19-3507a. Same; notice of elections, requirements; canvass of elections; expenses, how paid. The county election officer shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, a notice of all elections held under this act. The notice shall address the qualified electors residing within the district and identify the precincts and voting places, state the time and place or places of voting, the purpose of the election and in revenue bond elections, shall state the aggregate amount to be expended and the amount of revenue bonds to be submitted for approval. Such notice also shall refer the electors to a reasonably detailed map of the district boundaries provided by the district's board and made available for public inspection at both the offices of the county election officer and the district's board. For any election other than an election held only for the purpose of electing persons to membership on the district's board such notice shall contain such other data as will enable the qualified electors to understand and comprehend the proposals to be submitted. In every election where the question of the issuance of revenue bonds is submitted, the election notice shall be published at the times and in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto. In all other elections, the election notice shall be published once and such publication shall be no more than 10 days prior to such election. In revenue bond elections the proposition shall be submitted to the qualified electors in substantially the following form:

Water district No. __________ of ______________ county, shall be authorized to obtain by construction, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, a water supply and distribution system at an estimated aggregate cost to the water district of ____________ dollars, and to issue revenue bonds not in excess of such amount in payment of the same.

Yes ☐

No ☐

Ballots, abstracts of election results, and all other supplies and materials shall be returned by the election boards upon closing of the polls to the county election officer. Elections held under this act shall be canvassed by the county board of canvassers as provided by law. All expenses of elections attributed to the water district shall be paid for out of the general funds of the water district.

History: L. 1969, ch. 162, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 105, § 1; July 1.