Kansas Statutes
Article 6 - Water Districts
82a-608 Assessment of benefits and costs.

82a-608. Assessment of benefits and costs. Plans, specifications, estimates of cost and amount of benefits to each tract in such district for any proposed improvement authorized by this act shall be filed with the chief engineer of the division of water resources and with the secretary of the water-supply district, and the total benefits of any such improvement shall be divided into a suitable number of units of which each landowner within the district shall subscribe to the number of such units in proportion to the extent he or she desires to participate in the benefits of the improvements. All costs in connection with the construction of such improvement shall be assessed to such landowners in proportion to benefits subscribed for and each landowner's share of the benefits of such improvement shall thereafter be in that proportion.
History: L. 1941, ch. 7, ยง 8; June 30.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses

Article 6 - Water Districts

82a-601 Rural water-supply districts; organization; duties of board of county commissioners.

82a-602 Petition for organization of water-supply district.

82a-602a Rural water-supply districts; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

82a-603 Time fixed for consideration of petition.

82a-604 Consideration of petition by county commissioners.

82a-605 Government of district.

82a-606 Powers of water-supply districts.

82a-607 Employment of labor and services.

82a-608 Assessment of benefits and costs.

82a-609 Payment of costs.

82a-610 Operations and maintenance of improvements.

82a-611 Dissolution.

82a-612 Definitions.

82a-613 Rural water districts; organization; duties of board of county commissioners.

82a-614 Petition for organization; contents.

82a-614a Rural water districts; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

82a-615 Time for hearing petition; election of director; bylaws; notice of hearing.

82a-616 Consideration of petitions; findings; incorporation, when.

82a-617 Board of directors; qualifications; election; bylaws; adoption.

82a-618 Board; governing body of district; meetings; vacancies; rules and regulations; duties of secretary.

82a-619 Powers of rural water districts.

82a-619b Same; alteration of location of pipelines on easements; costs.

82a-620 Same; employment of labor and services.

82a-621 Filings with chief engineer and secretary of district; benefit units; subscription to units; use of proceeds from units; sale of water; reinstatement of benefit unit, when.

82a-622 Attachment of adjoining lands, when; petition, contents.

82a-623 Attachment of adjoining land to water district; procedure; notice and hearing upon petition.

82a-624 Findings of board; new boundaries; subscription to benefit units by landowners of attached territory.

82a-625 Construction of works; issuance of revenue bonds, conditions.

82a-626 Terms of members of board; annual meeting, notice; vote by participating members.

82a-627 Officers of board; election; term.

82a-628 Duties of chairman of board; compensation of chairman and other persons; budget, audit and report.

82a-629 Dissolution of district; disposition of property and apportionment of proceeds.

82a-631 Conversion of certain cooperative and nonprofit corporations into rural water districts; petition; requirements.

82a-632 Same; notice and hearing.

82a-633 Same; duties of county commissioners; declaration.

82a-634 Same; holders of stock or certificates to hold benefit units.

82a-635 Same; dissolution of corporation or cooperative, when.

82a-636 Same; conversion provisions (82a-631 to 82a-635) supplemental to 82a-612 to 82a-629.

82a-637 Rural water districts; transfer of assets, properties, funds and records of certain districts to city or board of public utilities of city; agreements between district and city or board of utilities; outstanding indebtedness and obligations;...

82a-639 Consolidation of rural water districts; duties of board of county commissioners.

82a-640 Same; meeting prior to consolidation; notice; approval of consolidation; petition to county, contents.

82a-641 Same; hearing on petition; notice; publication.

82a-642 Same; findings of board of county commissioners; consolidation order.

82a-643 Same; administration of property; powers of consolidated district; payment of revenue bonds, notes or other liabilities.

82a-644 Same; election of officers of consolidated district; adoption of bylaws.

82a-645 Same; participating members of consolidated district.

82a-646 Release of lands from district; factors to consider; compensation, when; appraisers; appeal.

82a-647 Release of lands from district; alternative procedure.

82a-648 Mail ballot elections.

82a-649 Acquisition of rural water district's system by adjoining municipality.

82a-650 Acquisition of one district by another.