2006 Kansas Code - 25-1315

      25-1315.   Acquisition of voting machines; financing; tax levy, use of proceeds. When a county has voted to use voting machines, the board of county commissioners shall provide such number of voting machines as shall be necessary to equip voting places for the use of voters. If no voting machines or insufficient voting machines are available on the market, voting shall be as otherwise provided by law in all voting places where machines cannot be furnished. The board of county commissioners, may purchase machines, or purchase machines with payment by installments, or rent or lease machines, or lease machines with option to purchase with lease payments to be applied on the purchase price, and contracts for payment by installments, leases, and leases with option to purchase may be for terms not exceeding ten (10) years and the provisions of the cash basis law, being article 11 of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and the budget law, being K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2940, both sections inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall have no application to such contracts of purchase and lease agreements except that where payment is to be made from the general fund the budget shall provide for the raising of the necessary yearly amount to make installment or rental payments. Where the authorized maximum levy for the general fund is insufficient for all other yearly expenses chargeable against such fund and to pay installments or rentals on the voting machines, or where the aggregate limit for taxes is such that a sufficient tax for the general fund cannot be levied to pay all other yearly expenses chargeable against such fund and to pay installments or rentals on the voting machines, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax of sufficient millage to provide revenue to pay such installments or rentals and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county and such levy shall not be within or limited by any aggregate limit of tax for such county.

      For the use of voting machines the board of county commissioners may pay the same out of the general fund of such county, or issue time warrants bearing not to exceed five percent (5%) interest and payable by not more than three (3) annual tax levies of not to exceed two (2) mills which shall not be within or limited by any aggregate tax levy applying to such county or issue general obligation bonds of such county, such bonds not to be limited by any bonded debt limit and such bonds shall not be considered in determining the bonded debt of the county for the purpose of issuing bonds for other purposes.

      Any obligations of any city or township incurred before the effective date of this act and on such date not wholly satisfied shall be paid in accordance with the law in effect prior to the effective date of this act.

      History:   L. 1957, ch. 233, § 9; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 120; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 138; July 1.