From and after the date of the making and filing of an order of incorporation, the district so incorporated shall be a “municipality” or public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name, and the district shall in that name be a body politic and corporate with power of perpetual succession, but without any power to […]
Any district heretofore or hereafter created under authority of this chapter is empowered to conduct, operate and maintain a system or systems for the furnishing of water, sewer, sewage disposal, natural gas, natural gas storage and related facilities, liquefied natural gas storage and related facilities, liquid propane gas storage and related facilities and other gaseous […]
No utility district created prior to March 4, 1947, under the terms and provisions of this chapter, shall undertake to render or obligate itself to render services other than those for the furnishing of water, sewer, sewage disposal, fire protection, natural gas or artificial gas, unless and until it shall first have obtained the consent […]
Any district created pursuant to this chapter has the power to: Sue and be sued; Have a seal; Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease or exercise of the power of eminent domain or other mode of acquisition, hold and dispose of real and personal property of every kind within or without the district, whether or […]
Any district has the power to condemn either the fee, or such right, title interest, or easement in the property, as the board may deem necessary for any of the purposes mentioned in this chapter, and such property or interest in such property may be so acquired, whether or not the property or interest is […]
Any district created pursuant to this chapter shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which such district is created, capable of being delegated by the general assembly. No enumeration of particular powers created in this chapter shall be construed to impair or limit any general […]
Each utility district shall have three (3) commissioners, except those multi-county utility districts and utility districts having a greater number of commissioners on May 6, 2004. Each utility district shall select board members using the selection method set forth in subdivisions (a)(4) or (a)(5). The commissioners of any single-county utility district using a selection method […]
The members of the board shall serve without compensation for their services, except that by resolution duly adopted by the board of commissioners, each commissioner may receive per diem payments for not more than twelve (12) meetings of the board of commissioners in any calendar year, at rates not greater than three hundred dollars ($300) […]
The board of commissioners of any district has the power and authority to: Exercise by vote, ordinance or resolution all of the general and specific powers of the district; Make all needful rules, regulations and bylaws for the management and the conduct of the affairs of the district and of the board; Adopt a seal […]
All personnel employed by the board of commissioners of any utility district incorporated under this chapter, including, but not limited to, the commissioners themselves, are hereby prohibited from receiving any money or other goods or services of value of any sort as a result of any agreement, contractual or otherwise, for the installation of water […]
The recipient of water service to be provided by a utility shall be entitled to procure the material and install the water service for property personally owned by such proposed customer of the utility district; provided, that such material and installation shall fully comply with the standard specifications established for the district in which the […]
Any utility district, whether created pursuant to general law or uncodified public chapter, may enforce the payment of fees or assessments charged for sewer or wastewater disposal utility services by filing an action in the same manner and with the same penalties and interest attached as provided for the enforcement of unpaid taxes pursuant to […]
A utility district that dispatches fire trucks and offers other such fire protection services may charge for the services rendered to a nonsubscriber when a fire or other dangerous situation is reported by any citizen or emergency communications district. To impose such charges, the utility district’s board of commissioners shall establish and publish a schedule […]
Each utility district under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board pursuant to § 7-82-701(a) shall submit to the board by the first day of the utility district’s fiscal year an annual report on a form approved by the board. If a utility district fails to submit the annual report in accordance with this […]
