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 other apparatus necessary to handle and dispose of sewage. The costs and expenses of building the same shall be borne by the various districts then or thereafter using the same. The costs and expenses of constructing, reconstructing, enlarging or extending any sewage treatment or disposal works and facilities may be paid by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the county. The cost of any improvements authorized by this section shall be determined and assessed in the manner provided by K.S.A. 19-27a07.
(b) Before any system of disposal works or pumping stations are constructed, the plans and specifications therefor shall be submitted to and approved by the secretary of health and environment.
History: L. 1983, ch. 99, ยง 13; July 1.
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.