Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 3048
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
3-28
9 AN ACT
concerning bingo; relating to the regulation and taxation
10 thereof; amending
K.S.A. 79-4701, 79-4703, 79-4704, 79-4705, 79-
11 4705a, 79-4706,
79-4707, 79-4708, 79-4710, 79-4711, 79-4712a, 79-
12 4713 and K.S.A. 1999
Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing sec-
13 tions; also repealing
K.S.A. 79-4714.
14
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
16 New Section
1. Sections 2 through 16, and amendments thereto,
17 shall be known and may be cited as the
bingo act.
18 Sec.
2. K.S.A. 79-4701 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
19 4701. As used in this act, each of the
following words and phrases shall
20 have the following meaning unless the
context otherwise requires:
21 (a) ``Bingo''
or ``games of bingo'' means the games of call bingo and
22 instant bingo.
23 (b) ``Bingo
card'' or ``card'' means a reusable card which is marked
24 off into 25 squares arranged in five
horizontal rows of five squares each
25 and five vertical rows of five squares
each, with each square being des-
26 ignated by a number, letter or
combination of numbers and letters. Only
27 the center square shall be designated
with the word free. No two cards in
28 the same game shall be
identical.
29 (c) ``Bingo
face'' or ``face'' means a piece of paper which is marked
30 off into 25 squares arranged in five
horizontal rows of five squares each
31 and five vertical rows of five squares
each, with each square being des-
32 ignated by a number, letter or
combination of numbers and letters. Only
33 the center square shall be designated
with the word free. No two bingo
34 faces in the same game shall be
identical. Faces shall be disposable and
35 shall not be reused after the game in
which a player has used such face.
36 (b)
(d) ``Call bingo'' means a game in which: (1)
Each participant must
37 pay player pays a
charge and; (2) a prize or prizes are
awarded to the
38 winner or winners in
which; (3) each participant
player receives one or
39 more cards or in which a card or
cards are included in a paper game
40 program booklet each of which is
marked off into 25 squares arranged in
41 five horizontal rows of five
squares each and five vertical rows of five
42 squares each, with each square
being designated by number, letter or
43 combination of numbers and letters,
and only the center square desig-
2
1 nated with the word ``free''
with no two cards being identical, with the
2 players covering
faces; and (4) each player covers the squares on
each
3 card or face as the operator
of such game announces a number, letter or
4 combination of numbers and letters
appearing on an object selected by
5 chance, either manually or
mechanically from a receptacle in which have
6 been placed objects bearing numbers,
letters or combinations of numbers
7 and letters corresponding to the
system used for designating the squares,
8 with. The
winner of each game being is the player or
players first properly
9 covering properly a
predetermined and announced pattern of squares
10 upon the card or a card which is
included in a paper game program
11 booklet face being
used by such player or players.
12 ``Call bingo''
shall include any regular, special, progressive or mini
13 game of bingo.
14 ``Call bingo''
does shall not include any game utilizing
an electronic or
15 computerized card system.
16
(e) ``Department'' means the department of revenue.
17
(f) ``Director'' means the director of taxation.
18
(g) ``Distributor'' means any person or entity that sells or
distributes
19 instant bingo tickets, bingo cards or
bingo faces to operators.
20 (c)
(h) ``Instant bingo'' means a game: (1) In which each
participant
21 must pay player
pays a charge; (2) in which a prize or prizes are awarded
22 to the winner or winners; (3) in which each
participant player receives
23 one or more disposable pull-tab or
break-open tickets which accord a
24 participant player
an opportunity to win something of value by opening
25 or detaching the paper covering from the
back of the ticket to reveal a
26 set of numbers, letters, symbols or
configurations, or any combination
27 thereof; (4) which is conducted by a
licensee under this act; (5) the con-
28 duct of which must be in the presence of
the participants players; and
29 (6) which does not utilize any dice, normal
playing cards, instant ticket
30 with a removable latex covering or slot
machines. Winners of instant bingo
31 shall be determined either (1) by a
combination of letters, numbers or
32 symbols determined and posted prior to
the sale of instant bingo tickets
33 or (2) by random selection during the
session at which the bingo tickets
34 are sold.
35 ``Instant bingo''
does shall not include any game utilizing
electronically
36 generated or computer-generated
tickets.
37 (i) ``Lessor''
means the owner, coowner, lessor or sublessor of premises
38 upon which a licensee is permitted to
manage, operate or conduct games
39 of bingo, whether or not a written lease
has been entered into and sub-
40 mitted to the secretary as required in
subsection (c) of K.S.A. 79-4703,
41 and amendments thereto, and includes all
political subdivisions and other
42 public agencies.
43
(j) ``Licensee'' means any nonprofit organization holding a
license to
3
1 manage, operate or conduct games
of bingo pursuant to K.S.A. 79-4701
2 et seq., and amendments
thereto.
3
(k) ``Mini bingo'' means a game of call bingo in which the
prizes
4 awarded are not less than 50% of
the gross receipts derived from the sale
5 of cards or faces for
participation in the game or $50, whichever is less.
6
(l) ``Net proceeds'' means the gross receipts received by
the licensee
7 from charges imposed on players
for participation in games of bingo and
8 any admission fees or charges less
amounts actually paid as prizes in
9 games of bingo and any tax payable
by the licensee.
10
(d) ``Bingo card distributor'' means any person or
entity that sells or
11 otherwise distributes instant bingo
tickets or disposable paper call bingo
12 cards to licensees under this
act.
13 (e)
(m) ``Nonprofit religious organization'' means any
organization,
14 church, body of communicants, or group,
gathered in common member-
15 ship for mutual support and edification in
piety, worship, and religious
16 observances, or a society of individuals
united for religious purposes at a
17 definite place and of which no part of the
net earnings inures to the
18 benefit of any private shareholder or
individual member of such organi-
19 zation, and which religious organization
maintains an established place of
20 worship within this state and has a regular
schedule of services or meet-
21 ings at least on a weekly basis and has
been determined by the secretary
22 of revenue to be organized
and created as a bona fide religious organi-
23 zation and which has been exempted from the
payment of federal income
24 taxes as provided by section 501(c)(3) or
section 501(d) of the federal
25 internal revenue code of
1954 1986, as amended, or determined to
be
26 organized and operated as a bona fide
nonprofit religious organization by
27 the secretary of
revenue.
28 (f)
(n) ``Nonprofit charitable organization'' means any
organization
29 which is organized and operated for:
30 (1) The relief of
poverty, distress, or other condition of public con-
31 cern within this state; or
32 (2) for
financially supporting the activities of a charitable
organization
33 as defined in paragraph (1); or
34 (3) for
conferring direct benefits on the community at large; and of
35 which no part of the net earnings inures to
the benefit of any private
36 shareholder or individual member of such
organization and has been de-
37 termined by the secretary of
revenue to be organized and operated as a
38 bona fide charitable organization and which
has been exempted from the
39 payment of federal income taxes as provided
by sections 501(c)(3),
40 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(6) and
501(c)(7) of the federal internal rev-
41 enue code of 1954
1986, as amended, or determined to be organized and
42 operated as a bona fide nonprofit
charitable organization by the secretary
43 of revenue.
4
1
(g) (o) ``Nonprofit fraternal
organization'' means any organization
2 within this state which exists for
the common benefit, brotherhood, or
3 other interests of its members and is
authorized by its written constitu-
4 tion, charter, articles of
incorporation or bylaws to engage in a fraternal,
5 civic or service purpose within this
state and has been determined by the
6 secretary of revenue
to be organized and operated as a bona fide fraternal
7 organization and which has been
exempted from the payment of federal
8 income taxes as provided by section
501(c)(8) or section 501(c)(10) of the
9 federal internal revenue code of
1954 1986, as amended, or determined
10 to be organized and operated as a bona fide
nonprofit fraternal organi-
11 zation by the secretary of
revenue.
12 (h)
(p) ``Nonprofit educational organization'' means any
public or pri-
13 vate elementary or secondary school or
institution of higher education
14 which has been determined by the secretary
of revenue to be organized
15 and operated as a bona fide educational
organization and which has been
16 exempted from the payment of federal income
taxes as provided by sec-
17 tion 501(c)(3) of the federal internal
revenue code of 1954 1986, as
18 amended, or determined to be organized and
operated as a bona fide
19 nonprofit educational organization by the
secretary of revenue.
20 (i)
(q) ``Nonprofit veterans' organization'' means any
organization
21 within this state or any branch, lodge, or
chapter of a national or state
22 organization within this state, the
membership of which consists exclu-
23 sively of individuals who qualify for
membership because they were or
24 are members of the armed services or forces
of the United States, or an
25 auxiliary unit or society of such a
nonprofit veterans' organization the
26 membership of which consists exclusively of
individuals who were or are
27 members of the armed services or forces of
the United States, or are
28 cadets, or are spouses, widows or widowers
of individuals who were or
29 are members of the armed services or forces
of the United States, and of
30 which no part of the net earnings inures to
the benefit of any private
31 shareholder or individual member of such
organization, and has been
32 determined by the secretary of
revenue to be organized and operated as
33 a bona fide veterans' organization and
which has been exempted from
34 the payment of federal income taxes as
provided by section 501(c)(4) or
35 501(c)(19) of the federal internal revenue
code of 1954 1986, as amended,
36 or determined to be organized and operated
as a bona fide nonprofit
37 veterans' organization by the secretary
of revenue.
38
(j) ``Lessor'' means the owner, coowner, lessor or
sublessor of prem-
39 ises upon which a licensee is
permitted to manage, operate or conduct
40 games of bingo, whether or not a
written lease has been entered into and
41 submitted to the secretary of
revenue as required in subsection (c) of
42 K.S.A.
79-4703, and amendments
thereto, and includes all political sub-
43 divisions and other public
agencies.
5
1
(r) ``Operator'' means any licensee, Native American Indian
tribe or
2 other person or entity which
manages, operates or conducts games of
3 bingo.
4
(s) ``Person'' means any natural person, corporation,
partnership,
5 trust or association.
6
(k) (t) ``Premises'' means any room,
hall, building, enclosure or out-
7 door area used for the management,
operation or conduct of a game of
8 bingo by a licensee.
9
(u) ``Progressive bingo game'' means a game of call bingo
in which
10 either the established prize amount or
number of bingo balls or objects
11 called, or both, may be increased from
one session to the next scheduled
12 session if no player completes the
required pattern within the specified
13 number of bingo balls or objects drawn.
The player's opportunity to win
14 shall increase as the prize amount
increases.
15 (v) ``Regular
game of bingo'' means any game of bingo which is subject
16 to the 25 game limit, $50 prize limit
and the $1 charge limit imposed
17 under subsections (g), (h) and (j) of
K.S.A. 79-4706, and amendments
18 thereto.
19
(w) ``Secretary'' means the secretary of revenue or the
secretary's
20 designee.
21
(x) ``Session'' means a day on which a licensee conducts games
of
22 bingo.
