19-2766a.   Same; enforcement of resolutions;penalties for violations.The board of directors of an improvement district organized and establishedpursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall havethe power to enforce all resolutions passed pursuant to this act or the actof which this act is amendatory. Such resolutions may be enforced byenjoining violations thereof or by prescribing penalties for violations ofsuch resolutions, either by fine, or by confinement in the county jail, orby both such fine and confinement. The sheriff or the county lawenforcement agency of the county in which such district is located shall beresponsible for the enforcement of resolutions of such district. Unlessotherwiseprovided by the resolution that defines and makes punishable the violationof such resolution, the penalty imposed shall be in accordance with thepenalties established by law for conviction of a class C misdemeanor. Inno event shall the penalty imposed for the violation of a resolution exceedthe penalties established by law for conviction of a class B misdemeanor.Prosecution for any such violation shall be commenced in the district courtin the name of the district and shall be conducted in the manner providedby law for the prosecution of misdemeanor violations of state laws. Writsand process necessary for the prosecution of such violations shall be inthe form prescribed by the judge or judges of the courts vested withjurisdiction of such violations by this act, and shall be substantially in theform ofwrits and process issued for the prosecution of misdemeanor violations ofstate laws. Each improvement district shall provide all necessary supplies,forms andrecords at its own expense.

      History:   L. 1986, ch. 106, § 2; July 1.