Session of 2000
         
SENATE BILL No. 466
         
By Senator Bond
         
1-20
         

  9             AN  ACT providing for the financing of unified school districts; amending
10             K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3603, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and re-
11             pealing the existing sections.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3603 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 79-3603. For the privilege of engaging in the business of selling
16       tangible personal property at retail in this state or rendering or furnishing
17       any of the services taxable under this act, there is hereby levied and there
18       shall be collected and paid a tax at the rate of 4.9% 5.2% and, within a
19       redevelopment district established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8921, and
20       amendments thereto, there is hereby levied and there shall be collected
21       and paid an additional tax at the rate of 2% until the earlier of the date
22       the bonds issued to finance or refinance the redevelopment project have
23       been paid in full or the final scheduled maturity of the first series of bonds
24       issued to finance any part of the project, upon:
25             (a) The gross receipts received from the sale of tangible personal
26       property at retail within this state;
27             (b)  (1) the gross receipts from intrastate telephone or telegraph serv-
28       ices and (2) the gross receipts received from the sale of interstate tele-
29       phone or telegraph services, which (A) originate within this state and
30       terminate outside the state and are billed to a customer's telephone num-
31       ber or account in this state; or (B) originate outside this state and ter-
32       minate within this state and are billed to a customer's telephone number
33       or account in this state except that the sale of interstate telephone or
34       telegraph service does not include: (A) Any interstate incoming or out-
35       going wide area telephone service or wide area transmission type service
36       which entitles the subscriber to make or receive an unlimited number of
37       communications to or from persons having telephone service in a speci-
38       fied area which is outside the state in which the station provided this
39       service is located; (B) any interstate private communications service to
40       the persons contracting for the receipt of that service that entitles the
41       purchaser to exclusive or priority use of a communications channel or
42       group of channels between exchanges; (C) any value-added nonvoice
43       service in which computer processing applications are used to act on the


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  1       form, content, code or protocol of the information to be transmitted; (D)
  2       any telecommunication service to a provider of telecommunication serv-
  3       ices which will be used to render telecommunications services, including
  4       carrier access services; or (E) any service or transaction defined in this
  5       section among entities classified as members of an affiliated group as
  6       provided by federal law (U.S.C. Section 1504). For the purposes of this
  7       subsection the term gross receipts does not include purchases of tele-
  8       phone, telegraph or telecommunications using a prepaid telephone call-
  9       ing card or pre-paid authorization number. As used in this subsection, a
10       pre-paid telephone calling card or pre-paid authorization number means
11       the right to exclusively make telephone calls, paid for in advance, with
12       the prepaid value measured in minutes or other time units, that enables
13       the origination of calls using an access number or authorization code or
14       both, whether manually or electronically dialed;
15             (c) the gross receipts from the sale or furnishing of gas, water, elec-
16       tricity and heat, which sale is not otherwise exempt from taxation under
17       the provisions of this act, and whether furnished by municipally or pri-
18       vately owned utilities;
19             (d) the gross receipts from the sale of meals or drinks furnished at
20       any private club, drinking establishment, catered event, restaurant, eating
21       house, dining car, hotel, drugstore or other place where meals or drinks
22       are regularly sold to the public;
23             (e) the gross receipts from the sale of admissions to any place pro-
24       viding amusement, entertainment or recreation services including admis-
25       sions to state, county, district and local fairs, but such tax shall not be
26       levied and collected upon the gross receipts received from sales of ad-
27       missions to any cultural and historical event which occurs triennially;
28             (f) the gross receipts from the operation of any coin-operated device
29       dispensing or providing tangible personal property, amusement or other
30       services except laundry services, whether automatic or manually operated;
31             (g) the gross receipts from the service of renting of rooms by hotels,
32       as defined by K.S.A. 36-501 and amendments thereto, or by accommo-
33       dation brokers, as defined by K.S.A. 12-1692, and amendments thereto;
34             (h) the gross receipts from the service of renting or leasing of tangible
35       personal property except such tax shall not apply to the renting or leasing
36       of machinery, equipment or other personal property owned by a city and
37       purchased from the proceeds of industrial revenue bonds issued prior to
38       July 1, 1973, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1740 through
39       12-1749, and amendments thereto, and any city or lessee renting or leas-
40       ing such machinery, equipment or other personal property purchased
41       with the proceeds of such bonds who shall have paid a tax under the
42       provisions of this section upon sales made prior to July 1, 1973, shall be
43       entitled to a refund from the sales tax refund fund of all taxes paid


