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Continuation of appointments, notifications, rules, bye-laws etc. Summary of Amendments * * * * STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS. I Act 25 of 1974.- To undertake the investigation, preparation and execution of schmes for the regulation and development of drinking water and drainage facilities in the urban areas, it is considered necessary to have a statutory board at the State level which will help in bringing about co-ordination in the activities relating to the implementation of such schemes. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part-IV-2A, dated 26-2-1973, No. 180, at page 37.) II Amending Act 7 of 1976.- The Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board Bill, 1973 was assented to by the President of India and has been published as Karnataka Act 25 of 1974. While giving assent to the said Bill, the Government of India have suggested certain amendments, one of which relates to the amendment of section 9 of the Act. Sub-section (1) of section 9 empowers the Board to appoint a Secretary, a Chief Engineer, an Accounts Officer and such other officer and Servants as it considers necessary for efficient performance of its functions. The proviso stipulates that the Board shall not without the previous apporval of the Government, sanction the creation of, or appoint any person to any post, the maximum monthly salary of which exceeds on thousand and six hundred rupees. The Government of India have suggested that the appointment of the Secretary, Chief Engineer and the Accounts Officer of the Board should be made with the approval of the Government. Since the three posts being key posts in the Board, it is considered that there should be a limit of Government control over appointment of these posts. Hence the Bill. 5 (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 31-1-1976, Part IV-2A, No. 626, page 3.) III Amending Act 20 of 1977.- Section 29(4) of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Boad act, 1973 provides, all moneys and recipts forming part of the fund of the Karnataka Urban water Supply and Drainage Board have either to be deposited into the Public Accounts of the Government or in the Reserve Bank of India or State Bank of India of India or any correspoinding new Bank as defined in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of undertakings) Act, 1970. Schedule Banks are not included in the list. Since many Schedule Banks have come forward to offer banking services to the Board, it is proposed to amend section 29 (4) of the Karnataka Urban Water suppply and Drainage Board Act so as to include Scheduled Banks also within its purview. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 3-2-1977, Part IV-2A, L.A. No. 16743, Page 2.) IV Amending Act 45 of 1981.- The Water Supply and Drainage System in Urban areas of the State are at present maintained by the concerned local bodies. The standard of maintenance of water supply by the urban local bodies has been on the whole, extremely poor. The local bodies, as a rule do not have qualified technical staff for operation and maintenance of the machinery and sophisticated equipment erected for the Water Supply/Drainage Systems, for prompt rectification of defects in water supply or proper supervision over the storage and distribution arrangements. Further, most of the local bodies have failed to levy adequate water rates to cover the cost of maintenance and consequently do not have sufficient funds to keep the water supply/drainage systems in good shape. In view of these difficulties, it is considered necessary to entrust in a phased manner, the water supply and drainage schemes in urban areas to the Karnataka Water Supply and Drainage Board, which has the technical know how and capacity to maintain the schemes efficiently. Under the provisions of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board Act, the Board executed water supply and drainage schmes on behalf of local authorities and also such schemes as may be entrusted to it by Government. The Act does not empower the Board to maintain Water Supply Drainage Schemes or to collect water rates in respect of the water supplied. Amendments to the Act are therefore necessary to entrust these functions to the Board and to provide for take over of Water Supply and Drainage Schemes by the Board. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 25-3-1981, Part IV-2A, No. 194, Page 31.) 6 V Amending Act 19 of 1993.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board Act, 1973 to make the Director of Municipal Administration as one of the directors of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board. Opportunity is also taken to make consequential amendments due to bifurcation of the Department of Health and Municipal Administration into Housing and Urban Development Department and Health and Family Welfare Department. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from Vide L.A. Bill 10 of 1993, File LAW 64 LGN 91.) * * * * 7 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT No. 25 OF 1974 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Twenty-first day of August, 1974) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD ACT, 1973. (Received the assent of the President on the Fifteenth day of August, 1974) (As Amended by Acts 7 of 1976, 20 of 1977, 45 of 1981 and 19 of 1993.) An Act to provide for the establishment of a Water Supply and Drainage Board and the regulation and development of drinking water and drainage facilities in the urban areas of the State of 1[Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Water Supply and Drainage Board and the regulation and development of drinking water and drainage facilities in the urban areas of the State of 1[Karnataka]1 and for matters connected therewith ; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka]1 State Legislature in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-