Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-632

  • 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

Notice of the filing of a petition for conversion to a water district, fixing time and place of the hearing, shall be given in the same manner as prescribed in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 82a-626, insofar as same can be made applicable, except that all members whose names are shown on the roster of stockholders submitted with the petition for conversion shall be considered petitioners, and shall be given notice of such filing and of the time and place of the hearing by registered or certified mail.