CHAPTER 188
HOUSE BILL No. 2584
(Amends Chapters 11 and 130)
An Act concerning taxation; amending K.S.A.
79-2101, 79-2804g, 79-3230, 79-3234 and
79-3606, as amended by section 31 of 1998
Senate Bill No. 493 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
12-187, as amended by section 1 of 1998 House
Bill No. 2707, 12-188, 12-189, as
amended by section 2 of 1998 House Bill No.
2707, 12-192 and 19-101a and repealing
the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A.
79-2804j and 79-3234a.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-187, as amended by
section 1 of
1998 House Bill No. 2707, is hereby amended to read as follows:
12-187.
(a) (1) No city shall impose a retailers' sales tax under the
provisions of
this act without the governing body of such city having first
submitted
such proposition to and having received the approval of a majority
of the
electors of the city voting thereon at an election called and held
therefor.
The governing body of any city may submit the question of imposing
a
retailers' sales tax and the governing body shall be required to
submit the
question upon submission of a petition signed by electors of such
city
equal in number to not less than 10% of the electors of such
city.
(2) The governing body of any class B city located in
any county which
does not impose a countywide retailers' sales tax pursuant to
paragraph
(5) of subsection (b) may submit the question of imposing a
retailers' sales
tax at the rate of .25%, .5%, .75% or 1% and pledging the revenue
re-
ceived therefrom for the purpose of financing the provision of
health care
services, as enumerated in the question, to the electors at an
election
called and held thereon. The tax imposed pursuant to this paragraph
shall
be deemed to be in addition to the rate limitations prescribed in
K.S.A.
12-189, and amendments thereto. As used in this paragraph, health
care
services shall include but not be limited to the following: Local
health
departments, city, county or district hospitals, city or county
nursing
homes, preventive health care services including immunizations,
prenatal
care and the postponement of entry into nursing homes by home
health
care services, mental health services, indigent health care,
physician or
health care worker recruitment, health education, emergency
medical
services, rural health clinics, integration of health care
services, home
health services and rural health networks.
(b) (1) The board of county commissioners of any county
may submit
the question of imposing a countywide retailers' sales tax to the
electors
at an election called and held thereon, and any such board shall be
re-
quired to submit the question upon submission of a petition signed
by
electors of such county equal in number to not less than 10% of
the
electors of such county who voted at the last preceding general
election
for the office of secretary of state, or upon receiving resolutions
request-
ing such an election passed by not less than 2/3 of the membership
of the
governing body of each of one or more cities within such county
which
contains a population of not less than 25% of the entire population
of the
county, or upon receiving resolutions requesting such an election
passed
by 2/3 of the membership of the governing body of each of one or
more
taxing subdivisions within such county which levy not less than 25%
of
the property taxes levied by all taxing subdivisions within the
county.
(2) The board of county commissioners of Atchison, Barton,
Butler,
Cowley, Cherokee, Crawford, Ford, Jefferson, Lyon,
Montgomery, Ot-
tawa, Riley, Saline, Seward and Wyandotte counties may submit the
ques-
tion of imposing a countywide retailers' sales tax and pledging the
revenue
received therefrom for the purpose of financing the construction or
re-
modeling of a courthouse, jail, law enforcement center facility or
other
county administrative facility, to the electors at an election
called and
held thereon. The tax imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall
expire
when sales tax sufficient to pay all of the costs incurred in the
financing
of such facility has been collected by retailers as determined by
the sec-
retary of revenue. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
allow
the rate of tax imposed by Butler, Cowley, Lyon, Montgomery or
Riley
county pursuant to this paragraph to exceed or be imposed at any
rate
other than the rates prescribed in K.S.A. 12-189, and
amendments
thereto.
(3) (A) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph,
the result of
the election held on November 8, 1988, on the question submitted
by
the board of county commissioners of Jackson county for the purpose
of
increasing its countywide retailers' sales tax by 1% is hereby
declared
valid, and the revenue received therefrom by the county shall be
ex-
pended solely for the purpose of financing the Banner Creek
reservoir
project. The tax imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall take
effect on
the effective date of this act and shall expire not later than five
years after
such date.
(B) The result of the election held on November 8, 1994, on
the
question submitted by the board of county commissioners of
Ottawa
county for the purpose of increasing its countywide retailers'
sales tax by
1% is hereby declared valid, and the revenue received therefrom by
the
county shall be expended solely for the purpose of financing the
erection,
construction and furnishing of a law enforcement center and jail
facility.
