82a-615. Time for hearing petition; election of director; bylaws; notice of hearing. Whenever a petition as provided in the preceding section is filed with the county clerk, the clerk shall give notice to the county commissioners of the filing of the petition. The county commissioners shall forthwith fix a time and place within 30 days from date of filing of the petition for a hearing of the same. In addition, the county commissioners, with the advice of the petitioners shall forthwith fix a time and place of landowners meeting, immediately after the hearing, for the purpose of electing directors and a time and place within seven days from the date of the hearing for a meeting of the landowners for the purpose of adopting bylaws for the district. The county clerk, at least seven days before the date fixed for the hearing shall mail written notice of the times and places of the hearing and the landowners meetings to each of the petitioners. The county clerk shall transmit to the chief engineer one copy of the petition and notice of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The county clerk shall also cause to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper a notice entitled, "Notice of hearing of petition to incorporate and organize a rural water district in the vicinity of ______________, __________ county, Kansas," (inserting word or words descriptive of vicinity and name of county). The last publication of the notice shall be not later than seven days before the date set for the hearing. The published notice shall (1) define by metes and bounds the boundaries of the proposed district; (2) state the time and place of hearing; (3) state that all owners of land within such boundaries may appear and be heard; (4) state that a rural water district, if incorporated, shall have no power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever; (5) state the time and place of the meeting of the landowners for the purpose of electing directors; and (6) state the time and place of the meeting of the landowners for the purpose of adopting bylaws for the district.
History: L. 1957, ch. 540, § 4; L. 1963, ch. 512, § 1a; L. 1965, ch. 556, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 82; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses
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-610 Operations and maintenance of improvements.
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-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-622 Attachment of adjoining lands, when; petition, contents.
82a-623 Attachment of adjoining land to water district; procedure; notice and hearing upon petition.
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-629 Dissolution of district; disposition of property and apportionment of proceeds.
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-639 Consolidation of rural water districts; duties of board of county commissioners.
82a-641 Same; hearing on petition; notice; publication.
82a-642 Same; findings of board of county commissioners; consolidation order.
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.