2006 Kansas Code - 25-4407

      25-4407.   Same; acquisition of systems; financing; tax levy; use of proceeds; revocation of levy and expenditure authorization. (a) When a county has voted to use electronic or electromechanical voting systems or when a board of commissioners and county election officer have determined that such a voting system shall be used in a county, the board of county commissioners and the county election officer shall provide such number of units as shall be necessary to equip voting places for the use of voters. The board of county commissioners and the county election officer may purchase systems with payment by installments, may rent or lease systems or may lease machines with option to purchase with lease payments to be applied on the purchase price. Contracts for payment by installments, leases, rental agreements and leases with option to purchase may be for terms not exceeding ten years, and the provisions of article 11 of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2940, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall have no application to such contracts of purchase and lease or rental 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 systems, 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 systems, 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.

      (b)   For the use of voting systems 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 interest and payable by not more than three annual tax levies of not to exceed two 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.

      (c)   No tax shall be levied under this section, nor shall any moneys be paid from any fund under authority of this section for any contract to purchase, lease or rent any electronic or electromechanical voting system or equipment thereof, if approval of such system or equipment has been rescinded by the secretary of state.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 129, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 140; L. 1980, ch. 115, § 5; July 1.