Kansas Statutes 2-145a. Tax levies for fair building in certain counties
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-145a
- 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. See Kansas Statutes 2-125
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 Kan. Stat. Ann. § 79-1947, or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.