19-1513: Courthouse, county 120,000 or over.
Laws 1923, chapter 110, included by reference. [Authorizes board of
county commissioners of county having 120,000 inhabitants or more to
procure a site for a courthouse and jail by purchase, donation or
condemnation and to issue bonds for such purpose; to sell the old site and
buildings and carry out other proceedings in connection therewith; as the
act has a restricted application it is omitted.]
History: R.S. 1923, 19-1513.
19-1514:
History: L. 1923, ch. 117, § 1; R.S. 1923,
19-1514; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1515:
History: L. 1923, ch. 117, § 2; R.S. 1923,
19-1515; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 223, § 1; June 30.
19-1516 to 19-1518:
History: L. 1923, ch. 118, §§ 1 to 3; R.S.
1923, 19-1516 to 19-1518; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1519:
History: L. 1917, ch. 140, §§ 1, 2; R.S.
1923, 19-1519; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1520:
History: L. 1919, ch. 164, §§ 1, 2; R.S.
1923, 19-1520; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1521:
History: L. 1919, ch. 167, §§ 1, 2;
R.S. 1923; 19-1521;
Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1522:
History: L. 1921, ch. 158, §§ 1, 2; R.S.
1923, 19-1522; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1523:
History: L. 1921, ch. 162, §§ 1, 2; R.S.
1923, 19-1523; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1524:
History: L. 1920, ch. 26, §§ 1 to 3; R.S.
1923, 19-1524; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1525:
History: L. 1921, ch. 159, §§ 1, 2; R.S.
1923, 19-1525; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1526:
History: L. 1921, ch. 160, §§ 1, 2; R.S.
1923, 19-1526; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1527:
History: L. 1921, ch. 163, §§ 1 to 3; R.S.
1923, 19-1527; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1528:
History: L. 1919, ch. 165, §§ 1 to 3; R.S.
1923, 19-1528; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.
19-1529 to 19-1531:
History: L. 1925, ch. 140, §§ 1 to 3;
Repealed, L. 1968, ch. 112, § 1; July 1.
19-1532, 19-1533:
History: L. 1929, ch. 148, §§ 1, 2;
Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1534:
History: L. 1929, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 194, §
1; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 165, § 1; June 29.
19-1534a:
History: L. 1931, ch. 163, § 1; Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 200, §
1; June 30.
19-1534b:
History: L. 1947, ch. 194, § 2; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 165, §
1; June 29.
19-1535:
History: L. 1929, ch. 149, § 2; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 165, §
1; June 29.
19-1535a, 19-1535b:
History: L. 1931, ch. 163, §§ 2, 3;
Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 200, § 1;
June 30.
19-1536:
History: L. 1927, ch. 162, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, §
1; June 30.
19-1537 to 19-1539:
History: L. 1929, ch. 152, §§ 1 to 3;
Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 166, § 1; June 29.
19-1540:
History: L. 1929, ch. 156, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 183, §
1; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 223, § 1; June 30.
19-1541:
History: L. 1929, ch. 156, § 2; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 223, §
1; June 30.
19-1542, 19-1543:
History: L. 1931, ch. 159, §§ 1, 2;
Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1544: Exchange of courthouse property for fairgrounds.
That any county in this state owning a building and site formerly used
for courthouse purposes and no longer so used may, whenever its board of
county commissioners shall by resolution determine that it is to the
interest of said county so to do, exchange such site and building for other
real property to be used as fairgrounds, the exchange to be made upon such
terms as such board of county commissioners shall deem best.
History: L. 1935, ch. 3, § 1; May 15.
19-1545: Same; deed.
Such courthouse building and site shall be conveyed by such county
commissioners by proper deed of conveyance, and the property so acquired
shall be conveyed to the board of county commissioners of such county.
History: L. 1935, ch. 3, § 2; May 15.
19-1546: Same; lease.
That lands so acquired may be by such board of county commissioners
leased to any person, firm, association or corporation, to be used for
fairs, races, circuses, or other exhibitions, on such terms as in the
opinion of such board of county commissioners shall be for the best
interests of the county, but no lease or other contract affecting the use
and occupancy of such grounds shall extend beyond the date of the
expiration of the term of the member or members of such board whose term
shall first expire.
History: L. 1935, ch. 3, § 3; May 15.
19-1547: Free fairs on grounds exchanged for unused courthouse property;
tax levy, use of proceeds.
A free fair may be conducted on such grounds and a tax levied in support
thereof and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued
under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto,
by cities located in the county as provided in K.S.A.
2-125 to 2-145, inclusive,
and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1935, ch. 3, § 4; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 84; July 1.
19-1548, 19-1549:
History: L. 1937, ch. 196, §§ 1, 2;
Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, § 1; June 30.
19-1550 to 19-1556:
History: L. 1937, ch. 197, §§ 1 to 7;
Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, § 1; June 30.
19-1557:
History: L. 1939, ch. 339, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, §
1; June 30.
19-1558:
History: L. 1939, ch. 337, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 137, §
1; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 165, § 5; March 20.
19-1559, 19-1560:
History: L. 1939, ch. 337, §§ 2, 3; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 165,
§
5; March 20.
19-1561: 4-H clubs; site, buildings, equipment; tax levy, use of proceeds;
election required; condemnation proceedings.
The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to
make an annual levy of not to exceed one mill upon all tangible property
of the county for the purpose of creating and providing a building fund
to be used for the acquiring of a site for, the erecting and equipping
of, and the furnishing of a building or buildings to be used for 4-H
club purposes, livestock shows, and other agricultural or civic
activities and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds
issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments
thereto, by cities located in the county. Said levy may be made annually
for a period of not to exceed
two years. The tax herein authorized shall be in addition to all other
levies authorized or limited by law. Before any such levy
shall be made, the question shall be submitted on a resolution duly
adopted by the board of county commissioners to the qualified electors
at any general election or at a special election called for that
purpose, and no levy shall be made until a majority of the qualified
electors of such county voting on such question shall have voted in
favor of such levy.
The board of county commissioners shall determine the amount to be
raised by such levy. Such fund may be used for the purposes as in this
act provided and any time after the first levy has been made, if there
be sufficient funds obtained, the county commissioners may proceed to
acquire the site by gift or purchase, and let the contract for such
building or buildings under the law as now provided for the construction
of county buildings. If the board of county commissioners cannot agree
with any owner as to the price of any land for such site, condemnation
proceedings may be instituted by said board and prosecuted in the name
of the county under the provisions of the law in similar cases.
History: L. 1939, ch. 338, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 166, § 1; L.
1949, ch. 201, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 85; July 1.
19-1561a: Same; donations.
Any person or persons, firm, organization, corporation or society
desiring to make donation of money, personal property or real estate for
the benefit of the activities mentioned in K.S.A. 19-1561, shall have the
right to vest title of the money or real estate so
donated in said county to be controlled, when accepted, by the board of
county commissioners according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or
bequest of such property: Provided, That such donations may be
issued [used] for the purpose of acquisition of a site, the erecting,
equipping and furnishing of a building or buildings for such activities
if not inconsistent with the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest
of such property, and the same may be used in addition to the maximum
amount stated in the resolution submitting the question to the electors.
History: L. 1949, ch. 201, § 2; March 18.
19-1561b: Same; additional equipment, repair of
buildings; premiums
and rewards; tax levy, use of proceeds; report to county of premiums and
rewards awarded.
Upon the erection of such building or buildings and furnishings as
herein provided, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein
such building or buildings and furnishings are located is hereby
authorized and empowered to levy annually a tax upon all taxable
tangible property within said county for the purpose of purchasing
additional equipment, maintaining and repairing such building or
buildings and furnishings and for the payment of premiums and rewards
awarded at agricultural livestock and 4-H club activities and approved
by the board of county commissioners and to
pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority
of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located
in the county. In any county
in which there is a fair recognized by the secretary
of agriculture as
an official county fair the amount of the payment for premiums and
rewards under this section shall not exceed the amount of the payment by
the county for premiums and awards for such county fair.
