12-631t. Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; bonds.
12-631t
12-631t. Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; bonds.
The governing body of any city shall have the power to provide for one
or more systems of disposal works for the purification of the sewage of the
city or any part thereof, and to build, operate and maintain such disposal
works as the governing body may designate.
The cost and expense of building the same shall be borne by the city as
a whole, and may either be paid out of the general revenue fund or by the
issuance of general obligation bonds. No such bonds shall be issued in a
sum exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in any one year.
Sewage disposal works as used herein includes any necessary sewage disposal
plant, sewers and drains from existing outlets to the plant and from the
plant to a creek, ravine or river where sewage may be drained, pumping
plants, force mains, and all appurtenances necessary to construct a
complete disposal works for the disposal of sewage.
History: L. 1927, ch. 126, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 133, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 88, § 7;
L. 1975, ch. 89, § 1; July 1.