§ 80-1911a — Rights of township upon annexation of fire station land by city

Whenever a township has an organized fire department and has acquired land and constructed or purchased a building which is used as a fire station under the provisions of article 19 of chapter 80 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and thereafter an adjacent city has extended its boundaries and thereby annexed that part of the territory of said township upon which such fire station is located, the ownership of the said fire station, and the land upon which the same is located, shall remain in the township, notwithstanding such annexation, and the township may continue to use and operate the same as a township fire station after such annexation in the same manner and to the same extent as the same was previously used. In the event of such annexation the township fire department shall have the right to use the streets and alleys of such city in going to and from fires in the township.

Legislative History

L. 1951, ch. 517, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 23; July 1.