A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF HESSTON, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2 OF 1989 HOUSE BILL 2454, RELATING TO NATURAL GAS PIPELINE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

Section 1.  The City of Hesston, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it Section 2 of 1989 House Bill 2454 which applies to this city, but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2.  The city shall continue the inspection of pipelines that convey gas from a gas main to the outside wall of residential premises which are individually metered and directly served by the city gas utility, as required by state and federal laws and regulations, and shall have access rights to carry out such responsibility.

Section 3.  It is the judgment of the governing body that the public safety of areas served by the city gas utility, and the cost of gas service provided by the city, will be best served by providing inspections as required under Section 2, but requiring the cost of repairs to privately owned gas pipelines to be paid by the owner.  The governing body has provided, by Ordinance No. 150-1989-021, the means and standards for repairing gas pipelines.

(07-10-89)