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Code · Kansas · Chapter 42 — Irrigation

42-704. Permit by chief engineer; articles of incorporation; filing fee; nature of corporation.

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42-704. Permit by chief engineer; articles of incorporation; filing fee; nature of corporation. If upon consideration of the application the chief engineer finds and determines that the proposed project is practical, feasible and economically sound and that said applicant is entitled to a permit for use of water sought, the engineer shall issue to said applicant a permit approving the proposed organization, incorporation and establishment of the proposed irrigation district, and prescribing the authority and limitations of said proposed district to acquire for beneficial use the waters from the source or sources requested.
Upon approval of application for the creation of proposed irrigation district by the chief engineer and upon obtaining approval of application for permit to acquire use of water sought, and after expiration of period within which appeals may be perfected and after final determination of all appeals taken, said applicants may present to the secretary of state its articles of incorporation, together with transcript of proceedings before the chief engineer and upon payment of fifty dollars ($50), shall be eligible to incorporate as a quasi municipal corporation in same manner as is now provided for incorporation of nonprofit private corporations under the corporation code of this state.
The proposed articles of incorporation shall be attached to application for approval of creation of proposed district, when filed with chief engineer, and need not be subsequently signed by incorporators, before filing with secretary of state. The articles of incorporation shall contain the legal description of the lands included in the district and a certified copy of the same shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county in which any of the lands so described are located.
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