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; or
(2) the secretary of health and environment or the local health officer determines and certifies to the board that unsanitary conditions exist or are expected to develop and which may be removed or prevented by the installation and utilization of sewers.
(b) Any petition requesting the creation of a sewer district shall be signed by the owners of at least 51% of the acreage of the land in the proposed district. The petition shall state:
(A) The boundaries of the improvement district;
(B) the nature of the improvement;
(C) the estimated cost of the improvement;
(D) the proposed method of assessment; and
(E) the proposed apportionment of cost, if any, between the district and any other sewer district operated and maintained by the governing body.
The petition also shall state that if the board of county commissioners determines the improvement project is not feasible that all costs and expenses of the work, including preliminary planning, engineering, legal and other preliminary work of skilled persons employed by the board shall be assessed against the property of persons signing such petition. Any person signing the petition who desires to withdraw such person's name may do so by giving written notice to the county clerk on or before the date of the hearing on the petition. The petition shall be null and void after the board has determined not to create the district or after a period of two years from the date of the first signature on the petition, whichever occurs first.
History: L. 1983, ch. 99, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 3; May 15.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
19-27a01 Sewer districts in any county; definitions.
19-27a02 Board of county commissioners serves as governing body of district; powers and duties.
19-27a03 Creation of district by petition; contents; unsanitary conditions.
19-27a03a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
19-27a05 Notice; hearing; district extending into city limits.
19-27a09 Maintenance fund; tax levy; user charges.
19-27a10 Sewage received from other districts; apportionment of cost; assessment among districts.
19-27a11 Costs of combined or enlarged districts; tax levy; installments; bonds.
19-27a13 Joint sewer districts; creation; procedure; inclusion of certain districts; petition.
19-27a14 Enlargement of boundaries upon petition; additional levies.
19-27a15 Annexation of district by a city; district not dissolved.
19-27a16 Alteration of district's boundaries; district served by city-owned sewage system; hearing.
19-27a18 Federal aid for costs; bonds.
19-27a19 Contracts; public bidding required, when.
19-27a20 Unexpended bond proceeds; uses.
19-27a21 Deficits in bond and interest fund; levy authorized.
19-27a22 Revenue bonds for sewer projects in urban areas.
19-27a23 Abnormal delinquency in payment of special assessments; levy authorized.
19-27a25 Additional user charge to pay cost for use of other municipality's treatment plant.
19-27a26 Districts in Sedgwick county; delegation of powers to controller.
19-27a27 Existing districts to operate under 19-27a01 et seq.; exception.