12-618.Taxing districts in cities under 80,000; systems; assessments
or bonds; alteration of boundaries; reassessment of costs and expenses;
time for suit or injunction.
The governing body of such city shall have power to provide for one or
more systems of sewerage, or drainage, or both, for such city, or for any
part thereof, with one or more main sewers or drains and sewer or drains
outlets, and to build, construct or purchase pumping stations, sewers,
sewer service lines and drains by districts or otherwise, as the governing
body may determine. In the case of sewer service lines constructed on
private property, nothing in this act shall require the city to clean,
maintain or replace such lines after the initial purchase or construction
thereof.
The costs and expenses of constructing or purchasing the said pumping
stations, sewers, sewer service lines and drains, except as provided in
K.S.A. 12-619, shall be assessed against the lots and pieces of ground
contained within the district in which the same is situated, and shall be
levied and collected as one tax, in addition to the other taxes and
assessments, and shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk
and be placed by him or her upon the tax roll for collection, subject to
the same penalties, entitled to the same rebates and collected in the same
manner as other taxes. Where any property has paid or shall pay its full
proportion for pumping stations, general sewers or drains in one district
it shall not be transferred to another district and thereby be made liable
for taxation for pumping stations, sewers and drains in such other
district. The governing body may in their discretion provide for the
payment of the costs thereof by installments, instead of levying the entire
tax or special assessment for such cost at one time; and for such
installments they may issue improvement bonds of the city in the manner
provided by law. Where the governing body of any city has not or may not
divide such city into more than one district for sewer purposes, and such
entire city thus constitutes one sewer district, such cities are hereby
exempted from the provisions of this act insofar as the same provides for
the levying of a tax or assessment against specific lots and pieces of
ground in separate sewer districts, and such cities are hereby authorized
to build and construct sewers and sewer systems, and for the purpose of
paying for the same the governing body may issue general obligation bonds
as provided by law.
The governing body of any such city which is located in a county having
a population of less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) or
more than two hundred thousand (200,000) may, by resolution: (1) Alter the
boundaries of any district so as to include property which has been annexed
subsequent to the creation of such district if such property is within the
same watershed and will be served by the main sewer serving such district;
and
(2) reapportion and reassess, on the same basis as the original
assessment, that portion of the costs and expenses incurred in the
construction of sewer mains within such district which were assessed within
the district prior to the passage of such resolution, and which remain
unpaid, among all lots and pieces of ground within the district, including
those added thereto by such resolution, and which receive benefits from
such sewers.
No suit to set aside the special assessments herein provided for or to
enjoin the making of the same shall be brought, nor any defense to the
validity thereof be allowed, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from
the time when the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable for such
assessment is ascertained.
History: R.S. 1923, § 12-618; L. 1955, ch. 77, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 57, § 1; July 1.
12-618.Taxing districts in cities under 80,000; systems; assessments
or bonds; alteration of boundaries; reassessment of costs and expenses;
time for suit or injunction.
The governing body of such city shall have power to provide for one or
more systems of sewerage, or drainage, or both, for such city, or for any
part thereof, with one or more main sewers or drains and sewer or drains
outlets, and to build, construct or purchase pumping stations, sewers,
sewer service lines and drains by districts or otherwise, as the governing
body may determine. In the case of sewer service lines constructed on
private property, nothing in this act shall require the city to clean,
maintain or replace such lines after the initial purchase or construction
thereof.
The costs and expenses of constructing or purchasing the said pumping
stations, sewers, sewer service lines and drains, except as provided in
K.S.A. 12-619, shall be assessed against the lots and pieces of ground
contained within the district in which the same is situated, and shall be
levied and collected as one tax, in addition to the other taxes and
assessments, and shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk
and be placed by him or her upon the tax roll for collection, subject to
the same penalties, entitled to the same rebates and collected in the same
manner as other taxes. Where any property has paid or shall pay its full
proportion for pumping stations, general sewers or drains in one district
it shall not be transferred to another district and thereby be made liable
for taxation for pumping stations, sewers and drains in such other
district. The governing body may in their discretion provide for the
payment of the costs thereof by installments, instead of levying the entire
tax or special assessment for such cost at one time; and for such
installments they may issue improvement bonds of the city in the manner
provided by law. Where the governing body of any city has not or may not
divide such city into more than one district for sewer purposes, and such
entire city thus constitutes one sewer district, such cities are hereby
exempted from the provisions of this act insofar as the same provides for
the levying of a tax or assessment against specific lots and pieces of
ground in separate sewer districts, and such cities are hereby authorized
to build and construct sewers and sewer systems, and for the purpose of
paying for the same the governing body may issue general obligation bonds
as provided by law.
