Kansas Statutes 19-2857. County park and recreation fund; annual budget; disbursements
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2857
- Board: means the board of county commissioners of an urban area county;
(d) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture or other association of persons;
(e) "Hotel, motel or tourist court" means any structure, or building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided, and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation to transient guests or permanent guests and having more than eight (8) bedrooms furnished for the accommodation of such guests;
(f) "Transient guest" means a person who occupies a room in a hotel, motel or tourist court for* more than thirty-one (31) days;
(g) "Cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom and restaurant" means any premises, or any part thereof, in which food is prepared or further processed, and thereafter either is sold at retail to the general public by a person licensed by the state food service and lodging board or is furnished to the members and guests of a private club licensed pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
- county: means any county designated an urban area by the legislature pursuant to section 17 of article 2 of the Kansas constitution;
(b) "Authority" or "county sports authority" means any special authority created pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
There is hereby created in the treasury of the county a fund to be known as the county park and recreation fund. All moneys raised from taxes for park and recreation purposes shall be credited to this fund. All moneys raised as the result of contracts, leases, concessions, gifts or otherwise in the operation of the said county parks, parkways, lakes and recreational areas, shall be credited to the county park and recreation fund. The county board of park commissioners shall meet on or before the first day of June in each year for the purpose of preparing the county park and recreation budget, which budget shall be filed with the board of county commissioners on or before the fifteenth day of June in each year. The board of county commissioners shall examine such budget and if the same shall be within the limitations of the statutes the board of county commissioners shall approve the same and cause such ad valorem levy to be made as provided by law. Disbursements of the fund thus created shall be by voucher, approved by the county board of park commissioners, and signed by the president or vice-president and the manager of the county board of park commissioners, which vouchers shall be paid in the same manner as are other county vouchers, and shall be subject to the same auditing procedure as are other county vouchers.