23 Sec.
3. K.S.A. 79-4703 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
24 4703. (a) Any bona fide nonprofit
religious, charitable, fraternal, educa-
25 tional or veterans' organization desiring
to manage, operate or conduct
26 games of bingo within the state of Kansas
may make application for a
27 license therefor in the manner provided
under this section. Application
28 for licenses required under the provisions
of this act shall be made to the
29 secretary of revenue upon
forms prepared by the secretary of revenue or
30 the secretary's designee
and prescribed by the secretary. The
application
31 shall contain:
32 (1) The name and
address of the organization applicant;
33 (2) the
particular place or location for which a license is desired;
34 (3) a sworn
statement verifying that such organization
applicant is a
35 bona fide nonprofit religious, charitable,
fraternal, educational or veter-
36 ans' organization authorized to operate
within the state of Kansas signed
37 by the presiding officer and secretary of
the organization; and
38 (4) such other
information as may be required by the secretary
of
39 revenue.
40 (b) No bingo
license shall be issued to any bona fide nonprofit relig-
41 ious, charitable, fraternal, educational or
veterans' organization if any of
42 its officers, directors or officials or
persons employed on the premises:
43 (1) Has been
convicted of, has pleaded guilty to or pleaded nolo con-
6
1 tendere to a violation of
gambling laws of any state or the gambling laws
2 of the United States, or shall have
forfeited bond to appear in court to
3 answer charges for any such
violation, or has been convicted or pleaded
4 guilty or pleaded nolo
contendere to the violation of any law of this or any
5 other state which is classed as a
felony under the laws of such state;
6 (2) at the
time of application for renewal of a bingo license issued
7 hereunder would not be eligible for
such license upon a first application.
8 (c) An
application for a license required under the provisions of this
9 act shall be accompanied by a fee of
$25 and if such organization applicant
10 is to conduct bingo on any leased premises,
the terms of the lease shall
11 be reduced to writing and a copy of the
lease shall be submitted to the
12 secretary of revenue. The
secretary of revenue shall have the power and
13 authority to approve or disapprove any
lease submitted. No lease, which
14 has been approved by the secretary
of revenue, shall be amended, mod-
15 ified or renewed in any manner until such
amendments, modifications or
16 renewals of such lease have been approved
by and are on file with the
17 secretary of revenue. No
lease submitted to the secretary of revenue
shall
18 be approved unless:
19 (1) The rental
cost of the premises itself is fair and reasonable
and,
20 in no event, shall.
The rent charged for any session of bingo shall not
21 exceed 50% of the net proceeds for the
session after payment of prizes
22 and taxes or the fair and
reasonable rental value determined by the sec-
23 retary of revenue,
whichever is less. The rental costs so charged shall be
24 substantiated to the secretary of
revenue under rules and regulations
25 adopted by the secretary.
26 (2) Any costs
additional to the costs under paragraph (1) of this sub-
27 section (c) which are to be borne by the
lessee shall reflect the actual
28 costs incurred by the lessor and
shall first shall be substantiated to
the
29 secretary of revenue
under rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.
30 (3) No costs
shall be borne by the lessee unless such costs are enu-
31 merated in the lease submitted to the
secretary of revenue.
32 (d) Each
license issued shall expire at midnight on June 30 following
33 its date of issuance. A licensee may hold
only one license and that license
34 is valid for only one location. However,
any licensee may operate or con-
35 duct games of bingo, not to exceed five
days in any one year, at locations
36 other than that specified in the license
and. If any licensee does operate
37 or conduct games of bingo under this
provision at a location other than
38 that specified in the license, such
licensee shall submit a written notifi-
39 cation to the secretary of
revenue, at least three days prior to operating
40 or conducting bingo at the change
of such other location. No
organization
41 shall be issued a license to
operate or conduct games of bingo at any
42 location outside the county within
which such organization is located as
43 reported in its application for
licensure pursuant to subsection (a), nor
7
1 shall any licensee shall
operate or conduct games of bingo at any location
2 outside the county within
which such licensee is located. Licenses issued
3 under the provisions of this act
shall not be transferred or assignable. If
4 any organization licensed to
play bingo licensee changes any of its
officers,
5 directors or officials during the
term of its bingo license, such organization
6 licensee shall report the
names and addresses of such individuals to the
7 secretary of revenue
immediately with the sworn statement of each such
8 individual as required by this
section on forms furnished prescribed
by
9 the secretary of
revenue. No organization licensee
which denies its mem-
10 bership to persons for the reason of their
race, color or physical handicap,
11 shall be granted or allowed to retain a
license issued under the authority
12 of this act. Except for nonprofit adult
care homes licensed under the laws
13 of the state of Kansas, no license shall be
issued to any organization person
14 under the provisions of this act which has
not been in existence contin-
15 uously within the state of Kansas for a
period of 18 months immediately
16 preceding the date of making application
for a license. The licensee shall
17 display the license in a prominent place in
the vicinity of the area where
18 it is to conduct bingo.
19 (d)
(e) No lessor of premises used for the management,
operation or
20 conduct of any games of bingo shall permit
the management, operation
21 or conduct of bingo games on such premises
unless and until such lessor
22 has made application for
and has been issued a registration certificate by
23 the secretary of revenue.
Application for registration shall be accompa-
24 nied by a fee in the
amount of $100 and. Such
application shall be made
25 upon forms prescribed by the secretary and
shall be submitted to the
26 secretary. The application shall
contain:
27 (1) The name or
names of the lessor of premises which will be used
28 for the management, operation or conduct of
any games of bingo includ-
29 ing, in the case of a corporation,
partnership, association, trust or other
30 entity, the names of all individuals having
more than a 10% ownership
31 interest, either directly or indirectly in
such entity;
32 (2) the address
of such premises;
33 (3) the name or
names of any and all organizations
licensees which
34 will manage, operate or conduct any games
of bingo on such premises
35 during the period for which the
registration certificate is valid;
36 (4) such other
information as may be required by the secretary.
37 (e)
(f) Each registration certificate, or renewal thereof,
issued under
38 the provisions of subsection
(d) (e) shall expire at midnight on June
30
39 following its date of issuance. The
certificate of registration shall be valid
40 for only one premises and shall be
prominently displayed in a prominent
41 place in the registered
premises.
42 (f) The
secretary of revenue shall not issue a (g) No
registration
43 certificate shall be issued for any
premises if any individual who is con-
8
1 nected in any way, directly or
indirectly, with the owner or lessor of the
2 premises has, within
five years prior to registration, has been convicted
3 of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to any felony or illegal gambling
4 activity or purchased a tax stamp for
wagering or gambling activity.
5 Sec.
4. K.S.A. 79-4704 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
6 4704. For the purpose of providing
revenue which may be used by the
7 state, counties and
cities and for the privilege of operating or
conducting
8 games of bingo under the authority of
this act:
9 (a) There
is hereby levied and there shall be collected and paid
by
10 each licensee remitted
by the operator a tax at the rate of 3% upon the
11 gross receipts received by the
licensee operator from charges for
partic-
12 ipation in call bingo games using bingo
cards and any admission fees or
13 charges in connection
therewith. The legal incidence of the tax under
this
14 subsection is hereby imposed upon the
players of games of bingo. The tax
15 imposed under this subsection shall be
paid by the player to the operator
16 of games of bingo. The operator shall
collect from the player the full
17 amount of the tax and remit the same to
the director. The tax imposed by
18 this section
subsection shall be in addition to the license fee
imposed
19 under K.S.A. 79-4703, and amendments
thereto. The provisions of this
20 subsection shall expire on July 1,
2003.
21 (b) There is
hereby levied and there shall be collected and remitted
22 by each distributor a tax at a rate of
$0.0035 upon each bingo face sold
23 or distributed by the distributor to
operators conducting call bingo games
24 within the state of Kansas. The legal
incidence of the tax under this sub-
25 section is hereby imposed upon the
players of games of bingo. Such tax
26 shall be pre-collected by the
distributor from the players. The tax imposed
27 under this subsection shall be paid by
the player to the operator of games
28 of bingo. The operator shall collect
from the player the full amount of the
29 tax imposed and remit the same to the
distributor. The distributor shall
30 collect from the operator the full
amount of the tax imposed and remit the
31 same to the director.
32 (b)
(c) There is hereby levied and there shall be collected
and paid
33 remitted by each bingo
card distributor a tax at a rate of 1% upon the
34 total of the printed retail sales price of
all tickets in each box of instant
35 bingo tickets sold or distributed by
the distributor to each licensee con-
36 ducting instant bingo
games within the state of Kansas. The bingo
card
37 distributor shall include the tax
due under this subsection in the sales
38 price of each box paid by the
licensee and such tax shall be itemized
39 separately on the invoice provided
to the licensee The legal incidence of
40 the tax under this subsection is hereby
imposed upon the players of games
41 of bingo. Such tax shall be
pre-collected by the distributor from the play-
42 ers. The tax imposed under this
subsection shall be paid by the player to
43 the operator of games of bingo. The
operator shall collect from the player
9
1 the full amount of the tax imposed
and remit the same to the distributor.
2 The distributor shall collect from
the operator the full amount of the tax
3 imposed and remit the same to the
director.
4
(c) (d) Whenever, in the judgment of
the secretary of revenue, it is
5 necessary, in order to secure the
collection of the tax due under subsec-
6 tion (b) this
section, the secretary shall require any bingo
card distributor
7 subject to
required to remit such tax to file a bond with the director
of
8 taxation under
conditions established by and in such form and amount as
9 prescribed by rules and regulations
adopted by the secretary.
10 Sec.
5. K.S.A. 79-4705 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
11 4705. (a) On dates prescribed by the
director of taxation, every
licensee
12 operating or conducting a game of
bingo operator shall make a return to
13 the director of taxation
upon forms prescribed by the director
stating.
14 Such form shall contain:
15 (1) The
name and address of the organization,
operator;
16 (2) the
amount of the gross receipts received from charges for
ad-
17 mission or participation
in such game games using bingo cards during
the
18 preceding reporting
period,;
19 (3) the number
of bingo faces and the name of the distributor from
20 whom such faces were purchased or
otherwise obtained during the pre-
21 ceding reporting period;
22 (4) the amount
of the gross receipts received from charges for admis-
23 sion to the premises for participation
in games of bingo during the pre-
24 ceding reporting period;
25 (5) the
number of each denomination of instant bingo tickets sold
26 during the preceding reporting period
and; and
27 (6) such
other information as the director may deem necessary.
The
28 licensee making the return
shall,
29 (b) At the
time of making such return, pay licensees
conducting call
30 bingo games using bingo cards shall
remit to the director of taxation the
31 amount of the tax then due under
subsection (a) of K.S.A. 79-4704, and
32 amendments thereto. The director may extend
the time for making re-
33 turns and the
payment of such taxes for a period not exceeding 60 days
34 under rules and regulations adopted by the
secretary of revenue.
35 (b)
(c) On dates prescribed by the director of
taxation, every bingo
36 card distributor shall
make a return to the director of taxation upon
forms
37 prescribed by the director,
listing. Such form shall state:
38 (1) the
number of instant bingo tickets sold or distributed to
each
39 licensee,
operator;
40 (2) the
amount of the retail sales price of such
tickets,;
41 (3) the number
of bingo cards sold or distributed to each operator;
42 (4) the
number of disposable paper call bingo faces sold
or distributed
43 to each licensee
operator; and
10
1
(5) and such other information as the director may deem
necessary.