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  1       thereon;
  2             (i) the gross receipts from the rendering of dry cleaning, pressing,
  3       dyeing and laundry services except laundry services rendered through a
  4       coin-operated device whether automatic or manually operated;
  5             (j) the gross receipts from the rendering of the services of washing
  6       and washing and waxing of vehicles;
  7             (k) the gross receipts from cable, community antennae and other sub-
  8       scriber radio and television services;
  9             (l) the gross receipts received from the sales of tangible personal
10       property to all contractors, subcontractors or repairmen of materials and
11       supplies for use by them in erecting structures for others, or building on,
12       or otherwise improving, altering, or repairing real or personal property
13       of others;
14             (m) the gross receipts received from fees and charges by public and
15       private clubs, drinking establishments, organizations and businesses for
16       participation in sports, games and other recreational activities, but such
17       tax shall not be levied and collected upon the gross receipts received from:
18       (1) Fees and charges by any political subdivision, by any organization
19       exempt from property taxation pursuant to paragraph Ninth of K.S.A. 79-
20       201, and amendments thereto, or by any youth recreation organization
21       exclusively providing services to persons 18 years of age or younger which
22       is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of
23       the federal internal revenue code of 1986, for participation in sports,
24       games and other recreational activities; and (2) entry fees and charges for
25       participation in a special event or tournament sanctioned by a national
26       sporting association to which spectators are charged an admission which
27       is taxable pursuant to subsection (e);
28             (n) the gross receipts received from dues charged by public and pri-
29       vate clubs, drinking establishments, organizations and businesses, pay-
30       ment of which entitles a member to the use of facilities for recreation or
31       entertainment, but such tax shall not be levied and collected upon the
32       gross receipts received from: (1) Dues charged by any organization ex-
33       empt from property taxation pursuant to paragraphs Eighth and Ninth of
34       K.S.A. 79-201, and amendments thereto; and (2) sales of memberships
35       in a nonprofit organization which is exempt from federal income taxation
36       pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of
37       1986, and whose purpose is to support the operation of a nonprofit zoo;
38             (o) the gross receipts received from the isolated or occasional sale of
39       motor vehicles or trailers but not including: (1) The transfer of motor
40       vehicles or trailers by a person to a corporation solely in exchange for
41       stock securities in such corporation; or (2) the transfer of motor vehicles
42       or trailers by one corporation to another when all of the assets of such
43       corporation are transferred to such other corporation; or (3) the sale of


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  1       motor vehicles or trailers which are subject to taxation pursuant to the
  2       provisions of K.S.A. 79-5101 et seq., and amendments thereto, by an
  3       immediate family member to another immediate family member. For the
  4       purposes of clause (3), immediate family member means lineal ascendants
  5       or descendants, and their spouses. In determining the base for computing
  6       the tax on such isolated or occasional sale, the fair market value of any
  7       motor vehicle or trailer traded in by the purchaser to the seller may be
  8       deducted from the selling price;
  9             (p) the gross receipts received for the service of installing or applying
10       tangible personal property which when installed or applied is not being
11       held for sale in the regular course of business, and whether or not such
12       tangible personal property when installed or applied remains tangible
13       personal property or becomes a part of real estate, except that no tax shall
14       be imposed upon the service of installing or applying tangible personal
15       property in connection with the original construction of a building or
16       facility, the original construction, reconstruction, restoration, remodeling,
17       renovation, repair or replacement of a residence or the construction, re-
18       construction, restoration, replacement or repair of a bridge or highway.
19             For the purposes of this subsection:
20             (1) "Original construction" shall mean the first or initial construction
21       of a new building or facility. The term "original construction" shall include
22       the addition of an entire room or floor to any existing building or facility,
23       the completion of any unfinished portion of any existing building or fa-
24       cility and the restoration, reconstruction or replacement of a building or
25       facility damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, tornado, lightning, explosion
26       or earthquake, but such term, except with regard to a residence, shall not
27       include replacement, remodeling, restoration, renovation or reconstruc-
28       tion under any other circumstances;
29             (2) "building" shall mean only those enclosures within which individ-
30       uals customarily are employed, or which are customarily used to house
31       machinery, equipment or other property, and including the land improve-
32       ments immediately surrounding such building;
33             (3) "facility" shall mean a mill, plant, refinery, oil or gas well, water
34       well, feedlot or any conveyance, transmission or distribution line of any
35       cooperative, nonprofit, membership corporation organized under or sub-
36       ject to the provisions of K.S.A. 17-4601 et seq., and amendments thereto,
37       or of any municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, including the land
38       improvements immediately surrounding such facility; and
39             (4) "residence" shall mean only those enclosures within which indi-
40       viduals customarily live;
41             (q) the gross receipts received for the service of repairing, servicing,
42       altering or maintaining tangible personal property, except computer soft-
43       ware described in subsection (s), which when such services are rendered