The board of county commissioners is authorized to pay any tax moneys
collected and approved by said board for the payment of rewards and
premiums to the executive board of the county agricultural extension
council, except for an amount to pay a portion of the principal and interest
on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments
thereto, by cities located in the county. The executive board is
authorized to accept such payments
and upon acceptance of such moneys shall provide for the awarding of
rewards and premiums for the authorized activities and shall make
reports, under oath, to the county commissioners of the receipts and
expenditures of the moneys so received, on or before December 31 of each
year.
History: L. 1949, ch. 201, § 3; L. 1953, ch. 149, § 1; L.
1957, ch. 167, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 100, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 162, §
7; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 86;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 67; July 1.
19-1561c: Control and management of buildings; appointment of board;
terms.
Upon the erection of such building or buildings, the board of county
commissioners of such county shall have the control and management of such
building or buildings, and they may vest the authority to manage such
building or buildings in a board of three members, such members to be
appointed as follows: One member to be appointed by the board of county
commissioners of such county, one member to be appointed by the executive
board of the agricultural extension council of the county or such other
agency as may be hereafter recognized for carrying into effect the
extension work in said county, and one member to be selected by the persons
so appointed. Such board shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county
commissioners.
History: L. 1949, ch. 201, § 4; L. 1953, ch. 149, § 2; June 30.
19-1561d: Tax levies voted under 19-1561.
The provisions of this act shall apply to any county which has, prior to
the effective date of this act, under the provisions of section 19-1561 of
the General Statutes of 1949, submitted the question of making an annual
tax levy for acquiring a site, for the erecting and equipping of and the
furnishing of a building or buildings to be used for 4-H club purposes,
livestock shows, and other agricultural or civic activities to the
qualified electors of the county, and a majority of those voting on the
question shall have voted in favor of such levy.
History: L. 1953, ch. 148, § 1; March 28.
19-1561e: Same; no-fund warrants; limitation; payment; cash basis
and budget laws inapplicable.
In any county such as described in K.S.A. 19-1561d, the
board of county commissioners may issue no-fund warrants in an amount
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to be used for the
purposes for which the tax levies described in K.S.A. 19-1561d were authorized:
Provided, That the amount of such
warrants plus the interest payable thereon shall not exceed the total
amount authorized to be raised by the tax levy under the authority
conferred by K.S.A. 19-1561. Such
no-fund tax warrants shall be paid by the levies made under K.S.A. 19-1561
and such warrants shall be
issued, registered and bear interest in the manner and be in the form
prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940 except
they shall not bear the notation required by said section and may be
issued without the approval of the state commission of revenue and
taxation. None of the provisions of the cash basis and budget laws of
this state shall apply to any expenditures made, the payment of which
has been provided for by the issuance of warrants under this act.
History: L. 1953, ch. 148, § 2; March 28.
19-1561f: Same; maximum levies not made.
The provisions of this act shall apply to any county which has, prior to
the effective date of this act, under the provisions of section 19-1561 of
the General Statutes of 1949, submitted the question of making an annual
tax levy for acquiring a site for, the erecting and equipping of and the
furnishing of a building or buildings to be used for 4-H club purposes,
livestock shows, and other agricultural or civic activities to the
qualified electors of the county, and a majority of those voting on the
question shall have voted in favor of such levy and which county did not
make the maximum tax levies authorized by law for such purposes but did
make tax levies for such purposes not exceeding in the aggregate one and
fifteen hundredths (1.15) mills.
History: L. 1953, ch. 147, § 1; April 7.
19-1561g: Same; no-fund warrants for certain expenditures;
limitation; redemption.
In any county such as is described in K.S.A. 19-1561f,
and which has let a contract for the construction of a building for 4-H
club purposes, livestock shows and other agricultural or civic
activities and due to a lack of funds such contract does not include
necessary or desirable plumbing and heating fixtures, flooring or
desirable additions or veneer to the exterior walls, the board of county
commissioners may expend a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars
($10,000) for the purpose of providing such necessary or desirable
plumbing and heating fixtures, flooring and additions or veneer to the
exterior walls, and in order to provide funds for such purposes, the
board of county commissioners may issue no-fund warrants in an amount
not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Such no-fund warrants
shall be in the form, issued, bear interest, be redeemed and any surplus
existing after such redemption shall be handled in the manner prescribed
by K.S.A. 79-2940, or any amendments
thereto, except such no-fund warrants shall not bear the notation
required by said K.S.A. 79-2940 or be subject to the approval of the
state commission of revenue and taxation. At the first tax-levying
period after said no-fund warrants are issued, the board of county
commissioners shall make a tax levy on all the taxable tangible property
of the county sufficient to redeem said warrants and pay the interest
thereon. Such tax levy shall be in addition to all other tax levies
authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to any of the
limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, or acts amendatory thereof.
History: L. 1953, ch. 147, § 2; April 7.
19-1561h:
History: L. 1959, ch. 132, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1562: Validation of certain county jail bonds.
Where in any county the electors have heretofore authorized, by a
majority vote of the electors voting on the proposition, the issuance of
bonds of the county for the purpose of erecting and equipping a county
jail, said bonds, when sold and delivered, are hereby declared to be legal,
valid and binding obligations of such county, notwithstanding the fact that
there may have been irregularities or defects in the proceedings
authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and in the manner in which the
question as to the erection of said county jail and the issuance of county
bonds for the purpose of paying for such improvement may have been
submitted to the electors at such election and notwithstanding the fact
that at such election the proposition submitted to the electors may have
embraced the issuance of bonds both for erecting and equipping a county
jail.
History: L. 1941, ch. 204, § 1; March 20.
19-1563:
History: L. 1943, ch. 140, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1564:
History: L. 1945, ch. 167, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1565:
History: L. 1945, ch. 172, § 1; Repealed, L. 1953, ch. 141, §
1; June 30.
19-1566 to 19-1568:
History: L. 1945, ch. 372, §§ 1 to 3;
Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1569:
History: L. 1945, ch. 165, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 150, §
1; L. 1957, ch. 168, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1570:
History: L. 1945, ch. 165, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 196, §
1; L. 1953, ch. 150, § 2; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1571:
History: L. 1945, ch. 165, § 3; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1572:
History: L. 1945, ch. 165, § 4; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1572a:
History: L. 1953, ch. 150, § 3; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1572b:
History: L. 1953, ch. 150, § 4; L. 1955, ch. 152, §
1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1572c: Construction of courthouse or jail in certain counties;
enlarging
or remodeling; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of
resolution;
protest petition and election.
In any county having a population of at least seventy-five thousand
(75,000) but not more than one hundred ten thousand (110,000) which has
constructed or which hereafter constructs a courthouse or jail, or both,
under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1569 [*]
and amendments thereto, the board of county commissioners is hereby
authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one mill upon
all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of enlarging
or remodeling, or both,
of the courthouse or jail, or both, of said county and to pay a portion
of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A.
12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county.
Said levy may be made annually for a period of not to exceed ten (10)
years until sufficient funds have been created for said purpose or
purposes. The board of county commissioners shall determine the total
amount necessary to be raised for such purposes, not to exceed one
percent (1%) of the assessed tangible valuation of the county, and the
amount so determined shall be included in the resolution and publication
hereinafter provided for. The interest and principal of such fund may be
used for the purposes as provided
in this act. No
levies shall be made under the provisions of this act until a resolution
authorizing the making of such levies to create such special fund be
passed by the board of county commissioners and published for three
successive issues in the official county paper, whereupon such levies
may be made unless a petition in opposition to the same, signed by not
less than fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified electors of such county
as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding
election, is filed with the county clerk of such county within thirty
(30) days following the last publication of the resolution by the board
of county commissioners.
In the event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the board
of county commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an
election called for such purpose or at the next general election. Such
tax levies shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or
limited by law and shall not be subject to any aggregate tax levy.
History: L. 1953, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 87; July 1.
19-1572d: Same; contracts; issuance of bonds, when.
Whenever the board of county commissioners deems it advisable they may
proceed to advertise and let the contract for the enlarging or remodeling
of such building in the manner now provided by law. If at such time there
are insufficient moneys in the special fund, the board of county
commissioners may issue bonds of the county in an amount which together
with the amount raised by the levy authorized by this act will not exceed
the total amount stated in the resolution of the board of county
commissioners. All such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered
and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law.
