Chapter 12, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-17,142. Same; creation of district; petition; procedure. (a) In addition to any other power provided by law and as a complete alternative to all other methods provided by law, the governing body of any municipality may create a district as provided by this act for the purpose …

12-17,143. Same; special assessments, procedure; act not exclusive authority. (a) In addition to any other power provided by law and as a complete alternative to all other methods provided by law, the governing body may make, or cause to be made, projects identified in the petiti…

12-17,144. Same; notice; public hearing; governing body's action. (a) Upon filing a petition in accordance with K.S.A. 12-17,142, and amendments thereto, for a district financed in whole or in part by a proposed transportation development district sales tax authorized by K.S.A. 1…

12-17,145. Same; sales tax; director of taxation, duties. (a) In addition to and notwithstanding any limitations on the aggregate amount of the retailers' sales tax contained in K.S.A. 12-187 through 12-197, and amendments thereto, any municipality may impose a transportation dev…

12-17,146. Same; limitations on suits challenging actions under act. No suit to set aside the assessments or otherwise question the validity of the proceedings for the creation of the district or the authorization of the project shall be brought after the expiration of 30 days fr…

12-17,147. Same; methods of financing. The total cost of any project authorized pursuant to this act shall be paid from all or any of the following sources: (a) Special assessments imposed in the district pursuant to this act which have been paid in full prior to the date set by …

12-17,147a. Same; costs of project, how paid. (a) Costs of a project authorized by this act may be paid in one or more payments from transportation development district sales tax collected pursuant to this act without the issuance of bonds authorized by K.S.A. 12-17,149, and amen…

12-17,148. Same; fund of the district. A separate fund shall be created for each district and each project and such fund shall be identified by a suitable title. Except as otherwise required by the secretary of transportation in connection with a loan to the municipality from the…

12-17,149. Same; bonds; loans from the transportation revolving fund. (a) Any municipality may issue bonds in one or more series and/or execute and deliver a loan with respect to a project from the Kansas transportation revolving fund pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5063 et seq., and amend…

12-17,150. Same; secretary of revenue, duties; report. The secretary of revenue in connection with a redevelopment project area for which sales, use and transient guest tax revenues are pledged or otherwise intended to be used in whole or in part for the payment of bonds issued t…

12-17,151. Same; application to existing districts. The provisions of K.S.A. 12-17,140 through 12-17,150, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 12-194 and 25-432, as amended pursuant to this act, shall apply to all transportation development districts, whether created before or afte…

12-17,152. Public improvement districts; creation. The governing bodies of any three or more counties not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States department of commerce, may enter into an agreement for interlocal cooperation under K.S.A. 12-290…

12-17,153. Same; financing; taxing authority; election; collection of tax; public improvement district sales tax fund. (a) For the purposes of financing the cost of the construction, operation and maintenance of any such public infrastructure improvements, a public improvement di…

12-17,154. Same; powers. A public improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 12-17,152, and amendments thereto, may: (a) Acquire by gift, purchase, lease-purchase, condemnation or otherwise, and own, lease, use and operate property, whether real, personal, or mixed, or any i…

12-17,155. Same; issuance and sale of general obligation bonds; election. The governing body of any public improvement district created pursuant to this act may purchase or otherwise acquire land or land and improvements and may acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair or remodel …

12-17,160. Purpose of act; issuance of sales tax and revenue bonds. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this act to promote, stimulate and develop the general and economic welfare of the state of Kansas and its communities and to assist in the development and redevelopment…

12-17,161. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 12-17,160 through 12-17,179, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the STAR bonds financing act. History: L. 2007, ch. 179, § 2; July 1.

12-17,162. Definitions. As used in the STAR bonds financing act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Auto race track facility" means: (1) An auto race track facility and facilities directly related and necessary to the operation of an auto race track…

12-17,163. City or county may designate building as historic theater. The governing body of any city or county may designate a building within such municipality to be an historic theater if the governing body of the municipality and the secretary of commerce agree that the buildi…

12-17,164. Establishment of STAR bond projects by city or county; approval of secretary; major professional sports franchise project, approval by legislative coordinating council; participation by city or county; requirements; establishment by secretary; financing by Kansas devel…

12-17,165. Procedure for establishing STAR bond project district; hearings; notice; limitations. (a) When a city or county proposes to establish a STAR bond project district, within an eligible area, the city or county shall adopt a resolution stating that the city or county is c…

12-17,166. Procedure for establishing STAR bond project; approval by secretary; feasibility study; project plan; hearings; notice; posthearing changes; transmittal of documents to county and school district; project commencement and completion. (a) One or more projects may be und…

12-17,167. Approval of secretary; limitations; interest rate of bond issue. (a) The secretary shall review the STAR bond project plan, feasibility study and market study, along with other supporting documentation and determine whether to approve a request, and, if approved, issue…

12-17,168. Additional STAR bond issuance authority for existing project; approval by secretary; limitations; major professional sports franchise project, additional financing by Kansas development finance authority authorized; approval by legislative coordinating council. (a) (1)…

12-17,169. Special obligation bonds and full faith and credit tax increment bonds; rural redevelopment project, alternative financing; major professional sports franchise project, financing by city or county or Kansas development finance authority; procedure for issuance; limitat…