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  1       is not being held for sale in the regular course of business, and whether
  2       or not any tangible personal property is transferred in connection there-
  3       with. The tax imposed by this subsection shall be applicable to the services
  4       of repairing, servicing, altering or maintaining an item of tangible personal
  5       property which has been and is fastened to, connected with or built into
  6       real property;
  7             (r) the gross receipts from fees or charges made under service or
  8       maintenance agreement contracts for services, charges for the providing
  9       of which are taxable under the provisions of subsection (p) or (q);
10             (s) the gross receipts received from the sale of computer software,
11       and the sale of the services of modifying, altering, updating or maintaining
12       computer software. As used in this subsection, "computer software"
13       means information and directions loaded into a computer which dictate
14       different functions to be performed by the computer. Computer software
15       includes any canned or prewritten program which is held or existing for
16       general or repeated sale, even if the program was originally developed
17       for a single end user as custom computer software. The sale of computer
18       software or services does not include: (1) The initial sale of any custom
19       computer program which is originally developed for the exclusive use of
20       a single end user; or (2) those services rendered in the modification of
21       computer software when the modification is developed exclusively for a
22       single end user only to the extent of the modification and only to the
23       extent that the actual amount charged for the modification is separately
24       stated on invoices, statements and other billing documents provided to
25       the end user. The services of modification, alteration, updating and main-
26       tenance of computer software shall only include the modification, alter-
27       ation, updating and maintenance of computer software taxable under this
28       subsection whether or not the services are actually provided; and
29             (t) the gross receipts received for telephone answering services, in-
30       cluding mobile phone services, beeper services and other similar services;
31       and
32             (u) the gross receipts received from the sale of prepaid telephone
33       calling cards or pre-paid authorization numbers and the recharge of such
34       cards or numbers. A pre-paid telephone calling card or pre-paid author-
35       ization number means the right to exclusively make telephone calls, paid
36       for in advance, with the prepaid value measured in minutes or other time
37       units, that enables the origination of calls using an access number or
38       authorization code or both, whether manually or electronically dialed. If
39       the sale or recharge of such card or number does not take place at the
40       vendor's place of business, it shall be conclusively determined to take
41       place at the customer's shipping address; if there is no item shipped then
42       it shall be the customer's billing address.
43             Sec.  2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3620 is hereby amended to read as


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  1       follows: 79-3620. (a) All revenue collected or received by the director of
  2       taxation from the taxes imposed by this act shall be deposited daily with
  3       the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall credit all revenue received
  4       from this act, less amounts withheld as provided in subsection (b) and
  5       amounts credited as provided in subsection (c) and (d), to the state gen-
  6       eral fund.
  7             (b) A refund fund, designated as "sales tax refund fund" not to exceed
  8       $100,000 shall be set apart and maintained by the director from sales tax
  9       collections and estimated tax collections and held by the state treasurer
10       for prompt payment of all sales tax refunds including refunds authorized
11       under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-3635, and amendments thereto. Such
12       fund shall be in such amount, within the limit set by this section, as the
13       director shall determine is necessary to meet current refunding require-
14       ments under this act. In the event such fund as established by this section
15       is, at any time, insufficient to provide for the payment of refunds due
16       claimants thereof, the director shall certify the amount of additional funds
17       required to the director of accounts and reports who shall promptly trans-
18       fer the required amount from the state general fund to the sales tax refund
19       fund, and notify the state treasurer, who shall make proper entry in the
20       records.
21             (c)  (1) The state treasurer shall credit 5/98 5/104 of the revenue col-
22       lected or received from the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3603, and amend-
23       ments thereto, at the rate of 4.9% 5.2%, and deposited as provided in
24       subsection (a), exclusive of amounts credited pursuant to subsection (d),
25       in to the state highway fund.
26             (2) The state treasurer shall credit 6/104 of the revenue collected or
27       received from the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3603, and amendments
28       thereto, at the rate of 5.2%, and deposited as provided in subsection (a)
29       exclusive of amounts credited pursuant to subsection (d) to the state school
30       district finance fund.
31             (d) The state treasurer shall credit all revenue collected or received
32       from the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3603, and amendments thereto, as
33       certified by the director, from taxpayers doing business within that por-
34       tion of a redevelopment district occupied by a redevelopment project that
35       was determined by the secretary of commerce and housing to be of state-
36       wide as well as local importance or will create a major tourism area for
37       the state as specified in subsection (a)(1)(D) of K.S.A. 12-1774, and
38       amendments thereto, to the city bond finance fund, which fund is hereby
39       created. The provisions of this subsection shall expire when the total of
40       all amounts credited hereunder and under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 79-
41       3710, and amendments thereto, is sufficient to retire the special obliga-
42       tion bonds issued for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the costs
43       of such redevelopment project.