2 The distributor making the
return shall, pay At the time of making such
3 return, the distributor shall
remit to the director of taxation the
an amount
4 equal to 98% of tax
then due on the instant bingo tickets under
K.S.A.
5 79-4704 due under
subsection (b) of K.S.A. 79-4704, and amendments
6 thereto.
7
(c) (d) If any licensee or
bingo card operator or distributor fails to
8 make a return, or to
pay or remit any tax, when required to do so by
the
9 provisions of this act, except in the
case of an extension of time granted
10 by the director of
taxation, there shall be added to the tax determined
to
11 be due a penalty of 25% of the amount of
such tax, together with interest
12 at the rate per month prescribed by
subsection (a) of K.S.A. 79-2968, and
13 amendments thereto, from the date
the tax was due until paid.
14 (d)
(e) If any tax determined and assessed by the director
of taxation
15 is unpaid is not
remitted due to fraud with intent to evade the tax imposed
16 by this act, there shall be added thereto a
penalty of fifty percent 50% of
17 the amount of such tax, together with
interest at the rate per month
18 prescribed by subsection (a) of K.S.A.
79-2968, and amendments thereto,
19 from the date the tax was due until
paid.
20 (e)
(f) Whenever, in the judgment of the director
of taxation, the
21 failure of any licensee or bingo
card operator or distributor to comply
22 with the provisions of subsection (a)
or (b), (b) or (c) was due to reason-
23 able cause, the director of
taxation may, in the director's discretion, may
24 waive or reduce any of the penalties or
interest imposed by this section,
25 upon making a record of the reason
therefor.
26 (f)
(g) The penalties imposed under this section shall be
in addition
27 to , and in no way shall abridge,
supersede, or contravene, all other pen-
28 alties imposed by this act for
violation of the provisions of this act law.
29 Sec.
6. K.S.A. 79-4705a is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
30 4705a. (a) For the purpose of ascertaining
the correctness of any return
31 or for the purpose of determining the
receipts and payments of any li-
32 censee remittances of
any operator or distributor, the secretary of
reve-
33 nue shall have power to examine, or
cause to be examined by any agent
34 or representative designated by the
secretary for that purpose, may ex-
35 amine any books, papers, records or
memoranda, bearing upon the mat-
36 ters required to be included in the records
of the licensee operator or
37 distributor,
and. The secretary may require the attendance of
the licensee
38 operator or distributor in the
county where the licensee operator or
dis-
39 tributor resides, or where the
location or of the registered premises
for
40 bingo games are located, or of any person
having knowledge relating to
41 such records, and may take testimony and
require proof of such person
42 or persons.
43 (b) The secretary
of revenue may issue subpoenas to compel
access
11
1 to or for the production of such
books, papers, records or memoranda in
2 the custody of or to which the
licensee operator or distributor has
access,
3 or to compel the appearance of such
persons, and. The secretary may
4 issue interrogatories to any such
person to the same extent and subject
5 to the same limitations as would
apply if the subpoena or interrogatories
6 were issued or served in aid of a
civil action in the district court. The
7 secretary or an agent or
representative designated by the secretary for
8 that purpose may
administer oaths and take depositions to the same ex-
9 tent and subject to the same
limitations as would apply if the deposition
10 was in aid of a civil action in the
district court. In case of the refusal of
11 any person to comply with any subpoena or
interrogatory or to testify to
12 any matter regarding which such person
lawfully may be lawfully ques-
13 tioned, the district court of any county
may, upon application of the sec-
14 retary, may order such person to
comply with such subpoena or inter-
15 rogatory or to testify. Failure to obey the
court's order may be punished
16 by the court as contempt. Subpoenas or
interrogatories issued under the
17 provisions of this section may be served
upon individuals and corporations
18 in the manner provided in K.S.A.
60-304, and amendments thereto, for
19 the service of process by any officer
authorized to serve subpoenas in civil
20 actions or by the secretary of
revenue or an agent or representative des-
21 ignated by the
secretary.
22 Sec.
7. K.S.A. 79-4706 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
23 4706. Games of bingo managed,
operated or conducted by organizations
24 licensed under the provisions of
this act shall be managed, operated
or
25 conducted subject to
and conducted in accordance with the provisions of
26 this act and rules and regulations
adopted by the secretary of revenue
27 and the following restrictions:
28 (a) The entire
gross receipts received by any such organization
li-
29 censee from the operation or conduct
of games of bingo, except that
30 portion utilized for the payment of the
cost of prizes and license fees and
31 taxes on games of bingo
cards imposed under the provisions of this
act,
32 shall be used exclusively for the lawful
purposes of the organization per-
33 mitted to conduct that
game licensee.
34 (b) No
person except Games of bingo managed, conducted or
oper-
35 ated by a licensee, shall be managed,
conducted or operated only by a
36 bona fide member or spouse of a bona fide
member of the sponsoring
37 organization
licensee or parent organization or an auxiliary unit or
society
38 of such sponsoring organization may
participate in the management, con-
39 duct or operation of any game of
bingo licensee.
40 (c) No lessor,
any employee of any such lessor
or any employee, of-
41 ficer or shareholder of a for profit
corporation which is the lessor, shall
42 play any game of bingo or participate in
any drawing on premises leased
43 by any such lessor or
shall nor shall such person be responsible for
or
12
1 assist in the management, operation
or conduct of any game of bingo or
2 drawing on such premises.
3 (d) No
person may participate in the management, conduct or op-
4 eration of bingo games managed,
conducted or operated by a licensee if
5 such person, within five years prior
to such participation, has been con-
6 victed of or pleaded guilty or
nolo contendere to any felony or illegal
7 gambling activity or purchased a tax
stamp for wagering or gambling
8 activity.
9 (e) No
person may receive any remuneration or profit for participat-
10 ing in the management, conduct or operation
of any game of bingo man-
11 aged, conducted or operated by a
licensee.
12 (f) The aggregate
value of all prizes including the retail value of all
13 merchandise awarded or offered by
any such organization on any single
14 day a licensee in a
single session to winners of games of call regular
and
15 special bingo shall not exceed
$1,200, and. The value of a prize
awarded
16 in a progressive or mini call bingo game
shall not be included when de-
17 termining the limit imposed by this
subsection. Any monetary prize
18 awarded in cash of $100
of $500 or more awarded in games of bingo shall
19 be paid by a check drawn on the bingo trust
bank account of the licensee.
20 (g) The total
number of regular, special and progressive call bingo
21 games managed, operated or conducted by any
licensee in any one day
22 session shall not exceed 25 and not
more than five of such games shall be
23 jackpot or special games
and. Not more than one licensee may
conduct
24 bingo games at a given location or
registered premises in any one calendar
25 day session.
26 (h) The prize
awarded by a licensee in any one regular call bingo game
27 shall not exceed $50 in cash or its
equivalent and such. The prize in any
28 one jackpot or special
call bingo game shall not exceed $500 in cash
or
29 its equivalent.
30 (i) The retail
value of any merchandise received by a winner of a
31 bingo game shall be considered as the cash
value for the purposes of
32 determining the value of the prize.
33 (j) The charge
made imposed by a licensee for a
single reusable bingo
34 card or equivalent number of
disposable paper cards bingo faces to
play
35 in call bingo games in any one
session, other than jackpot or special
games,
36 shall not exceed $1
and. Such reusable
bingo card or equivalent number
37 of disposable paper cards
bingo faces shall be valid for all such regular
38 call bingo games conducted or operated by
the licensee on a particular
39 day in any one
session. The charge made imposed by a
licensee for a
40 single reusable
bingo card or disposable paper card
bingo face to play in
41 any single jackpot or
special game shall not exceed $1. Paper game
pro-
42 gram booklets with multiple bingo
cards printed on the pages thereof are
43 permitted so long as the charge
made for a regular game program booklet
13
1 does not exceed $1, except
that the charge for such game program booklet
2 may be increased by an amount
not exceeding $1 for each single jackpot
3 or special game in the game
program booklet. The charge made
imposed
4 by a licensee for a single
instant bingo ticket shall not exceed $1.
5 (k) Games
of bingo shall not be managed, operated or conducted by
6 any licensee on more than two
calendar days in any one week.
7 (l) All
licenses issued under the provisions of this act shall be
issued
8 in the name of the organization
licensed.
9 (m) Each
licensee operator shall keep a record of
all bingo games of
10 bingo managed, operated or conducted
by it for a period of three years
11 following the date the game is managed,
operated or conducted.
12 (n) No person
under the age of 18 years shall participate in the man-
13 agement, operation or conduct of any game
of bingo managed, operated
14 or conducted by a licensee under the
provisions of this act and no licensee
15 shall sell any instant bingo ticket to a
person under the age of 18 years.
16 (o) A lessor of
premises used for the management, operation or con-
17 duct of games of bingo or a licensee
may not advertise games of bingo
18 games except to the extent
and in the manner prescribed by the rules
19 and regulations adopted by the secretary
of revenue, and. Any advertise-
20 ment of any bingo game
of bingo by or on behalf of such lessor or licensee
21 shall specify the organization which is
managing, operating or conducting
22 the bingo such
game. For the purposes of this act and rules and
regula-
23 tions of the secretary of
revenue, The announcement of the cancellation
24 of a game of bingo shall not be considered
to be an advertisement.
25 (p) No
lessor of premises used for the management, operation
or
26 conduct of any games of bingo or
any licensee shall offer an opportunity
27 to participate in a game of chance,
drawing, contest, door prize, game,
28 test of skill, lottery or any
similar activity as an inducement to participate
29 in games of bingo nor as a bingo
prize or preliminary to the awarding of
30 a bingo prize.
31 (p)
(1) Except for games of bingo and as provided by paragraph
(2)
32 of this subsection, no game of chance or
contest in which a prize is
33 awarded shall be conducted on any
premises if the intent of such game of
34 chance or contest is to induce
participation in such games of bingo.
35 (2) One
drawing during a session may be conducted by the licensee
36 or the lessor of the premises. The prize
awarded in any such drawing shall
37 not exceed $25. There shall be no charge
for participation in such drawing.
38 Any person present at the bingo session
shall be permitted to participate
39 in such drawing whether or not such
person has purchased anything of
40 value.
41 (q) No licensee
shall manage, operate or conduct bingo on any leased
42 premises or with leased equipment unless
all of the terms and conditions
43 of rental or use, including the rental of
chairs, bingo equipment, tables,
14
1 security guards, janitor service or
any other services, are set forth in a
2 lease submitted, approved and on file
with the secretary of revenue.
3 (r) No
premises shall be used for the management, operation or con-
4 duct of bingo games
of bingo by a licensee on more than three calendar
5 days in any one week.
6 (s) No
premises shall be subdivided to provide multiple premises
7 where games of bingo are managed,
operated or conducted by a licensee,
8 whether or not the multiple premises
have different addresses.
