12-531.   Hearing by county commissioners five years after annexation orlitigation to considercompliance with service extension plan.(a) Five years following the annexation of any land pursuant to K.S.A.12-520 or 12-521, and amendments thereto, or, where there has beenlitigation relating to the annexation, five years following the conclusionof such litigation, the board of county commissioners shall call a hearingto consider whether the city has provided the municipal services asprovided in the timetable set forth in the plan in accordance with K.S.A.12-520b or 12-521, and amendments thereto. The board of countycommissioners shall schedule the matter for public hearing and shall givenotice of the date, hour and place of the hearing to: (1) The city; and (2)any landowner in the area subject to the service extension plan.

      (b)   At the hearing, the board shall hear testimony as to the city'sextension of municipal services, or lack thereof, from the city and thelandowner. After the hearing, the board shall make a finding as to whetheror not the city has provided services in accordance with its serviceextension plan. If the board finds that the city has not provided servicesas provided in its service extension plan, the board shall notify the cityand the landowner that such property may be deannexed, as provided inK.S.A. 12-532, if the services are not provided within 2 1/2years of the date of the board's findings.

      History:   L. 1987, ch. 66, § 7; April 9.