History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 2; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 83, § 7; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 2; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 87, § 23; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 3; L. 1941, ch. 129, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 143, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 83, § 1; July 1.
(1) Four members shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the governing body of the city in which the university is located and shall hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a05 and amendments thereto. Members appointed under this provision shall be residents of the city in which the university is located, one from each of the three districts from which state senators are elected by residents of the city, and one from the city at large.
(2) Three members shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a06 and amendments thereto. Members appointed under this provision shall be residents of the state.
(3) One member shall be the mayor of the city in which the university is located or another member of the governing body of the city who is selected by the mayor.
(4) One member shall be a member of the state board of regents selected by the state board at its regular meeting in September of each year, to serve as a member of the board of regents of the municipal university for the ensuing year. Resignations from the board of regents of the municipal university shall be made to the chairperson of the board. The chairperson shall report any vacancy occurring in the board to the authority which appointed the member whose position is vacant. All vacancies shall be filled, by the authority which appointed the member whose position is vacant, by the appointment of a successor to hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is appointed and qualified.
(b) The board of regents of a municipal university which has a taxing district for retailers' sales tax purposes that includes the entire territory of the county where the university is located, shall consist of nine members as follows:
(1) Three members shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the governing body of the city in which the university is located and shall hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a05 and amendments thereto. Members appointed under this provision shall be residents of the city in which the university is located, one from each of the three districts from which state senators are elected by residents of the city.
(2) Three members shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a06 and amendments thereto. The members appointed under this provision shall be residents of the state.
(3) One member shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the university is located and shall hold office as provided in K.S.A. 13-13a06 and amendments thereto. The member appointed under this provision shall be a resident of the county but shall reside outside the city in which the university is located.
(4) One member shall be the mayor of the city in which the university is located or another member of the governing body of the city who is selected by the mayor.
(5) One member shall be a member of the state board of regents selected by the state board at its regular meeting in September of each year, to serve as a member of the board of regents of the municipal university for the ensuing year.
Resignations from the board of regents of the municipal university shall be made to the chairperson of the board. The chairperson shall report any vacancy occurring in the board to the authority which appointed the member whose position is vacant. All vacancies shall be filled, by the authority which appointed the member whose position is vacant, by the appointment of a successor to hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is appointed and qualified.
(c) The board of regents of the municipal university shall be composed of the members who are holding office and serving on the board on the effective date of this act until their successors are appointed. Thereafter the membership of the board of regents shall be composed as provided for in subsection (a) or subsection (b).
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 4; L. 1961, ch. 86, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 420, § 18; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 4; L. 1981, ch. 83, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 82, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 88, § 3; Apr. 15.
(b) Whenever the board of regents of a municipal university levies a countywide retailers' sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this act the board of county commissioners of the county in which the university is located shall appoint a member of the board of regents who is a resident of the county but not of the city. The term of office of the appointee shall be for a term of four years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified. Each successor member shall be appointed and hold office for a term of four years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 83, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 88, § 4; Apr. 15.
(b) Whenever the taxing district of the municipal university has been extended to include the entire territory of the county in which the university is located, the board of county commissioners shall meet and appoint one member to the board of regents of the municipal university to serve for a term of four years. Upon the expiration of the term of the first member appointed by the governor, the board of county commissioners shall meet and appoint a successor thereto. Such succeeding member shall be appointed for a term of four years. Upon the expiration of the terms of the remaining members, succeeding members shall be appointed for a term of four years and until a successor has been duly appointed and qualified.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 6; L. 1965, ch. 420, § 24; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 83, § 4; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 7; L. 1961, ch. 86, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 7; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 83, § 7; July 1.
(b) The board of regents shall organize each year, electing from their own number a chairperson and such other officers as may be necessary for the full discharge of the duties imposed on them. A majority of the regents duly appointed and qualified at any time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 8; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 8; L. 1981, ch. 83, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 9; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 9; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 10; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 10; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 83, § 7; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 11; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 11; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 12; L. 1933, ch. 126, § 1; L. 1933, ch. 39, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1945, ch. 118, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 12; L. 1991, ch. 65, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 180, § 1; July 1.