9 (t) No game
of bingo shall be managed, operated or conducted on
10 leased premises by a licensee if at
any time during the immediately pre-
11 ceding 44 hours the premises, or any leased
premises within 1,000 feet
12 of them, have been used for the management,
operation or conduct of a
13 game of bingo.
14 (u) Every
licensee who has gross receipts of $1,000 or more received
15 from participation in games, admission fees
or charges and from any other
16 source directly related to the operation or
conduct of any bingo games of
17 bingo in any calendar month shall
maintain a bingo trust bank account
18 into which all such receipts are deposited
daily and from which all pay-
19 ments are made relating to the management,
operation or conduct of any
20 bingo games of
bingo, except payment of prizes of less than
$100 $500.
21 Having once established such bingo trust
bank account, the licensee shall
22 continue to make deposits of all receipts
therein. Every licensee shall
23 notify the secretary of
revenue of the name of the bank in which the
24 bingo trust bank account is maintained,
together with the number and
25 name of the account. Every licensee who
maintains a bingo trust bank
26 account shall maintain a complete record of
all deposits and withdrawals
27 from such bank account and the same shall
be available to the secretary
28 of revenue or the secretary's
agents or investigators to audit at any rea-
29 sonable time.
30
(v) The records required under this
subsection (u) are in addition to
31 all other records required to be kept by
the licensee by statute or rules
32 and regulations. The
records required by this subsection (u)
shall be
33 maintained in the same place as all other
records required to be kept by
34 the licensee.
35 (w)
(v) No instant bingo ticket shall be sold and no
mini bingo game
36 shall be conducted by a licensee
more than one and one-half hour prior
37 to the start of the first regular or
special game of call bingo for the day
38 of a session or after the
termination of the last game of call bingo operated
39 or conducted by the licensee for such
calendar day session.
40 (x)
(w) No licensee operator shall
purchase disposable paper call
41 bingo cards or obtain
bingo faces or instant bingo tickets from any person
42 or entity other than a bingo
card distributor registered by the
secretary
43 of revenue as provided in this
act pursuant to K.S.A. 79-4712a, and
15
1 amendments thereto.
2
(y) (x) All instant bingo tickets sold
or distributed to licensees oper-
3 ators shall bear on the face
thereof a unique serial number which shall
4 not be repeated on the same
manufacturer's form number less than every
5 three years. All instant bingo
tickets shall be sold or distributed in boxes,
6 and. Each box
shall be sealed by the manufacturer with a seal which
7 includes a warning to the purchaser
that the box may have been tampered
8 with if the box was received by the
purchaser with the seal broken. Each
9 box of instant bingo tickets shall
contain tickets printed in such a manner
10 as to insure that at least 60% of the gross
revenues generated by the
11 ultimate sale of all tickets from such box
shall be returned to the final
12 purchasers of such tickets. No box of
instant bingo tickets may be opened
13 by a licensee unless all tickets contained
in a previously opened box with
14 the same form number have been sold.
15 (z)
(y) Each box of instant bingo tickets sold or
distributed to licens-
16 ees operators shall
be accompanied by a flare which contains the following
17 information: (1) The name of the game; (2)
the manufacturer's name or
18 logo; (3) the game form number; (4) the
ticket count in the game; (5) the
19 prize structure for the game, which
includes the number of winning tick-
20 ets by denomination and their respective
winning symbol or number com-
21 binations; (6) the cost per ticket; (7) the
game serial number; (8) the
22 winning numbers or symbols for the top
three winning tiers set out in
23 such a manner that each prize may be marked
off as the prize is won and
24 awarded; (9) the business name of the
bingo card distributor; and (10) if
25 sold or distributed to a licensee under
the bingo act, the Kansas bingo
26 license number of the licensee to which the
game is sold or distributed.
27 (z)
(1) No progressive bingo game may exceed 20 consecutive
sessions
28 conducted by a licensee prior to the
awarding of the established prize.
29 (2) No more
than two progressive bingo games may be conducted in
30 any one session.
31 (3) A prize
for a progressive game may start at an amount not to
32 exceed $250 and may be increased by no
more than $100 for each session
33 during which the progressive game is
continued. The prize awarded to
34 the winner of a progressive bingo game
shall not exceed $1,000.
35 (4) If the
progressive bingo game prize is not awarded at a bingo
36 session, the progressive bingo game
shall be continued at a future occasion
37 until such time a winner is determined.
The winning prize shall be the
38 full amount. If there is no winner of a
progressive game of bingo, a stated
39 consolation prize may be awarded. Any
consolation prize shall be less
40 than the value of the progressive bingo
game prize amount and shall not
41 exceed $250.
42 (5) All
progressive bingo games and rules for such games shall be
43 described fully and posted in the house
rules prior to the start of the
16
1 session. Such games shall comply
with requirements imposed under the
2 bingo act and any rules and
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
3 (6) When
a person achieves the first preannounced winning combi-
4 nation, the game shall be
completed and the next progressive bingo game
5 and winning combination shall be
commenced with a new bingo card or
6 face and all objects or balls in
the receptacle.
7 (7) The
rules for a progressive bingo game shall remain in effect
until
8 the game ends and the winner is
determined.
9
(8) Progressive bingo games may not be conducted in
conjunction
10 with a session of bingo conducted at a
location other than that specified
11 in the license as authorized by
subsection (c) of 79-4703, and amendments
12 thereto.
13 (9) A licensee
shall not cease bingo operations unless all progressive
14 bingo games are completed and prizes are
awarded, unless prior approval
15 has been received from the
secretary.
16 (aa) Except as
specifically provided by the secretary in rules and reg-
17 ulations, the distribution, sale or use
of bingo cards is prohibited from
18 and after July 1, 2003. Thereafter only
bingo faces shall be distributed,
19 sold or used in call bingo games
operated and conducted by operators.
20 (bb) The total
number of mini games of bingo managed, operated or
21 conducted by a licensee during a session
shall not exceed 20 games.
22 New Sec.
8. The secretary shall require, pursuant to rules and reg-
23 ulations, identification of each sheet of
bingo faces in order to insure
24 compliance with the provisions of this act.
Each package of bingo faces
25 sold or distributed to operators shall be
accompanied by a printed state-
26 ment which contains the following
information:
27 (a) The number of
bingo faces contained in the package;
28 (b) the amount
paid by the operator for each package, including the
29 tax paid;
30
(c) identification of the manufacturer;
31 (d) the business
name of the distributor;
32 (e) the Kansas
bingo license number of the licensee to which the
33 package is sold, if sold or distributed to
a licensee; and
34 (f) any other
information required by the secretary.
35 Sec.
9. K.S.A. 79-4707 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
36 4707. (a) The secretary of
revenue, after a hearing in accordance with the
37 provisions of the Kansas administrative
procedure act, may revoke or
38 suspend any license or registration
certificate issued under the provisions
39 of this act for any one of
the following reasons:
40 (1) The licensee
or registrant has fraudulently obtained the
license
41 or registration certificate by giving false
information in the application
42 therefor;
43 (2) the licensee
or registrant has violated any of the laws of the state
17
1 of Kansas or provisions of this act
or any rules and regulations of the
2 secretary of
revenue for the registration, licensing, taxing,
management,
3 adopted pursuant thereto for the
registration, licensing, taxing, manage-
4 ment, conduct or operation of
games of bingo; or
5 (3) the
licensee or registrant has become ineligible to obtain a
license
6 under this act.
7 (b) Any
action of the secretary pursuant to subsection (a) is subject
8 to review in accordance with the act
for judicial review and civil enforce-
9 ment of agency actions. In case of
the revocation of the license of any
10 licensee or the registration of any
registrant, no new license or registration
11 shall be issued to such lessor, sublessor
or organization, or any person
12 acting for or on its behalf, for a period
of six months thereafter. No rev-
13 ocation or suspension of a license or
registration certificate shall be for a
14 period in excess of one year if the
applicant is otherwise is qualified on
15 the date the applicant makes a new
application therefor.
16 (c) The secretary
of revenue, or the secretary's designee, is
hereby
17 authorized to enjoin any person from
managing, operating or conducting
18 any games of bingo, or from leasing any
premises for such purposes, if
19 such person does not possess a valid
license or registration certificate
20 issued pursuant to the provisions of the
acts contained in article 47 of
21 chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated and amendments thereto,
22 and bingo act. The
secretary, or the secretary's designee, shall be
entitled
23 to have an order restraining such person
from managing, operating or
24 conducting any games of bingo or for any
other purpose contrary to the
25 provisions of the acts contained in
article 47 of chapter 79 of the Kansas
26 Statutes Annotated and amendments
thereto, bingo act or from leasing
27 premises for any of such purposes,
and. No bond shall be required for
28 any such restraining order, nor for any
temporary or permanent injunc-
29 tion issued in such proceedings.
30 (d) The
provisions of this section shall not apply to games of
bingo
31 managed, operated or conducted by a
Native American Indian tribe.
32 Sec.
10. K.S.A. 79-4708 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
33 4708. The administration and
enforcement of this the bingo act shall
be
34 vested in the secretary of revenue
who. The secretary shall adopt and
35 enforce rules and regulations to
regulate, license, and tax the manage-
36 ment, operation and conduct of
games of bingo and participants therein
37 and to properly administer
and enforce the provisions of this the
bingo
38 act. Also, the secretary shall
adopt rules and regulations relating to the
39 leasing of premises for the
management, operation and conduct of games
40 of bingo.
41 Sec.
11. K.S.A. 79-4710 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
42 4710. (a) All amounts received by or for
the secretary of revenue from
43 license and registration fees pursuant to
this act shall be remitted to the
18
1 state treasurer
and. The state treasurer shall deposit all
of such moneys
2 in the state treasury
and,. Except as otherwise provided by
K.S.A. 79-
3 4711, and amendments thereto
for maintenance of the bingo refund fund,
4 the state treasurer shall
credit the same to the state bingo regulation
5 general fund.
6 (b) All
amounts received by or for the secretary of
revenue from the
7 tax levied pursuant to K.S.A.
79-4704, and amendments thereto, shall be
8 remitted to the state treasurer and
the state treasurer shall deposit all of
9 such moneys in the state
treasury.
10 There is
hereby created, in the state treasury, the state bingo
regulation
11 fund and the county and city bingo
tax fund. Subject to the maintenance
12 requirements of the bingo refund
fund under K.S.A. 79-4711 and amend-
13 ments thereto, 1/3 of each
deposit shall be credited to the state general
14 fund, 1/3 of each deposit to the
state bingo regulation fund and the re-
15 maining 1/3 of such deposit shall
be credited to the county and city bingo
16 tax fund. Moneys in the state bingo
regulation fund shall be expended for
17 the enforcement of the bingo
statutes in article 47 of chapter 79 of Kansas
18 Statutes Annotated and rules and
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
19 Such expenditures shall be made
upon vouchers approved by the secre-
20 tary of revenue or a person
designated by the secretary.
