Kansas Statutes

§ 42-309 — Rights subject to eminent domain

Kansas § 42-309

JurisdictionKansas

Ch. 42IRRIGATION

Art. 3IRRIGATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

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Bluebook

Kan. Stat. Ann. § 42-309 (2026).

Text

Every vested right of prior appropriation or diversion of water for industrial uses shall be subject as to the right of eminent domain, and may be condemned and compensated for, for public and beneficial uses, in the same manner and under the same restrictions and regulations as govern the condemnation of other private property.

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Legislative History

L. 1891, ch. 133, art. 1, § 9; May 20; R.S. 1923, 42-309.

Nearby Sections

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Works constructed prior to 1884

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Rights of way acquired on unoccupied lands prior to 1892

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Measure of damages for right of way over unoccupied lands, when

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Lien upon crop for water furnished under contract for irrigation purposes

§ 42-120

Powers of canal corporations

§ 42-121

Water rights and shares in irrigation companies; transfer

§ 42-122

Unlawful acts affecting irrigating canals; penalty

§ 42-3,100

Closing head gates for failure to construct rating flume or measuring device

§ 42-3,101

Penalty for failure to construct devices, or to lock head gate and deliver key, or to maintain such devices

§ 42-3,102

Procedure upon failure of proprietors to construct or maintain head gate; costs; attorney fees; sale of proprietors' rights to pay cost; liability of proprietors; penalty for unlawful acts

§ 42-3,103

Inspection of works; condemnation and abatement

§ 42-3,104

Damage liability for negligent or unlawful construction of work; penalty for unlawful act

§ 42-3,105

Complaint by person fearing injury or damage

§ 42-3,106

Same; orders of district court; injunction; costs

§ 42-3,107

Abatement of structure as nuisance by sheriff; costs

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