Nothing in this act shall prevent the use of any available federal or state
aid or both by the county in carrying out one or more of the purposes
authorized by this act.
History: L. 1953, ch. 169, § 2; April 8.
19-1573: Courthouses in certain counties; remodeling, refurnishing;
tax levy, use of proceeds.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of
less than ten thousand (10,000) and having a total assessed tangible
valuation of more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is hereby
authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one and one-half
(1 1/2) mills upon all the taxable tangible property of the county to
create a fund for the purpose of rebuilding, remodeling, re-equipping
and refurnishing of a courthouse, or making additions thereto, or for
one or more of such purposes and to pay a portion of the principal and
interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774,
and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. Said levy may
be made annually for a
period of not to exceed two years.
History: L. 1947, ch. 468, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1979,
ch. 52, § 88; July 1.
19-1574: Tax levies for courthouse fund in certain counties;
warrants.
The tax levies herein authorized shall be in addition to all other
levies authorized or limited by law and shall be outside the aggregate
limitation provided by K.S.A. 79-1947 and acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto. The board may issue warrants against the fund to
be created by such levy to pay the cost of rebuilding, remodeling,
re-equipping, refurnishing or making additions, such warrants to draw
interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate prescribed by K.S.A.
10-1009. Such warrants shall be paid from the fund
created by this section.
History: L. 1947, ch. 468, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 169, § 2; L. 1970,
ch. 64, § 48; March 21.
19-1575, 19-1576:
History: L. 1949, ch. 214, §§ 1, 2;
Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 126, § 1;
July 1.
19-1576a: Sale of certain property in certain counties under 10,000.
The provisions of this act shall apply to any county having a population
of less than ten thousand (10,000) and having an assessed taxable tangible
valuation of not less than twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) nor
more than thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000).
History: L. 1955, ch. 173, § 1; April 1.
19-1576b: Same; resolution; appraisal; disposition of proceeds.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any such county shall
determine, by resolution, that a county barn and welfare office and the
lots of the sites upon which the same are situated are no longer needed for
county purposes, said board may sell and convey such property in the manner
provided by K.S.A. 19-211 and
as provided in this act, except that such sale may be made without
submitting the question of such sale to a vote of the electors of the
county. Before making any such sale the value of the property shall be
appraised by three (3) legal electors of the county qualified to make such
appraisal and appointed by the district judge of the district court of such
county,
and no such sale shall be made for an amount less than three-fourths (3/4)
of the appraised value of the property. All moneys derived from such sale,
after deducting the costs of the sale, shall be paid into the county
treasury and the county treasurer shall credit the same to a special fund
for building and equipping a shop for the county road and highway
department.
History: L. 1955, ch. 173, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 70; Jan. 10, 1977.
19-1577: Bonds for combination courthouse and memorial building or
courthouse, jail and memorial building in certain counties; election.
That any county in this state in which a tax levy has been made for the
purpose of erecting a courthouse or courthouse and jail under the
provisions of section 19-1506 and 19-1507 of the General Statutes of 1935,
and more than ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) has been collected on such
levies and is available for such purpose, and in which a proposition to
acquire a site and build, establish and maintain a suitable memorial
building to the service men and women of such county has been submitted to
the voters of the county and has carried by a majority of those voting on
the proposition and a levy has been made for such memorial building and
more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) has been collected on such
levies and is available for that purpose, shall be and is hereby authorized
to erect and equip a combination courthouse and memorial building or
courthouse, jail and memorial building and to use any funds collected on
the levies above referred to for that purpose and is hereby authorized to
issue general obligation bonds of such county, in an amount not exceeding
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to provide funds to be used in
conjunction with the proceeds of the aforesaid tax levies in acquiring a
site and erecting and equipping such combination courthouse and memorial
building. Said building shall not be constructed and said bonds shall not
be issued unless authorized by a majority of the electors voting on the
proposition at a general election, or at a special election called by the
board of county commissioners for that purpose, at which the proposition
shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the general bond
law.
History: L. 1949, ch. 213, § 1; March 19.
19-1578: Same; management; trustees.
That the management and control of said combination courthouse and
memorial building shall be vested in the board of county commissioners:
Provided, however, The board of county commissioners may appoint a
board of trustees to manage and control any portion of the building
devoted to public purposes other than the conduct of county business as
provided in K.S.A. 73-407.
History: L. 1949, ch. 213, § 2; March 19.
19-1579: Certain counties under 5,000; courthouse, jail or sheriff
quarters.
The provisions of this act shall apply to any county having a population
of less than five thousand (5,000) and having a total assessed tangible
valuation of more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and which
county has prior to the effective date of this act made a tax levy or
levies for the purpose of providing funds to be used for the
construction of a courthouse, jail or sheriff's quarters or for one or
more such purposes, and which has accumulated at least forty-five
thousand dollars ($45,000) for such purposes and in which county the
state fire marshal has condemned the basement and the second floor
above the ground of the courthouse now in existence in said county.
History: L. 1949, ch. 210, § 1; March 19.
19-1580: Same; bonds; election.
The board of county commissioners of any county such as described in
K.S.A. 19-1579 is hereby authorized and empowered to
issue general obligation bonds of such county for the purpose of
providing funds to be used in addition to the funds now on hand or
hereafter derived from a tax levy made to create a sinking fund, for the
purpose of acquiring a site, the construction, furnishing and equipment
of a combination courthouse, jail and sheriff's quarters building
thereon. The total amount of bonds issued under the authority conferred
by this act shall not exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000) less the amount available for such purposes derived from tax
levies made for such purposes as provided by law.
No bonds shall be issued under the authority conferred by this act
unless and until the question of the issuance of the same shall have
been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of such county at a
regular general election or at a special election called for that
purpose, and a majority of those voting on the question shall have
declared by their votes to be in favor of the issuance of said bonds.
Such election shall be called and held, and said bonds shall be issued,
sold, registered, delivered and retired in the manner provided by the
general bond law. Bonds issued under this act shall not be subject to or
within any bonded debt limitation fixed by any other law of this state.
History: L. 1949, ch. 210, § 2; March 19.
19-1581: Certain counties between 12,000 and 13,000.
The provision of this act shall apply to any county having a population
of more than twelve thousand (12,000) and less than thirteen thousand
(13,000) with an assessed tangible valuation of more than twenty-five
million dollars ($25,000,000) and less than thirty-two million dollars
($32,000,000).
History: L. 1949, ch. 211, § 1; April 8.
19-1582: Same; warrants for improving courthouse.
The board of county commissioners of any such county is hereby
authorized to issue no-fund warrants during a period of five consecutive
years for the purpose of providing funds to be used for purpose of
improving its courthouse, constructing additions thereto, repairing,
rewiring and installation of heating facilities therefor in a total amount
of not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) during said five-year
period.
History: L. 1949, ch. 211, § 2; April 8.
19-1583: Same; tax levies to pay warrants; surplus funds.
Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by
this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the
first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to
pay such warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be
in addition to all other levy authorized or limited by law and shall not
be subject to the aggregate tax levy prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, or acts
amendatory thereof or
supplemental thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, bear such interest,
be registered and redeemed in the manner and in the form prescribed by
K.S.A. 79-2940, or any acts
amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, except that they shall not
bear the notation required by said section 79-2940 and may be issued
without the approval of the state commission of revenue and taxation.
Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be
handled in the manner prescribed by said section 79-2940.
History: L. 1949, ch. 211, § 3; April 8.
19-1584: Same; cash basis and budget laws not to apply.
The provisions and restrictions of the cash basis and budget laws of
this state shall not apply to the expenditures under the provisions of this
act.
History: L. 1949, ch. 211, § 4; April 8.
19-1585: Certain counties over 50,000; additional bonds for site
and the building and equipping of courthouse or jail; resolution.
