Kan. Stat. § 19-2729
The special assessment herein provided for shall be entered by the county clerk of such county each year upon the tax rolls as long as contracts for such lighting or renewals thereof remain in force, or when a balance remains due thereon, and the same shall be collected in the same manner as general taxes, and shall be first liens on the lands on which they are levied on a par with other taxes, and if the said assessments or any of them be not promptly paid at the time the general taxes are by law made due and payable, then the same shall bear the same penalties and rate of interest as other defaulted taxes, and payment thereof shall be enforced and made in the same manner as are other defaulted taxes or assessments, which penalties and interest shall be paid to said contractor furnishing such light.
K.S.A. 19-2729