The acquisition, installation and maintenance shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the governing body of the fire department and the governing body of the rural water district which owns, operates or maintains the water line on which the fire hydrant, or other similar device for fighting fires, is to be installed. The supervision and control of the department shall be with the governing body of the municipality if the municipality joins with a township or county. The fire department members may be paid or may be volunteers and shall be subject to the limitations of this section and such rules and regulations as the municipalities adopt. Volunteer members may be paid compensation for fighting fires, responding to emergencies or attending meetings. Such departments, when organized, may incorporate as firefighters' relief associations, and such associations shall come within the purview and be subject to the provisions of and entitled to the rights under article 17, chapter 40, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto.
(b) When a municipality and a township join, the agreements shall be entered into by the municipality by ordinance and by the township or county by resolution, and the agreement as set out in the ordinance and resolution shall be signed by the mayor of the city and attested by the city clerk and, in the case of a township shall be signed by the township trustee and attested by the township clerk and, in the case of a county shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk. The agreement shall state the amount each party shall contribute, the rules and regulations governing the department, and such other matter as may be necessary to specify the duties and responsibilities of the parties. The agreement may be amended or changed or added to by mutual agreement of the parties in the same manner as that in which the original contract was entered. Such agreement may be terminated if one party passes or adopts an ordinance or resolution declaring its intention to carry out the agreement no longer. When an agreement is terminated, one party may pay the other for its share of the equipment or apparatus or the apparatus may be sold. Any money in the treasury shall be divided pro rata as it was paid into the treasury. No election shall be required to authorize the township board, board of county commissioners or governing body of any municipality to enter into such agreement, but the township board, board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality shall have the power to decide whether to enter into such contract.
(c) The governing body of any joint fire department created pursuant to this section may reorganize itself as a consolidated fire district in the manner provided for the consolidation of fire districts pursuant to K.S.A. 12-3910 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1931, ch. 113, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 512, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 463, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 11; L. 1997, ch. 74, § 4; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 26, § 6; July 1.
(b) The compensation agreed upon in a contract pursuant to subsection (a) shall always be at least sufficient to pay the city for the reasonable use of equipment and for the cost of material used on the run and fighting the fire, to pay the firemen and to enable the city to carry a sufficient amount of insurance to indemnify it for loss or damage to any fire-fighting equipment, or injury or damage to person or property (if the city be actually liable therefor). All such contracts shall be made by ordinance. The compensation agreed upon shall be a legal charge and collectible by the municipality rendering the service in any court of competent jurisdiction.
History: L. 1931, ch. 113, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 512, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 186, § 30; July 1.
(b) The township board, by adopting the appropriate resolution, may levy a tax of more than one mill for the purposes authorized by subsection (a). Any resolution increasing the amount of the tax currently levied by the township board and any subsequent increase thereof shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a paper of general circulation within the township. The township board may make such levy unless, within 30 days following final publication of the resolution, a protest petition signed by 10% of the qualified voters of the township is filed with the township clerk. If a sufficient petition is filed, such additional tax shall not be levied until approved by a majority of the voters voting at an election thereon. Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided by the general bond law. If a levy is imposed pursuant to this subsection, no other levies for the purposes authorized by subsection (a) shall be made on such property.
(c) Counties are hereby authorized and empowered to levy an annual tax on all the taxable tangible property in such county for the purposes as provided in K.S.A. 80-1501, and amendments thereto, or to pay the compensation agreed upon by contract under authority of K.S.A. 80-1502, and amendments thereto, 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. 1931, ch. 113, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 512, § 3; L. 1953, ch. 463, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 438, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 523, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 199; L. 1984, ch. 373, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 12; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 58; May 27.
History: L. 1931, ch. 113, § 4; May 28.
History: L. 1931, ch. 113, § 5; Repealed, L. 1978, ch. 423, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1931, ch. 113, § 6; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1.
History: L. 1937, ch. 377, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 498, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1937, ch. 377, § 2; June 30.
History: L. 1937, ch. 377, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 498, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 59; May 27.
History: L. 1939, ch. 349, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 393, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 323, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 380, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 482, § 10; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 475, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1947, ch. 488, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 513, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 475, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1959, ch. 411, § 1; March 21.
