Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-607

  • District: means a rural water district organized pursuant to this act;

    (b) "board" means the governing body of a district;

    (c) the terms "board of county commissioners" and "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

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The board of directors of any such district in this state acting in its capacity as the governing body of water-supply districts within their respective counties, may employ such common and skilled labor, and professional and other services as may be necessary to the proper performance of such work or improvement as is proposed to be done within any such district in the county, and the maintenance thereof.