12-631t.   Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; bonds.The governing body of any city shall have the power to provide for oneor more systems of disposal works for the purification of the sewage of thecity or any part thereof, and to build, operate and maintain such disposalworks as the governing body may designate.

      The cost and expense of building the same shall be borne by the city asa whole, and may either be paid out of the general revenue fund or by theissuance of general obligation bonds. No such bonds shall be issued in asum exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in any one year.Sewage disposal works as used herein includes any necessary sewage disposalplant, sewers and drains from existing outlets to the plant and from theplant to a creek, ravine or river where sewage may be drained, pumpingplants, force mains, and all appurtenances necessary to construct acomplete 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.