SENATE BILL No. 424
AN ACT concerning the Kansas plane coordinate system act; providing for geographic
positions or locations of points within the state of Kansas; amending K.S.A. 58-
20a01, 58-20a02, 58-20a03, 58-20a04, 58-20a05 and 58-20a07 and repealing the
existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 58-20a06.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to
prohibit the appropriate use of other datums and other geodetic
reference networks, established by a state agency or county, such as the
Kansas regional coordinate system, which was developed and
implemented by the Kansas department of transportation and is based
upon the North American datum of 1983.
New Sec. 2. The Kansas coordinate systems of 1983 and 1927
were established for defining and stating the geographic positions or
locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of
Kansas. The 1983 system is based on the geodetic reference system
1980 ellipsoid of the North American datum of 1983 and was adopted
in K.S.A. 58-20a06, prior to its repeal. The 1927 system is based on the
Clarke 1866 ellipsoid of the North American datum of 1927 and was
not adopted in Kansas statute but was widely used in Kansas prior to
adoption of the 1983 system. Both systems are divided into a north
zone and a south zone. The area north of the south line of the following
counties constitutes the north zone: Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego, Ellis,
Russell, Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Morris, Wabaunsee, Shawnee,
Douglas and Johnson. The area south of the north line of the following
counties constitutes the south zone: Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane,
Ness, Rush, Barton, Rice, McPherson, Marion, Chase, Lyon, Osage,
Franklin and Miami. The plane coordinate values of a point on the
earth's surface, to be used to express the geographic position or location
of such point in the appropriate zone of the Kansas coordinate systems
of 1983 and 1927, consist of two distances, expressed in feet and
decimals of a foot or meters and decimals of a meter. If the values are
expressed in feet, a definition of one foot equals 1200/3937 meter
exactly shall be used as the standard foot for the Kansas coordinate
systems of 1983 and 1927. One of the distances, known as the
"Northing" or "N" for the 1983 system, or "y" for the 1927 system,
gives the position in a north and south direction. The other distance,
known as the "Easting" or "E" for the 1983 system, or "x" for the 1927
system, gives the position in an east and west direction. For purposes of
more precisely defining the Kansas coordinate systems of 1983 and
1927, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) The Kansas coordinate systems of 1983 and 1927 north zone
(zone code 1501) means a Lambert conformal conic projection, having
standard parallels at north latitudes 38 degrees 43 minutes and 39
degrees 47 minutes along which parallels the scale is exact. The origin
of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 98 degrees zero
minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 38 degrees 20 minutes
north latitude. For the 1983 system, this origin is given the coordinates
N = 0 meters and E = 400,000 meters. For the 1927 system, this origin
is given the coordinates y = 0 feet and x = 2,000,000 feet.
(b) The Kansas coordinate systems of 1983 and 1927 south zone
(zone code 1502) means a Lambert conformal conic projection, having
standard parallels at north latitudes 37 degrees 16 minutes and 38
degrees 34 minutes along which parallels the scale is exact. The origin
of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 98 degrees 30
minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 36 degrees 40 minutes
north latitude. For the 1983 system, this origin is given the coordinates
N = 400,000 meters and E = 400,000 meters. For the 1927 system, this
origin is given the coordinates y = 0 feet and x = 2,000,000 feet.
New Sec. 3. The provisions of K.S.A. 58-20a01 through 58- SENATE BILL No. 424—page 2
20a08, and sections 1 through 3, and amendments thereto, shall be
known and may be cited as the Kansas plane coordinate system act.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 58-20a01 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
20a01. The system of plane coordinates which has been established by
the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey (formerly the United
States coast and geodetic survey) or its successors for defining and
stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of
the earth within the state of Kansas shall be known as the Kansas
coordinate system of 1983.
For the purpose of the use of this system, the state is divided into a
north zone and a south zone.
