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KS Stat § 19-1597 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-1597 Same; publication of resolution; bids; protest petition; election.

19-1597. Same; publication of resolution; bids; protest petition; election. The resolution herein referred to, to be unanimously adopted by the board of county commissioners of such counties shall be published for three (3) consecutive issues in the official county paper. Whereupon, the board of county commissioners of such counties may thereafter advertise for proposals for the erecting and equipping of such building or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building and award contracts therefor in the manner now provided by law, and issue serial bonds of such county in payment thereof, payable in not more than ten (10) approximate equal annual installments and bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed five percent (5%); unless a petition in protest or opposition to the acquiring of a site for the erecting and equipping of such building, or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building, signed by at least five hundred (500) qualified electors of such county, is filed with the county clerk of said county within thirty (30) days following the date of the last publication of the said resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners of any such counties.In the event such petition of protest or opposition is filed, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such counties to submit the question of acquiring a site, if the same be necessary, and the erecting and equipping of a building or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building to be used for the purposes provided for in this act and paying the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds, to the voters of such county at any special election called for such purpose, by the board of county commissioners of such counties or at any regular, primary or general election.History: L. 1959, ch. 151 § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-1598 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-1598 Same; bond requirements; outside debt limitations.

19-1598. Same; bond requirements; outside debt limitations. All such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to any limitation of bonded indebtedness of such county.History: L. 1959, ch. 151, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-1599 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-1599 Improvement of courthouse property in counties over 250,000; leasing of old site, conditions.

19-1599. Improvement of courthouse property in counties over 250,000; leasing of old site, conditions. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) is hereby authorized to improve by repairing, remodeling or renovating any courthouse building constructed more than twenty-five (25) years before this act takes effect. Such board of county commissioners is authorized, in the alternative, to demolish and raze such a courthouse and construct other improvements on such old courthouse site for public record storage, parking or for any other county purposes authorized by law. Such old courthouse site may be leased to any public or quasi-public body for periods of not more than ten (10) years, and, if leased, the lease may provide that certain repairs, remodelings or renovating shall be done by the lessee or by the county.History: L. 1961, ch. 162, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,100 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,100 Same; preliminary plan; resolution; survey and cost estimate; improvements, laws applicable.

19-15,100. Same; preliminary plan; resolution; survey and cost estimate; improvements, laws applicable. If the board of county commissioners of such county deem action under authority of this act to be necessary or expedient said board shall adopt by resolution a preliminary plan for the use of such old courthouse property. Said board shall then employ a licensed architect to make a survey and cost estimate for such improvement or demolition. After consideration of such survey and estimate, said board may have such improvements made or demolition done and the same shall be done in accordance with K.S.A. 19-214 to 19-216, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1961, ch. 162, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,101 Same; costs; no-fund warrants authorized; limitations; tax levies.

19-15,101. Same; costs; no-fund warrants authorized; limitations; tax levies. To pay for the improvements or demolition authorized by this act, the board of county commissioners of such counties may issue no-fund warrants and the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, shall apply in issuing said warrants except that the notation required in said section shall be: "Issued pursuant to authority of law" (followed by the citation of this act). The board shall use the proceeds of such no-fund warrants to pay all costs of the aforesaid improvement or demolition. The total of such warrants issued shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), and the principal and the interest thereon may be payable in approximate equal installments over a period of not to exceed five (5) years from the date following their issuance. The said board shall make a levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, and each year thereafter, sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon, until all warrants and interest have been paid in full.History: L. 1961, ch. 162, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,102 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,102 No-fund warrants for additional revenue for construction, repair and equipment of courthouse or courthouse and jail in counties between 35,000 and 40,000.

19-15,102. No-fund warrants for additional revenue for construction, repair and equipment of courthouse or courthouse and jail in counties between 35,000 and 40,000. Any county which has, prior to the effective date of this act, levied taxes for the purpose of providing funds for the construction and equipping of a courthouse, or courthouse and jail, or for the equipping, improving, furnishing and repairing of the courthouse, or for any one or more of such purposes, and which county has accumulated more than six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) from such tax levies, and which amount is insufficient to carry out the purpose of which the tax levies were made, is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants, without an election, in an amount not exceeding three hundred sixty thousand dollars ($360,000) for the purpose of providing additional revenue to be used in conjunction with the proceeds of the tax levies to complete the construction, equipping and furnishing of the courthouse and for any and all other purposes for which the tax levies were made.History: L. 1961, ch. 168, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,103 Same; tax levies to pay warrants; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.

