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KS Stat § 12-808a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-808a Electric or gas utility outside city limits; eminent domain; determination of rates.

12-808a. Electric or gas utility outside city limits; eminent domain; determination of rates. Whenever the governing body or the board of public utilities of any city owning or operating an electric or gas utility, any part of which is defined as a public utility under K.S.A. 66-104, shall deem it necessary for the proper construction, operation and management of such public utility, said governing body or board shall have and are hereby granted the power of eminent domain outside the corporate limit of such city, within the area subject to the jurisdiction and control of the corporation commission.Subject to the approval of the corporation commission, every such utility shall have and is hereby granted the power and authority to determine the rate for service within any area located outside of and more than three (3) miles from the corporate limits of a city. However, nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the validity of rates, charged to consumers in such areas by a municipally owned or operated gas or electric utility, which have been established and are in effect on the effective date of this act, but any change in such rates shall be subject to the approval of the corporation commission and must receive the commission's approval before said rates shall become effective.History: L. 1968, ch. 333, § 8; March 30.
KS Stat § 12-808b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-808b Same; filing of rates and location of facilities, when.

12-808b. Same; filing of rates and location of facilities, when. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the effective date of this act, all municipally owned or operated electric or gas utilities having facilities located outside of and more than three (3) miles from the corporate limits of the city shall file with the corporation commission in the manner prescribed by the commission:(a) A schedule of rates charged to all consumers outside of and more than three (3) miles from the corporate limits of such municipality; and(b) the location of all facilities of such utility located outside of and more than three (3) miles from the corporate limits of such municipality.History: L. 1968, ch. 333, § 9; March 30.
KS Stat § 12-808c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-808c Municipalities; lien for utility services.

12-808c. Municipalities; lien for utility services. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if any person, firm, corporation, organization, political or taxing subdivision of the state or other entity other than the state of Kansas and the federal government residing, occupying, using or operating on property to which is provided utility services by a utility owned or operated by a municipality, neglects, fails or refuses to pay the fees or charges for such service, the unpaid fees or charges shall constitute a lien upon the property to which such utility service is provided. The amount of the unpaid fees or charges shall be certified by the governing body of the municipality to the county clerk of the county in which such property is located, to be placed on the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties and collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected by law. The governing body may refuse the delivery of such utility service as otherwise permitted by law until such time as such charges are fully paid.(b) A lien shall not attach to property for unpaid utility fees or charges, when the utility service has been contracted for by a tenant and not by the landlord or owner of the property to which such service is provided.(c) Except as provided by this subsection, no municipality which provides utility services shall refuse to contract with a tenant for provision of such services to property occupied by such tenant. A municipality shall not be required to contract with any person if such person has outstanding or unpaid charges for utility services provided by such municipality.(d) A municipality may require a single deposit to be paid by a customer for all utility services, except that such deposit shall not exceed an amount equal to the expected average bills for a three month period for such utility services.(e) When used in this section:(1) "Municipality" means any city, county, township, water district, improvement district or other political or taxing subdivision of the state or any agency or instrumentality of a municipality which provides utility services but does not include any rural water district organized pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-612 et seq., and amendments thereto.(2) "Utility services" means refuse, trash, garbage or other solid waste collection and disposal, sewer, water, gas and electric power services.History: L. 2006, ch. 95, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-809 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-809 Damming of river or condemnation of land and water for waterworks; petition to court; bond issue.

12-809. Damming of river or condemnation of land and water for waterworks; petition to court; bond issue. The governing body of any city shall have power and authority to dam any river not navigable, to condemn and appropriate in the name and for the use of the city any such land or lands located in or out of the corporate limits thereof, as may be necessary for the construction and operation of waterworks, and to condemn, appropriate and divert the water from such river, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessary for such purpose.Whenever the city council shall determine to condemn and appropriate any land or to condemn and divert any water for the purpose aforesaid, it shall cause a petition to be presented in the name of the city to the district judge of the district court of the county in which such city is situated, setting forth the necessity of the appropriation of lands and the diverting of said water for the erection and operation of waterworks, and thereupon the necessary real estate shall be condemned as provided by law, and may be paid for by the issuance and sale of the bonds of such city as provided by law.Before any such bonds shall be issued the proposition shall be submitted to the voters of such city as provided by law. From and after such condemnation and appropriation and the payment therefor, the city shall be vested with the right to perpetually use the land, water, and the right to divert such water, condemned for the purpose of waterworks.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-809; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 38; January 10, 1977.
KS Stat § 12-810 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-810 Condemnation by foreign municipality for water plant.

