2-125. Definitions. (a) As used in this act, “fair association” or “association” means a county fair incorporated as provided in this act; “agricultural societies” means other associations of citizens organized for the promotion of agriculture and kindred subjects; “fair” means a bona fide exhibition designed to promote education, and to encourage improvement in agriculture, horticulture, […]
2-126. Purposes. A county fair association may be organized and incorporated in each county of the state for the purpose of holding an annual fair and giving such public exhibitions and entertainments as its board of directors may determine to be for the improvement of the county and its citizens. History: L. 1929, ch. 1, […]
2-127. Organization of association; recognition, number. (a) To become a county fair association, 25 or more qualified electors representing the majority of the townships of the county shall have been incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with a paid-up capital of not less than $5,000, and have received recognition as the official county fair association of […]
2-128. Election of directors and officers; terms. Immediately upon incorporation and annually thereafter on or before the second Tuesday of December the stockholders of record or members of fair associations governed by the provisions of chapter 1, Laws of 1929, and acts amendatory or supplemental thereto, shall meet and elect a board of directors representing […]
2-129. County aid; amount; tax levies, use of proceeds. Each fair association complying with the provisions of K.S.A. 2-127 and 2-128, and amendments thereto, upon filing with the clerk of the county an estimate and a report as provided in K.S.A. 2-130 and 2-131, and amendments thereto, shall be entitled to receive from the county, […]
2-129a. Expenditures prior to June 30, 1965, confirmed. If prior to the effective date of this act, a fair association has used moneys received from the county pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129, and has used such funds in part for the actual costs of printing of premium lists and/or for compensation paid to […]
2-129b. Rental or lease of grounds or buildings by commissioners; limitations; use of lease moneys. The board of county commissioners of any county which owns a fairgrounds may rent or lease all or any part of the fairgrounds or any building thereon to any person, firm or corporation but every such rental agreement or lease […]
2-129c. Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county, to which the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129 apply, having a population of more than eight thousand eight hundred (8,800) and less than nine thousand six hundred (9,600) and having an assessed taxable valuation of more […]
2-129d. Same; election, when. Said levies will be made unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition of making said levies, signed by electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county who voted for the secretary of state at the last preceding general election, is […]
2-129e. Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county, to which the provisions of K.S.A. 2-129 apply, having a population of more than fourteen thousand (14,000) and not more than seventeen thousand (17,000) and having an assessed valuation of more than fifty million dollars […]
2-129f. Same; election, when. Said levies will be made unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition of making said levies, signed by electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county who voted for the secretary of state at the last preceding general election, is […]
2-129g. Tax levy for fair purposes; Montgomery county. As a complete alternative to the authority now provided by K.S.A. 2-129, the board of county commissioners of Montgomery county shall make an annual tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of such county for fair purposes and to pay a portion of the […]
2-129h. Same; election, when. Said levies will be made unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition of making said levies, signed by electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county who voted for secretary of state at the last preceding general election, is filed […]
2-129i. Tax levies for fair associations in urban area counties; use of proceeds; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county designated as an urban area by K.S.A. 19-2654, and amendments thereto, and in which there is an officially recognized county fair association, upon request of the fair association, may make […]
2-130. Levy; estimates, time for submission. The county commissioners of any county having a fair association as herein provided may, annually at the time set by law for making levies, levy a tax sufficient in amount to provide for the county aid authorized by K.S.A. 2-129; such levy shall make up a special fair fund […]
2-131. Payment; apportionment between fairs. On or before thirty days following the close of the county fair, upon filing a statement certified by the secretary and treasurer of the fair association, setting forth the actual amount of money necessary to pay for the premiums and rewards for that fair as shown by the department judges’ […]
2-131a. Certain counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings and grounds, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not less than twenty-nine thousand (29,000) nor more than sixty thousand (60,000) in which there is located a city of the first class having a population of more […]
2-131b. Counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings, use of proceeds; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county in which there is a fair association or a society which is organized and operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to 2-131, inclusive, and amendments thereto, upon request of such […]
2-131c. Tax levy in certain counties for buildings and maintenance thereof; request. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand persons and having an assessed tangible valuation of more than one hundred fifty million dollars in which there is a fair association and a livestock […]
2-131d. Certain counties having fair associations; tax levy for buildings and grounds, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county in which there is an officially recognized county fair association, upon the request of such fair association, may make an annual tax levy for the purpose of raising funds to be used […]
