Kansas Statutes

Chapter 2: Agriculture

Article 1: State And Other Agricultural Societies And Fairs

Statutes:

• 2-101:
• 2-102:
• 2-103:
• 2-104, 2-105:
• 2-106:
• 2-107:
• 2-108:
• 2-109:
• 2-110, 2-111:
• 2-112:
• 2-113 to 2-115:
• 2-116 to 2-118:
• 2-119:
• 2-120:
• 2-121:
• 2-122:
• 2-123:
• 2-123a:
• 2-124:
• 2-124a to 2-124d:
• 2-125: Definitions.
• 2-126: Purposes.
• 2-127: Organization of association; recognition, number.
• 2-128: Election of directors and officers; terms.
• 2-129: County aid; amount; tax levies, use of proceeds.
• 2-129a: Expenditures prior to June 30, 1965, confirmed.
• 2-129b: Rental or lease of grounds or buildings by commissioners; limitations; use of lease moneys.
• 2-129c: Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds.
• 2-129d: Same; election, when.
• 2-129e: Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds.
• 2-129f: Same; election, when.
• 2-129g: Tax levy for fair purposes; Montgomery county.
• 2-129h: Same; election, when.
• 2-129i: Tax levies for fair associations in urban area counties; use of proceeds; protest petition and election.
• 2-130: Levy; estimates, time for submission.
• 2-131: Payment; apportionment between fairs.
• 2-131a: Certain counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings and grounds, use of proceeds.
• 2-131b: Counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings, use of proceeds; protest petition and election.
• 2-131c: Tax levy in certain counties for buildings and maintenance thereof; request.
• 2-131d: Certain counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings and grounds, use of proceeds.
• 2-131e: No-fund warrants for purchase of grounds, erection and maintenance of buildings; limitation; tax levies.
• 2-131f: Ellis county; acquisition of land for fairground expansion; petition; election.
• 2-132: County free fair; petition and election; purchase of grounds; tax levy, use of proceeds; admission to fair.
• 2-132a:
• 2-132b: Contributions to payment of premiums awarded in adjoining counties.
• 2-133: Control by county; appointment of directors.
• 2-134:
• 2-135: State fair board, community fair associations and county fair associations; eminent domain.
• 2-136: Mortgage of property.
• 2-137: Forfeiture of benefits and recognition; exemption; discontinuance during wartime.
• 2-138: Misrepresentation; penalty.
• 2-139: Withholding county aid; causes.
• 2-140: Trespassing on fairgrounds; penalty.
• 2-141: Intent of law; not applicable to certain counties.
• 2-141a: Invalidity of 2-125 to 2-141.
• 2-142: City aid for county fairs in certain counties; levy.
• 2-143: County aid; when, amount, purposes.
• 2-144: Fair board; how appointed; organization.
• 2-144a to 2-144c:
• 2-144d: Fairs in certain counties; designation as an official fair association.
• 2-145: County poultry show association; county aid, amount; conditions.
• 2-145a: Tax levies for fair building in certain counties.
• 2-146 to 2-151:
• 2-152:
• 2-153 to 2-155:
• 2-156, 2-157:
• 2-158: Board of directors, annual election meetings, terms, vacancies; recognition of association by state board of agriculture.
• 2-159: Same; annual meeting; executive board; treasurer, surety bond.
• 2-160: Treasurer; deposit and disbursement of association funds; annual report thereof.
• 2-161: Bylaws governing conduct of fair; annual budget.
• 2-162: Tax levy; use of proceeds; protest petition and election.

• 2-101:

        History:   L. 1862, ch. 185, §§ 1 to 4; G.S. 1868, ch. 23, p. 227, §§ 1 to 4; R.S. 1923, § 2-101; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.

• 2-102:

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 2-102; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.

• 2-103:

        History:   L. 1873, ch. 9, § 2; L. 1886, ch. 15, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-103; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-104, 2-105:

        History:   L. 1872, ch. 37, §§ 8, 9; R.S. 1923, §§ 2-104, 2-105; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-106:

        History:   L. 1874, ch. 15, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 2-106; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-107:

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 2-107; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-108:

        History:   L. 1874, ch. 15, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 2-108; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-109:

        History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1870, ch. 17, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-109; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-110, 2-111:

        History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 2, §§ 2, 3; R.S. 1923, §§ 2-110, 2-111; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-112:

        History:   L. 1872, ch. 38, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-112; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-113 to 2-115:

        History:   L. 1905, ch. 207, §§ 1 to 3; R.S. 1923, §§ 2-113 to 2-115; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-116 to 2-118:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 103, §§ 1 to 3; L. 1911, ch. 1, §§ 1 to 3; R.S. 1923, 2-116 to 2-118; Repealed, L. 1995, ch. 110, § 1; July 1.

• 2-119:

        History:   L. 1915, ch. 177, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 189, § 1; L. 1923, ch. 141, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-119; L. 1925, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1927, ch. 1, § 1; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-120:

        History:   L. 1911, ch. 148, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-120; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-121:

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 2-121; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-122:

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 188, §§ 1 to 10; R.S. 1923, § 2-122; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-123:

        History:   L. 1919, ch. 195, §§ 1 to 10; R.S. 1923, § 2-123; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.