That any county having a population of more than fifty thousand (50,000)
and in which there is no city of the first class, which prior to the
effective date of this act, has levied taxes and created a special fund
under the provisions of section 19-1569 of the General Statutes
Supplement of 1947, for the purpose of acquiring a site for and
building, equipping and furnishing a courthouse and jail, or for any one
or more of such purposes the board of county commissioners may adopt a
resolution stating (a) the total amount necessary to pay for said
project, and (b) the total amount necessary for such special fund as
stated in the original resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of
section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (c) the
total amount of bonds, if any, which have been issued under the
provisions of section 19-1570 of the General Statutes Supplement of
1945, and section 19-1570 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947,
and (d) the total amount, to the date of adoption of said resolution,
collected by said county pursuant to the levy authorized by section
19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (e) that the
total amount so collected by tax levy is insufficient to pay for said
project and that it is necessary to issue and sell bonds, stating the
amount thereof.
Such resolution shall be published for three successive weeks in the
official county paper; whereupon, such bonds, in an amount not exceeding
that stated in the resolution, herein provided, as the amount necessary
to be issued, which amount of bonds together with (1) the amount
collected by the levy authorized by said section 19-1569 of the General
Statutes Supplement of 1947, and (2) the total amount of bonds therefore
issued under the provisions of section 19-1570 of the General Statutes
Supplement of 1945, and section 19-1570 of the General Statutes
Supplement of 1947, shall not exceed by more than one hundred
twenty-five (125) percent the total amount stated in the original
resolution of the board adopted and published in accordance with the
provisions of section 19-1569 of the General Statutes Supplement of
1947, may be issued and sold under the term of this act: Provided,
That no bonds shall be issued under this act until the question of
issuing the same shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of
the county at an election as provided for in K.S.A. 19-1587.
History: L. 1949, ch. 212, § 1; April 12.
19-1586: Same; site at place other than county seat; contracts;
limitation; resolution.
That where an office or offices for the rendering of county services by
county officials has heretofore been established in any such county at a
place other than the county seat of said county, and such action has
been validated pursuant to the provisions of section 19-1601a of the
General Statutes Supplement of 1947, the board of county commissioners
may acquire a site if one be needed at some place within the township
wherein such office has been established and proceed to advertise and
let the contract for the building, equipping and furnishing of a
suitable building for the housing of such county officials as are
authorized pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1601b: Provided,
That the board of county
commissioners shall first determine the total amount necessary to be
expended for such purposes, in no event to exceed one-half (1/2) of one
percent of the assessed tangible valuation of the county, and the amount
so determined shall be included in the resolution and publication
hereinafter provided for.
Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the board of county
commissioners may issue and sell in the manner provided by the general
law, bonds of the county in an amount which will not exceed the total
amount stated in said resolution and publication: Provided, That no
contract shall be let or bonds issued under the provisions of this
section of this act until a resolution is adopted by the board of county
commissioners stating (a) that they deem it advisable to acquire a site
for and build, equip and furnish an office building, or for any one or
more of such purposes, for the housing of services as authorized by the
provisions of K.S.A. 19-1601b, and (b) the total amount determined necessary
to pay for such
project, and (c) that it is necessary to issue and sell bonds, stating
the amount thereof, in payment therefor. Such resolution shall be
published for three successive issues in the official county paper,
whereupon, subject to authorization by an election as hereinafter
provided, the board of county commissioners may proceed to acquire a
site if one be needed and may proceed to advertise and let the contract
for such building and equipping and furnishing the same and may issue
and sell bonds in an amount not exceeding that stated in such resolution
as the amount necessary to be issued.
History: L. 1949, ch. 212, § 2; April 12.
19-1587: Same; bond election.
That no bonds shall be issued under any section of this act until the
question of issuing the same shall have been submitted to the qualified
electors of the county at a regular general election or at a special
election called for that purpose and unless a majority of the qualified
electors voting on such question shall have declared by their votes to be
in favor of the issuance of said bonds, any such election shall be called
and held in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law:
Provided, That the two projects herein authorized for the construction
of buildings shall be submitted to a vote of the people in two propositions
on the same ballot.
History: L. 1949, ch. 212, § 3; April 12.
19-1588: Same; federal or state aid; issuance and retirement of bonds.
Nothing in this act shall prevent the use of any available federal or
state aid or both by the county carrying out one or more of the purposes
authorized by this act. The bonds issued under the authority of this act
shall be issued and retired in accordance with the provisions of the
general bond law except that they shall be retired over a period of not
more than twenty (20) years, may be issued in addition to all other bonds
authorized to be issued by counties, and no statute limiting the
outstanding indebtedness which a county may have shall apply to any bonds
issued under the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1949, ch. 212, § 4; April 12.
19-1589:
History: L. 1949, ch. 215, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 137, §
1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1589a:
History: L. 1955, ch. 178, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, §
1; July 1.
19-1590: Counties between 50,000 and 80,000; bonds for courthouse
improvements, acquisition of sites, additions, equipment and
maintenance.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of
not less than fifty thousand (50,000) and not more than eighty thousand
(80,000), when it deems it advisable, may issue bonds of the county in a
total amount of not to exceed one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the
assessed taxable tangible valuation of the county for the general
purpose of purchasing, installing, repairing, maintaining, renovating,
exchanging and replacing heating and air-conditioning systems of the
courthouse of such county; and for the further purpose of acquiring
sites for the erection of necessary additions to the existing courthouse
and buildings and the equipment and maintenance of such additions and
buildings; and for the further purpose of making necessary capital
improvements and alterations to the existing courthouse.
No bonds shall be issued under this act until a resolution
authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall be passed by the board of
county commissioners and published for three (3) successive issues in a
newspaper of general circulation in such county, whereupon such bonds
may be issued unless a petition in opposition to same, signed by not
less than five percent (5%) of the qualified voters of such county as
determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding
election, is filed with the county clerk of such county within thirty
(30) days following the last publication of such resolution. In the
event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the board of county
commissioners to determine the sufficiency of such petition, and if it
finds same to be sufficient, it shall be the duty of said board to
submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose
or at the next general election.
All such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and
retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law.
Nothing in this act shall prevent the use of any available federal or
state aid or both by the county in carrying out one or more of the
purposes authorized by this act. The provisions of K.S.A. 19-214,
19-215 and 19-216 shall be applicable to
any improvements made under the authority conferred by this section.
History: L. 1955, ch. 176, § 1; April 8.
19-1591:
History: L. 1955, ch. 433, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 170, §
1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-1592, 19-1593:
History: L. 1955, ch. 433, §§ 2, 3;
Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1;
July 1.
19-1594: Counties over 175,000; repairs and improvements to county buildings;
replacing of equipment; plan; limitation; resolution; publication; bonds;
election, when.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of
one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) or more is hereby authorized
to plan and make permanent repairs and improvements to county buildings,
and to replace deteriorated, obsolete equipment therein over a five (5)
year period in accordance with the provisions of this act. Whenever the
board of county commissioners of such counties shall, by resolution
adopted unanimously by such board, determine that it is necessary to
make permanent repairs and improvements to a combined courthouse and
jail building, or home for the aged, or juvenile detention home, owned
by such counties, including the remodeling, enlarging, modernizing and
repairing of any such buildings and the replacing of any deteriorated or
obsolete equipment therein, it shall be the duty of such board to
program and plan such permanent building repairs and improvements over a
five (5) year period, and to incorporate the provisions of such plan in
the resolution herein referred to.
