Subject to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-270, and amendments thereto, the township board of any township having a public water supply, shall have the power, in the manner and as hereinafter provided, to establish one or more sewage districts within such township, or any part thereof, which shall be designated as ” ______________ township sewage district No. ______, ______________ county, Kansas.” A sewage district so established shall be a body corporate, with authority to levy taxes and special assessments, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued in actions arising on contracts, and to establish, construct and maintain a sewage system for such sewage district and to issue bonds to pay therefor. The duly elected members of the township board shall be ex officio the governing body of such sewage district or districts, and each shall receive compensation for the time actually and necessarily spent in performing the duties required by this act. The amount of such compensation shall be determined by the township board as provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 80-207, and amendments thereto.

All taxes and special assessments herein provided for shall be levied against property within such sewage district, and all bonds herein provided for shall be issued by such sewage district and shall not be an obligation of or lien against property in any part of the township which lies outside of such sewage district or against property in any other sewage districts in such township. The cost of the construction of all main, intercepting and outfall sewers and of all sewage disposal plants, and of the maintenance of the entire sewage system of such sewage district, shall be borne by the real property within such sewage district as a whole. The cost of the construction of lateral sewers within such sewage district shall be borne by the property benefited by such lateral sewers, by the organization of lateral sewer districts or otherwise as herein provided.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 80-2002

  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • public water supply: means a supply of water furnished to residences and other customers in any part of the township through water mains, whether such mains are owned and operated by the township, an adjacent city or township, or by a private utility. See Kansas Statutes 80-2001
  • sewage system: means the main, lateral, outfall and intercepting sewers which may be constructed by any sewage district within or without the corporate limits of any township as herein provided, including all manholes, pumps, lift stations and other appurtenances to such sewers, including sewage-disposal plants, if any be constructed by such sewage district as herein provided, and their appurtenances. See Kansas Statutes 80-2001
  • township board: means the township trustee, township clerk, and township treasurer, acting as a board. See Kansas Statutes 80-2001