• 2-123a:

        History:   L. 1933, ch. 2, § 1 (Special Session); Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 5, § 2; June 30.

• 2-124:

        History:   L. 1923, ch. 143, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 2-124; L. 1927, ch. 10, § 1; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 1, § 1; June 29.

• 2-124a to 2-124d:

        History:   L. 1931, ch. 4, §§ 1 to 4; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 1, § 1; June 29.

• 2-125: Definitions. (a) As used in this act, "fair association" or "association" means a county fair incorporated as provided in this act; "agricultural societies" means other associations of citizens organized for the promotion of agriculture and kindred subjects; "fair" means a bona fide exhibition designed to promote education, and to encourage improvement in agriculture, horticulture, livestock, poultry, dairy products, liberal arts, mechanical fabrics, fine arts, domestic economy, and 4-H club activities by offering premiums and rewards for the best exhibits thereof; subject to the provisions of subsection (b), "fairground" means a plot of land of not less than 10 acres owned or leased by a fair association or county and used by the association or county primarily for fair purposes.

        (b)   The limitation in subsection (a) relating to the acreage required for a plot of land defined as a fairground does not apply to plots of land owned or leased and used for fair purposes by fair associations located in counties designated in subsection (b)(1) of K.S.A. 2-127, as amended.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 5, § 1; July 1.

• 2-126: Purposes. A county fair association may be organized and incorporated in each county of the state for the purpose of holding an annual fair and giving such public exhibitions and entertainments as its board of directors may determine to be for the improvement of the county and its citizens.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 2; May 28.

• 2-127: Organization of association; recognition, number. (a) To become a county fair association 25 or more qualified electors representing the majority of the townships of the county shall have been incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with a paid-up capital of not less than $5,000, and have received recognition as the __________ county fair association from the secretary of agriculture. The secretary of agriculture shall not give official recognition to any fair association until the fair association has submitted satisfactory evidence that it owns land or buildings of an appraised value of at least $5,000 or has paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury to this amount appropriated to the purchase of land or buildings or both.

        (b)   Fair associations located in counties (1) which have a population of more than 5,000 and less than 6,000 and an assessed tangible valuation of less than $40,000,000 or (2) where there are facilities for the holding of fairs which are available to a fair association and the value of such facilities is in excess of $75,000, may qualify without having lands or buildings of an appraised value of at least $5,000 or without paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury in the amount of $5,000 appropriated to the purchase of lands or buildings or both.

        (c)   Any incorporated or unincorporated fair association by whatever name now recognized by the secretary of agriculture operating under previous laws may avail itself of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to 2-145a, inclusive, and amendments thereto, without changing its charter, articles of incorporation, name, constitution, organization or methods of operation, except as provided in K.S.A. 2-137, and amendments thereto. The secretary of agriculture shall not recognize more than one fair association in each county, except where such recognition has already been accorded.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 5, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 1; July 1.

• 2-128: Election of directors and officers; terms. Immediately upon incorporation and annually thereafter on or before the second Tuesday of December the stockholders of record or members of fair associations governed by the provisions of chapter 1, Laws of 1929 and acts amendatory or supplemental thereto, shall meet and elect a board of directors representing each township of the county (provided there are stockholders resident of such townships willing to serve) who shall serve for a term of three years, and so arranged that one-third of the directors' terms shall expire annually. A personal notification stating the time and place of the annual election shall be mailed to each stockholder, or to each member, or published in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least ten days prior thereto. Immediately at the close of the annual meeting the board of directors shall meet and elect managing officers for the ensuing year, consisting of a president and vice-president, who shall be members of the board of directors, and a secretary and treasurer and such other officers and committees as they may deem necessary, who may or may not be members of the board of directors. At the first election of directors one-third of said directors shall be chosen for terms of one year, one-third for terms of two years, and one-third for terms of three years.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 4; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 2; July 1.

• 2-129: County aid; amount; tax levies, use of proceeds. Each fair association complying with the provisions of K.S.A. 2-127 and 2-128, and amendments thereto, upon filing with the clerk of the county an estimate and a report as provided in K.S.A. 2-130 and 2-131, and amendments thereto, shall be entitled to receive from the county, and the board of county commissioners shall pay to each such fair association, a sum equal to the actual cost of providing and paying for the premiums and rewards actually awarded at its annual fair for the current year including but not limited to the actual cost of the printing of the premiums list and the amount to be paid judges of the fair exhibits for the current year. In counties having a population of more than 125,000 and an assessed tangible valuation of more than $150,000,000, the secretary of agriculture may give official recognition to both a county fair association and a livestock show association, and where such recognition is given, the county shall pay to each such county fair and livestock show association a sum equal to the actual cost of providing and paying for the premiums and rewards actually awarded at its annual show for the current year including but not limited to the actual cost of the printing of the premiums list and the amount to be paid judges of the fair exhibits for the current year. In counties having a population of not less than 17,500 nor more than 22,000 which have an assessed tangible valuation of not less than $31,000,000 nor more than $47,000,000 and not adjoining another state, the county may pay additional funds which may be used for the purchase of grounds and the erecting and maintenance of buildings to be used for such fair. In Leavenworth county and counties having a population of not less than 34,000 and not more than 50,000 and having an assessed taxable tangible valuation of more than $60,000,000, the county, in addition, may pay to another fair in such county, if such fair has been established and in operation for more than 10 years, a sum for the purpose of providing and paying for the premiums and rewards actually awarded at its annual fair for the current year including but not limited to the actual cost of the printing of the premiums list and the amount to be paid judges of the fair exhibits for the current year. The board of county commissioners may make an annual tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of such county to raise the funds for the purposes hereinbefore authorized 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. 1929, ch. 1, § 5; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 162, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 10; L. 1987, ch. 4, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 3; July 1.

