82a-623. Attachment of adjoining land to water district; procedure; notice and hearing upon petition. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, the county clerk shall give notice to the county commissioners of the filing of the petition for attachment. The board of county commissioners shall fix a time and place, within 30 days from the date of the filing of the petition, for a hearing on the same. The county clerk, at least seven days before the date fixed for the hearing, shall send by first class mail to each owner of land within the area sought to be attached a copy of the petition for attachment, and a copy of the notice fixing the time and place of hearing on the petition. The owners of land within the area sought to be attached shall be determined by an enumeration of landowners taken from the tax rolls of the county in which the land is located. If the petition for attachment is accompanied by a verified statement by one of the owners of land within the area sought to be attached, or the attorney for the petitioner, that the owners of all of the land within the area sought to be attached have signed the petition for attachment, a copy of the petition for attachment shall not be sent to the owners of land sought to be attached. The clerk shall send by first class mail a copy of the petition for attachment and a copy of the notice fixing the time and place of hearing on the petition to the office of the water district to which attachment is sought. The clerk also shall transmit to the chief engineer a copy of the petition for attachment and a copy of the notice fixing the time and place of hearing thereon.
History: L. 1957, ch. 540, § 12; L. 1965, ch. 556, § 7; L. 1980, ch. 331, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 45; L. 1997, ch. 143, § 2; May 8.
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.