2006 Kansas Code - 25-4605

      25-4605.   Same; acquisition of systems by counties; methods of payment. (a) The board of county commissioners and the county election officer may purchase a system with payment by installments, may rent or lease a system or may lease optical scanning equipment 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 10 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 system or optical scanning equipment, 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 optical scanning equipment or a system, 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 5% 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 optical scanning equipment or system, if approval of such system or equipment has been rescinded by the secretary of state.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 158, § 5; April 29.