Any such fire district may include territory within the boundaries of an incorporated city if the owners of not less than 51% of the area of the land in such territory within such incorporated city to be included in the fire district shall sign and file with the township board a statement assenting to the inclusion of such city territory in the fire district. The date of the hearing shall be not more than 10 days after the date of the last publication. Upon the hearing, or within 30 days thereafter, the township board shall either approve or reject the petition as filed or may modify the proposed fire district by excluding certain areas from the proposed district and approve the petition as modified. The action of the township board shall be by resolution which shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the township.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 465, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 524, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 34; May 15.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing a procedure for the detachment or deannexation of land located within the boundaries of a fire district.
History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 20; May 8.
(b) If any territory included in any fire district created under the provisions of this act is thereafter included within the corporate limits of any city, such territory shall continue to be within and a part of the fire district. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, if any such fire district is located in a county having a population of not less than 90,000, and in which there is a city of the first class having a population of less than 50,000, new lands may be included in the district whenever a petition requesting such inclusion is filed with the governing body of the district, signed by the owners, whether residents of the county or not, of at least 10% of the area of the lands sought to be included, which petition shall conform, as near as may be possible, to the petition required for the organization of a fire district. If the governing body shall find the petition is sufficient, the governing body may adopt and publish a resolution attaching the lands described in the petition to the fire district. The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the lands are located, and if within 30 days after the last publication thereof, a petition protesting the inclusion of such lands, signed by the owners, whether residents of the county or not, of more than 19% of the area of the lands sought to be included in the fire district is filed with the governing body, the resolution shall have no force or effect. If such a protest petition shall not be filed within the time, the resolution shall become final, and the lands shall be deemed attached to the fire district. Any such fire district may include land or territory within the boundaries of an incorporated city, but only with the approval of such city. In any such case the governing body shall declare the new boundary of the district by the adoption and publication of a resolution in like manner as the boundaries were declared at the time of the original organization thereof.
(c) All territory which was a part of a fire district when created under the authority of this act and which was thereafter annexed by a city maintaining a fire department shall be, and hereby is, removed from such fire district if the same was or is in a township located in a county having a population of more than 138,000 and less than 175,000, and such territory shall be under the jurisdiction of the city which annexed the territory and shall be served by fire protection services of such city. Such territory shall continue to be liable for the payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness existing at the time that this act becomes effective. From and after the effective date of this act, any territory in a fire district created under the authority of this act, located in a township as described in this subsection, shall no longer be a part of the fire district after the effective date of such annexation; however, such territory shall continue to be liable for the payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness existing at the time of the effective date of such annexation. Such territory shall be under the jurisdiction of the city so annexing and such city shall provide fire protection to such newly annexed territory from and after the date such annexation becomes effective.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 2; L. 1949, ch. 499, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 466, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 525, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 465, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 35; May 15.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 3; L. 1953, ch. 466, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 10; July 1.
(a) Enter contracts;
(b) acquire and dispose of real and personal property;
(c) acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain and furnish buildings to house fire fighting equipment;
(d) acquire, operate and maintain fire fighting equipment;
(e) issue bonds as provided in this act;
(f) pay compensation and salaries to fire district employees;
(g) pay compensation to volunteer members of the fire district for fighting fires, responding to emergencies or attending meetings;
(h) exercise eminent domain;
(i) pay the operation and maintenance expenses of the fire district and other expenses legally incurred by the fire district;
(j) pay for the acquisition, installation or maintenance of one or more fire hydrants, or similar devices for fighting fires, including necessary equipment, services or supplies related thereto.
The acquisition, installation and maintenance shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the governing body of the fire district and the governing body of the rural water district which owns, operates or maintains the water line on which the fire hydrant, or other similar device for fighting fires, is to be installed; and
(k) do all other things necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
History: L. 1979, ch. 75, § 7; L. 1992, ch. 132, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 26, § 7; July 1.
The governing body of any such fire district shall also have the authority to issue no-fund warrants in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 79-2940. All such warrants and interest thereon may be payable in approximately equal installments over a period of not to exceed five years from the first day of July following their issuance. The governing body shall make a levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon as may be required during the budget year.
