A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-201; L. 1972, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 6; April 30.
History: R.S. 1923, § 2-202; L. 1955, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 7; April 30.
History: L. 1955, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 8; April 30.
History: L. 1955, ch. 2, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 9; April 30.
History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 8; March 6; R.S. 1923, § 2-203.
History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 9; R.S. 1923, § 2-204; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 5, § 1; July 1.
(2) During each fiscal year, moneys in the state fair fee fund, and appropriations for the operation of the state fair from the state general fund made for the state fair, or the state fair board, may be transferred from the state treasury to a bank in Reno county, Kansas, to the account of the state fair board, upon vouchers of the state fair board, to establish the state fair board local bank account. The moneys in the state fair board local bank account may be used by the state fair board:
(A) In operating and conducting a state fair, including but not by way of limitation, the payment of labor, salaries of part-time employees, prizes and awards and as provided by this section; and
(B) in operating and promoting nonfair days events. The state treasurer and the director of accounts and reports are authorized and directed to honor all such vouchers and orders of the state fair board, and to make such transfers as directed.
(3) (A) During each fiscal year, the state fair board may expend moneys on deposit to its credit in the state fair board local bank account, for the operation and promotion of the state fair and nonfair days events, by approved vouchers directed to the treasurer of the state fair board and by the issuance of checks by the treasurer of the board to the persons entitled thereto as shown upon such vouchers. All such expenditures may be made without compliance with any of the provisions of any act contained in article 37 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(B) During the period beginning May 1 and extending to October 31 of each year, the state fair board may employ labor and personnel in conjunction with the current operation of the state fair, without compliance with the provisions of any act contained in article 29 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. This authority to employ shall not be construed as authorizing the board to employ its normal classified service employees on a different basis for all or any part of that six-month period.
(4) On or before each June 30, all unencumbered moneys on deposit to the credit of the state fair board in the state fair board local bank account shall be transferred back to the state treasury to the credit of the state fair fee fund or appropriation from the state general fund according as each may be entitled. All moneys in the state fair fee fund may be used for the payment of checks drawn against the state fair board local bank account upon vouchers drawn by the state fair board. Upon the close of accounts for each fiscal year, the state fair board shall submit a full and complete object classification report for such fiscal year on all moneys collected by and expended by the state fair board to the director of accounts and reports.
(b) All moneys received by the state fair board through the operation and promotion of nonfair days events shall be deposited in the state fair board local bank account for use for nonfair days events by the state fair board and as provided by this section. All expenses incurred in the operation and promotion of nonfair days events shall be paid from the state fair board local bank account by issuance of checks by the treasurer of the state fair board or a person designated by such treasurer.
(c) The state fair board local bank account required for use in operating and promoting the state fair or nonfair days events under this section shall be awarded to a bank in Reno county, Kansas, by the pooled money investment board under a written agreement in accordance with procedures for state bank accounts under K.S.A. 75-4217, and amendments thereto, and shall be secured by pledge of securities in the manner prescribed for state bank accounts under K.S.A. 75-4218, and amendments thereto, and in the amount prescribed for fee agency accounts under that statute.
(d) (1) Upon request of the state fair board, the director of accounts and reports shall authorize the state fair board to establish a change fund for the purposes of the state fair for use on those days not designated as official state fair days in an amount of not to exceed $15,000 to be maintained in the form of cash. For the purposes of establishing such change fund, moneys may be withdrawn from moneys available therefor in the state fair board local bank account in accordance with the need therefor.
(2) The moneys in a change fund established under this subsection (d) shall be used exclusively for the making of change in receiving amounts for the purposes of the state fair on those days not designated as official state fair days. No advance or expenditure shall be made from such change fund.
(e) (1) Upon request of the state fair board, the director of accounts and reports shall authorize the state fair board to establish a change fund for nonfair days events in an amount of not to exceed $15,000 to be maintained in the form of cash. For the purposes of establishing a nonfair days events change fund, moneys may be withdrawn from moneys available therefor in the state fair board local bank account in accordance with the need therefor.
(2) The moneys in the nonfair days events change fund shall be used exclusively for the making of change in receiving amounts in operating and conducting the nonfair days events during the nonfair days period. No advance or expenditure shall be made from such change fund.