The area now included north of the south line of the following
counties shall constitute the north zone: Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego,
Ellis, Russell, Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Morris, Wabaunsee,
Shawnee, Douglas and Johnson.
The area now included south of the north line of the following
counties shall constitute the south zone: Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane,
Ness, Rush, Barton, Rice, McPherson, Marion, Chase, Lyon, Osage,
Franklin and Miami The most recent system of plane coordinates
established by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration's
national geodetic survey, or a successor agency, based on the national
spatial reference system, for defining and stating the geographic
positions or locations of points on, within or above the surface of the
earth within the state of Kansas are hereafter to be known and
designated as the Kansas plane coordinate system.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 58-20a02 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
20a02. As established for use in the north zone, the Kansas coordinate
system of 1983 shall be named. In any land description in which it is
used, it shall be designated the "Kansas coordinate system 1983 north
zone."
As established for use in the south zone, the Kansas coordinate
system of 1983 shall be named. In any land description in which it is
used, it shall be designated the "Kansas coordinate system 1983 south
zone." The Kansas plane coordinate system shall be named in any land
description in which it is used, and the zone used shall be specified in
the description, and if applicable, the geodetic datum and the epoch of
the coordinates in decimal years.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 58-20a03 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
20a03. The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface
used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the
appropriate zone of this the Kansas plane coordinate system, shall
consist of two distances expressed in feet and decimals of a foot or
meters and decimals of a meter when using the Kansas coordinate
system of 1983. One of the distances, to be known as the "Northing" or
"N" shall give the position in a north-and-south direction; the other, to
be known as the "Easting" or "E" shall give the position in an east-and-
west direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and
conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented
points of the North American national geodetic horizontal network as
published by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey
(formerly the United States coast and geodetic survey), or its
successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the
system defined in the act. Any such station or point may be used for
establishing a survey connection to the Kansas coordinate system of
1983. If the values are expressed in feet, a definition of one foot equals
0.3048 meter exactly is used as the standard foot for the Kansas plane
coordinate system. One of the two distances, to be known as the east or
x-coordinate, gives the distance east of the y-axis. The other distance,
to be known as the north or y-coordinate, gives the distance north of SENATE BILL No. 424—page 3
the x-axis. The y-axis of any zone is parallel with the central meridian
of that zone. The x-axis of any zone is at right angles to the central
meridian of that zone. Height is the coordinate value of the vertical
elements of the national spatial reference system expressed in feet or
meters and identified as ellipsoid height or orthometric height.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 58-20a04 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
20a04. Descriptions of tracts of land by reference to subdivisions, lines
or corners of the United States public land survey, or other original
pertinent surveys, are hereby recognized as the basic and prevailing
method for describing such tracts. Whenever coordinates of the Kansas
plane coordinate system are used in such descriptions they shall be
construed as being supplementary to descriptions of such subdivisions,
lines or corners contained in official plats and field notes of record;
and, in the event of any conflict, the descriptions by reference to the
subdivisions, lines or corners of the United States public land surveys,
or other original pertinent surveys shall prevail over the description by
coordinates.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 58-20a05 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
20a05. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description
extends from one zone into the other of the above coordinate adjacent
zones, the position of all points on its boundaries may shall be referred
to either of the two exclusively to only one of the multiple zones, the
zone which that is used being specifically named shall be specified in
the description.
Sec. 9. K.S.A. 58-20a07 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
20a07. The use of the term "Kansas coordinate system of 1983 north
zone" or " Kansas plane coordinate system of 1983 south zone" on any
map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates
based on the Kansas plane coordinate system as defined in this act.
Sec. 10. K.S.A. 58-20a01, 58-20a02, 58-20a03, 58-20a04, 58-
20a05, 58-20a06 and 58-20a07 are hereby repealed. SENATE BILL No. 424—page 4
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the SENATE, and passed
that body
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the HOUSE ________________________
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Speaker of the House.
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Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED ____________________________
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Governor.