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KS Stat § 12-614 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-614 Resurfacing and repair of paved streets; bonds; protest petition; election.

12-614. Resurfacing and repair of paved streets; bonds; protest petition; election. Whenever the governing body of any incorporated city shall deem it necessary to resurface or repair any paved street or any portion thereof, which paved street was originally curbed, guttered and a base and surfacing constructed in accordance with specifications; and the surfacing of such paved street by reason of the wear and tear of traffic is in a condition which requires repairing or resurfacing in order to preserve the base of same and to provide a reasonably smooth wearing surface the same may be ordered by resolution and shall be done at the expense of the city and the payment of the cost of such resurfacing or repairing may be made by the issuance of improvement bonds of the city. Such bonds shall be made payable at such time as the governing body shall provide by ordinance and the credit of such city shall be pledged to the payment thereof: Provided, Before such bonds shall be issued and the work begun under the provisions of this act, the resolution determining the necessity therefor shall be published once each week on the same day of the week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper. Such resolution shall declare the necessity for and the intention of the governing body to make such improvement and shall describe in general terms the improvement to be made, the estimated cost thereof and shall designate the street or portion thereof to be improved. If within thirty (30) days after the last publication of said resolution there shall be filed in the office of the city clerk, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the last day, a protest signed by qualified electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors who voted at the last preceding regular city election as shown by the poll books, an election shall be called and held within ninety (90) days after the last publication of said resolution or at the next regular city election if held within that time. Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided by law for bond elections. If no protest or an insufficient protest is filed or if an election is held and the proposition carries by a majority of those voting thereon, the governing body may provide for the improvement.History: L. 1923, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-614; L. 1965, ch. 91, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 12-615 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-615 Resurfacing and repair of paved streets; bonds; tax levy.

12-615. Resurfacing and repair of paved streets; bonds; tax levy. The bonds herein provided for shall not be issued in an amount in excess of the cost of such work or improvements. Each bond shall specify the date of its separate maturity and shall be in the denominations determined by the authority issuing the same. The governing body shall annually levy a general tax on all the property in the city to pay the interest and installments on such bonds.History: L. 1923, ch. 99, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 12-615; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 42; May 12.
KS Stat § 12-616 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-616 Same; construction.

12-616. Same; construction. This act shall not repeal any law granting authority to cities to make improvements but shall be in addition to such power.History: L. 1923, ch. 99, § 3; June 9; R.S. 1923, § 12-616.
KS Stat § 12-617 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-617 Taxing districts in cities under 80,000; ordinance.

12-617. Taxing districts in cities under 80,000; ordinance. For the purpose of providing for the expenses of sewerage and drainage, the governing body of any city having a population of less than 80,000 may by ordinance, divide such city into such number of taxing districts as they may deem best.History: L. 1909, ch. 90, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-617; L. 1927, ch. 98, § 1; March 2.
KS Stat § 12-619 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-619 Cost of main sewers, how determined; ordinance; lands not subject to assessment.

12-619. Cost of main sewers, how determined; ordinance; lands not subject to assessment. If the estimated cost of the main sewer or drain of said system now or hereafter constructed shall be relatively large as compared with the estimated cost of the lateral sewers or drains tributary thereto, or if the said main sewer or drain shall be so located that it will or may receive the sewage or drainage from two or more districts, the governing body shall have power to pass an ordinance providing that the cost of such main sewer or drain below a certain designated point shall be borne by the city and paid in the manner provided in K.S.A. 12-624 for the payment of the cost of main sewers and drains now or hereafter constructed beyond the corporate limits of the city. If the said main sewer or drain shall be so located that it will or may receive the sewage or drainage from two or more districts, the governing body shall have power to pass an ordinance providing that the cost of such sewer or drain below a certain designated point shall be divided among the said districts as nearly as possible in proportion to the benefits which the respective districts will eventually receive from the use of the said sewer drain, and that the proportion of the cost assigned to each district shall be assessed against that district in the manner provided by law: Provided, That the said ordinance shall state the point in the line of the main sewer or drain below which the provisions of this section shall apply, shall describe the proposed location of the said main sewer or drain from the said point to the outlet of the same or to the city limits, and shall state the manner of payment of the cost of the said main sewer or drain, whether by the city or by the tributary districts, and if by the tributary districts shall fix the proportion of the cost to be assessed against said district: Provided further, That any land within the corporate limits of any city which land is served by county or township sewers shall not be subject to assessment as herein provided.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-619; L. 1955, ch. 78, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 92, § 1; May 14.
KS Stat § 12-620 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-620 Same; sewers in highways or across vacant lots.

