10-1208.Rates, fees and charges; depreciation or renewal and
replacement fund; reserve fund; annual audit, filing; billing and
collection of sewer service charges; discontinuance of water service.
(a) The governing body or other proper officers having the control and
management of the utilities of such municipality shall provide for the
payment of such bonds by fixing rates, fees or charges for the use of or
services rendered by such utility, which rates, fees or charges shall be
sufficient to pay the cost of operation, improvement and maintenance of
the utility, and provide either a depreciation fund or a renewal and
replacement fund, provide a reserve fund and pay the principal of and
the interest upon such bonds when due. Rates, fees and charges for the
use of or services rendered by any interceptor sewer utility, including
the cost of construction, alteration, repair or reconstruction of any
such interceptor sewer utility, shall not be based on strength or volume
of sewage to be carried in any interceptor sewer of such utility. The
rates, fees and charges for the use of or services rendered by any
sewage disposal plant utility may be based in part upon the strength or
volume of sewage contributed.
(b) The municipality shall cause an audit to be made annually by a
licensed municipal public accountant or certified public accountant of
the operation of any utility for which revenue bonds have been issued by
the municipality. If the audit discloses that proper provision has not
been made for all of the requirements of this section, then the
governing body or other officers having the control and management of
the utilities of such municipality shall promptly proceed to cause to be
charged for the utility service rendered rates which will adequately
provide for the requirements of this section. Within one year after the
audit period of the audit, a copy of the audit report shall be filed
with the clerk of the municipality and shall be open to public
inspection.
(c) If the municipality does not own the waterworks system serving
it and has instituted sewer service charges and rates for the use of its
sanitary sewage system utility under this section, it may contract with
any corporation owning the waterworks system serving such municipality
for the billing and collection of sewer service charges in conjunction
with the billing and collection of water charges, and such corporation
shall have the power to contract for such billing and collection of
sewer service charges. The terms of such contract shall be such as may
be reasonable under the circumstances including the payment of
reasonable compensation for the services rendered in billing and
collecting such sewer service charges and may include a provision that
water service to any customer using or required by law to use the sewage
facilities of the municipality, except the juvenile
correctional facility at Atchison,
shall be discontinued, at the direction of the municipality, in the
event of such customer's failure to pay sewer service charges, and such
water company shall have the power to discontinue such water service
under such circumstances.
(d) If the municipality owns and operates both the waterworks system
and sanitary sewer system serving such municipality and it has
instituted sewer rates, fees, and charges under this section, it may
combine the billing and collection of the charges for both such utility
services and may discontinue the water service to any sewer user who may
be delinquent in the payment of sewer service charges.
History: L. 1947, ch. 107, § 8; L. 1949, ch. 117, § 4; L.
1955, ch. 74, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 63, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 47, § 4;
L. 1980, ch. 64, § 1;
L. 1996, ch. 229, § 20; July 1, 1997.
10-1208.Rates, fees and charges; depreciation or renewal and
replacement fund; reserve fund; annual audit, filing; billing and
collection of sewer service charges; discontinuance of water service.
(a) The governing body or other proper officers having the control and
management of the utilities of such municipality shall provide for the
payment of such bonds by fixing rates, fees or charges for the use of or
services rendered by such utility, which rates, fees or charges shall be
sufficient to pay the cost of operation, improvement and maintenance of
the utility, and provide either a depreciation fund or a renewal and
replacement fund, provide a reserve fund and pay the principal of and
the interest upon such bonds when due. Rates, fees and charges for the
use of or services rendered by any interceptor sewer utility, including
the cost of construction, alteration, repair or reconstruction of any
such interceptor sewer utility, shall not be based on strength or volume
of sewage to be carried in any interceptor sewer of such utility. The
rates, fees and charges for the use of or services rendered by any
sewage disposal plant utility may be based in part upon the strength or
volume of sewage contributed.
(b) The municipality shall cause an audit to be made annually by a
licensed municipal public accountant or certified public accountant of
the operation of any utility for which revenue bonds have been issued by
the municipality. If the audit discloses that proper provision has not
been made for all of the requirements of this section, then the
governing body or other officers having the control and management of
the utilities of such municipality shall promptly proceed to cause to be
charged for the utility service rendered rates which will adequately
provide for the requirements of this section. Within one year after the
audit period of the audit, a copy of the audit report shall be filed
with the clerk of the municipality and shall be open to public
inspection.
