12-6,102.   City-county storm drainage system; resolution; method of assessment.The governing body of any city and the board of county commissioners ofthe county in which such city is located may provide for a system of stormdrainage in any natural drainage area located within the corporatelimits of the city and the adjacent unincorporated area of the county. The governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners ofthe county may by joint resolution create a joint storm drainage districtand provide for the construction of, and maintenance of main and lateralstorm water drains therein. Such joint resolution shall provide for themethod of assessment to be utilized in assessing the cost of improvementsagainst the property within the district and the portion, if any, of thecost to be borne by the city at large. Final engineering plans for anyproposed improvement shall be approved by both the governing body of thecity and the board of county commissioners of the county. Improvement projectswithin such district, including that portion lying outside the city, shallbe administered by the city and shall be initiated, authorized, and financedby the issuance of bonds and the levying of special assessments in the mannerprovided for the initiation, authorization and financing of improvementsunder the provisions of article 6a of chapter 12 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated and amendments thereto and on the basis of any reasonable assessmentplan which considers land use and which will result in imposing substantiallyequal burdens upon property similarly benefited, and in accordance withthe provisions of the joint resolution. Moneys received from special assessmentslevied against property located outside the corporate limits of the cityshall be paid to the city for the retirement of bonds issued by the cityfor payment of the cost of improvements within such district for which suchassessments were levied.

      History:   L. 1980, ch. 58, § 1; July 1.