Kansas Statutes 19-2766b. Actions for enforcement of resolutions; costs; fees and mileage for witnesses; fines and penalties, disposition of
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in all actions for the enforcement of resolutions of improvement districts the items allowable as costs shall be the same as in cases for misdemeanor violations of state law and shall be taxed as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 22-3801, 22-3802 and 22-3803, and amendments thereto.
(b) The fees and mileage for the attendance of witnesses shall be borne by the party calling the witness, except that if an accused person is found not guilty, the improvement district shall pay all such expenses, but the court may direct that fees and mileage of witnesses subpoenaed by the accused person be charged against such person, if the court finds that there has been an abuse of the use of subpoenas by the accused person.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2766b
- county: means Sedgwick county, Kansas;
(f) "governing body" means the board of county commissioners;
(g) "improve" means to construct, reconstruct, maintain, restore, replace, renew, repair, install, equip, extend or to perform any work which will provide a new facility or enhance, extend or restore the value or utility of an existing facility;
(h) "improvement" means any type of improvement made under authority of this act and includes reimprovement of a prior improvement. See Kansas Statutes 19-27,181
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, all fines and penalties collected in actions for the enforcement of resolutions adopted by improvement districts, as provided in this act and the act of which this act is amendatory, shall be paid over to the county treasurer of the county where they are imposed for deposit in the county general fund. The court, when imposing fines and penalties for resolution violations, shall identify violations which also constitute a violation of state law. Those fines and penalties derived from the enforcement of any resolution, a violation of which would also constitute a violation of state law, shall be remitted to the state treasurer as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 20-2801, and amendments thereto.