Kansas Statutes 19-2890. Powers of board
The park board shall have power: (a) To finance, operate, improve and maintain the county park district as provided in this act.
(b) To accept by gift or devise any real or personal property, and to purchase and lease and condemn real estate for use of the park district, and to sell any improvements of any real estate so acquired not usable by the district or to take down such improvements and use or dispose of the salvage and use any of the proceeds thereof for park district purposes.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2890
- 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
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(c) To improve the land of the district.
(d) To issue revenue bonds of the district as authorized by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-2896.
(e) To appoint a park superintendent and employ such other employees, servants, police and agents as may be necessary for the proper and adequate operation, improvement and maintenance of the park district, and may appoint, employ or retain attorneys, engineers, landscape architects, surveyors and other professional or technical persons or firms for a period or for specified projects and pay the necessary compensation therefor.
(f) To adopt, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the operation and use of the park district and the conduct of persons using such park district as provided by this act.
(g) To sell or salvage equipment found to be worn out or beyond repair or dangerous to use or to trade it in as part payment on new equipment.
(h) To sell and convey real estate acquired by purchase or condemnation when it appears such property is no longer needed for park district purposes or is poorly situated for such purposes: Provided, No such sale shall be made except upon authorization of a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the county at an election called and held for such purpose as provided by this act. If the instrument of gift or devise vests fee title in the district or authorizes the district to sell the real property such property may be sold by the procedure herein provided.
(i) To adopt, change and modify a seal for the district and to use such seal in attestations by the secretary and in all other cases where a seal is required or advisable.
(j) To establish lakes within the district, and to provide for the zoning thereof as hereinafter provided.
(k) To do and perform all other things provided by this act or amendments thereto and to have all the powers prescribed by this act, and to carry out and exercise the powers of the district as its governing body.