17-1716c.   Same; procedure for transfer of property.An application for an order and disposition of property pursuant to K.S.A.17-1716b and amendments thereto may bemade by any member or officer of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the UnitedChurch of Christ when duly authorized by the board oftrustees, or managers, of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the United Churchof Christ, upon a verified petition setting forth the factsauthorizing such order and disposition of property.

      Upon the presentation of such petition to the proper district court,such court shall proceed in a summary manner as in other civil cases toinquire into the merits of such application. If upon examination bythe court it appears to thecourt that the makingof the order and disposition of the property applied for are necessaryor proper for any cause mentioned in K.S.A. 17-1716b and amendments thereto,the court shall make a final order declaring such church orsociety extinct, dissolving the same and transferring the title andpossession of any property which may belong to such church or society,or which may be held in trust for such church or society; andvesting a perfect title to the property in the Kansas-Oklahoma Conferenceof the United Church of Christ. It being the intent and purposeof this act to preserve to the denomination of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conferenceof the United Church of Christ allproperty owned by, or held in trust for any extinct church or societyof any denomination formerly called the Congregational Church, the Congregationaland Christian Church, the Kansas Congregational and Christian Conference,the Central-South Conference of the Congregational-Christian Churches orthe Kansas City Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.

      History:   L. 1933, ch. 157, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 100, § 3; July 1.