Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 22-4514a

  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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) Any nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of the state of Kansas for the purpose of providing legal services to indigent inmates of Kansas correctional institutions may submit its annual operating budget for the next fiscal year of the state, including salaries and all other expenses of operation, to the state board of indigents’ defense services. Such budget shall set forth the maximum obligation of financial aid and contributions proposed for payment by the state board of indigents’ defense services and the availability of any additional funds from the federal government and other sources to meet such operating costs.

(b) If such budget is approved by the state board of indigents’ defense services, the amount of the maximum obligation of financial aid to be paid by the state board of indigents’ defense services as set forth in the approved budget may then be paid in a lump sum amount to the corporation on July 1 of the next fiscal year.

(c) After the end of the fiscal year, any such nonprofit corporation shall furnish an audited statement of actual expenditures incurred to the director of the budget. Any balance remaining unused shall be applied to the next budget for the purposes specified in this section.