Kansas Statutes 66-1,161. Same; appointment of counsel to represent landowners’ interests; counsel for individual landowners; intervening parties
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 66-1,161
- Commission: means the state corporation commission. See Kansas Statutes 66-101a
- Electric utility: means every public utility, as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-128l
- Nuclear generation facility: means any physical plant utilizing nuclear energy as the primary fuel for the production or generation of electricity or electric power. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Owner: means any electric utility which owns any portion of a nuclear power generating facility whether directly or through ownership of stock in a company which owns any portion of such a facility. See Kansas Statutes 66-128l
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or other association of persons. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
The commission shall appoint an attorney to represent the interests of the landowners at the hearing and shall allow a reasonable attorney’s fee, which shall be taxed as part of the costs thereof. Landowners, at their own expense, may retain counsel to represent their individual interests at such hearing. The chief administrative officer, or any other person or persons designated by such officer, of any governmental board or agency affected by the siting of the proposed nuclear generation facility shall be deemed to meet the requirement for intervention contained in subsection (a)(2) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 77-521, and amendments thereto. Any owner or lessee of land whose estate or interest in such land would not be acquired by the electric utility but would be affected in some other manner by the construction, operation or maintenance of the facility may petition for intervention in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 77-521, and amendments thereto.