Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-2655
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) is hereby authorized to enter into long-term leases, not to exceed fifty (50) years under the terms of which plots of land in county owned tracts may be used by a duly organized sheriff's posse or a corporation formed for the purpose of forming and operating a sheriff's posse.
L. 1963, ch. 165, § 1; June 30.