21 (c) All
moneys deposited in the county and city bingo tax fund
shall
22 be returned to the counties and
cities in which the locations and regis-
23 tered premises are located at a
time or times fixed by the secretary but
24 not less than once each year. If
the locations and registered premises are
25 located within the corporate limits
of a city, all taxes collected therefrom
26 shall be remitted to the city
treasurer of such city and credited to the city
27 general fund. If the locations and
registered premises are located within
28 the unincorporated area of any
county, all taxes collected therefrom shall
29 be remitted to the county treasurer
of such county and credited to the
30 county general fund. Moneys
distributed to cities and counties under this
31 section shall be used to assist in
the enforcement of the bingo laws of this
32 state.
33 (d) Except as
otherwise provided by this act, all operating expenses
34 of the secretary related to the
administration and enforcement of the bingo
35 act appropriated by the legislature
shall be paid from the state general
36 fund.
37 (e) Upon the
effective date of this act, the director of accounts and
38 reports shall transfer all moneys in the
county and city bingo tax fund
39 and the state bingo regulation fund to
the state general fund. Upon the
40 effective date of this act, all
liabilities of the county and city bingo tax
41 fund and the state bingo regulation fund
existing prior to the effective
42 date are hereby imposed on the state
general fund. The county and city
43 bingo tax fund and the state bingo
regulation fund are hereby abolished.
19
1 Sec.
12. K.S.A. 79-4711 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
2 4711. There is hereby created the
bingo refund fund in the state treasury.
3 The bingo refund fund shall be a
refund clearing fund and refunds of the
4 fees imposed under K.S.A.
79-4703, and amendments thereto, and of the
5 tax levied under K.S.A.
79-4704, and amendments thereto, shall be made
6 from this
such fund. The bingo refund fund shall be maintained by
the
7 secretary of revenue
from the license and registration fees received
under
8 this act and from the tax
collected under K.S.A. 79-4704 and amendments
9 thereto and taxes
collected under the bingo act in an amount sufficient
10 for such refunds not to exceed $10,000.
11 Sec.
13. K.S.A. 79-4712a is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
12 4712a. (a) No person or entity shall sell
or otherwise distribute any
dis-
13 posable paper call
bingo faces, bingo cards or instant bingo tickets to any
14 organization licensed under the
provisions of this act operator unless
and
15 until such person or
entity has made application for and has been
issued
16 a bingo card distributor
registration certificate by the secretary of
reve-
17 nue. Application for
registration shall be submitted to the secretary and
18 shall be accompanied by a fee in
the amount of $500 and shall be made
19 upon forms prescribed by the secretary.
20 (b) Each
bingo card distributor registration certificate
shall expire at
21 midnight on June 30 following its date of
issuance. Application for renewal
22 of a registration certificate shall be
submitted to the secretary and shall
23 be accompanied by a fee in
the amount of $500 and shall be made upon
24 forms prescribed by the
secretary.
25 (c) The secretary
of revenue shall establish by rule and
regulation
26 rules and regulations reasonable
criteria for approval of bingo card dis-
27 tributors applications
for registration. The secretary of revenue
shall re-
28 fuse to register a bingo
card distributor if any owner, manager or em-
29 ployee thereof has, within
five years prior to registration, has been
30 convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to any felony or illegal
31 gambling violation in this or any other
jurisdiction.
32 (d) All
bingo card distributors shall maintain for a
period of not less
33 than three years full and complete records
of all disposable paper call
34 bingo cards, bingo faces and instant
bingo tickets sold to licensees within
35 this state or
distributed to operators. Such records shall be made
available
36 for inspection by any authorized
representative of the secretary of
37 revenue.
38 Sec.
14. K.S.A. 79-4713 is hereby amended to read as follows:
79-
39 4713. (a) In addition to or in lieu of any
other civil or criminal penalty
40 provided by law, the secretary of
revenue or the secretary's designee,
41 upon a finding that a licensee
under K.S.A. 79-4703 and amendments
42 thereto, a, lessor
or a bingo card distributor has violated any
provision of
43 K.S.A. 79-4701 through 79-4705,
79-4705a, 79-4706, 79-4707, 79-4708,
20
1 79-4710, 79-4711 or 79-4712,
and amendments thereto, or any provision
2 of the bingo act
or any rule and regulation of the secretary of
revenue
3 adopted pursuant thereto, shall
impose on such licensee, lessor or bingo
4 card distributor a
civil fine not exceeding $500 for each violation.
5 (b) No fine
shall be imposed pursuant to this section except upon the
6 written order of the secretary
of revenue or the secretary's designee to
7 the licensee, lessor or bingo
card distributor who committed the violation.
8 Such order shall state the violation,
the fine to be imposed and the right
9 of the licensee, lessor or
bingo card distributor to appeal the order.
Such
10 order shall be subject to appeal and review
in the manner provided by
11 the Kansas administrative
procedures procedure act.
12 (c) Any fine
collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the
13 state treasurer, who shall deposit the
entire amount in the state treasury
14 and credit it to the state bingo regulation
fund.
15 New Sec.
15. The department of revenue shall be subject to a per-
16 formance audit of the first year of
implementation and enforcement of
17 this act by the department. The scope of
such audit shall be determined
18 by the legislative post audit committee ad
shall include, but not be limited
19 to, the efficiency and effectiveness of the
department in implementing
20 and enforcing this act. The post auditor
may contract for the conduct of
21 such performance audit in accordance with
procedures established by the
22 legislative post audit act. The report of
the audit required by this section
23 shall be submitted to the legislative post
audit committee and to the
24 legislature no later than the first day of
the 2002 session. The furnishing
25 of audit services pursuant to this section
shall be a transaction between
26 the post auditor and the department of
revenue and shall be settled in
27 accordance with the provisions of K.S.A.
75-5515 and amendments
28 thereto.
29 New Sec.
16. If any provision of the bingo act or the application
30 thereof to any person or circumstances is
held unconstitutional or oth-
31 erwise invalid, such unconstitutionality or
invalidity shall not affect other
32 provisions or applications of the act which
can be given effect without
33 the unconstitutional or invalid provision
or application, and, to this end,
34 the provisions of this act are
severable.
35 Sec.
17. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3606 is hereby amended to read as
36 follows: 79-3606. The following shall be
exempt from the tax imposed by
37 this act:
38 (a) All sales of
motor-vehicle fuel or other articles upon which a sales
39 or excise tax has been paid, not subject to
refund, under the laws of this
40 state except cigarettes as defined by
K.S.A. 79-3301 and amendments
41 thereto, cereal malt beverages and malt
products as defined by K.S.A. 79-
42 3817 and amendments thereto, including
wort, liquid malt, malt syrup
43 and malt extract, which is not subject to
taxation under the provisions of
21
1 K.S.A. 79-41a02 and amendments
thereto, motor vehicles taxed pursuant
2 to K.S.A. 79-5117, and amendments
thereto, tires taxed pursuant to
3 K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-3424d, and
amendments thereto, and drycleaning
4 and laundry services taxed pursuant
to K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-34,150, and
5 amendments thereto;
6 (b) all
sales of tangible personal property or service, including the
7 renting and leasing of tangible
personal property, purchased directly by
8 the state of Kansas, a political
subdivision thereof, other than a school or
9 educational institution, or purchased
by a public or private nonprofit hos-
10 pital or public hospital authority or
nonprofit blood, tissue or organ bank
11 and used exclusively for state, political
subdivision, hospital or public hos-
12 pital authority or nonprofit blood, tissue
or organ bank purposes, except
13 when: (1) Such state, hospital or public
hospital authority is engaged or
14 proposes to engage in any business
specifically taxable under the provi-
15 sions of this act and such items of
tangible personal property or service
16 are used or proposed to be used in such
business, or (2) such political
17 subdivision is engaged or proposes to
engage in the business of furnishing
18 gas, water, electricity or heat to others
and such items of personal prop-
19 erty or service are used or proposed to be
used in such business;
20 (c) all sales of
tangible personal property or services, including the
21 renting and leasing of tangible personal
property, purchased directly by
22 a public or private elementary or secondary
school or public or private
23 nonprofit educational institution and used
primarily by such school or
24 institution for nonsectarian programs and
activities provided or sponsored
25 by such school or institution or in the
erection, repair or enlargement of
26 buildings to be used for such purposes. The
exemption herein provided
27 shall not apply to erection, construction,
repair, enlargement or equip-
28 ment of buildings used primarily for human
habitation;
29 (d) all sales of
tangible personal property or services purchased by a
30 contractor for the purpose of constructing,
equipping, reconstructing,
31 maintaining, repairing, enlarging,
furnishing or remodeling facilities for
32 any public or private nonprofit hospital or
public hospital authority, public
33 or private elementary or secondary school
or a public or private nonprofit
34 educational institution, which would be
exempt from taxation under the
35 provisions of this act if purchased
directly by such hospital or public hos-
36 pital authority, school or educational
institution; and all sales of tangible
37 personal property or services purchased by
a contractor for the purpose
38 of constructing, equipping, reconstructing,
maintaining, repairing, en-
39 larging, furnishing or remodeling
facilities for any political subdivision of
40 the state, the total cost of which is paid
from funds of such political
41 subdivision and which would be exempt from
taxation under the provi-
42 sions of this act if purchased directly by
such political subdivision. Nothing
43 in this subsection or in the provisions of
K.S.A. 12-3418 and amendments
22
1 thereto, shall be deemed to exempt
the purchase of any construction
2 machinery, equipment or tools used in
the constructing, equipping, re-
3 constructing, maintaining, repairing,
enlarging, furnishing or remodeling
4 facilities for any political
subdivision of the state. As used in this subsec-
5 tion, K.S.A. 12-3418 and 79-3640, and
amendments thereto, ``funds of a
6 political subdivision'' shall mean
general tax revenues, the proceeds of
7 any bonds and gifts or grants-in-aid.
Gifts shall not mean funds used for
8 the purpose of constructing,
equipping, reconstructing, repairing, enlarg-
9 ing, furnishing or remodeling
facilities which are to be leased to the do-
10 nor. When any political subdivision of the
state, public or private non-
11 profit hospital or public hospital
authority, public or private elementary
12 or secondary school or public or private
nonprofit educational institution
13 shall contract for the purpose of
constructing, equipping, reconstructing,
14 maintaining, repairing, enlarging,
furnishing or remodeling facilities, it
15 shall obtain from the state and furnish to
the contractor an exemption
16 certificate for the project involved, and
the contractor may purchase ma-
17 terials for incorporation in such project.
