Kansas Statutes
Article 10 - Groundwater Management Districts
82a-1024 Same; determination of sufficiency of petition; approval by chief engineer; criteria for approval.

82a-1024. Same; determination of sufficiency of petition; approval by chief engineer; criteria for approval. (a) If the secretary of state finds the petition to be sufficient as to form and substance and executed in accordance with the requirements of this act he or she shall transmit a certified copy of the petition to the chief engineer within five (5) days from the date of his or her determination of sufficiency. Upon receipt of the certified copy, the chief engineer shall review the petition and shall within ninety (90) days after receipt of the copy transmit a written report of his or her findings on the petition, together with his or her written approval or disapproval of the petition, to the secretary of state and the chairman of the steering committee named in the petition.
(b) The chief engineer shall approve such petition if he or she finds that:
(1) The lands proposed to be included in the district substantially comprise a hydrologic community of interest.
(2) The proposed district would not include any of the lands of an existing groundwater management district.
(3) The statement of purposes contained in the petition conforms with the intent and purposes of this act.
(4) The lands within the proposed district or part thereof overlie an aquifer or aquifers subject to management.
(5) The map attached to the petition is substantially correct.
(6) The area of the district and existing and prospective uses of groundwater within the district are sufficient to support a groundwater management program.
(7) The public interest will be served by the creation of the proposed district.
(c) The chief engineer in his or her findings may make minor corrections with respect to the map and the corrections shall become a part of the petition and shall be deemed effective without a recirculation of the corrected petition.
(d) If the chief engineer approves the petition, he or she shall transmit a certified copy of his or her report to the secretary of state and to the chairman of the steering committee of the district.
History: L. 1972, ch. 386, ยง 5; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses

Article 10 - Groundwater Management Districts

82a-1020 Legislative declaration.

82a-1021 Definitions.

82a-1022 Organization of district; steering committee; declaration of intent filing; map of proposed district, submission and approval by chief engineer.

82a-1023 Same; petition contents and signatures; filing with secretary of state.

82a-1024 Same; determination of sufficiency of petition; approval by chief engineer; criteria for approval.

82a-1025 Same; election for approval of organization of district; secretary of state to issue certificate of incorporation, when; action to attack legality.

82a-1026 Annual meetings of eligible voters; organization meeting to elect initial board of directors.

82a-1027 Board of directors; terms of members; expenses; officers; quorum; vote for actions; filling vacancies.

82a-1028 District powers; home office.

82a-1029 Management program; board of directors' and chief engineer's functions and duties; hearings; approval and adoption; periodic review.

82a-1030 Water user charges; annual assessment per acre against landowners; budget; collection by county officers; annual audit; no-fund warrants; limitation; protest petition; redemption of warrants.

82a-1031 General improvement bonds; special assessment improvement bonds; combination improvement bonds; elections for approval of issuance of bonds.

82a-1032 Works paid from special assessments; determination of benefits and assessments; levy of assessments; collections by county officers; bonds for not to exceed 20 year term.

82a-1033 Extension or reduction of district territory by chief engineer, upon petition; hearing; filing of order.

82a-1034 District dissolution.

82a-1035 Payment of expenses of defeated proposed district organization.

82a-1036 Initiation of proceedings for designation of intensive groundwater use control areas; duties of chief engineer; findings.

82a-1037 Same; hearings.

82a-1038 Designation of intensive groundwater use control area; orders; review.

82a-1039 No limitation of authority of chief engineer.

82a-1040 Act supplemental to K.S.A. 82a-1020 to 82a-1035.

82a-1041 Local enhanced management areas; establishment procedures; duties of chief engineer; hearing; notice; orders; review.

82a-1042 Groundwater management program; impact of proposed rules and regulations.