2015 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 82a WATERS AND WATERCOURSES
Article 24 RESERVOIR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ACT
82a-2404 Same; petition requirements.

82a-2404. Same; petition requirements. (a) Every petition filed pursuant to K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 82a-2403, and amendments thereto, shall state:

(1) The name of the proposed district which shall include the name of the reservoir and end with the words "reservoir improvement district";

(2) a list of the water rights, by file number as recorded in the Kansas water office, to be included within the proposed district;

(3) a statement of the purposes for which the district is to be organized;

(4) a statement of the number of persons that will constitute the board of directors of the district, which shall be an odd number of not less than three nor more than five, together with the names and addresses of the persons who will constitute the original steering committee;

(5) any other matter deemed essential; and

(6) a request for the organization of the district as a nonprofit corporation.

(b) The petition shall be in substantially the following form:

BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

In the Matter of __________ Reservoir Improvement District

PETITION

Come now the undersigned persons and state that they own water rights or are an eligible water right holder in the_________________________ reservoir, for which a reservoir improvement district is proposed, and that each signer states that the signer's respective post office address is set forth beside the signer's name. That the purposes for which this district is organized are (state purposes). That a steering committee for the organization of the district is hereby fixed and constituted with five members; that the names of persons who will serve on the original steering committee, of which the first named shall be acting chairperson, and their respective addresses are as follows:

(List names and addresses.)

The governing body of the district shall be constituted in a board of directors composed of (number) qualified members.

Wherefore, the undersigned, individually and collectively, request that a reservoir improvement district be organized in the manner provided by law, for the purposes set forth herein, and that the secretary of state and the director of the Kansas water office proceed diligently in the performance of their duties so that the organization of this proposed district may be completed and approved at the earliest possible time.

Submitted to the secretary of state this ______ day of __________, ____.

History: L. 2012, ch. 97, § 4; July 1.