12-631.   Ordinance requiring certain property ownersto make sewerconnections; costs; no-fund warrants, when; tax levies.Any city may in the manner hereinafter provided by ordinance requirepersons and property owners owning buildings within such city, whichbuildings are, or shall be located near a sewer, or in a block within anysewer district in said city through which a sewer extends, to make suchconnections with the sewer system, as may be necessary in the judgment ofthe board of health or in the event such city does not have a board ofhealth, in the judgment of the governing body for the protection of thehealth of the public, for the purpose of disposing of all substances fromany such building affecting the public health which may be lawfully andproperly disposed of by means of such sewer, and if any person or persons,shall fail, neglect or refuse to so connect any building or buildings withthe sewer system as herein provided for, for more than 10days after being notified in writing by the board of health or governing bodyof such city to do so, such city may cause such buildings to be connectedwith said sewer system, or may advertise for bids for the construction andmaking ofsuch sewer connections, and contract therefor with the lowest responsiblebidder or bidders, and may assess the costs and expense thereof against theproperty and premises so connected in the manner provided by law. All costsincurred by the city under the provisions of this section may be financed,until the assessment is paid, out of the general fund or by the issuance ofno-fund warrants. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authorityof this act the governing body of such city shall make a tax levy at thefirst tax levying period for the purpose of paying such warrants and theinterest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all otherlevies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to theaggregate tax levy prescribed in article 19 of chapter 79 of the KansasStatutes Annotated. Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed andbear interest in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940,and amendments thereto,except they shall not bear the notation required by said sectionand may be issued without the approval of the state courtof tax appeals. All moneys received from special assessments levied under theprovisions of this section shall, when paid, be placed in the general fund ofthe city.

      History:   L. 1915, ch. 130, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-631;L. 1965, ch. 93, § 1;L. 2008, ch. 109, § 24; July 1.