Prior to the adoption of such plan, the board of county commissioners
of such counties shall employ a competent licensed architect or
architects to make surveys for such improvements, to prepare plans and
specifications therefor, to supervise all work to be performed and to
assist it in preparing such plan for the permanent remodeling,
enlarging, modernizing and repairing of such county buildings and the
replacing of deteriorated, obsolete equipment therein. Thereupon, the
board of county commissioners of such counties shall estimate, determine
and fix the total cost of all such permanent repairs and improvements
to, and equipment for, such buildings which it deems advisable and
necessary to make under such plan as herein authorized, which total
amount shall not exceed one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the total
assessed tangible valuation of the county. The actual total cost of
making such permanent repairs and improvements to, and equipment for,
such county buildings under such plan may be paid from the proceeds of
the sale of general obligation, negotiable bonds issued by such county
in an aggregate amount not exceeding the sum stated in a resolution
adopting such plan authorizing the permanent repairing and improving of
such county buildings by the board of county commissioners of such
counties, and shall not exceed one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the
total assessed tangible valuation of the county at the date of the
adoption of such resolution, but no contracts shall be awarded, no
repairs or improvements shall be made, and no bonds shall be issued in
payment thereof, as provided for in this act, until the aforesaid
resolution, incorporating the essential details and items of such plan
authorizing the permanent repairing and improving of such county
buildings and the replacing of equipment therein, itemizing the
estimated cost and type of the several permanent repairs and
improvements to be made to, and equipment for, each county building, and
setting forth the total aggregate cost of such repairs, improvements and
equipment which shall not be exceeded under such plan, shall have been
unanimously adopted by the board of county commissioners of such
counties and published for three (3) consecutive issues in the official
county newspaper. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any
county having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more,
has, prior to the effective date of this act, adopted and published a
resolution on a juvenile detention home as herein provided and no
petition in protest or opposition to the adoption of such plan was filed
with the county clerk as hereinafter provided and such board of county
commissioners hereafter determines in their sole discretion that the
total aggregate cost of such repairs, improvements and equipment has
increased in an amount not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total
aggregate cost set out in such original resolution as adopted and
published, such total aggregate cost shall thereupon be so redetermined
by such board of county commissioners and thereafter the additional cost
so incurred may be duly paid from general county funds, federal grants,
gifts or any other funds which might be properly available for such
purposes and the maximum total aggregate amount shall thereafter be the
amount as so redetermined but nothing herein shall authorize the
issuance of bonds beyond the amount stated in the original resolution
adopting the plan and as published and not protested.
Whereupon, the board of county commissioners of such counties may
thereafter advertise for proposals for the doing of such work at such
times during said five (5) year period as it deems advisable under such
plan for permanently improving, repairing and equipping such county
buildings, award contracts therefor in the manner now provided by law,
and issue serial bonds of such county in payment thereof, payable in approximately
equal annual installments over a period
of not to exceed fifteen (15) years, and bearing
interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed
by K.S.A. 10-1009, unless a petition in protest or opposition to the
adoption of such plan for permanently repairing, improving and equipping
any or all such county buildings, signed by at least five hundred (500)
qualified electors of such county, is filed with the county clerk of
such county within thirty (30) days following the date of the last
publication of the resolution adopted by the board of county
commissioners of such counties. In the event such petition is filed, it
shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such counties
to submit the question of the adoption of such plan for repairing,
improving and equipping such county buildings, and paying the cost
thereof by the issuance of bonds, to the voters of such county at an
election called for such purpose or at the next general election.
History: L. 1957, ch. 195, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 64, §
49; L. 1975, ch. 160, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 23; April 25.
19-1595: Same; issuance of bonds; limitations.
All bonds issued by such county for the purposes herein provided may be
issued annually over a period of not to exceed five (5) years, but the
total amount of all such issues shall not exceed the aggregate amount fixed
and stated in said resolution hereinabove referred to and adopted by the
board of county commissioners of such counties. All such bonds shall be
issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the
provisions of the general bond law. Any bonds issued under the provisions
of this act shall be subject to any limitation of bonded indebtedness of
such county.
History: L. 1957, ch. 195, § 2; June 29.
19-1596: Counties acquiring voting machines; building for storing
and servicing and for other uses; resolution; plans and specifications;
acquisition of site; costs; bonds.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has acquired or
which hereafter may acquire voting machines pursuant to the provisions
of K.S.A. 25-1307 through 25-1343, is hereby authorized to construct and
equip a building, or to
purchase an existing building and remodel the same, to be located in a
suitable and desirable place in such county, for the primary purpose of
housing, storing and servicing voting machines, provided such board of
county commissioners shall, by resolution unanimously adopted by said
board, finds and determines that such county does not have either
adequate or sufficient space for the housing, storing and servicing of
such voting machines and such other related county records and
equipment. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the board of county
commissioners of such county shall estimate, determine and fix the total
cost of acquiring a site for such building, if such be necessary, the
erecting and equipping of a building, or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, which total cost shall not exceed one-fourth of
one percent of the total assessed tangible valuation of such county at
the time of the adopting of such resolution.
The board of county commissioners of such counties shall employ a
competent licensed architect or architects to make surveys for the
erecting and equipping of such building or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, to prepare plans and specifications therefor
and to supervise all work to be performed in the erecting and equipping
or in the remodeling of an existing building so acquired. The board of
county commissioners of such counties is hereby authorized to provide
space in said building for the office of the election commissioner of
the county and for the carrying out of the several functions and duties
of such office.
The board of county commissioners of such counties may, by and with
the consent of the state department of social welfare, and the federal
government, provide for the location of the several offices of the local
county board of welfare and its employees in said building; and in
connection therewith, such county board is authorized to receive grants
and aids from the federal government in the erecting and equipping of
such offices in such building to be used for social welfare purposes. In
connection with the plan for the erecting and equipping of such building
or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building the board of
county commissioners of such counties is further authorized to acquire a
site, if one be needed for such building, either by purchase, gift or by
the right of eminent domain under the general condemnation statute, and
the cost of acquiring such vacant site or existing building shall be
computed in the total cost of erecting and equipping or remodeling such
building, as the case may be, and the total cost thereof shall not
exceed one-fourth of one percent of the total assessed tangible
valuation of such county.
The actual cost of acquiring a building site and of erecting and
equipping such building, or an existing building, under the provisions
of this act, may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of general
obligation, negotiable bonds issued by such county in an aggregate
amount not exceeding the said sum stated in the resolution to be
unanimously adopted by such board of county commissioners.
History: L. 1959, ch. 151, § 1; June 30.
19-1597: Same; publication of resolution; bids; protest petition;
election.
The resolution herein referred to, to be unanimously adopted by the board
of county commissioners of such counties shall be published for three
(3) consecutive issues in the official county paper. Whereupon, the
board of county commissioners of such counties may thereafter advertise
for proposals for the erecting and equipping of such building or the
purchasing and remodeling of an existing building and award contracts
therefor in the manner now provided by law, and issue serial bonds of
such county in payment thereof, payable in not more than ten (10)
approximate equal annual installments and bearing interest at a rate of
not to exceed five percent (5%); unless a petition in protest or
opposition to the acquiring of a site for the erecting and equipping of
such building, or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building,
signed by at least five hundred (500) qualified electors of such county,
is filed with the county clerk of said county within thirty (30) days
following the date of the last publication of the said resolution
adopted by the board of county commissioners of any such counties.
In the event such petition of protest or opposition is filed, it
shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such counties
to submit the question of acquiring a site, if the same be necessary,
and the erecting and equipping of a building or the purchasing and
remodeling of an existing building to be used for the purposes provided
for in this act and paying the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds, to
the voters of such county at any special election called for such
purpose, by the board of county commissioners of such counties or at any
regular, primary or general election.
History: L. 1959, ch. 151 § 2; June 30.
19-1598: Same; bond requirements; outside debt limitations.
All such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired
in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law. Any bonds issued
under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to any limitation of
bonded indebtedness of such county.
History: L. 1959, ch. 151, § 3; June 30.
19-1599: Improvement of courthouse property in counties over
250,000; leasing of old site, conditions.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of
more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) is hereby authorized to
improve by repairing, remodeling or renovating any courthouse building
constructed more than twenty-five (25) years before this act takes
effect. Such board of county commissioners is authorized, in the
alternative, to demolish and raze such a courthouse and construct other
improvements on such old courthouse site for public record storage,
parking or for any other county purposes authorized by law. Such old
courthouse site may be leased to any public or quasi-public body for
periods of not more than ten (10) years, and, if leased, the lease may
provide that certain repairs, remodelings or renovating shall be done by
the lessee or by the county.
History: L. 1961, ch. 162, § 1; June 30.
19-15,100: Same; preliminary plan; resolution; survey and cost
estimate; improvements, laws applicable.
If the board of county commissioners of such county deem action under
authority of this act to be necessary or expedient said board shall
adopt by resolution a preliminary plan for the use of such old
courthouse property. Said board shall then employ a licensed architect
to make a survey and cost estimate for such improvement or demolition.