Any person, persons or body corporate having or holding any such estate, property or funds in trust or applicable for the promotion of education or the advancement of any of the arts or sciences may convey, assign and deliver these to such board of regents as trustee in his, her, their or its place, or covenant or pledge its income or any part thereof to such board. Such estate, property, funds or income shall be held and applied by such board of regents in trust for the further endowment and maintenance and aid of such municipal university, in accordance with the terms and true intent of any trust or condition upon which they were originally given or held or may be so given and accepted hereafter, and such board of regents and its successors shall become and are perpetually obliged and held to observe and execute such trust in all respects according to any and all terms lawfully agreed upon at the time of such transfer and acceptance.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 13; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 13; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 14; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 14; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 15; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 456, § 9; June 30.
The board shall have the right, after conferring with the president and faculty, to confer all honors, diplomas, certificates and degrees suitable to institutions of the same class. The board shall have the power upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, to furnish special courses and courses in vocational education subjects and civic administration and other educational advantages, including the admission of nonmatriculated students within the college buildings or elsewhere, and may grant suitable certificates and vocational education diplomas and degrees to such students as shall have completed the course of study so prescribed. All moneys received, as provided by this section, shall be credited to the general fund of said university, and all expenses incurred in pursuance of this section shall be met from said general funds, subject to the regulation of said board of regents.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 16; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 15; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 17; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 16; July 1.
(b) The board of regents which has levied a countywide retailers' sales tax under the provisions of this act may use the proceeds of such sales tax for the same purposes that the revenue from a tax on tangible property may be used.
(c) Whenever the board of regents of a municipal university imposes a countywide retailers' sales tax there shall be created within the university's chart of accounts the sales tax smoothing fund. There shall be credited or transferred to such fund amounts received by the university from sales tax revenue in any year which are in excess of such tax revenues budgeted for expenditure for such year. Expenditures and transfers from such fund shall be made for the same purposes prescribed by subsection (b) in any year when estimated sales tax revenue is less in any such year than that budgeted for such year.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 18; L. 1933, ch. 126, § 2; L. 1933, ch. 39, § 2 (Special Session); L. 1937, ch. 136, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 129, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 119, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 144, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 158, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 117, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 80, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 17; L. 1978, ch. 295, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 88, § 5; Apr. 15.
History: L. 1933, ch. 39, § 3 (Special Session); Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 131, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 19; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 18; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 20; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 19; L. 1981, ch. 83, § 6; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 111, § 21; Feb. 14.
History: L. 1927, ch. 135, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 143, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 20; July 1.
History: L. 1929, ch. 121, § 1; Repealed, L. 1937, ch. 136, § 3; L. 1937, ch. 137, § 1; June 30.
(b) Provisions for the payment of bonds issued under this section shall be made by the establishment of a sinking fund to be created out of the proceeds derived from the taxes levied each year by the board of regents of such municipal university pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(c) The board of regents is hereby authorized to levy taxes on all taxable tangible property within the corporate limits of the city in which the university is located to provide for (1) the sinking fund established under subsection (b); (2) the construction, reconstruction, or equipping of new or existing buildings; and (3) for any other capitalized equipment or permanent improvements. Except as provided in subsection (d), such taxes shall be in addition to all taxes which may be levied by the board of regents pursuant to K.S.A. 13-13a18 and amendments thereto and shall not exceed 3 mills in any one year.
(d) The board of regents which has levied a retailers' sales tax under the provisions of this act shall levy no other property tax except as authorized by K.S.A. 13-13a23, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 75-6111, and amendments thereto.
(e) The proceeds from the tax levy authorized under this section, other than that portion of the proceeds for the sinking fund, may be accumulated from year to year and expended for the construction, reconstruction or equipping of new or existing buildings, permanent improvements or capitalized equipment or for any one or more of such purposes, and shall not be subject to the provisions of the budget laws, except that in making the budget of the municipal university the amount so accumulated and the amount expended thereof shall be shown therein for the information of the taxpayers.
History: L. 1931, ch. 89, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 136, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 142, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 158, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 135, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 33; L. 1976, ch. 87, § 21; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 19; L. 1985, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 83, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 68, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 19; L. 1997, ch. 83, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 88, § 6; Apr. 15.
(b) Whenever a petition, signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the registered voters residing outside of the city but within the county in which such university is located, shall be filed in the office of the county election officer not less than sixty (60) days preceding the date fixed for the holding of the general election in November in any even-numbered year requesting the same, the question of extending the taxing district of said municipal university to the entire territory of said county shall be submitted to the electors of such county residing outside of the corporate limits of the city in which such university is located for their approval or rejection at the general election held in November of such year. Such election shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for elections on questions submitted in the county. Whenever such proposition has been submitted to and been rejected by the voters voting at an election held thereon such proposition shall not again be submitted to the voters of such county. The question shall be stated on the ballot as follows:
"Shall the taxing district of ______________ university of ______________ be extended to include the entire territory of ______________ county, Kansas?"
