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KS Stat § 12-5224 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5224 Bonds; adoption of ordinance; interest rate; terms and conditions.

12-5224. Bonds; adoption of ordinance; interest rate; terms and conditions. The exercise of any or all powers granted by this act shall be authorized and the bonds shall be authorized to be issued under this act for the purposes set forth in this act, by an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of a city or county and shall take effect immediately upon adoption and publication once in the official newspaper of such city or county. Any such ordinance or resolution shall set forth a finding and declaration: (a) Of the public purpose therefor; and (b) that such ordinance or resolution is adopted pursuant to this act, which finding and declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the existence and sufficiency of the public purpose and of the power to carry out and give effect to such public purposes.The bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, may be payable at such times, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption at such premiums, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as the governing body shall provide. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale, in such manner, at such prices and upon such terms as may be authorized by the governing body. Pending the preparation of definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates in such form and with such provisions as may be authorized by the governing body, may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of bonds sold pursuant to this act. The bonds and interim receipts or certificates shall be deemed to be securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of the uniform commercial code.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 6; L. 1983, ch. 71, § 4; May 5.
KS Stat § 12-5226 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5226 Bonds; signatures of officers; validity.

12-5226. Bonds; signatures of officers; validity. The bonds shall bear the manual or facsimile signatures of such officers of a city or county as may be designated in the ordinance authorizing such bonds and such signatures shall constitute the valid and binding signatures of such officers, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of such city or county. The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the home mortgage loans acquired or made from proceeds of the bonds. The ordinance authorizing the bonds may provide that the bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this act, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 8; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5227 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5227 Pledge of bonds.

12-5227. Pledge of bonds. Any pledge made to secure bonds shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenues and receipts or property or interests in property pledged and thereafter received by a city or county, trustee or custodian shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against such city or county, trustee or custodian, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the ordinance, nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created, need be recorded.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 9; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5228 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5228 Payment of bonds; bonded debt limitations inapplicable.

12-5228. Payment of bonds; bonded debt limitations inapplicable. All bonds issued under and pursuant to this act shall be limited obligations of the city or county issuing the same, payable solely from the revenues and receipts derived from the home mortgage loans or from any notes or other obligations of persons with respect to which such bonds are issued and secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest, insurance agreement or indenture of trust of or with respect to such home mortgage loans. No city or county shall have any right or authority to levy taxes to pay any of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this act or any judgment against a city or county on account thereof. No holder of any bonds issued under this act shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of a city or county to pay the bonds, the interest or redemption premium, if any, thereon, and the bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of such city or county, or a loan of the faith and credit thereof, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision, nor shall the bonds be construed to create any moral obligation on the part of such city or county to provide for the payment of such bonds. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this act and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the city or county, or a loan of the faith and credit thereof, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions. Bonds may be issued pursuant to this act without regard to any statutory limitations of bonded indebtedness and shall not be included in computing the total bonded indebtedness of any city or county within the meaning of other statutes limiting such bonded indebtedness.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 10; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5229 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5229 Same; no personal liability.

12-5229. Same; no personal liability. Neither the members of the governing body of a city or county, nor any official or employee thereof, nor any person executing bonds issued under this act shall be liable personally for payment of the bonds or the interest or redemption premium, if any, thereon or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 11; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5230 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5230 Bonds tax exempt.

12-5230. Bonds tax exempt. Any bond issued under the provisions of this act, together with the interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all taxes levied by the state of Kansas or any political or taxing subdivision thereof.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 12; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5231 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5231 Interlocal cooperation; limitations.

12-5231. Interlocal cooperation; limitations. (a) One or more cities or one or more counties or cities and counties may join together or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any one or more of the powers conferred upon cities and counties under this act. Such joint or cooperative action shall be taken only in accordance with and pursuant to a written agreement entered into between or among such cooperating cities or counties in such form approved by the governing bodies thereof.(b) In no event, however, shall any county or counties engage in any act or exercise any of the authority or powers conferred by this act within, or with respect to any property located within, the corporate boundaries of any city in the absence of an agreement with such city.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 13; L. 1983, ch. 71, § 6; May 5.
KS Stat § 12-5232 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5232 Bonds as legal investments.

12-5232. Bonds as legal investments. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be legal investments for all trust funds, insurance companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and banks, both savings and commercial, and shall be legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and all other fiduciaries. Such bonds shall be legal investments for state school funds and for any funds which may be invested in county, municipal or school district bonds, and such bonds shall be deemed to be securities which may properly and legally be deposited with, and received by, any state or municipal officer or by any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now, or may hereafter, be authorized by law, including deposits to secure public funds.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 14; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5233 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5233 Powers of cities and counties; federally assisted housing.

