Kentucky Statutes 76.325 – Powers of commission
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The powers of the commission shall be:
(1) To construct, operate and maintain a sewerage and/or drainage system and sewers and drains within the boundaries of the sewer construction district, or to contract with a metropolitan sewer district for such construction, operation and/or maintenance;
(2) To provide for disposition of the sewage and/or drainage, and for treatment of sewage, either through its own facilities or by contract with the metropolitan sewer district;
(3) To clean out, straighten, alter, deepen, fill up or otherwise improve any stream, watercourse receiving sewage, liquid wastes or drainage, located in or out of the district;
(4) To construct, operate and maintain trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, laterals, siphons, pumping stations, sewage treatment and disposal works necessary for the purposes of the district, through its own facilities or by contract with the metropolitan sewer district;
(5) To hold, control, acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation any real or personal property necessary for location, construction, operation or maintenance of its works and improvements and easements for rights of way;
(6) Upon completion of construction of any integral part of the sewer or drainage system, to contract for the operation and maintenance of its works and improvements or easements for rights of way;
(7) Upon completion of construction of any integral part of the sewer or drainage system, to contract for the operation and maintenance of, and extensions to, such part of the system, with the metropolitan sewer district on a service basis for the users, or, with the approval of the court, to have the territory in such part of the sewer construction district incorporated into the metropolitan sewer district for service as provided to other property within said metropolitan sewer district; and
(8) To enter into agreements with another entity or entities to acquire by purchase or lease, any real or personal property, or any interest, right, easement, or privilege therein, outside of the district’s jurisdictional boundaries, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance of any sewage, wastewater, or storm water facilities, notwithstanding any other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes restricting, qualifying, or limiting their authority to do so, except as set forth in KRS Chapter 278.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 196, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2018. — Created
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 8, effective June 19, 1952.
(1) To construct, operate and maintain a sewerage and/or drainage system and sewers and drains within the boundaries of the sewer construction district, or to contract with a metropolitan sewer district for such construction, operation and/or maintenance;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 76.325
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) To provide for disposition of the sewage and/or drainage, and for treatment of sewage, either through its own facilities or by contract with the metropolitan sewer district;
(3) To clean out, straighten, alter, deepen, fill up or otherwise improve any stream, watercourse receiving sewage, liquid wastes or drainage, located in or out of the district;
(4) To construct, operate and maintain trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, laterals, siphons, pumping stations, sewage treatment and disposal works necessary for the purposes of the district, through its own facilities or by contract with the metropolitan sewer district;
(5) To hold, control, acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation any real or personal property necessary for location, construction, operation or maintenance of its works and improvements and easements for rights of way;
(6) Upon completion of construction of any integral part of the sewer or drainage system, to contract for the operation and maintenance of its works and improvements or easements for rights of way;
(7) Upon completion of construction of any integral part of the sewer or drainage system, to contract for the operation and maintenance of, and extensions to, such part of the system, with the metropolitan sewer district on a service basis for the users, or, with the approval of the court, to have the territory in such part of the sewer construction district incorporated into the metropolitan sewer district for service as provided to other property within said metropolitan sewer district; and
(8) To enter into agreements with another entity or entities to acquire by purchase or lease, any real or personal property, or any interest, right, easement, or privilege therein, outside of the district’s jurisdictional boundaries, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance of any sewage, wastewater, or storm water facilities, notwithstanding any other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes restricting, qualifying, or limiting their authority to do so, except as set forth in KRS Chapter 278.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 196, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2018. — Created
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 8, effective June 19, 1952.