After consideration of such survey and estimate, said board may have such
improvements made or demolition done and the same shall be done in
accordance with K.S.A. 19-214 to 19-216, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1961, ch. 162, § 2; June 30.
19-15,101: Same; costs; no-fund warrants authorized; limitations;
tax levies.
To pay for the improvements or demolition authorized by this act, the
board of county commissioners of such counties may issue no-fund
warrants and the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, shall
apply in issuing said warrants
except that the notation required in said section shall be: "Issued
pursuant to authority of law" (followed by the citation of this act).
The board shall use the proceeds of such no-fund warrants to pay all
costs of the aforesaid improvement or demolition. The total of such
warrants issued shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000), and the principal and the interest thereon may be payable in
approximate equal installments over a period of not to exceed five (5)
years from the date following their issuance. The said board shall make
a levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued,
and each year thereafter, sufficient to pay such warrants and the
interest thereon, until all warrants and interest have been paid in
full.
History: L. 1961, ch. 162, § 3; June 30.
19-15,102: No-fund warrants for additional revenue for construction,
repair and equipment of courthouse or courthouse and jail in counties
between 35,000 and 40,000.
Any county which has, prior to the effective date of this act, levied
taxes for the purpose of providing funds for the construction and equipping
of a courthouse, or courthouse and jail, or for the equipping, improving,
furnishing and repairing of the courthouse, or for any one or more of such
purposes, and which county has accumulated more than six hundred thousand
dollars ($600,000) from such tax levies, and which amount is insufficient
to carry out the purpose of which the tax levies were made, is hereby
authorized to issue no-fund warrants, without an election, in an amount not
exceeding three hundred sixty thousand dollars ($360,000) for the purpose
of providing additional revenue to be used in conjunction with the proceeds
of the tax levies to complete the construction, equipping and furnishing of
the courthouse and for any and all other purposes for which the tax levies
were made.
History: L. 1961, ch. 168, § 1; June 30.
19-15,103: Same; tax levies to pay warrants; cash basis and budget
laws inapplicable.
Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by
this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the
first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to
pay such warrants and the interest thereon: Provided, That in lieu
of making only one tax levy, such board of county commissioners, if it
deems it advisable, may make a tax levy each year for not to exceed five
(5) years in approximately equal installments for the purpose of paying
said warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in
addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not
be subject to the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A.
79-1947, or acts amendatory thereof
or supplemental thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, registered,
redeemed and bear interest in the manner and in the form prescribed by
K.S.A. 79-2940, except they shall not
bear the notation required by said section and may be issued without the
approval of the state board of tax appeals.
Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be
handled in the manner prescribed by said section 79-2940. None of the
provisions of the cash basis and budget laws of this state shall apply
to any expenditures made, the payment of which has been provided for by
the issuance of warrants under this act.
History: L. 1961, ch. 168, § 2; June 30.
19-15,104: Same; application of act.
The provisions of this act shall apply only in counties having a
population of more than thirty-five thousand (35,000) and less than forty
thousand (40,000).
History: L. 1961, ch. 168, § 3; June 30.
19-15,105: No-fund warrants for courthouse funds in certain counties
between 10,000 and 13,000; limitation; conditions.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of
not less than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than thirteen thousand
(13,000) and having an equalized assessed, taxable, tangible valuation of
not less than twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000) and not more than
thirty-nine million dollars ($39,000,000) is hereby authorized to issue
no-fund warrants, without an election, and in an amount not exceeding one
hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) for the purpose of
providing funds to be used in reconstructing, remodeling, repairing,
improving, equipping and furnishing the courthouse of such county. The
total amount of no-fund warrants herein authorized to be issued need not be
issued for the total amount at one time, but may be issued from time to
time as money is needed for the purpose for which the warrants are issued,
but the total of all issues of such warrants shall not exceed $175,000.
History: L. 1963, ch. 169, § 1; Feb. 22.
19-15,106: Same; tax levies to pay; cash basis and budget laws
inapplicable.
Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by
this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the
first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to
pay such warrants and the interest thereon: Provided, That in lieu
of making only one tax levy, such board of county commissioners, if it
deems it advisable, may make a tax levy each year for not to exceed five
(5) years in approximately equal installments for the purpose of paying
said warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in
addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not
be subject to the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947,
or acts amendatory thereof
or supplemental thereto.
Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest
in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, except they
shall not bear the notation
required by said section and may be issued without the approval of the
state board of tax appeals. Any surplus existing after the redemption of
such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by said section
79-2940. None of the provisions of the cash basis and budget laws of
this state shall apply to any expenditures made, the payment of which
has been provided for by the issuance of warrants under this act.
History: L. 1963, ch. 169, § 2; Feb. 22.
19-15,107: Purchase of abandoned U.S. post office building for county
office space; resolution; limitation; bonds for remodeling and equipping.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in which there
is located in the county seat of said county an abandoned United States
post office building by resolution finds that said county is in need of
additional space for use as county offices and that said abandoned post
office building would provide the necessary additional space for county
offices, said board of county commissioners may purchase said abandoned
United States post office building and the site on which is it located and
may remodel and equip the same for use as additional space for county
offices: Provided, That the total amount expended for such purchase
and the remodeling and equipping of said building shall not exceed the sum
of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
The board of county commissioners in any such county is hereby
authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the county for the purpose
of providing funds to pay for the purchase of said building and site for
the remodeling and equipping of the building so purchased. Such bonds shall
be issued, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of
the general bond law. If said county shall receive any payments from the
federal government or any agency thereof for rent or as reimbursement for
the cost of use of any space in said building, the amount so received from
the federal government or any agency thereof shall be paid into the county
treasury and the county treasurer shall credit the same to the bond and
interest fund of said county and the same shall be applied to the payment
of the principal and interest upon the bonds issued hereunder.
History: L. 1963, ch. 151, § 2; April 10.
19-15,108: Urban area counties; acquisition of sites for county
buildings, parking and improvements; bonds, limitation.
The board of county commissioners of any county designated as an urban
area as permitted by section 17 of article 2 of the constitution of the
state of Kansas, is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or by
right of eminent domain, site or sites for county buildings and related
parking or for additional parking related to existing county buildings and
to make parking improvements on such sites as may be acquired for parking
purposes. For such purposes said board of county commissioners is
authorized to issue and sell general obligation bonds of the county in an
amount not exceeding one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the total
assessed tangible valuation of the county, subject, however, to the
restrictions and conditions hereinafter contained in this act.
History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 1; May 14.
19-15,109: Same; resolution; protest petition; election.
Such board of county commissioners shall by written resolution
unanimously adopted find that the acquisition of such site or sites is
necessary and shall set out therein the location of the site or sites, the
improvements to be made thereon, if any, and the total amount of bonds
proposed to be issued. The resolution shall be published for three
consecutive weeks in the official county paper. In the event a protest
petition is signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified
voters of the county, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at
the last general election, and is filed with the county clerk within thirty
(30) days following the last publication of said resolution, it shall be
the duty of the board of county commissioners of such counties to submit
the question of acquiring such sites and making such improvements, if any,
and paying for the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds to the voters of
such counties at an election called for such purpose or at the next general
election. If no such protest petition is filed within the time limitation
contained herein, the board of county commissioners may proceed as
authorized by this act. If an election is held pursuant to a protest
petition and a majority vote is cast in favor of the proposition, the board
of county commissioners shall have authority to proceed under this act.
History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 2; May 14.
19-15,110: Same; disposition of improvements on acquired sites.
Any improvements located on any site acquired by said board of county
commissioners may be disposed of at public sale after first causing a
publication for three consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper of
the date and place of such sale.
History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 3; May 14.
19-15,111: Same; bond provisions.
The bonds issued for the purposes herein provided shall not exceed the
aggregate amount fixed and stated in said resolution hereinabove referred
to and adopted by the board. All such bonds shall be issued, registered,
sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the
general bond law and shall be subject to any limitations of bonded
indebtedness of such county.
History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 4; May 14.
19-15,112, 19-15,113:
History: L. 1965, ch. 205, §§ 1, 2;
Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-15,114: County public buildings; definitions.
