunctions; rules and regulations. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, drainage or levee district, county, city or township, without first obtaining the approval of plans for the same by the chief engineer of the division of water resources, to construct, cause to be constructed, maintain or cause to be maintained, any levee or other such improvement on, along or near any stream of this state which is subject to floods, freshets or overflows, so as to control, regulate or otherwise change the flood waters of such stream. Any person, corporation, county, city, township or district violating any provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any structure is maintained or caused to be maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e), plans submitted for approval shall include maps, profiles, cross sections, data and information as to the effect upon upstream and downstream areas resulting from the proposed levee or other such improvement, the required fee as provided in subsection (c) and such other data and information as the chief engineer of the division of water resources may require.

(c) (1) Fill and levee approval fees shall be as follows:

Type

Pre- Construction

Construction In Progress

Major

(Fill in defined floodway class C levee)

$500

$1000

Moderate

(Fill in flood plain without defined floodway class B levee)

$300

$600

Minor

(Fill in floodway fringe class A levee)

$100

$200