(f) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each change fund established under subsection (d) or (e) shall be administered in the same manner as change funds authorized in accordance with K.S.A. 75-3078, and amendments thereto, and shall be subject to the procedures and reimbursement and reporting provisions of that statute or such procedures and reporting requirements as may be prescribed by the director of accounts and reports under that statute. The director of accounts and reports may authorize a reconciling entry in any reconciliation statement for any such change fund in an amount of not to exceed the maximum authorized by K.S.A. 75-3078, and amendments thereto, for change funds authorized in accordance with that statute.
(2) All officers and employees of the state fair board having custody of moneys of a change fund established under subsection (d) or (e) shall be covered by a blanket surety contract purchased by the committee on surety bonds and insurance in such amount or amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the committee on surety bonds and insurance deems necessary and proper in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4103, 75-4104 and 75-4105, and amendments thereto.
(g) As used in this section:
(1) "Nonfair days event" means an event held on the state fairgrounds on those days which have not been designated as official state fair days; and
(2) "state fair board local bank account" means the account established and maintained for the state fair board in a bank located in Reno county, Kansas, as authorized by this section.
(h) On the effective date of this act, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all moneys in the nonfair days activities fee fund to the state fair fee fund. On the effective date of this act, all obligations of the nonfair days activities fee fund are hereby transferred to and imposed on the state fair fee fund. On the effective date of this act, the nonfair days activities fee fund is hereby abolished.
History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 10; R.S. 1923, § 2-205; L. 1955, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 239, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 10; L. 1990, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 76, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1955, ch. 3, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 11; April 30.
History: L. 1955, ch. 3, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 12; April 30.
History: R.S. 1923, § 2-206.
History: L. 1913, ch. 152, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 190, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 194, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-207; L. 1927, ch. 2, § 1; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.
History: L. 1913, ch. 152, § 2; L. 1917, ch. 190, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 2-208; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.
History: L. 1913, ch. 152, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 2-209; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.
History: R.S. 1923, § 2-210; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.
History: L. 1913, ch. 152, § 5; R.S. 1923, § 2-211; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 7, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1913, ch. 152, § 6; R.S. 1923, § 2-212; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 1, § 19; May 28.
History: L. 1927, ch. 62, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 13; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 2; May 24.
History: L. 1947, ch. 11, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 14; April 30.
History: L. 1957, ch. 476, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 15; April 30.
The state fair board is further authorized to provide for the refunding of the admission charges to certain entrants, exhibitors, performers or participants in the activities at the fair if such party has evidence that such party should be exempted from the payment of the charges.
All fees received by the state fair board in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be placed in the revolving fee fund the same as other moneys are placed therein under K.S.A. 2-205 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1965, ch. 9, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 16; April 30.
History: L. 1974, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 17; April 30.
History: L. 1974, ch. 2, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1974, ch. 2, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 18; April 30.
(b) After establishing the maximum amount for a change fund under subsection (a) and not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for the commencement of the state fair, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer an amount of money equal to such maximum amount from the state general fund to the state fair special cash fund. No such transfer from the state general fund shall exceed $200,000.
(c) For the purposes of a change fund authorized under this section, the moneys in the state fair special cash fund may be transferred by warrant, upon vouchers of the state fair board, from the state treasury to a separate account of such board in a bank in Reno county, Kansas. This bank account shall be awarded to a bank in Reno county, Kansas, by the pooled money investment board under a written agreement in accordance with procedures for state bank accounts under K.S.A. 75-4217, and amendments thereto, and shall be secured by pledge of securities in the manner prescribed for state bank accounts under K.S.A. 75-4218, and amendments thereto, and in the amount prescribed for fee agency accounts under that statute. The state treasurer and the director of accounts and reports shall honor all such vouchers and make such transfers as directed in accordance with this subsection, except that no such transfer shall be made more than 10 days prior to the date fixed for the commencement of the state fair.
(d) The change fund authorized under this section may be established by the state fair board not more than five days preceding the date fixed for the commencement of the state fair. Such change fund shall be maintained in the daily amounts necessary for the operation of the state fair as directed by the state fair board except that no such amount shall exceed the maximum amount established by the director of accounts and reports under subsection (a). Prior to the sixth day after the conclusion of the state fair each year, such change fund shall be finally reconciled and all the moneys in such change fund shall be deposited in the bank account of the state fair board from which the change fund was established. Upon such deposit, all such moneys shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state fair special cash fund. Each year upon the crediting of such moneys to the state fair special cash fund and after the conclusion of the state fair, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all moneys in the state fair special cash fund to the state general fund.