12-810. Condemnation by foreign municipality for water plant. Any foreign municipal corporation duly chartered and organized under the laws of its state, and owning a water plant and having some part thereof within the state of Kansas, may apply to the district court or judge thereof, of any county in which said foreign municipal corporation has located any part of its water plant to condemn land for the same, or as much as may be desired, as well as a route for such proposed water mains as may be located by such foreign municipal corporation, and also such land as may be deemed necessary for engine houses, pumping stations, workshops, water stations, intakes, reservoirs, filtering basins, tunnels, shafts and conduits for conveying water, together with all necessary means, ways and devices for building, constructing, maintaining, repairing and operating the same, and materials for the construction sufficient to enable said foreign municipal corporation to construct and repair its plant, mains and stations, and right of making proper drains, which said lands or rights therein may be condemned as provided by law: Provided, Such foreign municipal corporation shall not be permitted to condemn any lands actually used by a water company in serving a municipal corporation in the state of Kansas, when the taking of the lands so sought to be condemned would interfere with the actual operation of such water company's plant.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-810; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-812 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-812 Same; bonds for enlargement or improvement of waterworks; ordinance; election.

12-812. Same; bonds for enlargement or improvement of waterworks; ordinance; election. If such city deems it necessary to enlarge, improve or extend any waterworks system, or part thereof (so condemned), the governing body is hereby empowered to issue for said purpose bonds to such an amount as may be fixed by ordinance and authorized by the electors at the election hereinbefore provided for, or at any subsequent special election or elections called therefor, which said bonds shall be issued according to law.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-812; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-817 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-817 City water contracts.

12-817. City water contracts. The governing body of any city acquiring a waterworks plant, or part thereof, may make a contract with any person, city or corporation, located within or without this state, for the purchase and supplying of water for all purposes to such city for its own use or to supply all other consumers.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-817; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-817a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-817a Application of section and 12-817b.

12-817a. Application of section and 12-817b. The provisions of this act shall apply to any city of the state of Kansas.History: L. 1963, ch. 78, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 100, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 12-817b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-817b Contracts with U.S. government or agencies for water supplies; subject to future nullification if state assumes certain financial obligations.

12-817b. Contracts with U.S. government or agencies for water supplies; subject to future nullification if state assumes certain financial obligations. Any two or more cities may enter into contracts or a single contract with the United States government or any agency thereof for a water supply or part thereof for any one or more of such contracting cities. Any such contract may provide that water shall be supplied and paid for in quotas which are automatically adjusted for population changes in such cities, or for other agreed amounts, from storage facilities or reservoirs of the United States government. Any such contract or contracts may provide for payment by such cities to the United States government for such water supply and may designate the manner in which payment obligations shall be shared among such cities.Such contracts may run for any term not exceeding fifty (50) years: Provided, Every such contract shall contain a provision that in the event the state, through duly authorized officers, at any time declares such contract to be void, it shall immediately thereafter be void and of no effect, however, the state shall at the same time become liable for and assume the financial obligations of such contract for any cost reimbursement and maintenance expense which is provided under such contract to be paid by such municipalities to the United States government or any agency thereof, and such financial obligations shall become due at the same time and in the same amount as provided in such contract for payment by such municipalities: Provided further, Every such contract shall contain a provision that in the event that such contract is declared void pursuant to the provisions of this section, such contracting cities shall pay to the state sums of money equal to the sums of money that the state pays to the federal government as a result of such declaration, and such cities shall thereupon have rights to water similar to their rights to water under such voided contract.History: L. 1963, ch. 78, § 2; April 23.
KS Stat § 12-818 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-818 Ordinances for control of waterworks.

