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160.476 School building fund taxes -- Investment -- Expenditures -- Audit.
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The board of education of any district may, in addition to other taxes for school
purposes, levy not less than four cents ($0.04) nor more than twenty cents
($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of property subject to
local taxation, to provide a special fund for the purchase of sites for school
buildings and physical education and athletic facilities, for the erection and
complete equipping of school buildings and physical education and athletic
facilities, and for the major alteration, enlargement and complete equipping of
existing buildings and physical education and athletic facilities, provided,
however, that such tax shall come within the maximum school tax levy provided
by KRS 160.470. In addition to or in lieu of this special tax, any board of
education may pay into this special fund at the close of any fiscal year the
proceeds from the sale of land or property no longer needed for school
purposes and all or any balances remaining in the general fund over and above
the amount necessary for discharging obligations for the fiscal year in full.
The special fund provided for herein shall be kept in a separate account
designated as "school building fund." The fund shall be kept in a depository
selected by the board of education, or invested in bonds of the United States,
of this state, or county or municipality in this state, provided, however, that
such investments shall be approved by the Kentucky Board of Education.
All expenditures from such fund shall be made solely for the purposes
enumerated herein and shall be made in accordance with the school laws of
the state at such times as the board of education determines. The board of
education shall cause to be made annually an audit of the building fund by a
certified public accountant or by an accountant approved by the State
Department of Education.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other subsection of this section to the
contrary, for the 1966 tax year and for all subsequent years no district board of
education shall levy a tax at a rate under the provisions of this section which
exceeds the compensating tax rate as defined in KRS 132.010. The chief state
school officer shall certify the compensating tax rate to the district board of
education.
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. III, sec. 112, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 4. -- Amended 1965 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts
ch. 2, sec. 4. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1(3).
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