Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 12 > Article 6a - General Improvement and Assessment Law

• Act: means the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• 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
• Assessments: means special assessments imposed and levied pursuant to the provisions of this act. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Bonds: means special obligation bonds, special obligation notes, full faith and credit bonds or full faith and credit notes payable solely from the sources described in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Community improvement district sales tax: means the tax authorized by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Cost: means : (1) All costs necessarily incurred for the preparation of preliminary reports, the preparation of plans and specifications, the preparation and publication of notices of hearings, resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation or administration of the district or the issuance of bonds therefore, necessary fees and expenses of consultants, interest accrued on borrowed money during the period of construction and the amount of a reserve fund for the bonds, together with the cost of land, materials, labor, and other lawful expenses incurred in planning and doing any project and may include a charge of not to exceed 5% of the total cost of the project or the cost of work done by the municipality to reimburse the municipality for the services rendered by the municipality in the administration and supervision of such project by its general officers; and (2) in the case of property and projects already owned by the municipality and previously financed by the issuance of bonds, "cost" means costs authorized by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• District: means a community improvement district created pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Governing body: means the governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Municipality: means any city or county. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Newspaper: means the official newspaper of the municipality. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• 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.
• Owner: means the owner or owners of record, whether resident or not, of real property within the district. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Pay-as-you-go financing: means a method of financing in which the costs of a project are financed without notes or bonds, and the costs of such project are thereafter reimbursed as moneys are deposited in the district fund described in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27
• Project: means :

  (1) Any project within the district to acquire, improve, construct, demolish, remove, renovate, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, restore, replace, renew, repair, install, relocate, furnish, equip or extend:

  (A) Buildings, structures and facilities;

  (B) sidewalks, streets, roads, interchanges, highway access roads, intersections, alleys, parking lots, bridges, ramps, tunnels, overpasses and underpasses, traffic signs and signals, utilities, pedestrian amenities, abandoned cemeteries, drainage systems, water systems, storm systems, sewer systems, lift stations, underground gas, heating and electrical services and connections located within or without the public right-of-way, water mains and extensions and other site improvements;

  (C) parking garages;

  (D) streetscape, lighting, street light fixtures, street light connections, street light facilities, benches or other seating furniture, trash receptacles, marquees, awnings, canopies, walls and barriers;

  (E) parks, lawns, trees and other landscape;

  (F) communication and information booths, bus stops and other shelters, stations, terminals, hangers, restrooms and kiosks;

  (G) paintings, murals, display cases, sculptures, fountains and other cultural amenities;

  (H) airports, railroads, light rail and other mass transit facilities; and

  (I) lakes, dams, docks, wharfs, lakes or river ports, channels and levies, waterways and drainage conduits;

  (2) within the district, to operate or to contract for the provision of music, news, child-care, or parking lots or garages, and buses, minibuses or other modes of transportation;

  (3) within the district, to provide or contract for the provision of security personnel, equipment or facilities for the protection of property and persons;

  (4) within the district, to provide or contract for cleaning, maintenance and other services to public or private property;

  (5) within the district, to produce and promote any tourism, recreational or cultural activity or special event, including, but not limited to, advertising, decoration of any public place in the district, promotion of such activity and special events and furnishing music in any public place;

  (6) within the district, to support business activity and economic development, including, but not limited to, the promotion of business activity, development and retention and the recruitment of developers and business;

  (7) within the district, to provide or support training programs for employees of businesses;

  (8) to contract for or conduct economic impact, planning, marketing or other studies; and

  (9) within or without the district, costs for infrastructure located outside the district but contiguous to any portion of the district and such infrastructure is related to a project within the district or substantially for the benefit of the district. See Kansas Statutes 12-6a27

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.