2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 268 DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1918 268.520 Board may construct or let contract for improvement -- Bond -- Supervision by chief engineer.
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268.520 Board may construct or let contract for improvement -- Bond -Supervision by chief engineer.
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The board may construct any improvement needed to carry out the plan for
reclamation. To accomplish that end the board may employ men and teams and
lease, rent, hire or purchase machinery, and directly construct any improvement, by
the use of other and more efficient means than provided for in the plans adopted.
The board may, in its discretion, let the contract for the improvement, either as a
whole or in sections, but before letting any contract the board shall advertise for
bids in the manner which it may by resolution determine will be for the best interest
of the district. When such contract is let, it shall be let to the lowest and best bidder,
who shall give a good approved bond with ample security, conditioned that he will
well and promptly carry out the contract to construct the improvement. The contract
shall be in writing, and prepared by the attorney for the district. Before the work is
commenced it shall be approved by the board and signed by the president and
secretary of the board and the contractor, and shall be executed in duplicate.
Complete plans and specifications of the work to be done and the improvements to
be made under it shall be prepared by the chief engineer, and attached to and made a
part of the contract. The board may require a certified check payable to it to
accompany any bid, as a guarantee of good faith to be forfeited as liquidated
damages upon the failure of the bidder to execute bond with the approved surety if
the contract for the work is awarded to such bidder.
The chief engineer shall be the superintendent of all improvements, and shall,
whenever required, and at least once each month, make a full written report to the
board of all work done and improvements made and any suggestions and
recommendations to the board that he deems proper.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 2380b-21.
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