• 2-129a: Expenditures prior to June 30, 1965, confirmed. If prior to the effective date of this act, a fair association has used moneys received from the county pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129, and has used such funds in part for the actual costs of printing of premium lists and/or for compensation paid to judges of exhibits, the expenditure of funds for such purposes is hereby declared to be a valid expenditure and confirmed, the same as though such payments were made subsequent to the effective date of this act.

        History:   L. 1965, ch. 1, § 2; June 30.

• 2-129b: Rental or lease of grounds or buildings by commissioners; limitations; use of lease moneys. The board of county commissioners of any county which owns a fairgrounds may rent or lease all or any part of the fairgrounds or any building thereon to any person, firm or corporation but every such rental agreement or lease shall provide for possession and occupancy of the fairgrounds or buildings by the renter or lessee only during the time the same are not needed and will not be used for fair purposes. All moneys derived from such renting or leasing shall be used for local fair purposes. Any such board of county commissioners may authorize any fair association which has charge or supervision of any such fairgrounds and buildings to rent or lease the same for or on behalf of said board.

        History:   L. 1965, ch. 1, § 3; June 30.

• 2-129c: Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county, to which the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129 apply, having a population of more than eight thousand eight hundred (8,800) and less than nine thousand six hundred (9,600) and having an assessed taxable valuation of more than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) may make an annual tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of such county for fair 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 but such tax shall not exceed a rate of one-half (1/2) mill.

        This act is supplemental to the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129.

        History:   L. 1967, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 11; July 1.

• 2-129d: Same; election, when. Said levies will be made unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition of making said levies, signed by electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (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 thirty (30) days following the last publication of such resolution.

        History:   L. 1967, ch. 2, § 2; July 1.

• 2-129e: Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county, to which the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129 apply, having a population of more than fourteen thousand (14,000) and not more than seventeen thousand (17,000) and having an assessed valuation of more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) may make an annual tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of such county for fair 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 but such tax shall not exceed a rate of one-half (1/2) mill.

        This act is supplemental to the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129.

        History:   L. 1967, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 4, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 12; July 1.

• 2-129f: Same; election, when. Said levies will be made unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition of making said levies, signed by electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (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 thirty (30) days following the last publication of such resolution.

        History:   L. 1967, ch. 1, § 2; July 1.

• 2-129g: Tax levy for fair purposes; Montgomery county. As a complete alternative to the authority now provided by K.S.A. 2-129, the board of county commissioners of Montgomery county shall make an annual tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of such county for fair 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 but such tax shall not exceed a rate of 1/5 mill and is subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129h.

        History:   L. 1969, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 4, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 13; L. 1981, ch. 6, § 1; July 1.

• 2-129h: Same; election, when. Said levies will be made unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition of making said levies, signed by electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county who voted for secretary of state at the last preceding general election, is filed with the county clerk within thirty (30) days following a publication of a resolution to make such a levy.

        History:   L. 1969, ch. 4, § 2; July 1.

• 2-129i: Tax levies for fair associations in urban area counties; use of proceeds; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county designated as an urban area by K.S.A. 19-2654, and amendments thereto, and in which there is a county fair association officially recognized by the secretary of agriculture, upon request of the fair association may make an annual tax levy of not to exceed 1/10 mill upon all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of raising funds to be used for the purchase of land and the erection and maintenance of buildings and improvements thereon, including construction of streets and sewers for such fair association 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. No levy shall be made under the provisions of this section until a resolution authorizing the making of such levy is passed by the county commissioners and published for two consecutive issues in the official county paper. Whereupon, such levies may be made unless a petition in opposition thereto signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the county, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election, is filed with the county election officer within 60 days following the last publication of the resolution of the board. In the event such a petition is filed, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose or at the next general election. If no protest petition is filed or if the question is submitted on a question submitted ballot and those voting on the question shall vote in favor of such tax levy, then the board of county commissioners shall make such tax levies. The amounts collected by the county for the purposes hereinbefore specified from tax levies, 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, shall be paid to the fair association, upon request of the association.

        History:   L. 1974, ch. 101, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 14; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 10; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 4; July 1.