12-620. Same; sewers in highways or across vacant lots. The governing body of any such city shall have power to construct sewers or drains through, under, across or along any street, alley or public highway, and may construct such sewers or drains across any vacant lot upon leaving the same in as good condition as such lot was in before the construction of such sewers or drains.History: L. 1909, ch. 90, § 4; March 30; R.S. 1923, § 12-620.
KS Stat § 12-621 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-621 Same; sewage disposal works; costs and expenses; general obligation bonds, when; limitations; election upon petition.

12-621. Same; sewage disposal works; costs and expenses; general obligation bonds, when; limitations; election upon petition. The governing body of any such city may operate and maintain disposal works for the purification of the sewage of the city, or of any part thereof. The costs and expenses of building the same shall be borne by the city as a whole, and may be paid out of the general revenue fund; or if the governing body determines, general obligation bonds of the city may be issued therefor in any sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for such purpose, except that in any city located within a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000), bonds for such purpose may not be issued in any sum exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Such bonds may be issued in addition to the limit of bonded indebtedness of such cities as defined by statute, except that no bonds may be issued under the provisions of this section in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) if, within thirty (30) days of the passage of a resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, a petition in opposition to such issuance, signed by not less than two percent (2%) of the qualified electors in such city, is filed with the governing body of such city. If such petition is filed within the prescribed time, no such bonds may be issued unless a majority of the qualified electors approve such levy at the next primary or general election.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-621; L. 1929, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1931, ch. 108, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 79, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 92, § 2; L. 1966, ch. 3, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1975, ch. 58, § 1; April 24.
KS Stat § 12-622 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-622 Same; sewers and drains outside city; eminent domain.

12-622. Same; sewers and drains outside city; eminent domain. The governing body of any such city shall have power and authority to construct and maintain sewers and drains, with the appurtenances thereof, from the corporate limits of the said city to a connection with any creek, ravine, or river within five miles thereof, and to build, extend, operate and maintain disposal works for the purification of sewage at any point along or near the line of such sewers or drains; and for this purpose the right of eminent domain is hereby granted to such cities.History: L. 1909, ch. 90, § 6; March 30; R.S. 1923, § 12-622.
KS Stat § 12-623 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-623 Same; acquisition of land.

12-623. Same; acquisition of land. Whenever the governing body of any such city shall determine to lay off and condemn a right-of-way from the corporate limits of such city to such point on such creek, ravine or river, and to construct sewers or drains, or to build or extend disposal works, as provided herein, the governing body may proceed to condemn the necessary lands or rights-of-way: Provided, Any person through whose lands such sewers or drains may be constructed, or upon whose lands such disposal works may be built, or who would be otherwise damaged, may give consent thereto in writing, and such writing, without formal acknowledgment, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county, and thenceforth the city shall have the same right to construct such sewers or drains and to build and operate such disposal works as though such lands had been formally condemned.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-623; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-624 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-624 Cost of main sewers, how determined; costs, how borne; bonds, limitation.

12-624. Cost of main sewers, how determined; costs, how borne; bonds, limitation. All costs and expenses occasioned by the acquisition of a right-of-way either by purchase or condemnation and by the construction of sewers and drains and disposal works beyond the corporate limits of said city shall be borne by the city as a whole and shall be paid out of the general revenue fund or by the issue of improvement bonds of the city as the governing body may determine, in the manner provided by law. Bonds to pay the costs of right-of-way and the construction of sewers and drains beyond the corporate limits of the city may be issued in addition to the one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) authorized by K.S.A. 12-621 for the construction of disposal works and that such additional bonds may be issued in addition to the limit of bonded indebtedness of such cities as defined by statutes.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-624; L. 1976, ch. 71, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-626 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-626 Construction of pumping stations.

