Printable Format58-3211. Definitions. As used in this act:
(a) "Adjacent property owner" means a person or entity, other than a responsible party, who owns property or facilities on or adjacent to a recreational trail.
(b) "Recreational trail" means a trail created pursuant to subsection (d) of 16 U.S.C. 1247 (1983).
(c) "Responsible party" means any person, for-profit entity, not-for-profit entity or governmental entity that is responsible for developing, operating or maintaining a recreational trail.
History: L. 1996, ch. 223, ยง 1; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Recreational trails; requirements on responsible party; fencing; authority of county. 98-9.
Enforcement of rails-to-trails provisions against responsible party by county discretionary. 2006-27.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Differential treatment of interim recreational trails in railbanked rights-of-way from other categories of recreational trails does not violate the constitutional provision. Board of Miami County Comm'rs v. Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy, Inc., 292 Kan. 285, 255 P.3d 1186 (2011).