(c) If the municipality does not own the waterworks system serving
it and has instituted sewer service charges and rates for the use of its
sanitary sewage system utility under this section, it may contract with
any corporation owning the waterworks system serving such municipality
for the billing and collection of sewer service charges in conjunction
with the billing and collection of water charges, and such corporation
shall have the power to contract for such billing and collection of
sewer service charges. The terms of such contract shall be such as may
be reasonable under the circumstances including the payment of
reasonable compensation for the services rendered in billing and
collecting such sewer service charges and may include a provision that
water service to any customer using or required by law to use the sewage
facilities of the municipality, except the juvenile
correctional facility at Atchison,
shall be discontinued, at the direction of the municipality, in the
event of such customer's failure to pay sewer service charges, and such
water company shall have the power to discontinue such water service
under such circumstances.
(d) If the municipality owns and operates both the waterworks system
and sanitary sewer system serving such municipality and it has
instituted sewer rates, fees, and charges under this section, it may
combine the billing and collection of the charges for both such utility
services and may discontinue the water service to any sewer user who may
be delinquent in the payment of sewer service charges.
History: L. 1947, ch. 107, § 8; L. 1949, ch. 117, § 4; L.
1955, ch. 74, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 63, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 47, § 4;
L. 1980, ch. 64, § 1;
L. 1996, ch. 229, § 20; July 1, 1997.
10-1208.Rates, fees and charges; depreciation or renewal and
replacement fund; reserve fund; annual audit, filing; billing and
collection of sewer service charges; discontinuance of water service.
(a) The governing body or other proper officers having the control and
management of the utilities of such municipality shall provide for the
payment of such bonds by fixing rates, fees or charges for the use of or
services rendered by such utility, which rates, fees or charges shall be
sufficient to pay the cost of operation, improvement and maintenance of
the utility, and provide either a depreciation fund or a renewal and
replacement fund, provide a reserve fund and pay the principal of and
the interest upon such bonds when due. Rates, fees and charges for the
use of or services rendered by any interceptor sewer utility, including
the cost of construction, alteration, repair or reconstruction of any
such interceptor sewer utility, shall not be based on strength or volume
of sewage to be carried in any interceptor sewer of such utility. The
rates, fees and charges for the use of or services rendered by any
sewage disposal plant utility may be based in part upon the strength or
volume of sewage contributed.
(b) The municipality shall cause an audit to be made annually by a
licensed municipal public accountant or certified public accountant of
the operation of any utility for which revenue bonds have been issued by
the municipality. If the audit discloses that proper provision has not
been made for all of the requirements of this section, then the
governing body or other officers having the control and management of
the utilities of such municipality shall promptly proceed to cause to be
charged for the utility service rendered rates which will adequately
provide for the requirements of this section. Within one year after the
audit period of the audit, a copy of the audit report shall be filed
with the clerk of the municipality and shall be open to public
inspection.
(c) If the municipality does not own the waterworks system serving
it and has instituted sewer service charges and rates for the use of its
sanitary sewage system utility under this section, it may contract with
any corporation owning the waterworks system serving such municipality
for the billing and collection of sewer service charges in conjunction
with the billing and collection of water charges, and such corporation
shall have the power to contract for such billing and collection of
sewer service charges. The terms of such contract shall be such as may
be reasonable under the circumstances including the payment of
reasonable compensation for the services rendered in billing and
collecting such sewer service charges and may include a provision that
water service to any customer using or required by law to use the sewage
facilities of the municipality, except the juvenile
correctional facility at Atchison,
shall be discontinued, at the direction of the municipality, in the
event of such customer's failure to pay sewer service charges, and such
water company shall have the power to discontinue such water service
under such circumstances.
(d) If the municipality owns and operates both the waterworks system
and sanitary sewer system serving such municipality and it has
instituted sewer rates, fees, and charges under this section, it may
combine the billing and collection of the charges for both such utility
services and may discontinue the water service to any sewer user who may
be delinquent in the payment of sewer service charges.
History: L. 1947, ch. 107, § 8; L. 1949, ch. 117, § 4; L.
1955, ch. 74, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 63, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 47, § 4;
L. 1980, ch. 64, § 1;
L. 1996, ch. 229, § 20; July 1, 1997.