The first blank shall be filled with the name of the university. The second blank shall be filled with the name of the municipality. The third blank shall be filled with the name of the county in which the university is located. All registered voters residing within the county but outside the corporate limits of the city in which such university is located may vote at the election. If a majority of those voting at such election shall vote in favor of extending the taxing district of the municipal university, the same shall thereupon be extended to the entire territory of the county in which the municipal university is located for all purposes, including the purpose of the budget adopted and taxes certified in the year next succeeding the election, and for all years thereafter.
History: L. 1976, ch. 87, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 88, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 67; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 1; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 28; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 6; L. 1983, ch. 72, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 256, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 274, § 5; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 20; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 68; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 29; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 256, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 225, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 69; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 30; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 8; L. 1983, ch. 72, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 256, § 3; Repealed, L. 1999, ch. 147, § 132; July 1.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 9; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 70; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 4; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 31; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 10; L. 1987, ch. 273, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 274, § 6; Repealed, L. 1999, ch. 147, § 132; July 1.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 11; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 71; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 5; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 32; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 12; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 72; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 6; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 33; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 13; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 73; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 7; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 34; Expired, June 30, 2006.
History: L. 1982, ch. 282, § 14; L. 1991, ch. 225, § 8; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 74; L. 2002, ch. 108, § 8; L. 2003, ch. 35, § 8; L. 2004, ch. 185, § 35; Expired, June 30, 2006.
Any motor vehicle parked upon any of the parking facilities of the university without the permission of the board or its authorized agents shall be deemed a common nuisance and the board shall provide for the abatement of the nuisance by providing by rules and regulations for the removal and impounding of the vehicle. The cost of abating, removal and impounding shall be a lien against the motor vehicle until paid by the owner or [a representative] of the owner.
History: L. 1982, ch. 82, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1982, ch. 82, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1982, ch. 82, § 3; July 1.
(b) The secretary of revenue is authorized to administer, enforce and collect the university's retailers' sales tax and to adopt such rules and regulations necessary for the efficient and effective administration, enforcement and collection thereof. The state director of taxation shall cause such taxes to be collected within the boundaries of Shawnee county at the same time and in the same manner provided for the collection of the state retailers' sales tax. All moneys collected by the director of taxation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Washburn University of Topeka retailers' sales tax fund, which fund is hereby established in the state treasury. Any refund due on any tax collected pursuant to this section shall be paid out of the sales tax refund fund and reimbursement to such fund shall be made by the director of taxation from collections of the university's sales tax revenue. All moneys collected pursuant to this section for such university shall be remitted at least quarterly by the state treasurer to the treasurer of such university.
(c) All revenue received by Washburn University of Topeka from its retailers' sales tax shall be used solely for the purpose of financing its operations regarding all support activities described by K.S.A. 13-13a18, and amendments thereto.
(d) If within 30 days of the final publication of a resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (a), a petition signed by a number of electors of the county equal to not less than 5% of the number of qualified electors of the county shall be filed in the office of the county election officer demanding that such resolution be submitted to a vote of the electors, it shall not take effect until submitted to a referendum and approved by the electors. An election if called, shall be called within 30 days and held within 45 days after the filing of the petition. The board, by resolution, shall call the election and fix the date. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper, and the election shall be conducted in the same manner as are elections for officers of such county. Such election may be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the mail ballot election act. The proposition shall be: "Shall Washburn University of Topeka be authorized to impose a countywide sales tax not to exceed .65% in Shawnee county for purposes of eliminating 15 mills of ad valorem property taxes now levied by the university and eliminating the payment of out-district tuition by the townships within Shawnee county to the university?"
(e) The provisions of K.S.A. 12-191 and 12-191a, and amendments thereto, insofar as may be made applicable, shall apply to sales subject to the tax imposed pursuant to this section.
History: L. 1999, ch. 88, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 56; July 1.
(a) All sales of natural gas, electricity, heat and water delivered through mains, lines or pipes to residential premises for noncommercial use by the occupant of such premises and all sales of natural gas, electricity, heat and water delivered through mains, lines or pipes for agricultural use;
(b) all sales of propane gas, LP-gas, coal, wood and other fuel sources for the production of heat or lighting for noncommercial use of an occupant of residential premises; and
(c) all sales of intrastate telephone and telegraph services for noncommercial use.
History: L. 1999, ch. 88, § 2; Apr. 15.