(e) The moneys in the change fund authorized under this section shall be used exclusively for the making of change in operating and conducting the state fair during the period of the state fair. No advance or expenditure shall be made from such change fund.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the change fund authorized by this section shall be administered in the same manner as change funds authorized in accordance with K.S.A. 75-3078, and amendments thereto, and shall be subject to such procedures and reporting requirements as may be prescribed by the director of accounts and reports under that statute. The director of accounts and reports may authorize a reconciling entry in any reconciliation statement for the change fund authorized by this section in an amount of not to exceed the maximum authorized by K.S.A. 75-3078, and amendments thereto, for change funds authorized in accordance with that statute.
(g) All officers and employees of the state fair board having custody of moneys of the change fund authorized by this section shall be covered by a blanket surety contract purchased by the committee on surety bonds and insurance in such amount or amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the committee on surety bonds and insurance deems necessary and proper in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4103, 75-4104 and 75-4105, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1979, ch. 239, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 19; L. 1988, ch. 2, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 6; July 1.
History: L. 1988, ch. 291, § 1; April 28.
History: L. 1988, ch. 291, § 2; April 28.
(b) On each June 30, the state fair board shall certify to the director of accounts and reports an amount to be transferred from the state fair fee fund to the state fair capital improvements fund, which amount shall be not less than the amount equal to 5% of the total gross receipts during the current fiscal year from state fair activities and non-fair days activities. Upon receipt of such certification, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer moneys from the state fair fee fund to the state fair capital improvements fund in accordance with such certification.
(c) On each July 1, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the state fair capital improvements fund, an amount equal to the amount certified by the state fair board pursuant to subsection (b), except that (1) no transfer from the state general fund under this subsection shall exceed $300,000 in any fiscal year; and (2) all transfers made in accordance with the provisions of this section during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, and June 30, 2009, shall be considered to be revenue transfers from the state general fund.
History: L. 1988, ch. 21, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 76, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 216, § 64; L. 2003, ch. 138, § 122; L. 2004, ch. 123, § 168; L. 2005, ch. 174, § 177; L. 2006, ch. 142, § 156; L. 2007, ch. 167, § 194; July 1.
History: L. 1990, ch. 280, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 4, § 1; July 1.
(b) Upon receipt of any such moneys by the state fair board, the state fair board shall remit the entire amount of the remittance to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state fair fee fund or the state fair capital improvements fund, or in designated amounts of such remittance to each of such funds as specified by the state fair board.
History: L. 1994, ch. 22, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 7; July 1.
(b) The state fair board shall pursue local, state and private funds to offset expenditures from the state treasury for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued to finance capital improvements for the Kansas state fairgrounds. Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, moneys credited to the state economic development initiatives fund may be expended for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued to finance such capital improvements. Prior to the issuance of any bonds authorized pursuant to this section for any such capital improvement project, the general manager of the Kansas state fair shall report to the state finance council concerning such project and such issuance. The report shall specifically include information about the proposed utilization of bond proceeds for any capital improvement project and the availability and use of other sources including local, state and private funds. No bonds shall be issued under this section except upon approval by the state finance council acting on this matter after a review by the joint committee on state building construction. The approval of the issuance of bonds is hereby characterized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to the guidelines prescribed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-3711c, and amendments thereto. Approval by the state finance council may be given when the legislature is in session.
(c) There is hereby established the state fair debt service special revenue fund in the state treasury. All moneys credited to this fund shall be expended for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued to finance capital improvements for the Kansas state fairgrounds under this section. All expenditures from the state fair debt service special revenue fund shall be in accordance with the provisions of appropriation acts pursuant to vouchers approved by the general manager of the Kansas state fair board or by the designee of the general manager.
(d) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, after bonds are issued by the Kansas development finance authority to finance capital improvements for the Kansas state fairgrounds in accordance with this section, the general manager of the Kansas fair board shall certify that fact to the director of accounts and reports and, upon receipt of such certification, or as soon thereafter as moneys are available therefor, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer an amount or amounts from the state economic development initiatives fund or other available funds of the state, as specified by appropriation act, to the state fair debt service special revenue fund.
History: L. 2001, ch. 129, § 1; July 1.
(b) The deed conveying the real estate described under subsection (a) shall be approved by the attorney general and shall be executed by the general manager of the state fair. The deed shall provide that in the event the land described in subsection (a) ceases to be used for water treatment purposes for the city of Hutchinson or similar public utility purposes as described in the deed, then all right, title and interest in the land shall revert to the state fair board.
(c) The conveyance authorized by this section shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3043a or K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 75-6609, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2007, ch. 108, § 3; Apr. 19.