History: L. 1979, ch. 75, § 8; July 1.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 4; L. 1953, ch. 466, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 92; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 36; Repealed, L. 1979, ch. 75, § 17; July 1.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 5; L. 1953, ch. 466, § 4; July 1.
The township and district and the officers and firemen of the district fire department and any city, other fire districts or townships which have agreed to furnish fire protection to all or any part of said fire district and the officers and firemen of such other cities, townships and fire districts shall have all the privileges, immunities and exemptions conferred upon cities and townships and their fire departments by K.S.A. 12-111.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 6; L. 1953, ch. 466, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 7; April 4.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 8; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1.
The governing body of any fire district all of the territory of which is located within a county which has been designated an urban area in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2654 may levy a tax each year of not to exceed seven and one-half (7 1/2) mills upon the taxable tangible property of the district for the purpose of paying the expenses of operating and maintaining a fire department and other legal expenses of the fire district, which tax levy shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law: Provided, That no other tax levy for fire department purposes shall be made on such property.
No such increase in the tax levy authorized by this section shall be made under the provisions of this section until a resolution authorizing such increased levy is adopted by the township board and published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official county paper of the county in which such township is located. Whereupon, such levy may be made unless a petition in opposition thereto signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified electors of the fire district, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding general election, is filed with the county election officer within sixty (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 county election officer to submit the question to the voters of the fire district at an election called for such purpose or at the next general election. If no 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 township board is authorized and empowered to make such tax levy.
History: L. 1947, ch. 482, § 9; L. 1953, ch. 466, § 6; L. 1969, ch. 476, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 408, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1953, ch. 466, § 7; July 1.
Notice of the election shall be as provided by the general bond law, and the election conducted as therein provided. At such election the question on the ballot shall be stated substantially as follows: "Shall ______________ township in ______________ county, Kansas, issue bonds under the provisions of (citing this act) in a sum not exceeding ______________ dollars ($________) for the purpose of purchasing fire-fighting apparatus?" The judges of the election shall have the power to determine the residence qualifications of voters under this act. If a majority of those voting on the question shall vote in favor thereof the township board shall have authority to issue the bonds in the manner provided by law and purchase the fire-fighting apparatus. Such bonds shall be issued to mature in not more than ten (10) installments of approximately equal amounts each year and the last installment shall mature not more than eleven (11) years after the date of issuance. The tax levies to pay such bonds and the interest thereon shall apply to the taxable tangible property in the township outside of such city.
History: L. 1953, ch. 464, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1953, ch. 464, § 2; June 30.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 36; May 15.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing a procedure for the detachment or deannexation of land located within the boundaries of a fire district.
History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 21; May 8.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 2; June 30.
All such petitions also shall describe the land included in the special district, to which a map shall be attached showing each tract of land in the boundary of the special district to correspond with the records of the county clerk of the county in which such township is located. If such petition is signed by an incorporated industrial association or organized group as representatives of operated factories and warehouses, the names of the industries and taxpayers so represented shall be shown.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 3; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 37; May 15.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 4; June 30.
When a budget has been prepared showing the cost of purchasing necessary fire fighting equipment, employment of necessary personnel and all cost of operation of proposed services in the special fire protection district of such township, the township board shall post a notice or notices in conspicuous places in the proposed special district and thereby designate and fix the time and place in the proposed special district for a public meeting, to which all parties signing said petition, together with all taxpayers within such proposed special fire protection district, will be advised by the township board about the annual cost or estimated expense of furnishing proposed auxiliary fire protection service and services within such special district. Taxpayers within the proposed special district may be heard at such meeting.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 5; June 30.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 6; June 30.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 11; July 1.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 8; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 13; July 1.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 9; June 30.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 10; June 30.
History: L. 1959, ch. 412, § 11; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 12; July 1.
History: L. 1961, ch. 467, § 1; April 19.
History: L. 1961, ch. 467, § 2; April 19.
History: L. 1961, ch. 467, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 385, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 60; May 27.
History: L. 1963, ch. 478, § 1; June 30.