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  1             Sec.  3. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3703 is hereby amended to read as
  2       follows: 79-3703. There is hereby levied and there shall be collected from
  3       every person in this state a tax or excise for the privilege of using, storing,
  4       or consuming within this state any article of tangible personal property.
  5       Such tax shall be levied and collected in an amount equal to the consid-
  6       eration paid by the taxpayer multiplied by the rate of 4.9% 5.2%. Within
  7       a redevelopment district established pursuant to K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 74-
  8       8921, and amendments thereto, there is hereby levied and there shall be
  9       collected and paid an additional tax of 2% until the earlier of: (1) The
10       date the bonds issued to finance or refinance the redevelopment project
11       undertaken in the district have been paid in full; or (2) the final scheduled
12       maturity of the first series of bonds issued to finance the redevelopment
13       project. All property purchased or leased within or without this state and
14       subsequently used, stored or consumed in this state shall be subject to
15       the compensating tax if the same property or transaction would have been
16       subject to the Kansas retailers' sales tax had the transaction been wholly
17       within this state.
18             Sec.  4. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3710 is hereby amended to read as
19       follows: 79-3710. (a) All revenue collected or received by the director
20       under the provisions of this act shall be deposited daily with the state
21       treasurer and the state treasurer shall credit the same, less amounts set
22       apart as provided in subsection (b) and amounts credited as provided in
23       subsection (c) and (d), to the general revenue fund of the state.
24             (b) A revolving fund, designated as "compensating tax refund fund"
25       not to exceed $10,000 shall be set apart and maintained by the director
26       from compensating tax collections and estimated tax collections and held
27       by the state treasurer for prompt payment of all compensating tax refunds.
28       Such fund shall be in such amount, within the limit set by this section,
29       as the director shall determine is necessary to meet current refunding
30       requirements under this act.
31             (c)  (1) The state treasurer shall credit 5/98 5/104 of the revenue col-
32       lected or received from the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3703, and amend-
33       ments thereto, at the rate of 4.9% 5.2%, and deposited as provided in
34       subsection (a), exclusive of amounts credited pursuant to subsection (d),
35       in to the state highway fund.
36             (2) The state treasurer shall credit 6/104 of the revenue collected or
37       received from the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3703, and amendments
38       thereto, at the rate of 5.2%, and deposited as provided in subsection (a),
39       exclusive of amounts credited pursuant to subsection (d), to the state
40       school district finance fund.
41             (d) The state treasurer shall credit all revenue collected or received
42       from the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3703, and amendments thereto, as
43       certified by the director, from taxpayers doing business within that por-


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  1       tion of a redevelopment district occupied by a redevelopment project that
  2       was determined by the secretary of commerce and housing to be of state-
  3       wide as well as local importance or will create a major tourism area for
  4       the state as specified in subsection (a)(1)(D) of K.S.A. 12-1774, and
  5       amendments thereto, to the city bond finance fund created by subsection
  6       (d) of K.S.A. 79-3620, and amendments thereto. The provisions of this
  7       subsection shall expire when the total of all amounts credited hereunder
  8       and under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 79-3620, and amendments thereto, is
  9       sufficient to retire the special obligation bonds issued for the purpose of
10       financing all or a portion of the costs of such redevelopment project. 
11       Sec.  5. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 79-3603, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710
12       are hereby repealed.
13        Sec.  6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
14       publication in the statute book.