12-818. Ordinances for control of waterworks. The governing body shall enact all other ordinances necessary for the control, operation and maintenance of such waterworks plant and department.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-818; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-819 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-819 Bond limitations not to apply.

12-819. Bond limitations not to apply. None of the restrictions and limitations respecting the amount of city indebtedness contained in any of the statutes of the state of Kansas shall apply to or in any way affect the issuance of the bonds authorized by this act.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-819; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-820 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-820 Acquisition of plants outside city.

12-820. Acquisition of plants outside city. If any part or portion of the plant or property of any person, company or corporation sought to be acquired by any city proceeding under the provisions of this act be located outside the corporate limits and boundaries of said city, the said city may, nevertheless, proceed under this act to acquire title to such part or portion of the said plant or property as may be located, and to hold and control the same as the property of the city the same as though it was located within the corporate limits of said city, subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 66-104 and 66-131, and amendments thereto.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-820; L. 1968, ch. 333, § 3; March 30.
KS Stat § 12-820a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-820a City acquiring certain private waterworks property authorized to reimburse subdivisions for tax loss; exception.

12-820a. City acquiring certain private waterworks property authorized to reimburse subdivisions for tax loss; exception. Any city of the state which shall acquire from a private owner any waterworks utility or property serving such city which at the time of such acquisitions was subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes for city, county, board of education or municipal university purposes shall have power to pay annually to such city, county, board of education or municipal university, out of the net revenues accruing to the city from the operation of its waterworks, an amount not in excess of the ad valorem taxes levied on such waterworks property for such city, county, board of education or municipal university in the calendar year preceding the date of the acquisition of such waterworks utility or property by the city: Provided, however, That if any such city shall have outstanding any revenue bonds payable from the revenues of the city's waterworks, the city shall not make any such payment which will prevent the city from paying when due the principal of and interest on its water revenue bonds, nor shall such payment be made if the making thereof will prevent or interfere with the performance by the city of any of its obligations under the ordinance authorizing the issuance of its water revenue bonds.History: L. 1957, ch. 104, § 1; March 30.
KS Stat § 12-821 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-821 Extension of mains or of transmission lines or pipelines.

12-821. Extension of mains or of transmission lines or pipelines. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 66-104 and 66-131, and amendments thereto, any city operating any waterworks, fuel, power or lighting plant or sewer system may extend its mains, transmission lines or pipelines within or without the city by construction or purchase, when applications have been made and agreements entered into by persons along the proposed extension that will produce a revenue in the judgment of the governing body, sufficient to pay interest on the cost of the extension, and the operating cost of the product or service furnished.History: L. 1913, ch. 79, § 2; L. 1919, ch. 110, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-821; L. 1968, ch. 333, § 4; March 30.3
KS Stat § 12-823 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-823 Public or municipally owned utilities; penalties.

12-823. Public or municipally owned utilities; penalties. Any public or municipally owned utility violating any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five dollars ($5) nor exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, which penalty shall be paid to the state treasurer pursuant to K.S.A. 20-2801, and any amendments thereto.History: L. 1919, ch. 238, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 12-823; L. 1973, ch. 106, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 105, § 1; January 1, 1979.
KS Stat § 12-825 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-825 Technical service and advice from state commission.

12-825. Technical service and advice from state commission. Cities may, upon proper application to the secretary of the corporation commission of the state, obtain the technical services and advice, pertaining to any public utility operated within said city whether the same be publicly or privately owned, of any expert or other employee of said commission. The city obtaining such service or advice shall pay to said commission the actual expenses necessarily incurred by it in supplying said services or advice.History: L. 1915, ch. 135, § 1; April 7; R.S. 1923, § 12-825.
KS Stat § 12-825a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-825a Petty cash funds, establishment; deposit.

