Article 35.--WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
19-3506.Survey commission; appointment; qualifications;
personnel; survey report to board; approval of plan by board;
publication; recordation.
Whenever a water district has been created and a board elected as
hereinbefore provided, said board shall cause a survey to be made and
for such purpose, shall appoint a survey commission which shall consist
of three (3) members, one of whom shall be a certified public accountant
experienced in the field of water utilities, and one of whom shall be an
experienced consulting hydraulic engineer and the third member of said
survey commission shall be the nominee, if any, of the water utility
corporation or corporations operating within the area comprising such
district under a certificate of convenience and necessity, issued by the
corporation commission.
Upon being appointed the survey commission may employ with the
approval of the water district board such technical, professional and
clerical personnel as may be necessary to assist it in the performance
of the duties prescribed by this section. The survey commission shall
make a complete survey of such water district; shall hold such hearings,
make such investigations and examine such experts as deemed necessary,
and shall prepare and complete a report as to the fair valuation of all
facilities including but not limited to the distribution lines, water
towers, meters and real and personal property owned by any such
privately owned water utility company or corporation operating in said
district and used in connection with the distribution of water in said
district.
Said survey commission shall make such investigation as is necessary
and shall prepare and complete a report of all public improvements
necessary to secure and insure an adequate water supply and distribution
system and the estimated costs thereof and to include in such report the
estimated cost of additions, improvements and extensions anticipated to
meet and fulfill the needs and requirements of the district, consider
the possibility of increased requirements and increases in population
and the need of construction of a waterworks or plants at a source of
water supply within or without the water district or by contract with
the adjacent or nearby cities or townships or both, within or without
the state, or by both the construction of waterworks and the making of
such contracts or otherwise. Said survey report shall contain a
projection of estimated rates and rate schedules necessary to pay the
cost of acquisition and operation of any existing water system operating
within said area and the cost of additions, improvements and extensions
thereto, including a projection of rates necessary to build water
treatment plant at a source of supply and to amortize the revenue bonds
and the interest thereon necessary to pay the cost of such facilities.
The survey commission shall make a report of a factual nature and file
the same with the water district board and furnish a copy to existing
water utilities within the water district. Said board shall, if it deems
necessary, expedient, or convenient, hold such hearings and make such
studies and investigations as it deems advisable and shall not be bound
in any way or manner by the report of the survey commission. The
governing body of any such district shall within six (6) months after
the filing of said survey report by the commission, approve by a
majority vote a plan or program which it deems the most practical and
economical for an adequate water distribution system and supply of water
and shall cause to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation within the district such approved plan or program together
with such other information as the board shall deem necessary which is
pertinent to the plan or program approved by such board and a copy of
such published information shall be filed with the county clerk of all
the counties in which a portion of the district is located and shall be
open to public inspection.
History: L. 1951, ch. 240, § 6; L. 1953, ch. 159, § 3; April 9.
Article 35.--WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
19-3506.Survey commission; appointment; qualifications;
personnel; survey report to board; approval of plan by board;
publication; recordation.
Whenever a water district has been created and a board elected as
hereinbefore provided, said board shall cause a survey to be made and
for such purpose, shall appoint a survey commission which shall consist
of three (3) members, one of whom shall be a certified public accountant
experienced in the field of water utilities, and one of whom shall be an
experienced consulting hydraulic engineer and the third member of said
survey commission shall be the nominee, if any, of the water utility
corporation or corporations operating within the area comprising such
district under a certificate of convenience and necessity, issued by the
corporation commission.
Upon being appointed the survey commission may employ with the
approval of the water district board such technical, professional and
clerical personnel as may be necessary to assist it in the performance
of the duties prescribed by this section. The survey commission shall
make a complete survey of such water district; shall hold such hearings,
make such investigations and examine such experts as deemed necessary,
and shall prepare and complete a report as to the fair valuation of all
facilities including but not limited to the distribution lines, water
towers, meters and real and personal property owned by any such
privately owned water utility company or corporation operating in said
district and used in connection with the distribution of water in said
district.