19-15,103. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon, except that in lieu of making only one tax levy, such board of county commissioners, if it deems it advisable, may make a tax levy each year for not to exceed five years in approximately equal installments for the purpose of paying said warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except they shall not bear the notation required by such section and may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax appeals.Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto. None of the provisions of the cash basis and budget laws of this state shall apply to any expenditures made, the payment of which has been provided for by the issuance of warrants under this act.History: L. 1961, ch. 168, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 41; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 35; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-15,104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,104 Same; application of act.

19-15,104. Same; application of act. The provisions of this act shall apply only in counties having a population of more than thirty-five thousand (35,000) and less than forty thousand (40,000).History: L. 1961, ch. 168, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,105 No-fund warrants for courthouse funds in certain counties between 10,000 and 13,000; limitation; conditions.

19-15,105. No-fund warrants for courthouse funds in certain counties between 10,000 and 13,000; limitation; conditions. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not less than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than thirteen thousand (13,000) and having an equalized assessed, taxable, tangible valuation of not less than twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000) and not more than thirty-nine million dollars ($39,000,000) is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants, without an election, and in an amount not exceeding one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) for the purpose of providing funds to be used in reconstructing, remodeling, repairing, improving, equipping and furnishing the courthouse of such county. The total amount of no-fund warrants herein authorized to be issued need not be issued for the total amount at one time, but may be issued from time to time as money is needed for the purpose for which the warrants are issued, but the total of all issues of such warrants shall not exceed $175,000.History: L. 1963, ch. 169, § 1; February 22.
KS Stat § 19-15,106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,106 Same; tax levies to pay warrants; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.

19-15,106. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon, except that in lieu of making only one tax levy, such board of county commissioners, if it deems it advisable, may make a tax levy each year for not to exceed five years in approximately equal installments for the purpose of paying said warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto.Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except they shall not bear the notation required by such section and may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax appeals. Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto. None of the provisions of the cash basis and budget laws of this state shall apply to any expenditures made, the payment of which has been provided for by the issuance of warrants under this act.History: L. 1963, ch. 169, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 42; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 36; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-15,107 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,107 Purchase of abandoned U.S. post office building for county office space; resolution; limitation; bonds for remodeling and equipping.

19-15,107. Purchase of abandoned U.S. post office building for county office space; resolution; limitation; bonds for remodeling and equipping. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in which there is located in the county seat of said county an abandoned United States post office building by resolution finds that said county is in need of additional space for use as county offices and that said abandoned post office building would provide the necessary additional space for county offices, said board of county commissioners may purchase said abandoned United States post office building and the site on which is it located and may remodel and equip the same for use as additional space for county offices: Provided, That the total amount expended for such purchase and the remodeling and equipping of said building shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).The board of county commissioners in any such county is hereby authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the county for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the purchase of said building and site for the remodeling and equipping of the building so purchased. Such bonds shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law. If said county shall receive any payments from the federal government or any agency thereof for rent or as reimbursement for the cost of use of any space in said building, the amount so received from the federal government or any agency thereof shall be paid into the county treasury and the county treasurer shall credit the same to the bond and interest fund of said county and the same shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest upon the bonds issued hereunder.History: L. 1963, ch. 151, § 2; April 10.
KS Stat § 19-15,108 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,108 Urban area counties; acquisition of sites for county buildings, parking and improvements; bonds, limitation.

19-15,108. Urban area counties; acquisition of sites for county buildings, parking and improvements; bonds, limitation. The board of county commissioners of any county designated as an urban area as permitted by section 17 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or by right of eminent domain, site or sites for county buildings and related parking or for additional parking related to existing county buildings and to make parking improvements on such sites as may be acquired for parking purposes. For such purposes said board of county commissioners is authorized to issue and sell general obligation bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the total assessed tangible valuation of the county, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions hereinafter contained in this act.History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 1; May 14.
KS Stat § 19-15,109 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,109 Same; resolution; protest petition; election.

