10-108a. Nonlitigation certificate; incorporation in transcript; form. The governing body of any municipality issuing bonds pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, shall execute and incorporate in the transcript of the proceedings leading up to the issuance of such bonds a nonlitigation certificate in substantially the following form:

"It is hereby certified that other than a challenge by a property owner to the amount of a special assessment to be levied against the owner's property or a challenge by a property owner to the amount of a condemnation award there is no controversy, suit or other proceeding of any kind pending or threatened wherein or whereby any question is raised or may be raised, questioning, disputing or affecting in any way the legal organization of the issuing municipality or its boundaries, or the right or title of any of its officers to their respective offices, or the legality of any official act shown to have been done in the transcript of the proceedings leading up to the issuance of the bonds, or the constitutionality or validity of the indebtedness represented by the bonds shown to be authorized in the transcript, or the validity of the bonds or any of the proceedings in relation to the issuance or sale thereof, or the levy and collection of a tax other than a challenge by a property owner to the amount of a special assessment to be levied against the owner's property to pay the principal and interest thereof."

In the event there is no challenge by a property owner to the amount of a special assessment to be levied against the owner's property or to the amount of a condemnation award, the appropriate references thereto may be deleted from the certificate.

History: L. 1978, ch. 54, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 58, § 1; April 16.