The contractor shall furnish the
18 number of such certificate to all suppliers
from whom such purchases are
19 made, and such suppliers shall execute
invoices covering the same bearing
20 the number of such certificate. Upon
completion of the project the con-
21 tractor shall furnish to the political
subdivision, hospital or public hospital
22 authority, school or educational
institution concerned a sworn statement,
23 on a form to be provided by the director of
taxation, that all purchases so
24 made were entitled to exemption under this
subsection. As an alternative
25 to the foregoing procedure, any such
contracting entity may apply to the
26 secretary of revenue for agent status for
the sole purpose of issuing and
27 furnishing project exemption certificates
to contractors pursuant to rules
28 and regulations adopted by the secretary
establishing conditions and stan-
29 dards for the granting and maintaining of
such status. All invoices shall
30 be held by the contractor for a period of
five years and shall be subject
31 to audit by the director of taxation. If
any materials purchased under such
32 a certificate are found not to have been
incorporated in the building or
33 other project or not to have been returned
for credit or the sales or
34 compensating tax otherwise imposed upon
such materials which will not
35 be so incorporated in the building or other
project reported and paid by
36 such contractor to the director of taxation
not later than the 20th day of
37 the month following the close of the month
in which it shall be deter-
38 mined that such materials will not be used
for the purpose for which such
39 certificate was issued, the political
subdivision, hospital or public hospital
40 authority, school or educational
institution concerned shall be liable for
41 tax on all materials purchased for the
project, and upon payment thereof
42 it may recover the same from the contractor
together with reasonable
43 attorney fees. Any contractor or any agent,
employee or subcontractor
23
1 thereof, who shall use or otherwise
dispose of any materials purchased
2 under such a certificate for any
purpose other than that for which such a
3 certificate is issued without the
payment of the sales or compensating tax
4 otherwise imposed upon such
materials, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
5 and, upon conviction therefor, shall
be subject to the penalties provided
6 for in subsection (g) of K.S.A.
79-3615, and amendments thereto;
7 (e) all
sales of tangible personal property or services purchased by a
8 contractor for the erection, repair
or enlargement of buildings or other
9 projects for the government of the
United States, its agencies or instru-
10 mentalities, which would be exempt from
taxation if purchased directly
11 by the government of the United States, its
agencies or instrumentalities.
12 When the government of the United States,
its agencies or instrumen-
13 talities shall contract for the erection,
repair, or enlargement of any build-
14 ing or other project, it shall obtain from
the state and furnish to the
15 contractor an exemption certificate for the
project involved, and the con-
16 tractor may purchase materials for
incorporation in such project. The
17 contractor shall furnish the number of such
certificates to all suppliers
18 from whom such purchases are made, and such
suppliers shall execute
19 invoices covering the same bearing the
number of such certificate. Upon
20 completion of the project the contractor
shall furnish to the government
21 of the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities concerned a sworn
22 statement, on a form to be provided by the
director of taxation, that all
23 purchases so made were entitled to
exemption under this subsection. As
24 an alternative to the foregoing procedure,
any such contracting entity may
25 apply to the secretary of revenue for agent
status for the sole purpose of
26 issuing and furnishing project exemption
certificates to contractors pur-
27 suant to rules and regulations adopted by
the secretary establishing con-
28 ditions and standards for the granting and
maintaining of such status. All
29 invoices shall be held by the contractor
for a period of five years and shall
30 be subject to audit by the director of
taxation. Any contractor or any agent,
31 employee or subcontractor thereof, who
shall use or otherwise dispose of
32 any materials purchased under such a
certificate for any purpose other
33 than that for which such a certificate is
issued without the payment of
34 the sales or compensating tax otherwise
imposed upon such materials,
35 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction therefor, shall be
36 subject to the penalties provided for in
subsection (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615
37 and amendments thereto;
38 (f) tangible
personal property purchased by a railroad or public utility
39 for consumption or movement directly and
immediately in interstate
40 commerce;
41 (g) sales of
aircraft including remanufactured and modified aircraft,
42 sales of aircraft repair, modification and
replacement parts and sales of
43 services employed in the remanufacture,
modification and repair of air-
24
1 craft sold to persons using directly
or through an authorized agent such
2 aircraft and aircraft repair,
modification and replacement parts as certified
3 or licensed carriers of persons or
property in interstate or foreign com-
4 merce under authority of the laws of
the United States or any foreign
5 government or sold to any foreign
government or agency or instrumen-
6 tality of such foreign government and
all sales of aircraft, aircraft parts,
7 replacement parts and services
employed in the remanufacture, modifi-
8 cation and repair of aircraft for use
outside of the United States;
9 (h) all
rentals of nonsectarian textbooks by public or private elemen-
10 tary or secondary schools;
11 (i) the lease or
rental of all films, records, tapes, or any type of sound
12 or picture transcriptions used by motion
picture exhibitors;
13 (j) meals served
without charge or food used in the preparation of
14 such meals to employees of any restaurant,
eating house, dining car, hotel,
15 drugstore or other place where meals or
drinks are regularly sold to the
16 public if such employees' duties are
related to the furnishing or sale of
17 such meals or drinks;
18 (k) any motor
vehicle, semitrailer or pole trailer, as such terms are
19 defined by K.S.A. 8-126 and amendments
thereto, or aircraft sold and
20 delivered in this state to a bona fide
resident of another state, which motor
21 vehicle, semitrailer, pole trailer or
aircraft is not to be registered or based
22 in this state and which vehicle,
semitrailer, pole trailer or aircraft will not
23 remain in this state more than 10 days;
24 (l) all isolated
or occasional sales of tangible personal property, serv-
25 ices, substances or things, except isolated
or occasional sale of motor
26 vehicles specifically taxed under the
provisions of subsection (o) of K.S.A.
27 79-3603 and amendments thereto;
28 (m) all sales of
tangible personal property which become an ingre-
29 dient or component part of tangible
personal property or services pro-
30 duced, manufactured or compounded for
ultimate sale at retail within or
31 without the state of Kansas; and any such
producer, manufacturer or
32 compounder may obtain from the director of
taxation and furnish to the
33 supplier an exemption certificate number
for tangible personal property
34 for use as an ingredient or component part
of the property or services
35 produced, manufactured or compounded;
36 (n) all sales of
tangible personal property which is consumed in the
37 production, manufacture, processing,
mining, drilling, refining or com-
38 pounding of tangible personal property, the
treating of by-products or
39 wastes derived from any such production
process, the providing of serv-
40 ices or the irrigation of crops for
ultimate sale at retail within or without
41 the state of Kansas; and any purchaser of
such property may obtain from
42 the director of taxation and furnish to the
supplier an exemption certifi-
43 cate number for tangible personal property
for consumption in such pro-
25
1 duction, manufacture, processing,
mining, drilling, refining, compound-
2 ing, treating, irrigation and in
providing such services;
3 (o) all
sales of animals, fowl and aquatic plants and animals, the pri-
4 mary purpose of which is use in
agriculture or aquaculture, as defined in
5 K.S.A. 47-1901, and amendments
thereto, the production of food for
6 human consumption, the production of
animal, dairy, poultry or aquatic
7 plant and animal products, fiber or
fur, or the production of offspring for
8 use for any such purpose or
purposes;
9 (p) all
sales of drugs, as defined by K.S.A. 65-1626 and amendments
10 thereto, dispensed pursuant to a
prescription order, as defined by K.S.A.
11 65-1626 and amendments thereto, by a
licensed practitioner or a mid-
12 level practitioner as defined by K.S.A.
65-1626, and amendments thereto;
13 (q) all sales of
insulin dispensed by a person licensed by the state
14 board of pharmacy to a person for treatment
of diabetes at the direction
15 of a person licensed to practice medicine
by the board of healing arts;
16 (r) all sales of
prosthetic and orthopedic appliances prescribed in
17 writing by a person licensed to practice
the healing arts, dentistry or
18 optometry. For the purposes of this
subsection, the term prosthetic and
19 orthopedic appliances means any apparatus,
instrument, device, or equip-
20 ment used to replace or substitute for any
missing part of the body; used
21 to alleviate the malfunction of any part of
the body; or used to assist any
22 disabled person in leading a normal life by
facilitating such person's mo-
23 bility; such term shall include accessories
attached or to be attached to
24 motor vehicles, but such term shall not
include motor vehicles or personal
25 property which when installed becomes a
fixture to real property;
26 (s) all sales of
tangible personal property or services purchased di-
27 rectly by a groundwater management district
organized or operating un-
28 der the authority of K.S.A. 82a-1020 et
seq. and amendments thereto,
29 which property or services are used in the
operation or maintenance of
30 the district;
31 (t) all sales of
farm machinery and equipment or aquaculture ma-
32 chinery and equipment, repair and
replacement parts therefor and serv-
33 ices performed in the repair and
maintenance of such machinery and
34 equipment. For the purposes of this
subsection the term ``farm machinery
35 and equipment or aquaculture machinery and
equipment'' shall include
36 machinery and equipment used in the
operation of Christmas tree farm-
37 ing but shall not include any passenger
vehicle, truck, truck tractor, trailer,
38 semitrailer or pole trailer, other than a
farm trailer, as such terms are
39 defined by K.S.A. 8-126 and amendments
thereto. Each purchaser of
40 farm machinery and equipment or aquaculture
machinery and equipment
41 exempted herein must certify in writing on
the copy of the invoice or
42 sales ticket to be retained by the seller
that the farm machinery and
43 equipment or aquaculture machinery and
equipment purchased will be
26
1 used only in farming, ranching or
aquaculture production. Farming or
2 ranching shall include the operation
of a feedlot and farm and ranch work
3 for hire and the operation of a
nursery;
4 (u) all
leases or rentals of tangible personal property used as a
dwell-
5 ing if such tangible personal
property is leased or rented for a period of
6 more than 28 consecutive days;
7 (v) all
sales of food products to any contractor for use in preparing
8 meals for delivery to homebound
elderly persons over 60 years of age and
9 to homebound disabled persons or to
be served at a group-sitting at a
10 location outside of the home to otherwise
homebound elderly persons
11 over 60 years of age and to otherwise
homebound disabled persons, as
12 all or part of any food service project
funded in whole or in part by
13 government or as part of a private
nonprofit food service project available
14 to all such elderly or disabled persons
residing within an area of service
15 designated by the private nonprofit
organization, and all sales of food
16 products for use in preparing meals for
consumption by indigent or home-
17 less individuals whether or not such meals
are consumed at a place des-
18 ignated for such purpose;
19 (w) all sales of
natural gas, electricity, heat and water delivered
20 through mains, lines or pipes: (1) To
residential premises for noncom-
21 mercial use by the occupant of such
premises; (2) for agricultural use and
22 also, for such use, all sales of propane
gas; (3) for use in the severing of
23 oil; and (4) to any property which is
exempt from property taxation pur-
24 suant to K.S.A. 79-201b Second
through Sixth. As used in this paragraph,
25 ``severing'' shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto by subsection (k) of
26 K.S.A. 79-4216, and amendments thereto;
27 (x) all sales of
propane gas, LP-gas, coal, wood and other fuel sources
28 for the production of heat or lighting for
noncommercial use of an oc-
29 cupant of residential premises;
30 (y) all sales of
materials and services used in the repairing, servicing,
31 altering, maintaining, manufacturing,
remanufacturing, or modification of
32 railroad rolling stock for use in
interstate or foreign commerce under
33 authority of the laws of the United
States;
34 (z) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased di-
35 rectly by a port authority or by a
contractor therefor as provided by the
36 provisions of K.S.A. 12-3418 and amendments
thereto;
37 (aa) all sales of
materials and services applied to equipment which is
38 transported into the state from without the
state for repair, service, al-
39 teration, maintenance, remanufacture or
modification and which is sub-
40 sequently transported outside the state for
use in the transmission of
41 liquids or natural gas by means of pipeline
in interstate or foreign com-
42 merce under authority of the laws of the
United States;
43 (bb) all sales of
used mobile homes or manufactured homes. As used
27
1 in this subsection: (1) ``Mobile
homes'' and ``manufactured homes'' shall
2 have the meanings ascribed thereto by
K.S.A. 58-4202 and amendments
3 thereto; and (2) ``sales of used
mobile homes or manufactured homes''
4 means sales other than the original
retail sale thereof;
5 (cc) all
sales of tangible personal property or services purchased for
6 the purpose of and in conjunction
with constructing, reconstructing, en-
7 larging or remodeling a business or
retail business which meets the
8 requirements established in K.S.A.