As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the
following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(a) "Public building" shall mean and include any building or structure
determined by the board of county commissioners to be necessary to the
county for any public county purpose.
(b) "Improve" shall mean and include alteration, repair, reconstruction,
remodeling, furnishing, equipping, extending, adding to, enlarging or any
other work which will enhance, extend or restore the value or utility of
the public building.
History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 1; June 30.
19-15,115: Same; acquisition and construction; improvements; exercise
of authority jointly with other municipalities.
The board of county commissioners of any county may when it deems
necessary erect or construct, acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation in
fee simple or lease, a public building or buildings and may acquire any
necessary site therefor by gift, purchase or condemnation in fee simple, or
make use of any site or sites previously acquired by the county under
authority of any other statute and may improve any existing public
building. The authority herein conferred may also be exercised jointly or
in cooperation with any other political subdivision of this state so
empowered, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by the
board of county commissioners of the county and the governing body of such
cooperating political subdivision.
History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 2; June 30.
19-15,116: Same; financing of costs; issuance of
bonds, procedure; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of
resolution; protest petition and election; no-fund warrants.
The board of county commissioners of any county may for the purposes
hereinbefore authorized and provided:
(a) Receive and expend gifts;
(b) Receive and expend grants-in-aid of state or federal funds;
(c) Issue general obligation bonds of the county. If it is determined
that it is necessary to issue more than $300,000 in general obligation bonds
for the purposes hereinbefore authorized, such bonds shall not be
issued until the question of their issuance has been
submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county and has been
approved by a majority of those voting thereon at a general election
or at a special election called for that purpose. Such election shall be
called and held and bonds issued in the manner provided by the general
bond law;
(d) Make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one mill for a
period of not to exceed 10 years upon all taxable tangible
property in the county for the purpose of creating a building fund to be
used for the purposes herein provided and to pay a portion of the principal
and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A.
12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county, except
that no such levies shall
be made until a resolution authorizing the same shall be adopted by the
board of county commissioners stating the specific purpose for which
such fund is created, the total amount proposed to be raised, the number
of years such tax levy shall be made and shall be published once each
week for three consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper.
Whereupon such levies may be made unless a petition requesting an
election upon the proposition, signed by electors equal in number to not
less than 10% of the electors of the county who voted for
the secretary of state at the last preceding general election, is filed
with the county clerk within 30 days following the last
publication of such resolution. In the event such petition is filed, the
board of county commissioners shall submit the question to the voters at
an election called for that purpose and held within 90 days
after the last publication of the resolution or at the next general
election if held within that time and no such levies shall be made
unless such proposition shall receive the approval of a majority of the
votes cast thereon. Such election shall be called and held in the manner
provided in the general bond law. Such building fund may be used for the
purposes stated in the resolution establishing the same at any time
after the making of the second levy and if there are insufficient moneys
in the building fund for such purpose the board of county commissioners
may, in the manner provided by the general bond law of the state issue
general obligation bonds of the county in an amount which together with
the amount raised by the tax levies will not exceed the total amount
stated in the resolution creating such fund. All levies authorized under
the provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not limited
by any other act authorizing or limiting the tax levies of such
counties. Counties are hereby authorized to invest any portion of the
special building fund which is not currently needed in investments
authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the
manner prescribed therein or in direct obligations of the United States
government maturing or redeemable at par and accrued interest within
three years from date of purchase, the principal and interest
whereof is guaranteed by the government of the United States. All
interest received on any such investment shall upon receipt thereof be
credited to the special building fund, except that the board of county
commissioners of any county which has heretofore established a building
fund under the provisions of this act may, if it shall find that the
amount of the fund as originally established is insufficient for such
purposes, by resolution redetermine and increase the amount necessary to
be raised for the purpose for which such fund was originally created and
may make or continue to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one
mill upon all of the taxable tangible property of the county for the
purpose of providing the additional funds contemplated by the
supplemental resolution and to pay a portion of the principal and interest
on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto,
by cities located in the county. Such supplemental resolution shall be
published and shall be subject to petition for election and become
effective in like manner as that provided for the original resolution;
(e) Issue no-fund warrants in the manner and form and bearing
interest and redeemable as prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, except that
they may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax
appeals, and without the notation required by such section. The board
of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying
period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such warrants
and the interest thereon. All such levies shall be in addition to all
other levies authorized or limited by law and the tax limitations
provided by article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated
shall not apply to such levies;
(f) Use moneys from the general operating fund or other appropriated
budgeted fund when such is available;
(g) Use moneys received from the sale of public buildings or
buildings and sites without regard to limitations prescribed by the
budget law;
(h) Or may combine any two or more of such methods of financing for
the purposes herein authorized, except that counties shall first use
funds received from the payment of insurance claims for damages
sustained by any such public building before resorting to methods of
financing herein authorized;
(i) Authorize the county engineer to supervise the work necessary
for the purposes herein provided, including the right of such county
engineer to have such work done by force account as well as by contract.
History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 77, § 1; L.
1977, ch. 54, § 26; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 89; L. 1982, ch. 118, § 1; April 29.
19-15,117: Same; lease of buildings, when; terms and conditions.
Any county owning or hereafter acquiring any public building may, except
as otherwise specifically provided by law, lease any such building or any
part thereof, when the board of county commissioners shall by resolution
determine that the same is not required for county purposes, for a period
not exceeding one (1) year at a time, upon such terms and conditions as the
board of county commissioners may deem to be in the best interest of the
county.
History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 4; June 30.
19-15,118: Same; sale of building and site; terms; use of moneys.
Any county owning any public building and site is, except as otherwise
specifically provided by law, hereby authorized to sell such building or
building and site, when the board of county commissioners shall by
resolution determine that such building or building and site is no longer
of benefit to the county, upon such terms and in such manner as the board
of county commissioners may deem to be in the best interest of the county.
Moneys received from the sale of any such building or building and site may
be placed in a special building fund and used without regard to the
limitations prescribed by the budget law, for any of the purposes
authorized by this act and may be used in combination with other funds as
hereinbefore provided by this act.
History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 5; June 30.
19-15,119:
History: L. 1967, ch. 8, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.
19-15,120: Counties designated urban areas; acquisition of
building sites; general obligation bonds; limitations.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has been
designated an urban area by the legislature is hereby authorized and
empowered to acquire a building site or sites for the rendering of
county services by county officials subject to the limitations
prescribed by K.S.A. 19-1586: Provided, however, That general
obligation bonds may be issued by such county in an amount not to exceed
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to pay all or part of the
cost of such acquisition without an election but subject to the
provisions of K.S.A. 19-15,122.
History: L. 1968, ch. 94, § 1; March 19.
19-15,121: Same; court rooms and facilities; general obligation
bonds; limitations.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has been
designated an urban area by the legislature is hereby authorized and
empowered to issue general obligation bonds of such county to pay all or
any part of the cost of providing additional district court rooms and
court facilities at the county seat. The courthouse may be improved,
altered, repaired, reconstructed, furnished, equipped, extended, added
on to, enlarged or subjected to any other work which will enhance,
extend or restore the value or utility of the courthouse as a site for
district court facilities. District court facilities shall include but
are not limited to courtrooms, jury rooms, witness rooms, work and
storage space for judges, clerk of the district court, bailiffs and
court reporters, witness rooms and necessary furnishings. Such bonds may
be issued by such county in an amount not to exceed six hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($650,000) without the same being authorized by election
but shall be issued subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-15,122.
History: L. 1968, ch. 94, § 2; March 19.
19-15,122: Same; general obligation bonds; resolution;
publication; petition; election.
The board of county commissioners shall first determine the total amount
necessary to be expended for the purposes enumerated in K.S.A. 19-15,120
and 19-15,121 and the amount so
determined shall be included in the resolution and publication
hereinafter provided for.
Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the board of county
commissioners may issue and sell in the manner provided by the general
bond law, bonds of the county in an amount which will not exceed the
total amount stated in said resolution and publication and authorized by
this act: Provided, That no contract shall be let or bonds issued
under this act until a resolution is adopted by the board of county
commissioners stating (a) that they deem it advisable to acquire a site
or build district court facilities, (b) the total amount determined
necessary to pay for such items or both, (c) that it is necessary to
issue and sell bonds, stating the amount thereof, in payment therefor.
