Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-130

  • association: means a county fair incorporated as provided in this act; "agricultural societies" means other associations of citizens organized for the promotion of agriculture and kindred subjects; "fair" means a bona fide exhibition designed to promote education, and to encourage improvement in agriculture, horticulture, livestock, poultry, dairy products, liberal arts, mechanical fabrics, fine arts, domestic economy, and 4-H club activities by offering premiums and rewards for the best exhibits thereof; subject to the provisions of subsection (b), "fairground" means a plot of land of not less than 10 acres owned or leased by a fair association or county and used by the association or county primarily for fair purposes. See Kansas Statutes 2-125

The county commissioners of any county having a fair association as herein provided may, annually at the time set by law for making levies, levy a tax sufficient in amount to provide for the county aid authorized by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-129; such levy shall make up a special fair fund from which said county aid shall be paid: Provided, The levy authorized herein shall be based upon an estimate, certified by the managing officers of the fair association, of the actual cost of providing the premiums and rewards for the exhibitors and contestants at the next succeeding year’s fair: Provided further, That such estimate shall be submitted to the county clerk on or before the first day of July of the year preceding the year for which the estimate is made: And provided further, That in any county where the county commissioners prefer to pay the county aid provided herein from the general fund, no special levy shall be required.