12-825a. Petty cash funds, establishment; deposit. The governing body of any city that owns or operates waterworks, gas-works, or electric plant may by ordinance establish a petty cash fund for the use of said utilities, for the purpose of paying postage, freight, temporary labor, and other emergency expenses, including refund of deposits made to secure payment of accounts. Such petty cash fund shall be deposited in the designated city depository bank and paid out on the order of the cashier of such utilities by checks which shall state clearly the purpose for which issued.History: L. 1939, ch. 100, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 12-825b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-825b Same; certification by payees; false pretenses.

12-825b. Same; certification by payees; false pretenses. The payees of such checks shall certify thereupon over their signatures that such services were rendered, supplies furnished, or refunds received, as the case may be, and any false certification on such checks shall be deemed obtaining money under false pretenses and punished as provided by law.History: L. 1939, ch. 100, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 12-825c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-825c Same; audits; restoration of fund.

12-825c. Same; audits; restoration of fund. Whenever such petty cash fund becomes low or depleted, said cashier shall prepare vouchers covering such expenses as have been paid from said petty cash fund, and shall submit such vouchers together with the paid checks to the governing body for audit, and allowance of the amount from the regular funds of the utilities. Warrants issued therefor shall be payable to the petty cash fund and shall be deposited therein to restore said petty cash fund to its original amount, for use as herein provided.History: L. 1939, ch. 100, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 12-825d (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-825d Waterworks, fuel, power and lighting plants; use, disposition and investment of revenues.

12-825d. Waterworks, fuel, power and lighting plants; use, disposition and investment of revenues. Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, in any city of the first, second or third class owning a waterworks, fuel, power or lighting plant, the revenue derived from the sale and consumption of water, fuel, power or light shall not be paid out or disbursed except for the purpose of operating, renewing or extending the plant or distribution system from which such revenue was derived, the payment of interest on outstanding bonds issued for the construction, extension or purchase thereof, and the payment of the salaries of the employees. At any time that there may be a surplus of such fund, it shall, if needed to redeem bonds, be quarterly placed in a sinking fund, which shall only be used for the purpose of redeeming bonds that may have been issued for acquiring, renewing or extending said plant or distribution system, or making renewals or extensions thereto. When any surplus of either the operating fund or sinking fund is not needed for any of the above stated purposes, said surpluses:(a) May be transferred and merged into the city general revenue fund or any other fund or funds of such city; or(b) upon approval of the voters as authorized by K.S.A. 12-825g, and amendments thereto, in cities of the second class having a population of not less than six thousand (6,000) and not more than twelve thousand (12,000) and which are located in a county having a total assessed taxable tangible valuation of not less than thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) and not more than forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000), a part of such surpluses may be annually transferred, for a period not exceeding five years, to a special fund, which shall be known as "the community and utility promotion fund," but the total amount transferred to such fund in any one calendar year shall not exceed (1) one percent (1%) of the gross income derived from the sale of water, fuel, power and light during the preceding calendar year by such city, or (2) ten thousand dollars ($10,000), whichever amount is the lesser, and at no time shall there be more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in said fund, and the moneys in said fund may be expended for the purposes authorized by K.S.A. 12-825g, and amendments thereto; or(c) such surpluses, in whole or in part, may be set aside in a depreciation reserve fund of the utility which may be used as hereinabove provided, and which may be invested in investments authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed therein or in United States government bonds or in municipal bonds of any county, township, city or school district in the state of Kansas where the bonded indebtedness thereof does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of its total assessed valuation as shown by the last assessment preceding such investment.History: L. 1945, ch. 97, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 73, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-825e (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 8 - Public Utilities|12-825e Same; inapplicable to certain cities over 100,000.

12-825e. Same; inapplicable to certain cities over 100,000. The provisions of this act shall not apply to cities, the utilities of which are under the management and control of a board of public utilities, as established by chapter 126 [*] of the Laws of Kansas for 1929, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof.History: L. 1945, ch. 97, § 2; June 28.* "Chapter 126," see 13-1220 to 13-1234a.