2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 220 - SANITATION DISTRICTS 220.280 Powers of board limited -- Private connections -- Type of improvements authorized -- Rights as to public corporations -- Annual audit.
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220.280 Powers of board limited -- Private connections -- Type of
improvements authorized -- Rights as to public corporations -- Annual
audit.
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The powers of the board of directors shall be limited to the construction,
maintenance and operation of such works as are necessary to carry out the
purposes of the district in improvement of sanitation, as set forth in KRS
220.030. The board shall not permit house and users' connections at the cost
of the district, and every connection shall be made under the supervision of the
district. No house or users' connection shall be made unless and until the
house or user is provided with an adequate water supply.
In order to effect the proper collection and disposal of sewage and other liquid
wastes produced within the district, to promote the public health, comfort,
convenience and welfare, and to accomplish all other purposes of the district,
the board may clean out, straighten, alter, deepen or otherwise improve any
stream, watercourse or body of water receiving sewage or other liquid wastes
and located in or out of the district; fill up any abandoned or altered stream,
watercourse or body of water located in or out of the district; construct and
maintain laterals, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, siphons, pumping stations,
treatment and disposal works and improvements deemed necessary to
accomplish the purposes of the district and construct, preserve, operate or
maintain such works in or out of the district; construct connections to the works
of the district for the delivery thereto of sewage and other liquid wastes;
incorporate with the works of the district or otherwise utilize any public sewers,
drains or other sewerage improvements either without modifications or with
repairs, modifications or changes deemed necessary; construct any and all of
the works and improvements across or through any public or private property in
or out of the district; hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase or
condemnation, and construct, own, lease, use and sell, any real or personal
property, or any easement necessary for rights-of-way or locations for the
works and improvements of the district, or for any necessary purpose, or for
obtaining or storing material to be used in constructing and maintaining the
works and improvements.
KRS 220.010 to 220.540 shall not limit or interfere with the right of public
corporations to install, maintain and operate sewerage systems as otherwise
permitted by law, but the board of directors shall have full power and authority
in the construction and maintenance of improvements for the purposes of the
district to serve the area included within the district, and the board of directors
may require the use of the improvements of the district by persons and public
corporations included within the district and for which the improvements were
installed.
The board of directors shall have an annual audit made by a certified public
accountant, copies of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with
the county judge/executive of the county or counties in which the sanitation
district is located.
Effective:October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 2062g-28.
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