• 2-130: Levy; estimates, time for submission. The county commissioners of any county having a fair association as herein provided may, annually at the time set by law for making levies, levy a tax sufficient in amount to provide for the county aid authorized by K.S.A. 2-129; such levy shall make up a special fair fund from which said county aid shall be paid: Provided, The levy authorized herein shall be based upon an estimate, certified by the managing officers of the fair association, of the actual cost of providing the premiums and rewards for the exhibitors and contestants at the next succeeding year's fair: Provided further, That such estimate shall be submitted to the county clerk on or before the first day of July of the year preceding the year for which the estimate is made: And provided further, That in any county where the county commissioners prefer to pay the county aid provided herein from the general fund, no special levy shall be required.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 6; L. 1935, ch. 2, § 1; May 15.

• 2-131: Payment; apportionment between fairs. On or before thirty days following the close of the county fair, upon filing a statement certified by the secretary and treasurer of the fair association, setting forth the actual amount of money necessary to pay for the premiums and rewards for that fair as shown by the department judges' books, and that no part of said money was awarded for racing or so-called "free entertainment," the board of county commissioners shall pay the county aid authorized by K.S.A. 2-129: Provided, That where two or more fairs participated in the county aid paid by said county in 1929 or 1930, the same fairs may participate in this aid in proportion to premiums and rewards paid, considering all participating fairs as one in the allowance of the aid authorized in K.S.A. 2-129.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 7; L. 1935, ch. 2, § 2; May 15.

• 2-131a: Certain counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings and grounds, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not less than twenty-nine thousand (29,000) nor more than sixty thousand (60,000) in which there is located a city of the first class having a population of more than sixteen thousand (16,000) and less than thirty thousand (30,000) in which there is a fair association or society which is organized and operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to 2-131, inclusive, and amendments thereto, upon the request of such fair association or society is hereby authorized and empowered to make an annual tax levy for the purpose of raising funds to be used for the erection and maintenance of buildings of such fair association or society, for the purchase of grounds and for the making of any other improvements to the buildings and grounds of such association or society deemed necessary by the directors 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. No levy shall exceed a rate, which multiplied by the total assessed tangible valuation of the county, will result in producing more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and 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 in any one year except that any such county having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) and not more than eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) may levy not to exceed one-fourth (1/4) mill in any one year. The tax levy authorized by this section shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and the amount collected therefrom, 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, shall be paid to such association or society for the purposes as hereinbefore specified and shall be in addition to the amount allowed to such association or society under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1967, ch. 3, § 2; L. 1971, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 15; July 1.

• 2-131b: Counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings, use of proceeds; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county in which there is a fair association or a society which is organized and operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to 2-131, inclusive, and amendments thereto, upon request of such fair association or society is hereby authorized and empowered to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed five-tenths of one mill upon all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of raising funds to be used for the erection and maintenance of buildings of such a fair association having obtained recognition from the secretary of agriculture as an official county fair association 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. No levy shall be made for such purposes until a resolution authorizing the making of such levy is passed by the county commissioners and published for two consecutive issues in the official county paper. Whereupon, such levies may be made unless a petition in opposition thereto signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of the county, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election, is filed with the county election officer within sixty days following the last publication of the resolution of the board. In the event such a petition is filed, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose or at the next general election. If no protest petition is filed or if the question is submitted on a question submitted ballot and those voting on the question shall vote in favor of such tax levy, then the board of county commissioners shall make such tax levies. The board of county commissioners shall determine the amount necessary to be raised by such levy for such purposes. The tax levy authorized by this section shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall be outside the aggregate limitation provided in K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto, and the amount collected therefrom shall be paid to such association or society for the purposes herein specified, and shall be in addition to the amount allowed to such association or society under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129 and amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 16; L. 1980, ch. 1, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 5; July 1.

• 2-131c: Tax levy in certain counties for buildings and maintenance thereof; request. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand persons and having an assessed tangible valuation of more than one hundred fifty million dollars in which there is a fair association and a livestock show association which are organized and operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to 2-131, both sections inclusive, and amendments thereto, upon the request of such fair association or livestock association is hereby authorized and empowered to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one-fortieth of one mill upon all of the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of raising funds to be used for the erection and maintenance of buildings or the purchase of supplies and equipment of such fair association or livestock association. The board of county commissioners shall determine the amount necessary to be raised by such levy. The moneys raised by such levy shall be divided equally between the fair association and the livestock show association. The tax levy authorized by this section shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall be outside the aggregate limitation provided in K.S.A. 79-1947, and the amount collected therefrom shall be paid to such fair association and livestock association for the purposes and in the proportions herein specified, and shall be in addition to the amount allowed to such associations under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129 and amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 3, § 1; June 30.

• 2-131d: Certain counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings and grounds, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county in which there is a county fair association officially recognized by the secretary of agriculture, upon the request of such fair association, may make an annual tax levy for the purpose of raising funds to be used for the purchase of grounds and the erection and maintenance of buildings of such fair associations 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. No levy shall exceed a rate, which multiplied by the total assessed tangible valuation of the county, will result in producing more than $33,000 and 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 in any one year. The tax levy authorized shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to or within the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto. The amount collected by the county for such purpose, 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, shall be paid to such fair associations for the purposes herein specified, upon request of such fair association. The fair association may use any portion of this amount, not needed for purchase of grounds and the erection and maintenance of buildings, to supplement and increase premiums and awards for exhibitions by 4-H members and organized F.F.A. members.