74-50,115 and amendments thereto,
9 and the sale and installation of
machinery and equipment purchased for
10 installation at any such business or retail
business. When a person shall
11 contract for the construction,
reconstruction, enlargement or remodeling
12 of any such business or retail business,
such person shall obtain from the
13 state and furnish to the contractor an
exemption certificate for the project
14 involved, and the contractor may purchase
materials, machinery and
15 equipment for incorporation in such
project. The contractor shall furnish
16 the number of such certificates to all
suppliers from whom such purchases
17 are made, and such suppliers shall execute
invoices covering the same
18 bearing the number of such certificate.
Upon completion of the project
19 the contractor shall furnish to the owner
of the business or retail business
20 a sworn statement, on a form to be provided
by the director of taxation,
21 that all purchases so made were entitled to
exemption under this subsec-
22 tion. All invoices shall be held by the
contractor for a period of five years
23 and shall be subject to audit by the
director of taxation. Any contractor
24 or any agent, employee or subcontractor
thereof, who shall use or oth-
25 erwise dispose of any materials, machinery
or equipment purchased un-
26 der such a certificate for any purpose
other than that for which such a
27 certificate is issued without the payment
of the sales or compensating tax
28 otherwise imposed thereon, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon
29 conviction therefor, shall be subject to
the penalties provided for in sub-
30 section (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615 and
amendments thereto. As used in this
31 subsection, ``business'' and ``retail
business'' have the meanings respec-
32 tively ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 74-50,114
and amendments thereto;
33 (dd) all sales of
tangible personal property purchased with food
34 stamps issued by the United States
department of agriculture;
35 (ee) all sales of
lottery tickets and shares made as part of a lottery
36 operated by the state of Kansas;
37 (ff) on and after
July 1, 1988, all sales of new mobile homes or man-
38 ufactured homes to the extent of 40% of the
gross receipts, determined
39 without regard to any trade-in allowance,
received from such sale. As used
40 in this subsection, ``mobile homes'' and
``manufactured homes'' shall have
41 the meanings ascribed thereto by K.S.A.
58-4202 and amendments
42 thereto;
43 (gg) all sales of
tangible personal property purchased in accordance
28
1 with vouchers issued pursuant to the
federal special supplemental food
2 program for women, infants and
children;
3 (hh) all
sales of medical supplies and equipment purchased directly
4 by a nonprofit skilled nursing home
or nonprofit intermediate nursing
5 care home, as defined by K.S.A.
39-923, and amendments thereto, for
6 the purpose of providing medical
services to residents thereof. This ex-
7 emption shall not apply to tangible
personal property customarily used
8 for human habitation purposes;
9 (ii) all
sales of tangible personal property purchased directly by a
non-
10 profit organization for nonsectarian
comprehensive multidiscipline youth
11 development programs and activities
provided or sponsored by such or-
12 ganization, and all sales of tangible
personal property by or on behalf of
13 any such organization. This exemption shall
not apply to tangible personal
14 property customarily used for human
habitation purposes;
15 (jj) all sales of
tangible personal property or services, including the
16 renting and leasing of tangible personal
property, purchased directly on
17 behalf of a community-based mental
retardation facility or mental health
18 center organized pursuant to K.S.A. 19-4001
et seq., and amendments
19 thereto, and licensed in accordance with
the provisions of K.S.A. 75-
20 3307b and amendments thereto. This
exemption shall not apply to tan-
21 gible personal property customarily used
for human habitation purposes;
22 (kk) on and after
January 1, 1989, all sales of machinery and equip-
23 ment used directly and primarily for the
purposes of manufacturing, as-
24 sembling, processing, finishing, storing,
warehousing or distributing ar-
25 ticles of tangible personal property in
this state intended for resale by a
26 manufacturing or processing plant or
facility or a storage, warehousing or
27 distribution facility, and all sales of
repair and replacement parts and
28 accessories purchased for such machinery
and equipment:
29 (1) For purposes
of this subsection, machinery and equipment shall
30 be deemed to be used directly and primarily
in the manufacture, assem-
31 blage, processing, finishing, storing,
warehousing or distributing of tan-
32 gible personal property where such
machinery and equipment is used
33 during a manufacturing, assembling,
processing or finishing, storing,
34 warehousing or distributing operation:
35 (A) To effect a
direct and immediate physical change upon the tan-
36 gible personal property;
37 (B) to guide or
measure a direct and immediate physical change upon
38 such property where such function is an
integral and essential part of
39 tuning, verifying or aligning the component
parts of such property;
40 (C) to test or
measure such property where such function is an in-
41 tegral part of the production flow or
function;
42 (D) to transport,
convey or handle such property during the manu-
43 facturing, processing, storing, warehousing
or distribution operation at
29
1 the plant or facility; or
2 (E) to
place such property in the container, package or wrapping in
3 which such property is normally sold
or transported.
4 (2) For
purposes of this subsection ``machinery and equipment used
5 directly and primarily'' shall
include, but not be limited to:
6
(A) Mechanical machines or components thereof contributing to
a
7 manufacturing, assembling or
finishing process;
8 (B) molds
and dies that determine the physical characteristics of the
9 finished product or its packaging
material;
10 (C) testing
equipment to determine the quality of the finished
11 product;
12 (D) computers and
related peripheral equipment that directly control
13 or measure the manufacturing process or
which are utilized for engi-
14 neering of the finished product; and
15 (E) computers and
related peripheral equipment utilized for research
16 and development and product design.
17 (3) ``Machinery
and equipment used directly and primarily'' shall not
18 include:
19 (A) Hand
tools;
20 (B) machinery,
equipment and tools used in maintaining and repair-
21 ing any type of machinery and
equipment;
22
(C) transportation equipment not used in the manufacturing,
assem-
23 bling, processing, furnishing, storing,
warehousing or distributing process
24 at the plant or facility;
25 (D) office
machines and equipment including computers and related
26 peripheral equipment not directly and
primarily used in controlling or
27 measuring the manufacturing process;
28 (E) furniture and
buildings; and
29 (F) machinery and
equipment used in administrative, accounting,
30 sales or other such activities of the
business;
31 (4) for purposes
of this subsection, ``repair and replacement parts and
32 accessories'' means all parts and
accessories for exempt machinery and
33 equipment, including but not limited to
dies, jigs, molds, and patterns
34 which are attached to exempt machinery or
which are otherwise used in
35 production, short-lived replaceable parts
that can be readily detached
36 from exempt machinery or equipment, such as
belts, drill bits, grinding
37 wheels, cutting bars and saws, and other
replacement parts for production
38 equipment, including refractory brick and
other refractory items for kiln
39 equipment used in production
operations;
40 (ll) all sales of
educational materials purchased for distribution to the
41 public at no charge by a nonprofit
corporation organized for the purpose
42 of encouraging, fostering and conducting
programs for the improvement
43 of public health;
30
1 (mm) all
sales of seeds and tree seedlings; fertilizers, insecticides,
2 herbicides, germicides, pesticides
and fungicides; and services, purchased
3 and used for the purpose of producing
plants in order to prevent soil
4 erosion on land devoted to
agricultural use;
5 (nn) except
as otherwise provided in this act, all sales of services ren-
6 dered by an advertising agency or
licensed broadcast station or any mem-
7 ber, agent or employee thereof;
8 (oo) all
sales of tangible personal property purchased by a community
9 action group or agency for the
exclusive purpose of repairing or weath-
10 erizing housing occupied by low income
individuals;
11 (pp) all sales of
drill bits and explosives actually utilized in the explo-
12 ration and production of oil or gas;
13 (qq) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased by
14 a nonprofit museum or historical society or
any combination thereof, in-
15 cluding a nonprofit organization which is
organized for the purpose of
16 stimulating public interest in the
exploration of space by providing edu-
17 cational information, exhibits and
experiences, which is exempt from fed-
18 eral income taxation pursuant to section
501(c)(3) of the federal internal
19 revenue code of 1986;
20 (rr) all sales of
tangible personal property which will admit the pur-
21 chaser thereof to any annual event
sponsored by a nonprofit organization
22 which is exempt from federal income
taxation pursuant to section
23 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue
code of 1986;
24 (ss) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased by
25 a public broadcasting station licensed by
the federal communications
26 commission as a noncommercial educational
television or radio station;
27 (tt) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased by
28 or on behalf of a not-for-profit
corporation which is exempt from federal
29 income taxation pursuant to section
501(c)(3) of the federal internal rev-
30 enue code of 1986, for the sole purpose of
constructing a Kansas Korean
31 War memorial;
32 (uu) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased by
33 or on behalf of any rural volunteer
fire-fighting organization for use ex-
34 clusively in the performance of its duties
and functions;
35 (vv) all sales of
tangible personal property purchased by any of the
36 following organizations which are exempt
from federal income taxation
37 pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the
federal internal revenue code of
38 1986, for the following purposes, and all
sales of any such property by or
39 on behalf of any such organization for any
such purpose:
40 (1) The American
Heart Association, Kansas Affiliate, Inc. for the
41 purposes of providing education, training,
certification in emergency car-
42 diac care, research and other related
services to reduce disability and
43 death from cardiovascular diseases and
stroke;
31
1 (2) the
Kansas Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc. for the purpose of
2 advocacy for persons with mental
illness and to education, research and
3 support for their families;
4 (3) the
Kansas Mental Illness Awareness Council for the purposes of
5 advocacy for persons who are mentally
ill and to education, research and
6 support for them and their
families;
7 (4) the
American Diabetes Association Kansas Affiliate, Inc. for the
8 purpose of eliminating diabetes
through medical research, public edu-
9 cation focusing on disease prevention
and education, patient education
10 including information on coping with
diabetes, and professional education
11 and training;
12 (5) the American
Lung Association of Kansas, Inc. for the purpose of
13 eliminating all lung diseases through
medical research, public education
14 including information on coping with lung
diseases, professional educa-
15 tion and training related to lung disease
and other related services to
16 reduce the incidence of disability and
death due to lung disease;
17 (6) the Kansas
chapters of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dis-
18 orders Association, Inc. for the purpose of
providing assistance and sup-
19 port to persons in Kansas with Alzheimer's
disease, and their families and
20 caregivers; and
21 (ww) all sales of
tangible personal property purchased by the Habitat
22 for Humanity for the exclusive use of being
incorporated within a housing
23 project constructed by such
organization.
