Kansas Statutes Chapter 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-3526. Declaration of district organization, when; resolution; publication; name of district; quasi-municipality

Upon the hearing, if it appears to the satisfaction of the board that the general welfare of the inhabitants of Johnson county will be promoted by the organization of a public wholesale water supply district embracing the whole area of the county and by the acquisition of a source of water and by the construction or acquisition of facilities for the production, transportation and sale at wholesale of water to public water supply districts, municipalities, and publicly and privately owned water distribution companies within the county, and that the same will be of public utility, the board shall, by resolution, declare the district organized and give it the corporate name of Johnson county public wholesale water supply district. The board shall publish the resolution once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county paper. Thereupon the district shall be a quasi-municipal body corporate with all the powers of like or similar corporations.