12-626. Construction of pumping stations. Whenever, in the judgment of the governing body of any city in the state of Kansas, in the construction, maintenance and operation of its sewer system, whether it be a part of its sanitary sewer system, storm sewer system, or a combination of both, that on account of elevation, dike, or any other reason, it is impracticable, or too expensive, to excavate in connection with such sewer or intercepting sewer with another sewer district, or intercepting sewer, or in order to provide an outlet of any kind for the sewage of such sewer or intercepting sewer district, whether such sewers be sanitary sewers, storm sewers, or a combination of both, the governing body of such city is hereby empowered to construct a pumping station for the purpose of pumping such sewage of such sewer or intercepting sewer to some other sewer district in said city over any elevation, dike or other obstruction in order to conduct the sewage thereof to a point of outlet, whether such outlet be an intercepting sewer, another main sewer district, a sewage disposal plant, or a stream.History: L. 1915, ch. 129, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-626; L. 1945, ch. 94, § 1; March 30.
KS Stat § 12-627 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-627 Same; approval of plans.

12-627. Same; approval of plans. Before any such pumping plant shall be constructed the plans and specifications of such pumping station shall first be submitted to the secretary of health and environment of the state of Kansas and be approved by such secretary.History: L. 1915, ch. 129, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 12-627; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-628 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-628 Same; costs; bonds.

12-628. Same; costs; bonds. The cost of construction of such pumping station may be paid from the general fund of such city, or if there be not sufficient money in such fund such city is hereby authorized to issue improvement bonds for the payment thereof to an amount not to exceed the actual cost of said pumping plant. The bonds issued under this act shall be issued as provided by law.History: R.S. 1923, § 12-628; December 27.
KS Stat § 12-629 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-629 Same; bond limitations inapplicable.

12-629. Same; bond limitations inapplicable. None of the restrictions and limitations contained in any of the statutes of the state of Kansas heretofore enacted shall apply to, or in any way affect the issuance of the bonds authorized by this act, or the bonds so issued.History: L. 1915, ch. 129, § 4; March 16; R.S. 1923, § 12-629.
KS Stat § 12-630a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-630a Bonds for sewage treatment and disposal works; election; service charges; tax levy.

12-630a. Bonds for sewage treatment and disposal works; election; service charges; tax levy. The governing body of any city may provide for one or more systems of works within or without the city for the treatment and disposal of the sewage of the city or of any part thereof and sewage from premises without the city when discharged into the sewer system of the city as authorized by law and may require land and easements and build, rebuild, enlarge, improve, repair, maintain, and operate the same, and for the purpose of building, rebuilding, enlarging, or improving such work or works, or making such extensive repairs as cannot be financed out of current funds, may pay for the same out of the general revenue fund or may issue bonds, which bonds shall not be included in the limit of bonded indebtedness of the city as defined by statutes: Provided, That no issue of bonds shall be made until authorized by a majority of the votes cast on the proposition at an election called and held as provided by the general bond law. Such bonds may be general obligation bonds of the city payable by a general tax, or if the city is authorized by statute to make service charges for the disposal of sewage, the bonds may be made payable out of the revenue therefrom in which case the city shall thereafter make such charges as are necessary to pay the interest on such bonds and to pay the bonds as they mature, or the bonds may be made payable partly by tax levy and partly by such service charges. The cost of operation, maintenance and ordinary repair may be paid by the tax authorized by statute or from service charges as authorized by statute or by both sources of revenue. Sewage disposal works as used herein includes sewage disposal plant, necessary sewers and drains from existing outlets to the plant and from the plant to a creek, ravine or river into which the treated sewage may be drained, necessary pumping plants, force mains and appurtenances necessary to a complete disposal works for the treatment and disposal of sewage.History: L. 1947, ch. 130, § 1; April 18.
KS Stat § 12-631 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-631 Ordinance requiring certain property owners to make sewer connections; costs; no-fund warrants, when; tax levies.

