2-131e. No-fund warrants for purchase of grounds, erection and maintenance of buildings; limitation; tax levies. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in which there is an officially recognized county fair association, and having a population of not less than 35,000 nor more than 45,000, and having an assessed tangible valuation of not […]
2-131f. Ellis county; acquisition of land for fairground expansion; petition; election. The board of county commissioners of Ellis county, upon request of the officially recognized county fair association in Ellis county, and upon making a determination that it is in the best interest of the county to expand its fairground by the acquisition of additional […]
2-132. County free fair; petition and election; purchase of grounds; tax levy, use of proceeds; admission to fair. Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners of any county in this state, the agricultural and industrial interests of such county can be advanced by the establishment and maintenance of a county-owned and operated […]
2-132b. Contributions to payment of premiums awarded in adjoining counties. With respect to any county fair held in any county, the board of county commissioners of any adjoining county which does not maintain, or assist in maintaining, a county or district fair may pay the premiums awarded to residents of their respective counties at the […]
2-133. Control by county; appointment of directors. All land and buildings acquired by virtue of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-132 shall be held in the name of the county and under the control of the board of county commissioners: Provided, The board of county commissioners shall at their first meeting after the purchase or acceptance […]
2-135. State fair board, community fair associations and county fair associations; eminent domain. The state fair board in the name of the state of Kansas, and each community fair association, and each county fair association, organized and operating under the laws of the state of Kansas shall have the right of eminent domain as provided […]
2-136. Mortgage of property. Property, real and personal, owned by county fair associations organized and operating under the provisions of this act shall not be mortgaged except on a majority vote of the stockholders at an annual meeting. History: L. 1929, ch. 1, § 12; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 9; July 1.
2-137. Forfeiture of benefits and recognition; exemption; discontinuance during wartime. Any county fair association organized and operating under the provisions of this act failing to hold a fair each year shall forfeit all benefits provided in this act, including official recognition, and the board of county commissioners may, upon application, recognize some other qualified fair […]
2-138. Misrepresentation; penalty. Any person who shall knowingly and/or willfully misrepresent any exhibit, or furnish any fair association a false pedigree of livestock, shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned in the county jail not less than three […]
2-139. Withholding county aid; causes. The board of county commissioners may withhold county money from any fair association coming under the provisions of this act, which knowingly permits the sale of intoxicating liquor, the operation of any gambling device, or any immoral show or exhibition detrimental to public morals. History: L. 1929, ch. 1, § […]
2-140. Trespassing on fairgrounds; penalty. Every person being in or upon the grounds owned or controlled by any fair association who shall attempt to make any display of goods, wares or merchandise, or to furnish any entertainment, without permission of the managing officers of the said association, and every person who shall at any time, […]
2-141. Intent of law; not applicable to certain counties. It is the purpose of this act to provide a general law under which all fairs and agricultural societies of one county or less may operate, and as such shall be liberally construed, and shall be known as the county agricultural fair act: Provided, This act […]
2-141a. Invalidity of 2-125 to 2-141. If any section, paragraph or provision of this act shall be held to be invalid by any court for any reason, it shall be presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section, paragraph or provision, and such finding or construction shall not […]
2-142. City aid for county fairs in certain counties; levy. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), in any county in the state of Kansas having a population of not less than 9,500 nor more than 11,500 in the year 1928 as shown by the census in the office of the state board of agriculture […]
2-143. County aid; when, amount, purposes. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), whenever any such city shall levy a tax for the purpose of maintaining a county free fair, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city is located shall appropriate from the general fund of such county an amount […]
2-144. Fair board; how appointed; organization. The county free fair shall be managed by a board of seven members, four of whom shall be appointed by the governing body of the city and three of whom shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located, one […]
2-144d. Fairs in certain counties; designation as an official fair association. Any county free fair established pursuant to K.S.A. 2-142, and amendments thereto, may apply to the board of county commissioners for designation as an official fair association. If recognized as an official fair association, any county free fair established pursuant to K.S.A. 2-142, and […]
2-145. County poultry show association; county aid, amount; conditions. The board of county commissioners of any county in the state of Kansas is hereby authorized to issue warrants in favor of the treasurer of any county poultry show association in such county, not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) in any one […]
2-145a. Tax levies for fair building in certain counties. The board of county commissioners of a county having a population of more than fourteen thousand (14,000) and less than fifteen thousand (15,000) with an assessed tangible valuation of more than forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is hereby authorized to make a tax levy upon all of […]
2-158. Board of directors, annual election meetings, terms, vacancies; recognition of association by state board of agriculture. (a) (1) A meeting shall be held at 7:00 p.m. on December 8, 1987, at the Kaw Valley cooperative building at 5715 West 21st Street in Topeka, Kansas, for the purpose of electing the initial members of the […]
