Printable Format68-506. Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties. (a) In any county which has not adopted the county unit road system, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners with the approval of the county engineer to classify and designate the roads and highways within such county within the following classes:
(1) "County major collector roads" which shall include all county roads and highways designated for inclusion in the major collector road system in accordance with K.S.A. 68-1701 to 68-1704, and amendments thereto;
(2) "county minor collector roads" which shall include all county roads and highways, not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system, which are other main traveled roads utilized primarily for the movement of traffic between different areas of the county;
(3) "township minor collector roads" which shall include all township roads and highways not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system, which are other main traveled roads utilized primarily for the movement of traffic between different areas of the county; and
(4) "township or local service roads" which shall include all township roads and highways not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system or as county or township minor collector roads or highways.
(b) The county engineer and the board of county commissioners may shift road or highway mileage from one county road or highway classification to another as continuing study indicates that such changes are needed by reason of changing traffic needs or for other reasons substantiated by engineering analysis, except that no road or highway mileage may be shifted to or from the major collector road system except as provided in article 17 of chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 15; L. 1921, ch. 219, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-506; L. 1925, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1935, ch. 249, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 344, § 4; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 13; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 117; L. 1986, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 270, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 4; July 1.
Source or Prior Law:
L. 1911, ch. 248, § 18.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Validation of certain acts of cities, see 68-506b.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Classification and designation of roads in a noncounty road system. 85-172.
Legal liability of townships. 86-108.
Maintenance of township road by county. 87-22.
Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties. 91-140.
Secondary road system; classification of roads in noncounty unit road system. 93-37.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Commissioners required to make new classifications of roads in county. Irwin v. Finney County, 106 Kan. 171, 172, 186 P. 975.
2. County not liable for defective highway unless designated county highway. Irwin v. Finney County, 106 Kan. 171, 172, 186 P. 975.
3. Evidence held sufficient to establish road as township road. Watson v. Parker Township, 113 Kan. 130, 213 P. 1051, 1052.
4. Section cited in considering authority of county board over road. Stock Farm Co. v. Pottawatomie County, 116 Kan. 315, 318, 226 P. 781.
5. County not required to surface with gravel when required to improve county road. Neosho County Comm'rs v. Burdick, 120 Kan. 698, 699, 244 P. 866.
6. Initiative and referendum not applicable to highway improvement co-operation in city. State, ex rel., v. Morton, 128 Kan. 125, 276 P. 62.
7. State highway commission not liable for improvement under act. State, ex rel., v. State Highway Comm., 137 Kan. 800, 22 P.2d 969.
8. County road taken into state highway system; state highway commission liable on county's contract. Verdigris River Drainage Dist. v. State Highway Comm., 155 Kan. 323, 325, 329, 125 P.2d 387.