24 (xx) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased by
25 a nonprofit zoo which is exempt from
federal income taxation pursuant
26 to section 501(c)(3) of the federal
internal revenue code of 1986, or on
27 behalf of such zoo by an entity itself
exempt from federal income taxation
28 pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
federal internal revenue code of 1986
29 contracted with to operate such zoo and all
sales of tangible personal
30 property or services purchased by a
contractor for the purpose of con-
31 structing, equipping, reconstructing,
maintaining, repairing, enlarging,
32 furnishing or remodeling facilities for any
nonprofit zoo which would be
33 exempt from taxation under the provisions
of this section if purchased
34 directly by such nonprofit zoo or the
entity operating such zoo. Nothing
35 in this subsection shall be deemed to
exempt the purchase of any con-
36 struction machinery, equipment or tools
used in the constructing, equip-
37 ping, reconstructing, maintaining,
repairing, enlarging, furnishing or re-
38 modeling facilities for any nonprofit zoo.
When any nonprofit zoo shall
39 contract for the purpose of constructing,
equipping, reconstructing, main-
40 taining, repairing, enlarging, furnishing
or remodeling facilities, it shall
41 obtain from the state and furnish to the
contractor an exemption certifi-
42 cate for the project involved, and the
contractor may purchase materials
43 for incorporation in such project. The
contractor shall furnish the number
32
1 of such certificate to all suppliers
from whom such purchases are made,
2 and such suppliers shall execute
invoices covering the same bearing the
3 number of such certificate. Upon
completion of the project the contractor
4 shall furnish to the nonprofit zoo
concerned a sworn statement, on a form
5 to be provided by the director of
taxation, that all purchases so made were
6 entitled to exemption under this
subsection. All invoices shall be held by
7 the contractor for a period of five
years and shall be subject to audit by
8 the director of taxation. If any
materials purchased under such a certifi-
9 cate are found not to have been
incorporated in the building or other
10 project or not to have been returned for
credit or the sales or compen-
11 sating tax otherwise imposed upon such
materials which will not be so
12 incorporated in the building or other
project reported and paid by such
13 contractor to the director of taxation not
later than the 20th day of the
14 month following the close of the month in
which it shall be determined
15 that such materials will not be used for
the purpose for which such cer-
16 tificate was issued, the nonprofit zoo
concerned shall be liable for tax on
17 all materials purchased for the project,
and upon payment thereof it may
18 recover the same from the contractor
together with reasonable attorney
19 fees. Any contractor or any agent, employee
or subcontractor thereof,
20 who shall use or otherwise dispose of any
materials purchased under such
21 a certificate for any purpose other than
that for which such a certificate
22 is issued without the payment of the sales
or compensating tax otherwise
23 imposed upon such materials, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
24 conviction therefor, shall be subject to
the penalties provided for in sub-
25 section (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615, and
amendments thereto;
26 (yy) all sales of
tangible personal property and services purchased by
27 a parent-teacher association or
organization, and all sales of tangible per-
28 sonal property by or on behalf of such
association or organization;
29 (zz) all sales of
machinery and equipment purchased by over-the-air,
30 free access radio or television station
which is used directly and primarily
31 for the purpose of producing a broadcast
signal or is such that the failure
32 of the machinery or equipment to operate
would cause broadcasting to
33 cease. For purposes of this subsection,
machinery and equipment shall
34 include, but not be limited to, that
required by rules and regulations of
35 the federal communications commission, and
all sales of electricity which
36 are essential or necessary for the purpose
of producing a broadcast signal
37 or is such that the failure of the
electricity would cause broadcasting to
38 cease;
39 (aaa) all sales
of tangible personal property and services purchased
40 by a religious organization which is exempt
from federal income taxation
41 pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
federal internal revenue code, and
42 used exclusively for religious purposes,
and all sales of tangible personal
43 property or services purchased by a
contractor for the purpose of con-
33
1 structing, equipping, reconstructing,
maintaining, repairing, enlarging,
2 furnishing or remodeling facilities
for any such organization which would
3 be exempt from taxation under the
provisions of this section if purchased
4 directly by such organization.
Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed
5 to exempt the purchase of any
construction machinery, equipment or
6 tools used in the constructing,
equipping, reconstructing, maintaining,
7 repairing, enlarging, furnishing or
remodeling facilities for any such or-
8 ganization. When any such
organization shall contract for the purpose of
9 constructing, equipping,
reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, enlarg-
10 ing, furnishing or remodeling facilities,
it shall obtain from the state and
11 furnish to the contractor an exemption
certificate for the project involved,
12 and the contractor may purchase materials
for incorporation in such pro-
13 ject. The contractor shall furnish the
number of such certificate to all
14 suppliers from whom such purchases are
made, and such suppliers shall
15 execute invoices covering the same bearing
the number of such certifi-
16 cate. Upon completion of the project the
contractor shall furnish to such
17 organization concerned a sworn statement,
on a form to be provided by
18 the director of taxation, that all
purchases so made were entitled to ex-
19 emption under this subsection. All invoices
shall be held by the contractor
20 for a period of five years and shall be
subject to audit by the director of
21 taxation. If any materials purchased under
such a certificate are found
22 not to have been incorporated in the
building or other project or not to
23 have been returned for credit or the sales
or compensating tax otherwise
24 imposed upon such materials which will not
be so incorporated in the
25 building or other project reported and paid
by such contractor to the
26 director of taxation not later than the
20th day of the month following
27 the close of the month in which it shall be
determined that such materials
28 will not be used for the purpose for which
such certificate was issued,
29 such organization concerned shall be liable
for tax on all materials pur-
30 chased for the project, and upon payment
thereof it may recover the same
31 from the contractor together with
reasonable attorney fees. Any contrac-
32 tor or any agent, employee or subcontractor
thereof, who shall use or
33 otherwise dispose of any materials
purchased under such a certificate for
34 any purpose other than that for which such
a certificate is issued without
35 the payment of the sales or compensating
tax otherwise imposed upon
36 such materials, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
37 therefor, shall be subject to the penalties
provided for in subsection (g)
38 of K.S.A. 79-3615, and amendments thereto.
Sales tax paid on and after
39 July 1, 1998, but prior to the effective
date of this act upon the gross
40 receipts received from any sale exempted by
the amendatory provisions
41 of this subsection shall be refunded. Each
claim for a sales tax refund
42 shall be verified and submitted to the
director of taxation upon forms
43 furnished by the director and shall be
accompanied by any additional
34
1 documentation required by the
director. The director shall review each
2 claim and shall refund that amount of
sales tax paid as determined under
3 the provisions of this subsection.
All refunds shall be paid from the sales
4 tax refund fund upon warrants of the
director of accounts and reports
5 pursuant to vouchers approved by the
director or the director's designee;
6 (bbb) all
sales of food for human consumption by an organization
7 which is exempt from federal income
taxation pursuant to section 501
8 (c)(3) of the federal internal
revenue code of 1986, pursuant to a food
9 distribution program which offers
such food at a price below cost in
10 exchange for the performance of community
service by the purchaser
11 thereof;
12 (ccc) on and
after July 1, 1999, all sales of tangible personal property
13 and services purchased by a primary care
clinic or health center the pri-
14 mary purpose of which is to provide
services to medically underserved
15 individuals and families, and which is
exempt from federal income taxa-
16 tion pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the
federal internal revenue code,
17 and all sales of tangible personal property
or services purchased by a
18 contractor for the purpose of constructing,
equipping, reconstructing,
19 maintaining, repairing, enlarging,
furnishing or remodeling facilities for
20 any such clinic or center which would be
exempt from taxation under the
21 provisions of this section if purchased
directly by such clinic or center.
22 Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed
to exempt the purchase of
23 any construction machinery, equipment or
tools used in the constructing,
24 equipping, reconstructing, maintaining,
repairing, enlarging, furnishing
25 or remodeling facilities for any such
clinic or center. When any such clinic
26 or center shall contract for the purpose of
constructing, equipping, re-
27 constructing, maintaining, repairing,
enlarging, furnishing or remodeling
28 facilities, it shall obtain from the state
and furnish to the contractor an
29 exemption certificate for the project
involved, and the contractor may
30 purchase materials for incorporation in
such project. The contractor shall
31 furnish the number of such certificate to
all suppliers from whom such
32 purchases are made, and such suppliers
shall execute invoices covering
33 the same bearing the number of such
certificate. Upon completion of the
34 project the contractor shall furnish to
such clinic or center concerned a
35 sworn statement, on a form to be provided
by the director of taxation,
36 that all purchases so made were entitled to
exemption under this subsec-
37 tion. All invoices shall be held by the
contractor for a period of five years
38 and shall be subject to audit by the
director of taxation. If any materials
39 purchased under such a certificate are
found not to have been incorpo-
40 rated in the building or other project or
not to have been returned for
41 credit or the sales or compensating tax
otherwise imposed upon such
42 materials which will not be so incorporated
in the building or other pro-
43 ject reported and paid by such contractor
to the director of taxation not
35
1 later than the 20th day of the month
following the close of the month in
2 which it shall be determined that
such materials will not be used for the
3 purpose for which such certificate
was issued, such clinic or center con-
4 cerned shall be liable for tax on all
materials purchased for the project,
5 and upon payment thereof it may
recover the same from the contractor
6 together with reasonable attorney
fees. Any contractor or any agent, em-
7 ployee or subcontractor thereof, who
shall use or otherwise dispose of
8 any materials purchased under such a
certificate for any purpose other
9 than that for which such a
certificate is issued without the payment of
10 the sales or compensating tax otherwise
imposed upon such materials,
11 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction therefor, shall be
12 subject to the penalties provided for in
subsection (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615,
13 and amendments thereto;
14 (ddd) on and
after January 1, 1999, and before January 1, 2000, all
15 sales of materials and services purchased
by any class II or III railroad as
16 classified by the federal surface
transportation board for the construction,
17 renovation, repair or replacement of class
II or III railroad track and
18 facilities used directly in interstate
commerce. In the event any such track
19 or facility for which materials and
services were purchased sales tax ex-
20 empt is not operational for five years
succeeding the allowance of such
21 exemption, the total amount of sales tax
which would have been payable
22 except for the operation of this subsection
shall be recouped in accord-
23 ance with rules and regulations adopted for
such purpose by the secretary
24 of revenue; and
25 (eee) on and
after January 1, 1999, and before January 1, 2000, all
26 sales of materials and services purchased
for the original construction,
27 reconstruction, repair or replacement of
grain storage facilities, including
28 railroad sidings providing access
thereto.; and
29 (fff) all
sales of bingo cards, bingo faces and instant bingo tickets
by
30 operators under the bingo
act.
31 Sec. 18. K.S.A. 79-4701,
79-4703, 79-4704, 79-4705, 79-4705a, 79-
32 4706, 79-4707, 79-4708, 79-4710, 79-4711,
79-4712a, 79-4713 and 79-
33 4714 and K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3606 are
hereby repealed.
34 Sec. 19. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
35 publication in the statute book.