K.S.A. 19-216a: Contracts for bridges damaged or destroyed by disaster.

The provisions of K.S.A. 19-214, 19-215 and 19-216, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to contracts for the expenditure of county moneys for the reconstruction or repair of a bridge if:

(a) The bridge has been damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster;

(b) the governor has declared the county, or that part of the county in which the bridge is located, a disaster area;

(c) the board of county commissioners finds that a hardship would result if the bridge is not immediately reconstructed or repaired;

(d) the board of county commissioners has obtained an estimate of the cost of the reconstruction or repair of the bridge from the county engineer. If there is no county engineer, the board shall obtain such estimate from the Kansas department of transportation; and

(e) the contract for the reconstruction or repair of the bridge is awarded within 60 days of the governor's declaration required by paragraph (b).