Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-17,180

  • Board: means the board of directors of the Kansas bioscience authority. See Kansas Statutes 12-1770a
  • City: means any city in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 12-1795
  • Developer: means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or limited liability company, other than a city and other than an agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of the state or a county when relating to a bioscience development district. See Kansas Statutes 12-1770a
  • 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

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(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 direct employment or work as an independent contractor for the project developer or manager.

(2) “State or local government official” means a member of the legislature, an appointed or elected official or officer of any state agency, office, board, commission, authority or institution and an appointed or elected official, officer or member of the government authority of any government subdivision, including any city, county, township, school district, special district, board or commission.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the STAR bonds financing act.