The agreement shall state the amount the township receiving the fire fighting service shall pay therefor, the rules and regulations governing the furnishing of fire fighting service, and such other matters as may be necessary to fully set out the duties and responsibilities of the parties, and the agreement may be amended or changed or added to by a mutual agreement of the township boards in the same manner as that in which the original contract was entered into. The compensation agreed upon shall be a legal charge and collectible by the township rendering the fire fighting service in any court of competent jurisdiction. The township board of any such township which enters into a contract with another township to provide it with fire fighting service may levy an annual tax at the rate of not to exceed one (1) mill for the purpose of paying for such fire fighting service.
History: L. 1963, ch. 478, § 2; June 30.
Proposition to create a new fire district consisting of (describe area to be included in fire district).
| |; Yes | |; No
Notice of such election shall be given by the county clerk by publication at least once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in such townships. At least 30 days shall elapse between the last publication and the date of the election. If a majority of the votes cast in the area of the proposed fire district shall be in the affirmative, such fire district shall be deemed created. The expenses of such election shall be paid by the county from the county general fund.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 166, § 4; July 1.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing a procedure for the detachment or deannexation of land located within the boundaries of a fire district.
History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 22; May 8.
(1) Levy taxes and assessments;
(2) enter into contracts;
(3) acquire, operate and maintain fire-fighting equipment;
(4) acquire and construct buildings to house firefighting equipment;
(5) exercise eminent domain;
(6) exercise powers granted to fire districts under K.S.A. 80-1514, and amendments thereto;
(7) issue general obligation bonds and no-fund warrants as provided under K.S.A. 80-1514b, and amendments thereto; and
(8) do all things necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
(b) Any territory included in any fire district created under the provisions of this act which thereafter is annexed by a city shall be excluded from the fire district and shall be furnished fire protection by such city. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, new lands may be included in the district whenever a petition requesting such inclusion is filed with the governing body of the fire district under the same procedure and conditions as is required for the creation of a fire district, but no area may be included which is already in an existing fire district or city without the consent of that district or city.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 508, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 13; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 38; L. 2004, ch. 166, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 3; L. 1967, ch. 510, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 477, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 14; L. 2004, ch. 166, § 6; July 1.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 4; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 93; L. 1973, ch. 409, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 37; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 15; July 1.
(b) The auditing board for the fire district shall meet once each month on the date designated by the board to examine and audit all claims against the fire district and shall file their annual report with the county clerk for the approval of the board of county commissioners before January 31 of the succeeding year. No claim against any township fire district shall be paid until approved by the auditing board. All claims approved by the auditing board shall be recorded by the clerk of the fire district in a book to be kept for that purpose. Any township officer serving on a fire district auditing board shall receive for such services in attending to township fire district business an amount to be fixed by the governing body of the fire district as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 5; L. 1971, ch. 327, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 336, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 13; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 7; July 1.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 6; June 30.
In any such fire district located in any county having a population of not less than 150,000 and not more than 180,000, such tax levy may be made in an amount not to exceed seven mills on such property, but no levy in excess of three mills shall be made under the authority of this section until the governing body of the fire district shall have adopted a resolution authorizing the making of the levy in an amount not to exceed seven mills. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the township or townships in which the fire district is located. If, within 60 days following publication of the resolution, a petition in opposition thereto, signed by not less than 5% of the registered voters of the fire district, is filed with the county election officer, no levy in excess of three mills shall be made unless and until the authority to levy the tax in an amount not to exceed seven mills is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at the next primary or general election, or if such primary or general election does not take place within 60 days after the date the petition was filed, at a special election to be called by the governing body of the fire district by resolution. Such election shall be held at the usual place of holding elections and shall be conducted by the officers or persons provided by law for holding elections in such township or townships. If no petition in opposition to the resolution authorizing the making of the levy in an amount not to exceed seven mills is filed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, or if the petition is filed and a majority of the electors vote in favor of the levy, the governing body of the fire district shall be authorized to make an annual levy under the provisions of this section in an amount not to exceed seven mills thereafter.
History: L. 1965, ch. 553, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 350, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 389, § 3; April 24.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 72, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 39; May 15.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing a procedure for the detachment or deannexation of land located within the boundaries of a fire district.
History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 23; May 8.
