24-664. Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office.
24-664
24-664. Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers;designation of home office.Each joint drainage district incorporated under the provisions of thisact shall be a body politic and corporate and shall have all the powers,duties, authority and jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred by law ondrainage districts organized under the provisions of article 4 ofchapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and any acts amendatory thereofor supplemental thereto,including the powers conferred on the board of directors of drainagedistricts so organized and shall be governed thereby.
In addition to the foregoing powers, each joint drainage districtorganized under this act shall have the power to select a residence orhome office for the joint drainage district, which shall be at a placein a county in which the joint drainage district or any part thereof islocated and may be either within or without the joint drainage districtas may be designated by the board of directors. The board shallthereupon designate the county in which said residence or home office islocated as the official county for the filing of all official acts,budgets and tax levies: Provided, That after the official countyhas been so designated, said county designation shall not be changedeven though the residence or home office of said joint drainage districtmay be changed at a later date.
History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 9; June 30.