Kansas Statutes 75-4916. Grant pools for public television and radio stations; apportionment; rural service grants, amounts
(a) Funds appropriated for the purpose of making grants under the Kansas public broadcasting council act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, shall be divided into two grant pools, with 75% of such appropriated funds constituting a grant pool for public television stations and 25% of such appropriated funds constituting a grant pool for public radio stations.
(b) Funds appropriated for the purpose of making grants under the Kansas public broadcasting council act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, shall be allocated as follows:
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-4916
- 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.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(1) First, rural service grants shall be allocated to stations as provided in subsection (c); and
(2) then the amount of the appropriated funds for the fiscal year remaining unallocated after the allocation of amounts for rural service grants shall be divided into two grant pools, with 50% of the remaining appropriated funds constituting a grant pool for basic service grants under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-4917 and amendments thereto and 50% of the remaining appropriated funds constituting a grant pool for incentive grants under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-4918 and amendments thereto.
(c) After June 30, 1997, each station having an average population density within the station’s service area, as determined by the mean population density of all counties within that service area, which is less than 50% of the mean population density of the state, shall receive a rural service grant. The rural service grant for a public radio station shall be $35,000 and the rural service grant for a public television station shall be $120,000.