Kan. Stat. § 24-122
If at any time after the control of the affairs of any drainage district shall have been vested in the board of county commissioners as herein provided, a petition signed by the qualified electors of such district, in an amount equal to fifty percent of the total vote cast for directors at the last general election of directors in such district, shall be presented to the county commissioners, requesting that the affairs and control of such drainage district shall be returned to the board of directors elected as by law otherwise provided; then it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to proclaim an election to be held in the manner provided for the election of directors in drainage districts to be held, and upon the election and qualification of such directors they shall be vested with all of the powers, duties and rights provided by law and vested in the directors of such drainage districts, and the county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of such district, when elected and qualified, all funds in his hands belonging to such drainage district, whereupon the powers and duties of the board of county commissioners herein provided shall be superseded by the powers and duties of the board of directors of such drainage district.
K.S.A. 24-122