2014 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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