Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-1759

  • City: means any city in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 12-1795
  • District: means a self-supported municipal improvement district which may be created and the property taxed in accordance with this act and which is:

    (1) Comprised of contiguous property wholly within the boundaries of the central business district of the city as such boundaries are determined by resolution adopted by the governing body of the city and none of which property is zoned for any use other than commercial or industrial;

    (2) comprised, at a minimum, of an area equivalent to four square blocks excluding any public streets and rights-of-way; and

    (3) given a descriptive name containing the words "self-supported municipal improvement district. See Kansas Statutes 12-1795

  • Governing body: means the governing body of any municipality. See Kansas Statutes 12-17,115
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The ordinance or resolution creating a public building commission shall specify the purposes and functions of such public building commission and shall specify the number of members for the governing body of such commission, which shall not be fewer than three nor more than nine, except that where such commission will provide for a building which will house offices or agencies of the state, city, county or a school district, the secretary of administration and the governing bodies of such county and school district shall be represented by not less than one on such commission.