Attorney General Opinion No.

The Honorable Vince Cook State Representative, 52nd District 1433 Lancaster Topeka, Kansas 66628

Dear Representative Cook:

You request our opinion whether a city governing body may increase the city's allocation of the cost of an improvement for which special assessments are levied or whether it is bound by the cost allocation stated in the resolution of advisability of the improvement.

K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-6a02 authorizes a city governing body to provide municipal improvements which confer a special benefit upon property within a definable area of a city. The city may then levy and collect…