Kansas Statutes 19-2786a. Consolidation of adjoining districts; petition; joint meeting
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2786a
- county: means Sedgwick county, Kansas;
(f) "governing body" means the board of county commissioners;
(g) "improve" means to construct, reconstruct, maintain, restore, replace, renew, repair, install, equip, extend or to perform any work which will provide a new facility or enhance, extend or restore the value or utility of an existing facility;
(h) "improvement" means any type of improvement made under authority of this act and includes reimprovement of a prior improvement. See Kansas Statutes 19-27,181
Whenever a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the legally qualified electors of either of two of adjacent improvement districts is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such improvement districts are located, praying that an election be called, at which shall be submitted the question of consolidation of such two (2) improvement districts, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to notify the boards of directors of each of such improvement districts of the fact of such petition, and request that such two boards of directors meet jointly with the board of county commissioners to determine the feasibility of such consolidation, the terms of such consolidation, the handling of outstanding bonded indebtedness, the name of the consolidated improvement district and the effective date of such proposed consolidation.