82a-308. Same; expenses and damages; tax levy, use of proceeds.
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82a-308. Same; expenses and damages; tax levy, use of proceeds. Any expenses incurred in removing such obstructions as are mentioned in K.S.A. 82a-307 , and amendments thereto, or damage to private property, shall be paid out of the general fund of the respective counties but if it shall appear that the obstructions were caused by owners of adjoining property, the expenses shall be charged to the adjoining property as a special tax to be levied and collected as other special taxes and assessments.
In the event that the general fund of any county shall not be sufficient to bear the cost of the operations mentioned in this section, including the maintenance of such streams or watercourses, then the board of county commissioners of such county may levy an annual tax upon all property in the county for the purpose of creating a fund known as stream maintenance fund from which fund the costs and expenses of the operation herein provided for shall be paid and for the purpose of paying a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774 , and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county.