12-17,170. Default; payment from public funds, when. In the event that the city, county or Kansas development finance authority shall default in the payment of any STAR bonds payable from revenues described in K.S.A. 12-17,169(a)(1) or (a)(2), and amendments thereto, no public fu…

12-17,171. Addition or removal of real property within district; division of district; procedure; transfer of ownership interest in real property. (a) Any addition of area to the STAR bond project district, or any substantial change as defined in K.S.A. 12-17,162, and amendments …

12-17,172. Acquisition of property; eminent domain, procedure; sale or lease to developer; use only for specific STAR bond project; transfer by developer of unused property. (a) Any city or county which has adopted a STAR bond project plan in accordance with the provisions of thi…

12-17,173. Relocation assistance plan. Before any STAR bond project shall be initiated, a relocation assistance plan shall be approved by the governing body of the city or county proposing to undertake the project. Such relocation assistance plan shall: (a) Provide for relocation…

12-17,174. Excise tax returns or returns or reports of other revenues to be furnished upon request by municipality or Kansas development finance authority; secretary to determine satisfaction of bond debt; "other revenues" defined. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law …

12-17,175. Certain STAR bond projects; limitation on authorized issuance of bonds; interest rate. For projects approved after July 1, 2005, involving the use of financing pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(E) of K.S.A. 12-17,169, and amendments thereto, the secretary shall set a limit…

12-17,176. STAR bond projects using state financing; annual audit at municipality expense, scope; reporting, repayment, when. (a) STAR bond projects using state sales tax financing pursuant to K.S.A. 12-17,169, and amendments thereto, shall be audited by an independent certified …

12-17,177. STAR bond project district containing an auto race track facility; approval; financing, bond issuance, limitations; reporting requirements; secretary to determine satisfaction of bond debt. (a) The boundaries of any STAR bond project district in a major tourism area in…

12-17,178. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application an…

12-17,179. Application of act, by ordinance; expiration of act. (a) A city that created a redevelopment district in an eligible area that was approved for STAR bonds prior to the effective date of this act for the city of Manhattan Discovery Center on December 28, 2006, and the S…

12-17,180. Employment of government official by STAR bond project developer or manager prohibited; definitions. (a) No state or local government official shall be employed by a STAR bond project developer or manager. (b) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Employed" means dire…

12-17,181. Major professional sports franchise STAR bond projects; agreement by secretary authorized; establishment of project; limitations; expiration of authority; extension of authority and approval of project by legislative coordinating council; procedure; exceptions to open …

12-1708. Use of utility building or equipment for governmental purposes. Whenever any city shall own any building or equipment which was constructed or purchased by the issuance of municipal revenue bonds or which building or equipment has been previously used by such city in its…

12-1708a. Application of act to any city. This act* shall apply to any city in the state of Kansas. History: L. 1959, ch. 89, § 1; February 17. Revisor's Note: * The phrase "This act" refers to L. 1959, ch. 89.

12-1708b. Same; resolution; records. Whenever any such city has real estate which is no longer being used for the purpose for which it was originally acquired, it may lease such real estate or any part thereof to a corporation organized for the purpose of industrial development. …

12-1736. Acquisition or construction of public buildings; sites; cooperating governmental units. Any city in this state may erect or construct, acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation or lease a public building or buildings and procure any necessary site therefor by gift, purchas…

12-1737. Same; methods of financing authorized; issuance of bonds after election; tax levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election; investment of fund; issuance of no-fund warrants. The governing body of any city may, for the purposes hereinbefore authorized and provided:…

12-1738. Lease of all or part of public building by city; terms; building invested with historical or cultural value; building no longer required for city purposes. (a) Any city owning or hereafter acquiring any public building may, except as otherwise specifically provided by la…

12-1739. Same; sale of building, when; disposition of moneys. Any city owning any public building and site is, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, hereby authorized to sell such building or building and site upon such terms and in such manner as the governing body m…

12-1739a. Bonds and proceedings under K.S.A. 12-1736 et seq. validated. Any city of the second class which has, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1736 et seq., authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds of the city for the alteration, repair, reconstruction, remodeling, replacement …

12-1740. Purpose of act; revenue bonds. It is the purpose of this act to promote, stimulate and develop the general welfare and economic prosperity of the state of Kansas through the promotion and advancement of physical and mental health, industrial, commercial, agricultural, na…

12-1740a. Use of eminent domain power. No city or county shall exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire property as a site for a facility which is to be financed by revenue bonds issued pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1740 et seq., and amendments thereto. Nothing in this section sha…

12-1741. Issuance of revenue bonds by cities; lease-purchase agreements. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1744a and 12-1744b, and amendments thereto, any city shall have power to issue revenue bonds, the proceeds of which shall be used for the purpose of paying all or part …

12-1741a. Location of facilities; letter of intent, resolution of intent or inducement resolution; approval required, when. (a) No city shall issue revenue bonds authorized herein to finance facilities located outside the issuing city's limits without such city having first recei…

12-1741b. Issuance of revenue bonds by counties; lease-purchase agreements; location of facilities; letter of intent, resolution of intent or inducement resolution, approval required, when. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1744a and 12-1744b, and amendments thereto, any…