Waterworks plants at Kansas City exempted from taxation

79-205. Waterworks plants at Kansas City exempted from taxation. Laws 1921, chapter 304, included by reference. [Exempts from taxation of any kind the portion of the waterworks plant of the municipality of Kansas City, Missouri, located in this state; also grants the right of eminent domain to the state of Missouri and this state for the purpose of acquiring property rights for waterworks plants. This is a mutual arrangement between the two states and the two cities.] History: R.S. 1923, 79-205. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in construing agreement between Kansas and Missouri. State, ex rel., v. Joslin, 116 Kan. 615, 227 P. 543. 2. Proprietary power of Kansas City, Mo., to furnish water to Kansans upheld. Speas v. Kansas City, 329 Mo. 184, 44 S.W.2d 108, 113. 3. Agreement between states held to exempt from drainage assessments. Kansas City v. Fairfax Drainage Dist., 34 F.2d 357, 359. 4. Cited in holding as tax-exempt, property stored in Kansas of not-for-profit Missouri hospital corporation authorized as Kansas not-for-profit corporation. Board of Johnson County Comm'rs v. St. Joseph Hosp., 241 Kan. 613, 617, 619, 738 P.2d 454 (1987). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026