Kansas Statutes 74-554. Creation of the laboratory equipment fund; moneys credited, transfers from certain fee funds, expenditures
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-554
- 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
- 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.
- 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 a laboratory equipment fund in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the laboratory equipment fund shall be expended for the acquisition, maintenance and replacement of equipment used by the Kansas department of agriculture laboratory and metrology laboratory.
(b) Upon request of the secretary of agriculture the director of accounts and reports shall transfer no more than 10% of the carry-over balance of any fee fund specified in subsection (c) on June 30 in any fiscal year to the laboratory equipment fund.
(c) The following fee funds are subject to this transfer:
(1) The dairy fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-782, and amendments thereto;
(2) the feeding stuffs fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-1012, and amendments thereto;
(3) the fertilizer fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-1205, and amendments thereto;
(4) the pesticide use fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-2464a, and amendments thereto;
(5) the agricultural liming materials fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-2911, and amendments thereto;
(6) the petroleum inspection fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 55-427, and amendments thereto;
(7) the meat and poultry inspection fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-6a45, and amendments thereto;
(8) the entomology fee fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-2128, and amendments thereto; and
(9) the weights and measures fee fund as described pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 83-302, and amendments thereto.
(d) In any fiscal year, the total amount of fees in the fund shall not exceed $500,000.
(e) All expenditures from the laboratory equipment 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 secretary of agriculture or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.