Kansas Statutes 82a-608. Assessment of benefits and costs
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-608
- District: means a rural water district organized pursuant to this act;
(b) "board" means the governing body of a district;
(c) the terms "board of county commissioners" and "county clerk" shall mean, respectively, the board of county commissioners and county clerk of the county in which the greatest portion of the territory of any existing or proposed rural water district is located;
(d) "participating member" means an individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation and:
(1) Which has subscribed to one or more benefit units of such district; or
(2) which is charged a franchise fee for water service which is paid, either directly or indirectly through another water provider, to such district;
(e) "chief engineer" means the chief engineer of the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 82a-612
Plans, specifications, estimates of cost and amount of benefits to each tract in such district for any proposed improvement authorized by this act shall be filed with the chief engineer of the division of water resources and with the secretary of the water-supply district, and the total benefits of any such improvement shall be divided into a suitable number of units of which each landowner within the district shall subscribe to the number of such units in proportion to the extent he or she desires to participate in the benefits of the improvements. All costs in connection with the construction of such improvement shall be assessed to such landowners in proportion to benefits subscribed for and each landowner’s share of the benefits of such improvement shall thereafter be in that proportion.