Rural water-supply districts; organization; duties of board of county commissioners

82a-601. Rural water-supply districts; organization; duties of board of county commissioners. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall have power and it shall be their duty upon a proper petition being presented, to incorporate and organize rural water-supply districts within their respective counties in the manner hereinafter provided. History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 43; May 15. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Riparian Property Rights; Kansas Law of Riparian Ownership," Blaise R. Plummer, 21 W.L.J. 96, 97 (1981). CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Rural water district defined; requirements for qualification for ad valorem property tax exemption. In re Application of Riverton Water Co. for Tax Exemption, 23 Kan. App. 2d 496, 932 P.2d 452 (1997).