17-1370. Cemetery districts in Sedgwick and Sumner counties; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levy; transfer of moneys.
17-1370
17-1370. Cemetery districts in Sedgwick and Sumner counties;
attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levy; transfer of moneys.
In Sedgwick and Sumner counties, land adjacent to an
established cemetery district which is
a part of another organized cemetery district which lies in a county other than
where the greater portion of the cemetery district to which it is proposed
to be attached lies may be detached from one district and attached to the
other cemetery district in the following manner. Upon presentation to the
board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater part of
the cemetery district lies, of a petition setting forth the boundaries of
the area proposed to be attached to the cemetery district and signed by not
less than 51% of the qualified electors of the area it shall be the duty of
the board of county commissioners, at its next regular meeting, to examine
the petition. If the board finds that the petition is sufficient, the
board shall notify the board of each cemetery district and forward a copy
of the petition filed. The board of the cemetery district to which the
land would be attached shall return the petition accompanied by a copy of a
resolution adopted by such board stating that the board desires such area
to be attached to the cemetery district. The board of the cemetery
district from which the land would be detached shall return the petition
accompanied by a copy of a resolution adopted by such board stating that
the board desires such area to be detached from the cemetery district.
Upon receipt of the petition and the resolutions the county commissioners
shall issue an order attaching such territory to the cemetery district and
notice of such attachment shall be given to the county clerk of the county
where the territory seeking to be attached is located. The attachment
shall take effect on the first day of March next following the entry of the
order. Such attached territory shall be subject thereafter to the tax
levied by the cemetery district which district shall certify such levy to
the county clerk of the county of the territory attached, together with its
budget, and such county clerk shall levy such tax on all the taxable
tangible property of the county in the cemetery district. The treasurer of
the county shall transfer before the fifteenth day of January and July of
each year, all moneys belonging to the cemetery district, including all
moneys for the payment of bonds or interest of the district to the
treasurer of the district and the
treasurer receiving the moneys shall issue a receipt therefor and forward
it to the treasurer of the county from which the money was sent.
History: L. 1986, ch. 70, § 47; May 15.