Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-2840

  • City: means the city of Topeka, Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 12-2802
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Transportation system: means all plants, equipment, property and rights useful for transportation of passengers for hire except taxicabs and except all transportation facilities extending beyond the boundaries of the metropolitan area and includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, street railways, subways and underground railroads, motor vehicles, trolley buses, motor buses and any combination thereof. See Kansas Statutes 12-2802

The governing body of any city may provide by ordinance for the reimbursement to any person, firm, or corporation of all or any part of the motor-fuel tax or the special fuel tax imposed by law which has been paid by such person, firm, or corporation on motor fuels or special fuels used for the purpose of operating or propelling motor vehicles in connection with the transportation of persons in the operation of a franchised mass public transportation system over fixed routes within such city and its immediate environs. Such reimbursements shall be paid from the street fund of such city to which is credited funds received under the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 79-3425b.