The governing body of any such city which is located in a county having
a population of less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) or
more than two hundred thousand (200,000) may, by resolution: (1) Alter the
boundaries of any district so as to include property which has been annexed
subsequent to the creation of such district if such property is within the
same watershed and will be served by the main sewer serving such district;
and
(2) reapportion and reassess, on the same basis as the original
assessment, that portion of the costs and expenses incurred in the
construction of sewer mains within such district which were assessed within
the district prior to the passage of such resolution, and which remain
unpaid, among all lots and pieces of ground within the district, including
those added thereto by such resolution, and which receive benefits from
such sewers.
No suit to set aside the special assessments herein provided for or to
enjoin the making of the same shall be brought, nor any defense to the
validity thereof be allowed, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from
the time when the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable for such
assessment is ascertained.
History: R.S. 1923, § 12-618; L. 1955, ch. 77, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 57, § 1; July 1.
12-618.Taxing districts in cities under 80,000; systems; assessments
or bonds; alteration of boundaries; reassessment of costs and expenses;
time for suit or injunction.
The governing body of such city shall have power to provide for one or
more systems of sewerage, or drainage, or both, for such city, or for any
part thereof, with one or more main sewers or drains and sewer or drains
outlets, and to build, construct or purchase pumping stations, sewers,
sewer service lines and drains by districts or otherwise, as the governing
body may determine. In the case of sewer service lines constructed on
private property, nothing in this act shall require the city to clean,
maintain or replace such lines after the initial purchase or construction
thereof.
The costs and expenses of constructing or purchasing the said pumping
stations, sewers, sewer service lines and drains, except as provided in
K.S.A. 12-619, shall be assessed against the lots and pieces of ground
contained within the district in which the same is situated, and shall be
levied and collected as one tax, in addition to the other taxes and
assessments, and shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk
and be placed by him or her upon the tax roll for collection, subject to
the same penalties, entitled to the same rebates and collected in the same
manner as other taxes. Where any property has paid or shall pay its full
proportion for pumping stations, general sewers or drains in one district
it shall not be transferred to another district and thereby be made liable
for taxation for pumping stations, sewers and drains in such other
district. The governing body may in their discretion provide for the
payment of the costs thereof by installments, instead of levying the entire
tax or special assessment for such cost at one time; and for such
installments they may issue improvement bonds of the city in the manner
provided by law. Where the governing body of any city has not or may not
divide such city into more than one district for sewer purposes, and such
entire city thus constitutes one sewer district, such cities are hereby
exempted from the provisions of this act insofar as the same provides for
the levying of a tax or assessment against specific lots and pieces of
ground in separate sewer districts, and such cities are hereby authorized
to build and construct sewers and sewer systems, and for the purpose of
paying for the same the governing body may issue general obligation bonds
as provided by law.
The governing body of any such city which is located in a county having
a population of less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) or
more than two hundred thousand (200,000) may, by resolution: (1) Alter the
boundaries of any district so as to include property which has been annexed
subsequent to the creation of such district if such property is within the
same watershed and will be served by the main sewer serving such district;
and
(2) reapportion and reassess, on the same basis as the original
assessment, that portion of the costs and expenses incurred in the
construction of sewer mains within such district which were assessed within
the district prior to the passage of such resolution, and which remain
unpaid, among all lots and pieces of ground within the district, including
those added thereto by such resolution, and which receive benefits from
such sewers.
No suit to set aside the special assessments herein provided for or to
enjoin the making of the same shall be brought, nor any defense to the
validity thereof be allowed, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from
the time when the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable for such
assessment is ascertained.
History: R.S. 1923, § 12-618; L. 1955, ch. 77, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 57, § 1; July 1.