12-885. Municipal energy agencies for electricity and other energy; creation by two or more cities; purposes; liability for tortious acts. - Kansas Statutes

12-885

Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Article 8.--PUBLIC UTILITIES

      12-885.   Municipal energy agencies for electricity and other energy; creation by two or more cities; purposes; liability for tortious acts. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-885 to 12-8,111, inclusive, and amendments thereto, any two or more cities may create a municipal energy agency for the purpose of planning, studying and developing supply, transmission and distribution facilities and programs and for the purpose of securing an adequate, economical and reliable supply of electricity and other energy and transmitting the same for distribution through the distribution systems of such cities. Any municipal energy agency created under the provisions of this act shall be a quasi-municipal corporation, except that nothing herein shall be construed as relieving any municipal energy agency created under the provisions of this act from liability for tortious acts.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 48, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 74, § 1; July 1.