Kansas Statutes 68-2004. General grant of powers to Kansas turnpike authority
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 68-2004
- Authority: means the Kansas turnpike authority, created by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 68-2001
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- turnpike project: means any express highway or superhighway constructed under the provisions of this act, including all bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service stations, and administration, storage and other buildings and facilities that the authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of such project. See Kansas Statutes 68-2001
- turnpike revenue bonds: means revenue bonds of the authority authorized under the provisions of this act. See Kansas Statutes 68-2001
(a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to:
(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
(2) adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;
(3) maintain an office at such place or places within the state as it may designate;
(4) sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded;
(5) determine the location, subject to the approval of the secretary of transportation, of each turnpike project financed under the provisions of this act, determine its design and the materials of construction, and construct, maintain, repair and operate the same;
(6) issue turnpike revenue bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes, payable solely or partly from the tolls and revenues pledged for their payment, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this act;
(7) fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project;
(8) adopt rules and regulations for the use of any such turnpike project, and adopt rules and regulations for traffic control on such project;
(9) acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act;
(10) designate the locations, and establish, limit and control such points of ingress to and egress from each turnpike project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the authority to insure the proper operation and maintenance of such project, and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated;
(11) make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act;
(12) employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and such other employees and agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;
(13) receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any turnpike project, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions may be made; and
(14) do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.
(b) Violation of any of the rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be unlawful and subject to the penalties contained in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2116, and amendments thereto.