12-631. Ordinance requiring certain property owners to make sewer connections; costs; no-fund warrants, when; tax levies. Any city may in the manner hereinafter provided by ordinance require persons and property owners owning buildings within such city, which buildings are, or shall be located near a sewer, or in a block within any sewer district in said city through which a sewer extends, to make such connections with the sewer system, as may be necessary in the judgment of the board of health or in the event such city does not have a board of health, in the judgment of the governing body for the protection of the health of the public, for the purpose of disposing of all substances from any such building affecting the public health which may be lawfully and properly disposed of by means of such sewer, and if any person or persons, shall fail, neglect or refuse to so connect any building or buildings with the sewer system as herein provided for, for more than 10 days after being notified in writing by the board of health or governing body of such city to do so, such city may cause such buildings to be connected with said sewer system, or may advertise for bids for the construction and making of such sewer connections, and contract therefor with the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, and may assess the costs and expense thereof against the property and premises so connected in the manner provided by law. All costs incurred by the city under the provisions of this section may be financed, until the assessment is paid, out of the general fund or by the issuance of no-fund warrants. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority of this act the governing body of such city shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period for the purpose of paying such warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy prescribed in article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except they shall not bear the notation required by said section and may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax appeals. All moneys received from special assessments levied under the provisions of this section shall, when paid, be placed in the general fund of the city.History: L. 1915, ch. 130, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-631; L. 1965, ch. 93, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 24; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 18; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-631a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-631a Alteration, repair, reconstruction or construction of sewer and payment thereof.

12-631a. Alteration, repair, reconstruction or construction of sewer and payment thereof. Whenever, in the opinion of the governing body of any city in the state of Kansas it shall become necessary to alter, repair or reconstruct any existing sewer which serves two or more sewer districts, where sewer districts may have [been] created, or which serves a substantial portion of the city, the governing body of such city may provide for the alteration, repair or reconstruction of any such sewer; or if any such sewer, after having been constructed for twenty years or more, is found to be inadequate, and in the opinion of the governing body of [*] the inadequacy of such sewer can be corrected at a lesser cost by the construction of another sewer in the same watershed, the governing body of such city may provide for the construction of a supplemental sewer.In order to pay for the construction of sewers herein provided for, the governing body of such city may assess the cost thereof against the sewer district or sewer districts served by such sewer, in cases where sewer districts have been created, or may, if in the opinion of the governing body the cost of such alteration, repair, construction or reconstruction should be borne by the city at large, pay the cost thereof out of the general fund of said city, and if the general fund is insufficient to pay such cost, or if the governing body deems it necessary, such governing body may issue general improvement bonds in the manner provided by law to pay such cost.All contracts for any such work, and special assessments against any property to pay the same in case such work is to be paid for by special assessments, shall be governed as near as may be by the provisions of law relating to the construction and payment of street improvements. If in the opinion of the governing body the cost of such alteration, repair, construction or reconstruction should be borne by the city at large the governing body may find that such sewer is an interceptor sewer and such finding shall be final and conclusive and shall make such sewer a utility within the meaning of the word "utility" as defined in K.S.A. 10-1201.History: L. 1929, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1931, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 95, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 74, § 3; June 30.* Word "of" appears unnecessary.
KS Stat § 12-631b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 6 - Public Improvements|12-631b Acquisition of certain sewers or sewage facilities; ordinance.

12-631b. Acquisition of certain sewers or sewage facilities; ordinance. Any city of this state is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise any sanitary sewers or sewage lines located within the corporate limits of said city or within a distance of three (3) miles beyond the corporate limits of said city, which facilities have been constructed and are in place. Such acquisition may be by gift, grant or purchase from the United States government or any agency thereof, or any other owner thereof. Such acquisition may be had by any such city when the governing body shall have adopted an ordinance declaring the acquisition of such sewers or sewage facilities to be necessary, convenient or useful to such city and that the same is of value to said city, its inhabitants, or to industries located in the immediate environs of such city and so located as to be served by such sewers or sewage facilities.History: L. 1947, ch. 131, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 74, § 1; July 1.