12-538.   Actions challenging certain annexationsunder 12-520; considerations of the court.Any owner of land annexed by a city under the authority ofK.S.A. 12-520(a)(1) through (6), and amendments thereto, and any city whosenearest boundary lineis located within 1/2 mile of the land being so annexed, within 30 days nextfollowing the publication of the ordinance annexing the land, may maintain anaction in district court of the county in which the land is located challengingthe authority of the city to annex the land, whether the annexation wasreasonable, whether the service plan was adequate and the regularity of theproceeding had in connection with the annexation procedures.When determining thereasonableness of an annexation in the case of a city challenging theannexation, the court shall include in its considerationsthe effect the annexation hason the future growth ofthe city challenging the annexation.

      History:   L. 2005, ch. 155, § 3; July 1.