Kansas Statutes
Article 20 - Sewage Systems
80-2002 Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs.

80-2002. Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, the township board of any township having a public water supply, shall have the power, in the manner and as hereinafter provided, to establish one or more sewage districts within such township, or any part thereof, which shall be designated as " ______________ township sewage district No. ______, ______________ county, Kansas." A sewage district so established shall be a body corporate, with authority to levy taxes and special assessments, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued in actions arising on contracts, and to establish, construct and maintain a sewage system for such sewage district and to issue bonds to pay therefor. The duly elected members of the township board shall be ex officio the governing body of such sewage district or districts, and each shall receive compensation for the time actually and necessarily spent in performing the duties required by this act. The amount of such compensation shall be determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.
All taxes and special assessments herein provided for shall be levied against property within such sewage district, and all bonds herein provided for shall be issued by such sewage district and shall not be an obligation of or lien against property in any part of the township which lies outside of such sewage district or against property in any other sewage districts in such township. The cost of the construction of all main, intercepting and outfall sewers and of all sewage disposal plants, and of the maintenance of the entire sewage system of such sewage district, shall be borne by the real property within such sewage district as a whole. The cost of the construction of lateral sewers within such sewage district shall be borne by the property benefited by such lateral sewers, by the organization of lateral sewer districts or otherwise as herein provided.
History: L. 1941, ch. 399, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 485, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 41; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 14; May 2.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers

Article 20 - Sewage Systems

80-2001 Definitions.

80-2002 Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs.

80-2002a Sewer districts; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

80-2003 Resolution of township board; publication; protests.

80-2004 Surveys; plans and specifications; exclusion of unserviceable land; approval of plans; filing; cost; bonds to pay preliminary costs without an election, when.

80-2005 Election; publication notice; disorganization, when.

80-2006 Assessment, certification; bonds, obligation of county, when.

80-2007 Appraisers to determine value for assessment; complaints; notice and hearing; notice of amount levied; limitation of action.

80-2008 Federal cooperation; bonds.

80-2009 Construction and maintenance of certain sewers along streets or highways; eminent domain; approval of city.

80-2010 Powers of governing body.

80-2011 Lateral sewers; revenue bonds.

80-2012 Lateral sewer districts; petition or resolution; election; tax levies and special assessments; bonds.

80-2013 Enlargement of boundaries; petition; special assessments.

80-2014 Use of existing facilities by additional sewage district; assessment of cost.

80-2015 Joint sewage district; organization and government.

80-2016 Revenue bonds for lateral sewers; contracts; special assessment in case of default.

80-2017 Same; liens; additional revenue bonds.

80-2018 Same; fixing of charges; collection.

80-2019 Revenue bonds; maturity; interest.

80-2020 Same; authorizing resolution.

80-2021 Annual tax levies; limitation; transfer of unexpended funds, when.

80-2022 Territory taken into city; bond liability; operation of sewage disposal plant in territory annexed.

80-2023 Act supplemental.

80-2024 City control of annexed portions; tapping fee; powers of governing body; cities excepted.

80-2025 Validation of certain bonds issued prior to February 18, 1953.

80-2026 Completion of certain improvement projects after territory taken into city; bonds; tax levies.

80-2027 Investigation by secretary of health and environment to determine whether sewage system of certain districts adequate; notice and hearing.

80-2028 Same; finding of inadequacy; notice; issuance of bonds; election, when; limitations; tax levies.

80-2029 Same; general obligation bonds; special assessments; revenue bonds; conditions.