        History:   L. 1951, ch. 6, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 17; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 6; L. 2007, ch. 32, § 1; July 1.

• 2-131e: No-fund warrants for purchase of grounds, erection and maintenance of buildings; limitation; tax levies. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in which there is a county fair association officially recognized by the secretary of agriculture, and having a population of not less than 35,000 nor more than 45,000, and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than $50,000,000 and not more than $80,000,000, shall determine, upon the request of such fair association, that it is in the best interest of the county to raise funds for the purchase of grounds or the erection and maintenance of buildings for such fair association, such board of commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to issue no-fund warrants in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, $5,000 for the purposes stated hereinbefore. No-fund warrants issued hereunder shall be issued in the manner and form and bear interest and be redeemed as prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and acts amendatory thereof, except that they may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax appeals, and without the notation required by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto. The authority to issue no-fund warrants, as provided herein, shall not be exercised by the board of county commissioners more than once in any ten-year period. Such warrants shall mature serially in approximately equal annual installments at such yearly dates as to be payable by not more than five tax levies, and the board of county commissioners issuing such warrants shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, and at such of the next succeeding tax levying periods as may be required, sufficient to pay such warrants as they mature and the interest thereon as the same becomes due. The money collected from issuance of such warrants shall be paid to such fair associations for the purposes herein specified. Such tax levy or levies shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to or within the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947 and amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1967, ch. 3, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 7; July 1.

• 2-131f: Ellis county; acquisition of land for fairground expansion; petition; election. The board of county commissioners of Ellis county, upon request of the officially recognized county fair association in Ellis county, and upon making a determination that it is in the best interest of the county to expand its fairground by the acquisition of additional land which is adjacent to the fairground, may adopt a resolution to acquire such land. The resolution shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. After publication, the board of county commissioners may acquire such land for expansion of the fairground unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition signed by electors equal in number to not less than 5% of the electors who voted at the last preceding regular county election, as shown by the poll books, is filed with the county election officer within 60 days following the date of the last publication of the resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such land shall be acquired without such proposition having been submitted to and having been approved by a majority of the electors voting at an election called and held thereon. The election shall be called and held in the manner prescribed for the calling and holding of elections upon the question of the issuance of bonds under the general bond law.

        History:   L. 1981, ch. 110, § 1; April 18.

• 2-132: County free fair; petition and election; purchase of grounds; tax levy, use of proceeds; admission to fair. Whenever in the opinion of the board of county commissioners of any county in this state the agricultural and industrial interests of such county can be advanced by the establishment and maintenance of a county-owned and operated free fair, and a petition to the same effect, signed by 60% of the landowners of such county, is presented to the board of county commissioners therefor, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to call an election to submit to the voters a proposition to purchase a fairground, and if a majority of the votes cast on that proposition shall be favorable to such purchase it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to purchase such grounds. In any county which has established a free fair under this section and in which there is no county fair association recognized by the secretary of agriculture, such county free fair shall be recognized by the secretary of agriculture as the official county fair of such county if the secretary of agriculture shall have first determined that the county within which such county free fair is located: (1) Has fairgrounds, or fairgrounds and buildings combined, with an appraised value of at least $5,000; (2) has conformed to adequate standards for a "fair" as defined in K.S.A. 2-125, and amendments thereto; and (3) has paid premiums and awards for exhibitors and contestants of at least $2,000 annually for the two consecutive years last preceding. Nothing in this act shall prevent the board of county commissioners of any county in Kansas from receiving and accepting as a gift, lands to be used as a fairground except that where the board of county commissioners of any county in Kansas has received and accepted lands for uses of fairgrounds as a gift from a fair association organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-127 and 2-128, and amendments thereto, and such fair association at the time of such gift had official recognition from the secretary of agriculture as an official county fair association, the board of county commissioners of such county may make an annual tax levy on the equalized assessed valuation of all tangible property in said county in an amount which will produce at least $2,000 and at least such amount shall be spent by such county for premiums and awards for exhibitors and contestants at such county free fair if there are exhibitors and contestants qualifying for such premiums and awards. When any county has purchased a fairground as provided herein, or when any county has provided a suitable fairground, either by lease, devise or otherwise, the board of county commissioners shall annually at the time set by law for making levies, levy a tax for the erection, maintenance, upkeep and repair of the equipment, buildings and improvements thereon, the care of the grounds, the payment of premiums and awards, the actual expense of operating the fair, and retiring any indebtedness on lands received through gift, devise or purchase 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 but no part of such levy shall be used for the expense of purses and compensation for all purely entertainment features and racing. No charge shall be made for access and admission entrance to exhibits competing for premiums at any fair operating under the provisions of this section and K.S.A. 2-133, and amendments thereto. Recognition of any such county free fair, as an official county fair by the secretary of agriculture, may be forfeited by the secretary of agriculture for failure to comply with this act or for failure to pay at least $2,000 each year, in premiums and awards for exhibitors and contestants.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 8; L. 1935, ch. 2, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 162, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 18; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 8; July 1.

