<br><br>74.100 Acquisition of existing systems -- Extension of mains and laterals -- How <br>paid for. <br>(1) Whenever a water supply line or system is in operation in any water district, and is <br>supplying water to the citizens and landowners, and the commission deems it <br>expedient to acquire the existing system, they may examine it, and if they find it <br>properly designed and constructed they may purchase it, and pay for it in the same <br>manner as provided for the original construction and improvement; or may pay for <br>it in whole or in part out of any surplus funds in possession, receipt or anticipation <br>of receipt by the commission. <br>(2) The commission may order any work or improvement it deems necessary to extend <br>the necessary water mains and water laterals in the district to supply water to the <br>residents of the district, and pay for such work by assessment against the land <br>benefited according to benefits, as provided in this chapter, or may pay for the work <br>in whole or in part out of the general fund of the water district realized from all <br>other resources in the district. <br>Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. <br>Stat. sec. 938g-6. <br><br>