12-5233. Powers of cities and counties; federally assisted housing. The powers conferred by this act are in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this act shall not affect, the powers conferred upon municipalities under the provisions of the constitution or laws of the state of Kansas. Home mortgage loans may be acquired, purchased and financed, and bonds may be issued under this act for such purposes, notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the acquisition, purchase and financing of like home mortgage loans, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and such home mortgage loans may be made upon such terms and conditions and contain such provisions as the governing body of the city or county determines consistent with the provisions of this act notwithstanding and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any law or any other resolution. Nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the exercise of the powers conferred upon municipalities in connection with the financing of federally assisted housing for persons of low and moderate income.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 15; L. 1983, ch. 71, § 7; May 5.
KS Stat § 12-5234 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5234 Severability.

12-5234. Severability. The provisions of this act are severable and if any of its provisions, or any sentence, clause or paragraph, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions or the application thereof to persons or circumstances other than those as to which the same is held invalid.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 16; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5235 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5235 Act liberally construed.

12-5235. Act liberally construed. This act is necessary for the health, welfare and safety of the state, its municipalities and its inhabitants; therefore, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.History: L. 1982, ch. 60, § 17; April 22.
KS Stat § 12-5241 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5241 Citation of act.

12-5241. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas rural housing incentive district act.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5242 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5242 Rural housing incentives; definitions.

12-5242. Rural housing incentives; definitions. Except as otherwise provided, as used in K.S.A. 12-5241 through 12-5251 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-5252 through 12-5258, and amendments thereto, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(a) "City" means any city incorporated in accordance with Kansas law with a population of less than 60,000, as certified to the secretary of state by the director of the division of the budget on the previous July 1 in accordance with K.S.A. 11-201, and amendments thereto.(b) "City housing authority" means any agency of a city created pursuant to the municipal housing law, K.S.A. 17-2337 et seq., and amendments thereto.(c) "Corporation" means the Kansas housing resources corporation.(d) "County" means any county organized in accordance with K.S.A. 18-101 et seq., and amendments thereto, with a population of less than 80,000, as certified to the secretary of state by the director of the division of the budget on the previous July 1st in accordance with K.S.A. 11-201, and amendments thereto.(e) "Developer" means the person, firm or corporation responsible under an agreement with the governing body to develop housing or related public facilities in a district.(f) "District" means a rural housing incentive district established in accordance with this act.(g) "Governing body" means the board of county commissioners of any county or the mayor and council, mayor and commissioners or board of commissioners, as the laws affecting the organization and status of cities affected may provide.(h) "Housing development activities" means the construction or rehabilitation of infrastructure necessary to support construction of new residential dwellings and the actual construction of such residential dwellings, if such construction is conducted by a city housing authority.(i) "Secretary" means the secretary of commerce of the state of Kansas.(j) "Real property taxes" means and includes all taxes levied on an ad valorem basis upon land and improvements thereon.(k) "Taxing subdivision" means the county, the city, the unified school district, and any other taxing subdivision levying real property taxes, the territory or jurisdiction of which includes any currently existing or subsequently created rural housing incentive district.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 7; L. 2008, ch. 92, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 143, § 5; L. 2021, ch. 43, § 1; July 1.Revisor's Note:Section was amended three times in the 2008 session, see also 12-5242a and 12-5242b.
KS Stat § 12-5243 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5243 Same; purpose of act.

12-5243. Same; purpose of act. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this act to encourage the development and renovation of housing in the rural cities and counties of Kansas by authorizing cities and counties to assist directly in the financing of public improvements that will support such housing in rural areas of Kansas which experience a shortage of housing.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5244 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5244 Same; creation of incentive districts; resolution of required findings; review by secretary of commerce and housing.

12-5244. Same; creation of incentive districts; resolution of required findings; review by secretary of commerce and housing. (a) The governing body of any city or county is hereby authorized to designate rural housing incentive districts within such city or county. Any city governing body may designate one or more such districts in such city, and any county governing body may designate one or more such districts in any part of the unincorporated territory of such county. Prior to making such a designation, the governing body shall conduct a housing needs analysis to determine what, if any, housing needs exist within its community. After conducting the analysis, the governing body shall adopt a resolution containing a legal description of the proposed district, a map depicting the existing parcels of real estate in the proposed district, and a statement of the following findings and determinations:(1) There is a shortage of quality housing of various price ranges in the city or county despite the best efforts of public and private housing developers;(2) The shortage of quality housing can be expected to persist and that additional financial incentives are necessary in order to encourage the private sector to construct or renovate housing in such city or county;(3) The shortage of quality housing is a substantial deterrent to the future economic growth and development of such city or county; and(4) The future economic well-being of the city or county depends on the governing body providing additional incentives for the construction or renovation of quality housing in such city or county.(b) The resolution containing the findings contained in subsection (a) shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the city or county.(c) Upon publication of the resolution as provided in subsection (b), the governing body shall send a certified copy of the resolution to the secretary, requesting that the secretary review the resolution and advise the governing body whether the secretary agrees with the findings contained therein. If the secretary advises the governing body in writing that the secretary agrees with each of the findings of the governing body, the governing body may proceed to establish the district as set forth in this act. If the secretary fails to agree with the findings, the secretary shall advise the governing body in writing of the specific reasons therefor.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5246 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5246 Same; nullification of plan, when.