• 2-132a:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 3, § 1; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 5, § 2; June 28.

• 2-132b: Contributions to payment of premiums awarded in adjoining counties. With respect to any county fair held in any county, the board of county commissioners of any adjoining county which does not maintain, or assist in maintaining, a county or district fair may pay the premiums awarded to residents of their respective counties at the county fair held in such adjoining county. The amount necessary for the payment of such premiums shall be paid from the general fund of the county. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the managing board of the county fair to pay, and to provide the method of payment of such premiums.

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 5, § 1; June 28.

• 2-133: Control by county; appointment of directors. All land and buildings acquired by virtue of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-132 shall be held in the name of the county and under the control of the board of county commissioners: Provided, The board of county commissioners shall at their first meeting after the purchase or acceptance of a fairground as provided in K.S.A. 2-132, appoint a board of directors, representing each township in the county (providing there are electors resident of such township willing to serve) and annually thereafter appoint said directors at the first meeting of said board of county commissioners for a term of one year. Said board of directors acting for itself or through an executive board shall have the management and control of the business of the fair association and its property subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, and shall proceed so far as consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 2-128 relating to the duties of the board of directors of fair associations.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 9; May 28.

• 2-134:

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 10; L. 1957, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 4, § 4; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 1, § 1; July 1.

• 2-135: State fair board, community fair associations and county fair associations; eminent domain. The state fair board in the name of the state of Kansas, and each community fair association, and each county fair association, organized and operating under the laws of the state of Kansas shall have the right of eminent domain as provided in K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, and amendments thereto for the acquisition of lands or additional lands for fairgrounds or fair purposes.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 11; L. 1951, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 97; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 5; April 30.

• 2-136: Mortgage of property. Property, real and personal, owned by county fair associations organized and operating under the provisions of this act shall not be mortgaged except on a majority vote of the stockholders at an annual meeting.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 12; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 9; July 1.

• 2-137: Forfeiture of benefits and recognition; exemption; discontinuance during wartime. Any county fair association organized and operating under the provisions of this act failing to hold a fair each year shall forfeit all benefits provided in this act, including recognition by the secretary of agriculture, and the secretary may, upon application, recognize some other qualified fair in the same county, as provided in K.S.A. 2-127, and amendments thereto. Upon application of the president and secretary, approved by the board of directors of any recognized fair association, the secretary of agriculture, for good cause shown, may exempt such fair association from the provisions of this section for the current year, in which case the fair premium fund for that year shall be used to pay premiums for the next succeeding year's fair, and no levy shall be made for the next succeeding year's fair in excess of the limitations provided in K.S.A. 2-129, and amendments thereto. During the emergency resulting from the United States being engaged in war, county fair associations, as recognized by the secretary of agriculture, may discontinue holding such fairs until the next regular fair date following a twelve months period after the termination of such emergency.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 13; L. 1935, ch. 2, § 4; L. 1943, ch. 1, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 9; July 1.

• 2-138: Misrepresentation; penalty. Any person who shall knowingly and/or willfully misrepresent any exhibit, or furnish any fair association a false pedigree of livestock, shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned in the county jail not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 14; May 28.

• 2-139: Withholding county aid; causes. The board of county commissioners may withhold county money from any fair association coming under the provisions of this act, which knowingly permits the sale of intoxicating liquor, the operation of any gambling device, or any immoral show or exhibition detrimental to public morals.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 15; May 28.

• 2-140: Trespassing on fairgrounds; penalty. Every person being in or upon the grounds owned or controlled by any fair association who shall attempt to make any display of goods, wares or merchandise, or to furnish any entertainment, without permission of the managing officers of the said association, and every person who shall at any time, go into or upon the enclosed grounds of any fair association owned or controlled by it, where a notice stating the penalty herein provided is posted at each public entrance, without the permission of the managing officers of such association, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 16; May 28.

• 2-141: Intent of law; not applicable to certain counties. It is the purpose of this act to provide a general law under which all fairs and agricultural societies of one county or less may operate, and as such shall be liberally construed, and shall be known as the county agricultural fair act: Provided, This act shall not apply to county agricultural or fair associations or livestock associations holding fairs and supporting the same, in counties of over fifty thousand (50,000) population, levying taxes and appropriating money as aid for such fairs, under the provisions and authority of K.S.A. 2-301, 2-302, 2-303, 2-304 and 2-305 and amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 17; May 28.

• 2-141a: Invalidity of 2-125 to 2-141. If any section, paragraph or provision of this act shall be held to be invalid by any court for any reason, it shall be presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section, paragraph or provision, and such finding or construction shall not in any way affect the remainder of this act.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 18; May 28.

• 2-142: City aid for county fairs in certain counties; levy. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), in any county in the state of Kansas having a population of not less than 9,500 nor more than 11,500 in the year 1928 as shown by the census in the office of the state board of agriculture of Kansas, and which had a property valuation for the year 1928 of not less than $17,000,000 and not more than $21,000,000 as shown by the assessed valuation in the office of the public service commission, and in which there is a city of the third class where a county free fair has been held annually for five years, the governing body of such city may each year hereafter levy a tax upon all of the taxable tangible property in such city and appropriate the amount raised by such levy for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the maintenance and support of a county free fair.