19-15,109. Same; resolution; protest petition; election. Such board of county commissioners shall by written resolution unanimously adopted find that the acquisition of such site or sites is necessary and shall set out therein the location of the site or sites, the improvements to be made thereon, if any, and the total amount of bonds proposed to be issued. The resolution shall be published for three consecutive weeks in the official county paper. In the event a protest petition is signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified voters of the county, as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last general election, and is filed with the county clerk within thirty (30) days following the last publication of said resolution, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such counties to submit the question of acquiring such sites and making such improvements, if any, and paying for the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds to the voters of such counties at an election called for such purpose or at the next general election. If no such protest petition is filed within the time limitation contained herein, the board of county commissioners may proceed as authorized by this act. If an election is held pursuant to a protest petition and a majority vote is cast in favor of the proposition, the board of county commissioners shall have authority to proceed under this act.History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 2; May 14.
KS Stat § 19-15,110 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,110 Same; disposition of improvements on acquired sites.

19-15,110. Same; disposition of improvements on acquired sites. Any improvements located on any site acquired by said board of county commissioners may be disposed of at public sale after first causing a publication for three consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper of the date and place of such sale.History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 3; May 14.
KS Stat § 19-15,111 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,111 Same; bond provisions.

19-15,111. Same; bond provisions. The bonds issued for the purposes herein provided shall not exceed the aggregate amount fixed and stated in said resolution hereinabove referred to and adopted by the board. All such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law and shall be subject to any limitations of bonded indebtedness of such county.History: L. 1965, ch. 201, § 4; May 14.
KS Stat § 19-15,114 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,114 County public buildings; definitions.

19-15,114. County public buildings; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:(a) "Public building" shall mean and include any building or structure determined by the board of county commissioners to be necessary to the county for any public county purpose.(b) "Improve" shall mean and include alteration, repair, reconstruction, remodeling, furnishing, equipping, extending, adding to, enlarging or any other work which will enhance, extend or restore the value or utility of the public building.History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,115 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,115 Same; acquisition and construction; improvements; exercise of authority jointly with other municipalities.

19-15,115. Same; acquisition and construction; improvements; exercise of authority jointly with other municipalities. The board of county commissioners of any county may when it deems necessary erect or construct, acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation in fee simple or lease, a public building or buildings and may acquire any necessary site therefor by gift, purchase or condemnation in fee simple, or make use of any site or sites previously acquired by the county under authority of any other statute and may improve any existing public building. The authority herein conferred may also be exercised jointly or in cooperation with any other political subdivision of this state so empowered, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by the board of county commissioners of the county and the governing body of such cooperating political subdivision.History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,117 Same; lease of buildings, when; terms and conditions.

19-15,117. Same; lease of buildings, when; terms and conditions. Any county owning or hereafter acquiring any public building may, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, lease any such building or any part thereof, when the board of county commissioners shall by resolution determine that the same is not required for county purposes, for a period not exceeding one (1) year at a time, upon such terms and conditions as the board of county commissioners may deem to be in the best interest of the county.History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 4; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,118 Same; sale of building and site; terms; use of moneys.

19-15,118. Same; sale of building and site; terms; use of moneys. Any county owning any public building and site is, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, hereby authorized to sell such building or building and site, when the board of county commissioners shall by resolution determine that such building or building and site is no longer of benefit to the county, upon such terms and in such manner as the board of county commissioners may deem to be in the best interest of the county. Moneys received from the sale of any such building or building and site may be placed in a special building fund and used without regard to the limitations prescribed by the budget law, for any of the purposes authorized by this act and may be used in combination with other funds as hereinbefore provided by this act.History: L. 1965, ch. 198, § 5; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-15,120 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,120 Counties designated urban areas; acquisition of building sites; general obligation bonds; limitations.

19-15,120. Counties designated urban areas; acquisition of building sites; general obligation bonds; limitations. The board of county commissioners of any county which has been designated an urban area by the legislature is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire a building site or sites for the rendering of county services by county officials subject to the limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 19-1586: Provided, however, That general obligation bonds may be issued by such county in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to pay all or part of the cost of such acquisition without an election but subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-15,122.History: L. 1968, ch. 94, § 1; March 19.