12-5246. Same; nullification of plan, when. (a) At the public hearing, a representative of the city or county shall present the proposed plan for the development or renovation of housing in the proposed district. Each project proposed for the district shall be identified and explained. At the hearing the developer or developers that have contracted with the city to undertake such project shall be identified and present in person or through such developer's representative. Following the presentation, all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The governing body for good cause shown may recess such hearing to a time and date certain, which shall be fixed in the presence of persons in attendance at the hearing.(b) Upon the conclusion of the public hearing, the governing body may adopt the plan for the district and may establish the district by ordinance or, in the case of any county, by resolution. The boundaries of such district shall not include any area not designated in the notice required by K.S.A. 12-5245. Any addition of area to the district or any substantial change to the plan shall be subject to the same procedure for public notice and hearing as required for the initial establishment of the district.(c) The ordinance or resolution establishing the district shall be null and void if, within 30 days following the conclusion of the hearing:(1) The board of education levying taxes on such property determines by resolution that the proposed district will have an adverse effect on such school district;(2) the governing body of any city located within three miles of [the] district proposed to be established by a county determines by ordinance that the proposed district will have an adverse effect on such city; or(3) the board of county commissioners of the county in which a city governing body proposes to establish such a district determines by resolution that the proposed district will have an adverse effect on such county.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 6; L. 2008, ch. 92, § 2; April 24.
KS Stat § 12-5247 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5247 Same; acquisition of property; sale or lease to developer; relocation assistance.

12-5247. Same; acquisition of property; sale or lease to developer; relocation assistance. (a) Any governing body which has established a rural housing incentive district as provided in this act may purchase or otherwise acquire real property; however, the property may not be acquired through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Relocation assistance payments shall be provided by the city or county in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1777, and amendments thereto, to any tenants required to be relocated as a result of the acquisition of such property for any project in the district.(b) Any property acquired by a city or county under this act may be sold or leased to any developer, in accordance with the rural housing incentive plan and under such conditions as shall have been agreed to prior to the adoption of the plan. The city or county and the developer may agree to any additional terms and conditions, but if the developer requests to be released from any obligations agreed to and embodied in the plan, such release shall constitute a substantial change and subject to the requirements provided in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-5246.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5249 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 52 - Local Residential Housing|12-5249 Same; bond proceeds; limitations on use.

12-5249. Same; bond proceeds; limitations on use. (a) Any city or county which has established a rural housing incentive district may use the proceeds of special obligation bonds issued under K.S.A. 12-5248, and amendments thereto, or any uncommitted funds derived from those sources of revenue set forth in K.S.A. 12-5248(a)(1), and amendments thereto, to implement specific projects identified within the rural housing incentive district plan including, without limitation:(1) Acquisition of property within the specific project area or areas as provided in K.S.A. 12-5247, and amendments thereto;(2) payment of relocation assistance;(3) site preparation;(4) sanitary and storm sewers and lift stations;(5) drainage conduits, channels and levees;(6) street grading, paving, graveling, macadamizing, curbing, guttering and surfacing;(7) street lighting fixtures, connection and facilities;(8) underground gas, water, heating, and electrical services and connections located within the public right-of-way;(9) sidewalks;(10) water mains and extensions; and(11) renovation of buildings or other structures more than 25 years of age primarily for residential use located in a central business district as approved by the secretary of commerce. Certification of the age of the building or other structure shall be submitted to the secretary by the governing body of the city or county with the resolution as provided by K.S.A. 12-5244, and amendments thereto. Eligible residential improvements shall include only improvements made to the second or higher floors of a building or other structure. Improvements for commercial purposes shall not be eligible.(b) None of the proceeds from the sale of special obligation bonds issued under K.S.A. 12-5248, and amendments thereto, shall be used for the construction of buildings or other structures to be owned by or to be leased to any developer of a residential housing project within the district, except for buildings or other structures located in a central business district as approved by the secretary of commerce.History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 9; L. 2021, ch. 43, § 2; July 1.