        (b)   The governing body of any city of the second or third class, located in Brown county, Kansas, where a county free fair has been held annually for five years, may each year hereafter levy a tax not to exceed two mills upon all of the taxable tangible property in such city and appropriate the amount raised by such levy for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the maintenance and support of a county free fair. No levy shall be made for such purposes until a resolution authorizing the making of such levy is passed by the governing body of such city and published for two consecutive issues in the official county paper. Whereupon, such levies may be made unless a petition in opposition thereto signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the city, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election, is filed with the county election officer within 60 days following the last publication of the resolution of the governing body of such city. If such a petition is filed, the governing body of such city shall submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose or at the next general election. If no protest petition is filed or if the question is submitted on a question submitted ballot and those voting on the question shall vote in favor of such tax levy, then the governing body of such city shall make such tax levies.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 82, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 1, § 1; July 1.

• 2-143: County aid; when, amount, purposes. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), whenever any such city shall levy a tax for the purpose of maintaining a county free fair, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city is located shall appropriate from the general fund of such county an amount of money equal to that appropriated by such city as above provided, and shall cause a warrant to be issued in favor of the treasurer of the county free fair board, the amount so paid by such county together with the amount raised by such city to be used for the purpose of defraying all of the expenses and maintenance of such county free fair.

        (b)   Whenever the governing body of any city which levies a tax pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 2-142, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of maintaining a county free fair, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located shall appropriate from the general fund of the county an amount of money which shall not exceed $5,000. The board of county commissioners shall cause a warrant to be issued in favor of the treasurer of the county free fair board in the amount paid by the county. This amount, together with the amount raised by the city, shall be used for the purpose of defraying all of the expenses and maintenance of the county free fair and to pay awards and premiums for exhibits at the fair.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 82, § 11; L. 1983, ch. 1, § 2; July 1.

• 2-144: Fair board; how appointed; organization. The county free fair shall be managed by a board of seven members, four of whom shall be appointed by the governing body of the city and three of whom shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located, one from each commissioner district. In any county having more than three county commissioners, the board of county commissioners may appoint a member to the fair board from each commissioner district. The fair board shall select a chairperson and treasurer from its membership and may appoint such other officers as may be necessary.

        History:   L. 1929, ch. 2, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 1, § 3; July 1.

• 2-144a to 2-144c:

        History:   L. 1938, ch. 1, §§ 1 to 3; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 5, § 1; June 30.

• 2-144d: Fairs in certain counties; designation as an official fair association. Any county free fair established pursuant to K.S.A. 2-142, and amendments thereto, may apply to the secretary of agriculture for designation as an official fair association. If recognized as an official fair association, any county free fair established pursuant to K.S.A. 2-142, and amendments thereto, shall have all powers and duties as other officially recognized county fair associations.

        History:   L. 1983, ch. 1, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 10; July 1.

• 2-145: County poultry show association; county aid, amount; conditions. The board of county commissioners of any county in the state of Kansas is hereby authorized to issue warrants in favor of the treasurer of any county poultry show association in such county, not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) in any one year, for the purpose of paying not more than one half of all the premiums awarded by such association. The premium list must be filed by the secretary or president of such poultry show association with the county clerk at least thirty (30) days before such show. The county shall not pay any portion of the premiums not approved by the board of county commissioners.

        History:   L. 1927, ch. 11, § 1; June 1.

• 2-145a: Tax levies for fair building in certain counties. The board of county commissioners of a county having a population of more than fourteen thousand (14,000) and less than fifteen thousand (15,000) with an assessed tangible valuation of more than forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is hereby authorized to make a tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of the county for the purpose of raising funds to retire indebtedness of the fair building owned by the fair board association in such county; but such tax levy shall not exceed a rate of one-fourth (1/4) mill and shall be made only once. Said tax levy shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to nor within the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947 or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.

        History:   L. 1968, ch. 173, § 1; July 1.

• 2-146 to 2-151:

        History:   2-146 to 2-151. L. 1927, ch. 4, §§ 1 to 6; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.

• 2-152:

        History:   L. 1927, ch. 4, § 7; L. 1967, ch. 434, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.

• 2-153 to 2-155:

        History:   L. 1927, ch. 4, §§ 8 to 10; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.

• 2-156, 2-157:

        History:   L. 1927, ch. 9, §§ 1, 2; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.

• 2-158: Board of directors, annual election meetings, terms, vacancies; recognition of association by state board of agriculture. A meeting shall be held at 7:00 p.m. on December 8, 1987, at the Kaw Valley cooperative building at 5715 West 21st Street in Topeka, Kansas, for the purpose of electing the initial members of the board of directors of the Shawnee county fair association established under the provisions of this act. The qualified electors residing in each township in Shawnee county may participate in such meeting to elect from among the residents of that township one director of the fair association. The qualified electors residing in the city of Topeka may participate in such meeting to elect from among the residents of the city three directors of the fair association. Upon assembling at such meeting the qualified electors of each such township and the qualified electors of the city shall separate into their individual groups and make such election.

