KRS § 220.280 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 220 / Section 220.280
220.280 Powers of board limited -- Private connections -- Type of improvements authorized -- Rights as to public corporations -- Annual audit
Status: in_force

220.280 Powers of board limited -- Private connections -- Type of improvements

authorized -- Rights as to public corporations -- Annual audit.

(1) The powers of the board of directors shall be limited to the construction,

maintenance and operation of such works as are necessary to carry out the purposes

of the district in improvement of sanitation, as set forth in KRS 220.030. The board

shall not permit house and users' connections at the cost of the district, and every

connection shall be made under the supervision of the district. No house or users'

connection shall be made unless and until the house or user is provided with an

adequate water supply.

(2) In order to effect the proper collection and disposal of sewage and other liquid

wastes produced within the district, to promote the public health, comfort,

convenience and welfare, and to accomplish all other purposes of the district, the

board may clean out, straighten, alter, deepen or otherwise improve any stream,

watercourse or body of water receiving sewage or other liquid wastes and located in

or out of the district; fill up any abandoned or altered stream, watercourse or body

of water located in or out of the district; construct and maintain laterals, trunk

sewers, intercepting sewers, siphons, pumping stations, treatment and disposal

works and improvements deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the

district and construct, preserve, operate or maintain such works in or out of the

district; construct connections to the works of the district for the delivery thereto of

sewage and other liquid wastes; incorporate with the works of the district or

otherwise utilize any public sewers, drains or other sewerage improvements either

without modifications or with repairs, modifications or changes deemed necessary;

construct any and all of the works and improvements across or through any public

or private property in or out of the district; hold, encumber, control, acquire by

donation, purchase or condemnation, and construct, own, lease, use and sell, any

real or personal property, or any easement necessary for rights-of-way or locations

for the works and improvements of the district, or for any necessary purpose, or for

obtaining or storing material to be used in constructing and maintaining the works

and improvements.

(3) KRS 220.010 to 220.540 shall not limit or interfere with the right of public

corporations to install, maintain and operate sewerage systems as otherwise

permitted by law, but the board of directors shall have full power and authority in

the construction and maintenance of improvements for the purposes of the district

to serve the area included within the district, and the board of directors may require

the use of the improvements of the district by persons and public corporations

included within the district and for which the improvements were installed.

(4) The board of directors shall have an annual audit made by a certified public

accountant, copies of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the

county judge/executive of the county or counties in which the sanitation district is

located.