Such resolution shall be published for three (3) successive issues in
the official county paper. Whereupon, the board of county commissioners
may advertise for proposals for the doing of such work, award contracts
therefor in the manner now provided by law, contract for sites or
institute eminent domain proceedings therefor, and issue bonds of such
county in payment thereof, unless a petition protesting the adoption of
such plan signed by at least five percent (5%) of the qualified electors
of such county as certified to the county commissioners by the county
election commissioner, is filed with the county clerk of such county
within thirty (30) days following the date of the last publication of
such resolution. In such event, the board of county commissioners shall
submit the question of issuance of the bonds to the voters of such
county at an election called and held, in the manner provided for the
calling and holding of elections upon the question of issuing bonds,
under the general bond law, for such purpose or at the next general
election.
History: L. 1968, ch. 94, § 3; March 19.
19-15,123: Additional courtrooms and facilities for probate and juvenile
matters in counties over 300,000; no-fund warrants or general obligation
bonds; tax levies.
The board of county commissioners of any county in this state having a
population of more than 300,000 may
provide
additional courtrooms, offices and other facilities as are required by
the district court judge to carry out probate and juvenile matters.
The quarters and facilities shall be constructed and furnished in
available space of the courthouse. The board of county
commissioners is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants or general
obligation bonds for the
purpose of paying all costs incurred in providing additional quarters
and facilities. Before such warrants shall be issued the board of county
commissioners shall have received from the chief judge
of the
district court a resolution certifying to the necessity of additional
quarters. Such no-fund warrants shall be issued in the manner and form,
bear interest and be redeemed as prescribed by K.S.A.
79-2940 and amendments thereto, except that warrants may be
issued without approval of the state
board of tax appeals, and without the notation required by
K.S.A. 79-2940 and amendments thereto.
The board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax
levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such
warrants and the interest thereon. In lieu of making only one tax levy,
the board of county commissioners may, if it deems it advisable, make a
tax levy each year for not to exceed five years in approximately
equal installments for the purpose of paying the warrants and the
interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other
levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to or
within the aggregate tax levy limitation prescribed by article 19 of
chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and
amendments thereto.
None of the provisions of the state budget law shall apply to any
expenditure which has been provided for by the issuance of warrants
under this act. General obligation bonds issued under the authority of
this act shall be issued in the manner prescribed by the general bond law
but shall not be subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed
by any other law of this state and shall not be considered or included in
applying any other law limiting bonded indebtedness.
History: L. 1969, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 71; L. 1977,
ch. 92, § 1;
L. 1999, ch. 57, § 4; July 1.
19-15,124: Courthouses and jails in certain counties; site and
building; tax levy, use of proceeds.
The board of county commissioners of any county which was making an
annual levy for the purpose of creating a special fund to be used for
acquiring a site for, and building, equipping and furnishing a
courthouse and jail or any one or more of such purposes, under the
provisions of K.S.A. 19-1563 or 19-1569 at the time of the repeal of
such statutes, is hereby authorized to continue to make such annual tax
levies upon all taxable tangible property in such county for such
purposes and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds
issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments
thereto, by cities located in the county in an amount not to exceed one
mill for a period of years which, together with the number of years in
which a levy was actually made under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1563 or
19-1569, shall not exceed the total number of years stated in the
resolution providing for the making of such annual tax levies under the
provisions of such statutes and the total amount collected shall not
exceed that set forth in the original resolution authorizing such tax
levies.
History: L. 1970, ch. 107, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 90; July 1.
19-15,125: Same; use of
proceeds from tax levies and sale of bonds.
The board of county commissioners of any county which levied a tax under
the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1563 or 19-1569 prior to the repeal of
either of said statutes is hereby authorized to use the proceeds of such
levy or levies together with the proceeds of the sale of general
obligation bonds, and tax levies made under the provisions of this act
and the proceeds of the sale of general obligation bonds and the levy of
taxes under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-15,116, for the
purpose of building or constructing, equipping and furnishing a
courthouse and jail or for any one or more of such purposes for such
county and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds
issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments
thereto, by cities located in the county.
History: L. 1970, ch. 107, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 91; July 1.
19-15,126: Same; general obligation bonds; issuance where authorized
prior to repeal of authorizing statute; limitations.
The board of county commissioners of any county which commenced the levy
of a tax under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1563 or 19-1569 prior to the
repeal of such statutes is hereby authorized to issue and sell in the
manner provided by the general bond law, general obligation bonds of such
county in an amount which would, together with the amount raised by the
levies made under K.S.A. 19-1563 or 19-1569, not exceed the amount stated
in the resolution under which such tax levy was originally made. Any bonds
issued hereunder shall not be subject to or within any bonded debt
limitation prescribed by any other law of this state and shall not be
considered or included in applying any other law limiting bonded
indebtedness.
History: L. 1970, ch. 107, § 3; March 21.
19-15,127: Same; issuance of general obligation bonds where
formerly authorized by supplemental resolution; outside bond debt
limitation.
In the event any board of county commissioners has heretofore made a tax
levy under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1563 or 19-1569, now repealed,
and in the further event that a supplemental resolution was adopted
under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1569 or 19-1572a, now repealed, and no
protest petition was filed against said increased levy or such
supplemental resolution, or if so filed an election was held and said
increased amount was approved by a majority of the qualified electors
voting at a special election held thereon and in the further event that
there are insufficient moneys in said special fund, such boards of
county commissioners are hereby authorized to issue and sell general
obligation bonds of said county in the manner provided by the general
bond law in an amount which, together with the amount collected under
said special tax levy under such original resolution, together with the
amount collected under said special tax levy under said supplemental
resolution will not exceed the amount stated in said supplemental
resolution as authorized by K.S.A. 19-1569 or 19-1572a, now repealed.
Any bonds issued under this act shall not be subject to or within any
bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other law of this state and
shall not be considered or included in applying any other law limiting
bonded indebtedness.
History: L. 1970, ch. 107, § 4; March 21.
19-15,128: Same; issuance of general obligation bonds where special
tax levy authorized under former law; limitations; validation of certain
levies; election.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has heretofore
made a tax levy under provisions of K.S.A. 19-1569, now repealed, shall
have the further right and authority by resolution without further
publication and without the necessity of an election to revise the total
amount determined as being necessary for such improvements and to issue
general obligation bonds of such county in the manner provided by the
general bond law. The amount of such special tax levy collected, together
with the amount of general obligation bonds issued shall not exceed the
amount originally determined or redetermined by resolution, nor exceed two
and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the assessed taxable tangible value of
such county at the time of the issuance of such bonds. If any such county
shall have made a tax levy in the year 1969 to finance the 1970 budget and
included within such levy was the special tax levy contemplated by K.S.A.
19-1569, that notwithstanding such repeal such levy is hereby validated.
If the board of county commissioners of any such county deems it
advisable to issue bonds which, together with the amount of such special
tax levy collected, will exceed two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the
assessed taxable tangible valuation of the county it may by resolution
cause a proposition to issue such bonds in such amount as it deems
advisable to be submitted to the electors of such county in the manner
provided in the general bond law. If approved by a majority of the electors
voting on such proposition such bonds may be issued in the manner provided
in the general bond law and shall not be subject or within any bonded debt
limitation prescribed by any law of this state and shall not be considered
or included in applying any law limiting bonded indebtedness.
History: L. 1970, ch. 107, § 5; L. 1971, ch. 88, § 1; July 1.
19-15,129 to 19-15,131:
History: L. 1972, ch. 83, §§ 1 to 3; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 93, § 7; April 2.
19-15,132:
History: L. 1972, ch. 83, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 175, § 1; Repealed, L.
1977, ch. 93, § 7; April 2.
19-15,133, 19-15,134:
History: L. 1972, ch. 83, §§ 5, 6; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 93, § 7; April 2.
19-15,135: Sale of county farm or home property in certain counties