Kansas Statutes 12-6a08. Financing costs; assessment plan; classifications, formulae and methods of assessment
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-6a08
- Assessments: means special assessments imposed and levied pursuant to the provisions of this act. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
- Cost: means : (1) All costs necessarily incurred for the preparation of preliminary reports, the preparation of plans and specifications, the preparation and publication of notices of hearings, resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation or administration of the district or the issuance of bonds therefore, necessary fees and expenses of consultants, interest accrued on borrowed money during the period of construction and the amount of a reserve fund for the bonds, together with the cost of land, materials, labor, and other lawful expenses incurred in planning and doing any project and may include a charge of not to exceed 5% of the total cost of the project or the cost of work done by the municipality to reimburse the municipality for the services rendered by the municipality in the administration and supervision of such project by its general officers; and (2) in the case of property and projects already owned by the municipality and previously financed by the issuance of bonds, "cost" means costs authorized by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
- District: means a community improvement district created pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
- Governing body: means the governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessed against the property in the improvement district as determined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-6a04, and amendments thereto, shall be apportioned against the property in accordance with the special benefits accruing thereto by reasons of such improvement or in accordance with the provisions of any petition submitted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-6a04, and amendments thereto. The cost may be assessed equally per front foot or per square foot against all lots and pieces of land within such improvement district or assessed against such property according to the value of the lots and pieces of land therein as determined by the governing body of the city with or without regard to the buildings and improvements thereon or as set forth in the petition requesting such improvement or the cost may be determined and fixed on the basis of any other reasonable assessment plan which will result in imposing substantially equal burdens or shares of the cost upon property within the improvement district similarly benefited. The governing body may from time to time determine and establish by ordinance reasonable general classifications and formulae for the apportionment of the cost between the city and the area to be assessed, and the methods of assessing the special benefits, for various classes of improvements.
(b) This section shall not be construed to limit the adoption of any assessment plan for any improvement that recognizes varying benefit levels to property within the improvement district and imposes assessments in relation thereto.