Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-603

  • county clerk: shall mean , respectively, the board of county commissioners and county clerk of the county in which the greatest portion of the territory of any existing or proposed rural water district is located;

    (d) "participating member" means an individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation and:

    (1) Which has subscribed to one or more benefit units of such district; or

    (2) which is charged a franchise fee for water service which is paid, either directly or indirectly through another water provider, to such district;

    (e) "chief engineer" means the chief engineer of the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 82a-612

Whenever a petition as provided in the preceding section is filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall thereupon give notice to the county commissioners of the filing and pendency of such petition and the county commissioners shall forthwith fix a time within 30 days from date of filing of the petition, for a hearing of the same and the county clerk shall at least seven days before date fixed for such hearing, give or send by mail, written notice thereof to each of the petitioners, and shall transmit to the chief engineer of the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture, one copy of the petition and notice of the date set for its consideration.