Kansas Statutes 59-29a04a. Sexually violent predator expense fund
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 59-29a04a
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Person: means an individual who is a potential or actual subject of proceedings under this act. See Kansas Statutes 59-29a02
- Sexually violent predator: means any person who has been convicted of or charged with a sexually violent offense and who suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder which makes the person likely to engage in repeat acts of sexual violence and who has serious difficulty in controlling such person's dangerous behavior. See Kansas Statutes 59-29a02
- 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) There is hereby created in the state treasury the sexually violent predator expense fund which shall be administered by the attorney general. All moneys credited to such fund shall be used to reimburse counties under:
(1) Kan. Stat. Ann. § 59-29a04, and amendments thereto, responsible for the costs related to determining whether a person may be a sexually violent predator; and
(2) Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 59-29a23, and amendments thereto, for the costs related to a person filing a civil action relating to the civil commitment pursuant to the Kansas sexually violent predator act.
(b) All expenditures from the sexually violent predator expense fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the attorney general or the attorney general’s designee.