Said survey commission shall make such investigation as is necessary
and shall prepare and complete a report of all public improvements
necessary to secure and insure an adequate water supply and distribution
system and the estimated costs thereof and to include in such report the
estimated cost of additions, improvements and extensions anticipated to
meet and fulfill the needs and requirements of the district, consider
the possibility of increased requirements and increases in population
and the need of construction of a waterworks or plants at a source of
water supply within or without the water district or by contract with
the adjacent or nearby cities or townships or both, within or without
the state, or by both the construction of waterworks and the making of
such contracts or otherwise. Said survey report shall contain a
projection of estimated rates and rate schedules necessary to pay the
cost of acquisition and operation of any existing water system operating
within said area and the cost of additions, improvements and extensions
thereto, including a projection of rates necessary to build water
treatment plant at a source of supply and to amortize the revenue bonds
and the interest thereon necessary to pay the cost of such facilities.
The survey commission shall make a report of a factual nature and file
the same with the water district board and furnish a copy to existing
water utilities within the water district. Said board shall, if it deems
necessary, expedient, or convenient, hold such hearings and make such
studies and investigations as it deems advisable and shall not be bound
in any way or manner by the report of the survey commission. The
governing body of any such district shall within six (6) months after
the filing of said survey report by the commission, approve by a
majority vote a plan or program which it deems the most practical and
economical for an adequate water distribution system and supply of water
and shall cause to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation within the district such approved plan or program together
with such other information as the board shall deem necessary which is
pertinent to the plan or program approved by such board and a copy of
such published information shall be filed with the county clerk of all
the counties in which a portion of the district is located and shall be
open to public inspection.
History: L. 1951, ch. 240, § 6; L. 1953, ch. 159, § 3; April 9.
Article 35.--WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
19-3506.Survey commission; appointment; qualifications;
personnel; survey report to board; approval of plan by board;
publication; recordation.
Whenever a water district has been created and a board elected as
hereinbefore provided, said board shall cause a survey to be made and
for such purpose, shall appoint a survey commission which shall consist
of three (3) members, one of whom shall be a certified public accountant
experienced in the field of water utilities, and one of whom shall be an
experienced consulting hydraulic engineer and the third member of said
survey commission shall be the nominee, if any, of the water utility
corporation or corporations operating within the area comprising such
district under a certificate of convenience and necessity, issued by the
corporation commission.
Upon being appointed the survey commission may employ with the
approval of the water district board such technical, professional and
clerical personnel as may be necessary to assist it in the performance
of the duties prescribed by this section. The survey commission shall
make a complete survey of such water district; shall hold such hearings,
make such investigations and examine such experts as deemed necessary,
and shall prepare and complete a report as to the fair valuation of all
facilities including but not limited to the distribution lines, water
towers, meters and real and personal property owned by any such
privately owned water utility company or corporation operating in said
district and used in connection with the distribution of water in said
district.
Said survey commission shall make such investigation as is necessary
and shall prepare and complete a report of all public improvements
necessary to secure and insure an adequate water supply and distribution
system and the estimated costs thereof and to include in such report the
estimated cost of additions, improvements and extensions anticipated to
meet and fulfill the needs and requirements of the district, consider
the possibility of increased requirements and increases in population
and the need of construction of a waterworks or plants at a source of
water supply within or without the water district or by contract with
the adjacent or nearby cities or townships or both, within or without
the state, or by both the construction of waterworks and the making of
such contracts or otherwise. Said survey report shall contain a
projection of estimated rates and rate schedules necessary to pay the
cost of acquisition and operation of any existing water system operating
within said area and the cost of additions, improvements and extensions
thereto, including a projection of rates necessary to build water
treatment plant at a source of supply and to amortize the revenue bonds
and the interest thereon necessary to pay the cost of such facilities.
The survey commission shall make a report of a factual nature and file
the same with the water district board and furnish a copy to existing
water utilities within the water district. Said board shall, if it deems
necessary, expedient, or convenient, hold such hearings and make such
studies and investigations as it deems advisable and shall not be bound
in any way or manner by the report of the survey commission. The
governing body of any such district shall within six (6) months after
the filing of said survey report by the commission, approve by a
majority vote a plan or program which it deems the most practical and
economical for an adequate water distribution system and supply of water
and shall cause to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation within the district such approved plan or program together
with such other information as the board shall deem necessary which is
pertinent to the plan or program approved by such board and a copy of
such published information shall be filed with the county clerk of all
the counties in which a portion of the district is located and shall be
open to public inspection.
History: L. 1951, ch. 240, § 6; L. 1953, ch. 159, § 3; April 9.