Within thirty (30) days after the governing body is appointed and annually thereafter the governing body shall meet and organize by the election from its membership of a chairperson, vice-chairperson and a secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer shall each give a corporate surety bond, conditioned for the faithful performance of duty and accounting for all money coming into their hands by virtue of such position. Such bonds shall be approved and be in an amount fixed by the governing body.
The governing body of such consolidated district shall have authority to levy taxes and special assessments as provided by law, to enter into contracts, to acquire by lease or purchase and to operate and maintain fire fighting equipment, and to acquire or construct buildings to house the same and to do all things necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act except that no tax or special assessment shall be levied by such governing body without first having been submitted to and having been approved by the board of county commissioners. In addition to the powers provided for in this section, the governing body shall have any powers granted to a fire district under K.S.A. 80-1514a.
The governing body of such consolidated district is authorized to make an annual levy of taxes upon the taxable property located within the consolidated fire district in an amount approved by the board of county commissioners but not to exceed seven mills.
The governing body of any district shall also have the authority to issue general obligation bonds and no-fund warrants under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1514b.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 72, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 16; July 1.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 3; April 29.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 4; April 29.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 5; April 29.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 6; April 29.
History: L. 1967, ch. 513, § 7; April 29.
History: L. 1968, ch. 391, § 1; March 30.
History: L. 1976, ch. 118, § 1; Feb. 25.
History: L. 1978, ch. 424, § 1; July 1.
(1) "Rescue service" means a service which provides emergency care by qualified personnel through a township or fire district fire department.
(2) "Emergency care" means the services provided after the onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to: (A) Place the patient's health in serious jeopardy; (B) seriously impair bodily functions; or (C) result in serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
(3) "Qualified personnel" means any individual who holds a certificate as an attendant as defined in K.S.A. 65-6112, and amendments thereto.
(4) "Township" means any township which has established a fire department pursuant to K.S.A. 80-1901 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(5) "Fire district" means any fire district which has established a fire department pursuant to K.S.A. 80-1540 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(b) The township board or governing body of the fire district may authorize the township or fire district fire department to provide rescue service as a township or fire district function, within or without the township or fire district, or may contract with any person or governmental entity for the furnishing of rescue service and upon such terms and conditions, and for such compensation as may be agreed upon which shall be payable from the township general fund or the fire fund or the fire district fund.
(c) The township board or governing body of the fire district may establish charges to persons receiving rescue service inside or outside of such township or fire district. The charges so made and received shall be deposited in the general funds of the township or fire district, and the same may be used in addition to funds received under the tax levies authorized by K.S.A. 80-1546 and 80-1903, and amendments thereto.
(d) Qualified personnel providing rescue service shall be compensated in the same manner as other fire department employees and volunteers as provided by K.S.A. 80-1544 and 80-1904, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1986, ch. 389, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 235, § 11; L. 1993, ch. 71, § 7; July 1.
(b) Upon the adoption of such resolution, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the treasurer of such township and the treasurer shall credit the amount provided in such resolution to such special fund and shall debit the fire fund. All moneys credited to such special fund shall be used by such township for the acquisition of fire-fighting equipment, apparatus or machinery or land and buildings to be used for fire-fighting purposes. Such fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto. When making the budgets of such township the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such special fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown for the information of the taxpayers of such township.
(c) If the governing body of the township determines that money which has been transferred to such special fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so transferred, the governing body, by adoption of a resolution, may retransfer such amount not needed to the fund from which it came. Such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1993, ch. 279, § 1; July 1.
(b) Upon the adoption of such resolution, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the treasurer of such township fire district and the treasurer shall credit the amount provided in such resolution to such special fund and shall debit the fire fund. All moneys credited to such special fund shall be used by such township fire district for the acquisition of fire-fighting equipment, apparatus or machinery or land and buildings to be used for fire-fighting purposes. Such fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto. When making the budgets of such township fire districts the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such special fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown for the information of the taxpayers of such township fire district.
(c) If the governing body of the township fire district determines that money which has been transferred to such special fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so transferred, the governing body, by adoption of a resolution, may retransfer such amount not needed to the fund from which it came. Such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1993, ch. 279, § 2; July 1.