42-720. Bids for construction work; publication notice; contractor's bond. (a) After adopting a plan for the proposed canal or canals, ditches, laterals, storage reservoirs, pumping plants and works and after having obtained the approval of same from the chief engineer, and a permit for acquisition of waters for beneficial use, the board of directors shall give notice, by publication thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in said district, at least once not less than fifteen days before bids are received, calling for bids for the construction of the work or any portion thereof, particularly describing the works or portions so advertised. The notice shall also set forth that plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the board, or other designated place within said district; that the board will receive sealed proposals therefor; that the contract will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, stating the time and place of opening of bids.
(b) All bids shall be opened in public at the time and place specified and as soon as convenient thereafter the board shall let such work either in whole or in part to the lowest responsible bidder, or it may reject any and all bids and readvertise for new bids or proposals, or may proceed to construct the works under their own superintendence with the labor of the residents of the district. All contracts for the purchase of materials shall be awarded to lowest responsible bidder. The person or persons to whom a contract is awarded, shall enter into a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board payable to such district for its use, to an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the contracted price for the faithful performance of the contract, not however, to exceed a maximum of fifty thousand dollars. The work and construction shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer, and be approved by the board. The provisions of this section shall not apply in case of any contract between the district and the United States or with any department, bureau or agency thereof.
History: L. 1941, ch. 262, ยง 20; June 30.
Structure Kansas Statutes
42-702 Powers and duties of chief engineer; expenses; bond or deposit for costs.
42-704 Permit by chief engineer; articles of incorporation; filing fee; nature of corporation.
42-705 Perpetual existence; powers; eminent domain; bonds; tax levies.
42-709 Provision for preliminary expenses.
42-710 General plan of operation; approval by chief engineer; surveys, maps and estimates.
42-713 Bond resolution; election; publication notice.
42-714 Issuance, sale and delivery of bonds.
42-715 Annual assessments; duties of assessor; map.
42-716 Water rentals or charges.
42-717 Delivery of assessment roll; equalization of assessments.
42-718 Certification of levies to county clerk.
42-719 Compensation of directors.
42-720 Bids for construction work; publication notice; contractor's bond.
42-722 Dissolution of district; petition to chief engineer.
42-722a Cedar Bluff irrigation district No. 6; dissolution; procedure.
42-726 Same; notice by publication; objections in writing.
42-727 Same; hearing on petition.
42-728 Same; payments by petitioners may be required.
42-729 Same; order on petition.
42-730 Same; amendment to articles of incorporation; recordation; effect.