        Of the members first elected to the board of directors by the qualified electors of the city of Topeka at such election meeting, one director shall serve for a term of one year, one director shall serve for a term of two years and one director shall serve for a term of three years. Of the members first elected to the board of directors by the qualified electors of the various townships at such election meeting, directors elected from Auburn, Dover, Grove and Menoken townships shall serve for a term of one year, directors elected from Monmouth, Mission, Rossville and Silver Lake shall serve for a term of two years, and directors elected from Soldier, Tecumseh, Topeka and Williamsport townships shall serve for a term of three years. The directors so elected shall constitute the Shawnee county fair association.

        An annual election meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday of December in 1988 and each year thereafter at which meeting the qualified electors of the city and the qualified electors of each township shall elect from among the residents of such city or township a successor to serve for a term of three years for each director whose term expires on such date. The executive board, as provided for in K.S.A. 2-159, and amendments thereto, shall fix the time and place of such annual election meeting and shall cause a notice of the election meeting to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for such election meeting.

        Elections of directors at such annual election meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as the elections conducted at the 1987 meeting were required to be conducted, except that the city shall elect only one director to succeed the director whose term has expired and only those townships having directors whose terms have expired shall elect directors to succeed such directors.

        Directors shall be eligible to serve for two consecutive terms. Vacancies in the membership of the board of directors shall be filled by appointment by the executive board of the fair association for the unexpired term of office.

        The fair association established under the provisions of this act shall be given recognition by the secretary of agriculture without having lands or buildings of an appraised value of at least $5,000 or without paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury in the amount of $5,000 appropriated to the purchase of lands or buildings or both.

        History:   L. 1987, ch. 92, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 11; July 1.

• 2-159: Same; annual meeting; executive board; treasurer, surety bond. The board of directors of the Shawnee county fair association shall meet annually on the first Tuesday of December immediately following the election meeting provided for in K.S.A. 2-158 and shall elect from among its own members an executive board consisting of a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer.

        The executive board of the association shall be authorized to transact all business of the fair association. The members-elect of the executive board, prior to entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take and sign the usual oath of public officers, and the same shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.

        The treasurer-elect of the executive board, before entering upon the duties of the office as treasurer, shall execute to the fair association a corporate surety bond of 100% of the amount as nearly as can be ascertained that shall be in the treasurer's hands at any one time. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of treasurer. The amount and sufficiency of the bond shall be determined by the board of county commissioners, and, upon the board's approval endorsed on the bond, shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall immediately notify the secretary of the executive board and the county treasurer of the approval and filing.

        Members of the executive board shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualify. Vacancies in the membership of the executive board shall be filled for the unexpired term from the remaining members of the board of directors by the executive board.

        History:   L. 1987, ch. 92, § 2; April 30.

• 2-160: Treasurer; deposit and disbursement of association funds; annual report thereof. All moneys received by the treasurer for the fair association shall be deposited by the treasurer in a bank designated by the executive board and authorized to receive public deposits. The treasurer shall pay out, on the warrant of the secretary, or by a combination warrant check, signed by the chairperson, all moneys which shall come to the treasurer's hands for the use of the fair association, and the treasurer shall not pay any sum from the funds of the association in any other manner. The treasurer shall keep a record of all the moneys received and disbursed, specifying the person or persons from whom received and to whom paid, and the object for which the same has been paid out. The treasurer shall present to the board of directors at each annual meeting of the board a written report containing a statement of all moneys received, disbursed and on deposit.

        History:   L. 1987, ch. 92, § 3; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 8; July 1.

• 2-161: Bylaws governing conduct of fair; annual budget. The initial members of the board of directors of the fair association shall adopt bylaws and rules and regulations governing the fair association in its activities of conducting a fair. Thereafter such bylaws may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the board of directors of the association. The board of directors shall prepare and approve an annual budget for the operations of the fair association and certify the same to the county not later than August 1 of any year.

        History:   L. 1987, ch. 92, § 4; April 30.

• 2-162: Tax levy; use of proceeds; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of Shawnee county may levy an annual tax of not to exceed 2/10 of one mill upon all the taxable tangible property within the county for the purpose of funding the budget of the Shawnee county fair association to pay the costs of renting facilities within the county for the conduct of fairs, purchasing supplies and equipment, and paying premiums and other reasonable expenses of 4-H fairs and grange fairs sponsored by the fair association, 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. No levy shall be made for such purposes until a resolution authorizing the making of such levy has been adopted by the board of county commissioners and published for two consecutive issues in the official county paper. Whereupon, such levies may be made unless a petition in opposition thereto signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the county, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election, is filed with the county election officer within 60 days following the last publication of the resolution of the board. In the event such a 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. If no protest petition is filed or if the question is submitted on a question submitted ballot and those voting on the question shall vote in favor of such tax levy, the board of county commissioners shall make such tax levies. The amounts collected by the county for the purposes hereinbefore specified from tax levies, 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, shall be paid to the fair association, upon request of the treasurer.

        History:   L. 1987, ch. 92, § 5; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 11; May 31.