Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-2966

  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Fifty percent of a county’s entitlement from the county and city revenue sharing fund shall be the county government’s share of such fund and the remaining 50% shall be allocated to each city in such county in the proportion that the population of each such city bears to the population of all such cities in the county. Persons residing within the Fort Riley military reservation shall not be included or considered in determining the population of any city located in Riley county or Geary county. The state treasurer shall make distributions from the county and city revenue sharing fund in accordance with the allocation formulas prescribed in the foregoing provisions of this act in installments on the dates prescribed in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 79-2964 and amendments thereto. The director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer in favor of the several county treasurers and city treasurers on the dates and in the amounts determined as provided. The distributions shall be paid directly to the several county treasurers and city treasurers who shall upon receipt of the moneys deposit the same in their respective county or city general funds.