19-27a01. Sewer districts in any county; definitions. Whenever used in this act, the following words shall have the following respective meanings unless different meanings clearly appear from the context: (a) “Governing body” or “board” means the board of county commissioners of the county in which the sewer district is located; (b) “sewer district” means any […]
19-27a02. Board of county commissioners serves as governing body of district; powers and duties. The board of county commissioners shall be the governing body of any sewer district it creates and, as provided by this act, shall have the power to: (a) Create, construct, reconstruct, extend, enlarge, operate and maintain a sewer system in the […]
19-27a03. Creation of district by petition; contents; unsanitary conditions. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners of any county shall have the power to create a sewer district in the manner hereinafter provided whenever: (1) A petition requesting the creation of a sewer district is filed with the board; […]
19-27a03a. Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be included within the boundaries of any sewer district […]
19-27a04. Preliminary survey required; cost of survey; creation of district to conduct survey; cost paid from county general fund. (a) After a sufficient petition is filed with the board, but prior to creating a sewer district, the board of county commissioners shall have a preliminary survey and plan prepared to gather data and information relating […]
19-27a05. Notice; hearing; district extending into city limits. (a) Prior to the creation of a sewer district, the board of county commissioners shall publish a notice stating: (1) Its intent to create a sewer district; (2) a description of the area of the proposed district or the property within the boundaries in sufficient detail to […]
19-27a06. Resolution; cost exceeding estimate; second hearing required; notice; continuation or discontinuation of project. (a) The board of county commissioners may create a sewer district by resolution passed at any time within one year after the conclusion of the public hearing required herein. The sewer district shall be created substantially as requested by the petition […]
19-27a07. Cost of project; assessments; notice; hearing; methods of assessment; protest; payment of assessments in full; issuance of bonds; dedication of property for public use. (a) After a sewer district has been created and improvements have been completed, the governing body of the sewer district shall determine the cost of the improvements and the proposed […]
19-27a08. Transfer of property to another district; construction of sewers upon request; additional sewers in lateral districts, cost. (a) Whenever the total special assessment on any property for storm or sanitary sewers has been paid, the property shall not be transferred to another district and thereby be made liable for special assessments for storm or […]
19-27a09. Maintenance fund; tax levy; user charges. (a) The governing body of any sewer district shall have power to levy annually a special maintenance tax for the purpose of creating a maintenance fund to be used for the purpose of maintaining and keeping in repair sewer improvements in the district. (b) In addition to the […]
19-27a10. Sewage received from other districts; apportionment of cost; assessment among districts. If any main sewer is located so that it receives or may receive sewage from more than one district, the board may provide that the cost of the main sewer below a designated point be divided among the districts in proportion to the […]
19-27a11. Costs of combined or enlarged districts; tax levy; installments; bonds. (a) Whenever sewer districts are combined, all bonded indebtedness existing on the effective date of the combination of districts shall remain a lien against and an obligation of the individual districts the same as before the combination. (b) Whenever it is necessary to enlarge […]
19-27a12. Disposal works and pumping stations; costs; bonds; approval by secretary of health and environment. (a) The board of county commissioners may construct, reconstruct, enlarge, extend or otherwise provide for one or more systems of disposal works for the purification of sewage. The board may build, operate and maintain disposal works, pumping stations, pumps or […]
19-27a13. Joint sewer districts; creation; procedure; inclusion of certain districts; petition. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, whenever the main sewer district engineer recommends the creation of one or more joint sewer districts to serve an existing or proposed lateral sewer district or any part thereof, together with additional described land in the […]
19-27a14. Enlargement of boundaries upon petition; additional levies. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the governing body of any main, lateral or joint sewer district, by resolution, may enlarge the boundaries of the district upon the presentation of a petition approved by the district engineer. The petition shall be signed by the owners of […]
19-27a15. Annexation of district by a city; district not dissolved. Whenever the governing body of a sewer district has let contracts for the improvement of sewers and the same have been constructed and temporary notes have been issued for the purpose of paying part of the cost thereof pending the issuance of bonds and thereafter […]
19-27a16. Alteration of district’s boundaries; district served by city-owned sewage system; hearing. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the governing body of any sewer district, by resolution, may: (1) Alter the boundaries of the district to include or exclude parts of platted lots not wholly within the districts to coincide with the lot […]
19-27a17. Inspection to determine adequacy of sewage facilities; additional facilities authorized; cost; bonds. (a) The governing body of any sewer district shall from time to time cause an inspection to be made and a certified report and detailed account of the maximum connected load, which is at that time being carried, treated and disposed of […]
19-27a18. Federal aid for costs; bonds. The governing body of any sewer district may apply for and accept grants of funds, materials or labor from the federal government or any departments thereof in the construction of sewer systems. The governing body may enter into any agreements required by the federal laws or the rules and […]
19-27a19. Contracts; public bidding required, when. All contracts for any construction of all or part of a sewer system, the cost of which shall exceed $2,500, shall be awarded on a public letting to the lowest responsible bidder and in the manner provided by K.S.A. 19-214, 19-215 and 19-216, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1983, […]
