Kansas Statutes 19-2823. Bonds; petition; election; tax levy
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2823
- Board: means the board of county commissioners of an urban area county;
(d) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture or other association of persons;
(e) "Hotel, motel or tourist court" means any structure, or building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided, and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation to transient guests or permanent guests and having more than eight (8) bedrooms furnished for the accommodation of such guests;
(f) "Transient guest" means a person who occupies a room in a hotel, motel or tourist court for* more than thirty-one (31) days;
(g) "Cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom and restaurant" means any premises, or any part thereof, in which food is prepared or further processed, and thereafter either is sold at retail to the general public by a person licensed by the state food service and lodging board or is furnished to the members and guests of a private club licensed pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
- county: means any county designated an urban area by the legislature pursuant to section 17 of article 2 of the Kansas constitution;
(b) "Authority" or "county sports authority" means any special authority created pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the board of county commissioners may issue and sell the bonds of such county, in an amount not exceeding one-tenth of one percent of the total amount of assessed valuation of such county for the fiscal year next preceding the issuance of such bonds and such bonds may be issued and sold without the necessity of an election unless a petition in opposition to the issuance of such bonds without an election signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors in any such county shall be filed with the county clerk of the county within thirty (30) days following the passage of a resolution by the board of county commissioners declaring their intention to acquire title to lands for the purposes of park and recreational grounds, in which event it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to submit the question of such bond issue to the voters at the next general election. Any bonds issued by such county under the provisions of this act shall be serial bonds, payable in not less than ten (10) equal annual installments nor more than thirty (30) equal annual installments over a period of not to exceed thirty (30) years and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed by Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 10-1009 and the board of county commissioners shall make a levy on all taxable property in such county to pay the principal and interest on the said bonds as the same become due and payable.