(4) The board of county commissioners of Finney and Ford
counties
may submit the question of imposing a countywide retailers' sales
tax at
the rate of .25% and pledging the revenue received therefrom for
the
purpose of financing all or any portion of the cost to be paid by
Finney
or Ford county for construction of highway projects identified as
system
enhancements under the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection
(b) of
K.S.A. 68-2314, and amendments thereto, to the electors at an
election
called and held thereon. Such election shall be called and held in
the
manner provided by the general bond law. The tax imposed pursuant
to
this paragraph shall expire upon the payment of all costs
authorized pur-
suant to this paragraph in the financing of such highway projects.
Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to allow the rate of tax
imposed by
Finney or Ford county pursuant to this paragraph to exceed the
maximum
rate prescribed in K.S.A. 12-189, and amendments thereto. If any
funds
remain upon the payment of all costs authorized pursuant to this
para-
graph in the financing of such highway projects in Finney county,
the
state treasurer shall remit such funds to the treasurer of Finney
county
and upon receipt of such moneys shall be deposited to the credit of
the
county road and bridge fund. If any funds remain upon the payment
of
all costs authorized pursuant to this paragraph in the financing of
such
highway projects in Ford county, the state treasurer shall remit
such funds
to the treasurer of Ford county and upon receipt of such moneys
shall
be deposited to the credit of the county road and bridge fund.
(5) The board of county commissioners of any county may submit
the
question of imposing a retailers' sales tax at the rate of .25%,
.5%, .75%
or 1% and pledging the revenue received therefrom for the purpose
of
financing the provision of health care services, as enumerated in
the ques-
tion, to the electors at an election called and held thereon.
Whenever any
county imposes a tax pursuant to this paragraph, any tax imposed
pursuant
to paragraph (2) of subsection (a) by any city located in such
county shall
expire upon the effective date of the imposition of the countywide
tax,
and thereafter the state treasurer shall remit to each such city
that portion
of the countywide tax revenue collected by retailers within such
city as
certified by the director of taxation. The tax imposed pursuant to
this
paragraph shall be deemed to be in addition to the rate limitations
pre-
scribed in K.S.A. 12-189, and amendments thereto. As used in this
par-
agraph, health care services shall include but not be limited to
the follow-
ing: Local health departments, city or county hospitals, city or
county
nursing homes, preventive health care services including
immunizations,
prenatal care and the postponement of entry into nursing homes by
home
care services, mental health services, indigent health care,
physician or
health care worker recruitment, health education, emergency
medical
services, rural health clinics, integration of health care
services, home
health services and rural health networks.
(6) The board of county commissioners of Allen county may
submit
the question of imposing a countywide retailers' sales tax at the
rate of
.5% and pledging the revenue received therefrom for the purpose
of
financing the costs of operation and construction of a solid waste
disposal
area or the modification of an existing landfill to comply with
federal
regulations to the electors at an election called and held thereon.
The tax
imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall expire upon the payment of
all
costs incurred in the financing of the project undertaken. Nothing
in this
paragraph shall be construed to allow the rate of tax imposed by
Allen
county pursuant to this paragraph to exceed or be imposed at any
rate
other than the rates prescribed in K.S.A. 12-189 and amendments
thereto.
(7) The board of county commissioners of Dickinson county may
sub-
mit the question of imposing a countywide retailers' sales tax at
the rate
of .25% .50% and pledging the revenue
received therefrom for the pur-
pose of financing the costs of renovating a building owned
by the county
to be used for community purposes roadway
construction and improve-
ment to the electors at an election called and held thereon.
The tax im-
posed pursuant to this paragraph shall expire after
three five years from
the date such tax is first collected.
(8) The board of county commissioners of Sherman county may
sub-
mit the question of imposing a countywide retailers' sales tax
at the rate
of .25%, .5% or .75% and pledging the revenue therefrom for the
purpose
of financing the costs of the county roads 64 and 65
construction and
improvement project. The tax imposed pursuant to this paragraph
shall
expire upon payment of all costs authorized pursuant to this
paragraph
in the financing of such project.
(c) The boards of county commissioners of any two or more
contig-
uous counties, upon adoption of a joint resolution by such boards,
may
submit the question of imposing a retailers' sales tax within such
counties
to the electors of such counties at an election called and held
thereon
and such boards of any two or more contiguous counties shall be
required
to submit such question upon submission of a petition in each of
such
counties, signed by a number of electors of each of such counties
where
submitted equal in number to not less than 10% of the electors of
each
of such counties who voted at the last preceding general election
for the
office of secretary of state, or upon receiving resolutions
requesting such
an election passed by not less than 2/3 of the membership of the
governing
body of each of one or more cities within each of such counties
which
contains a population of not less than 25% of the entire population
of
each of such counties, or upon receiving resolutions requesting
such an
election passed by 2/3 of the membership of the governing body of
each
of one or more taxing subdivisions within each of such counties
which
levy not less than 25% of the property taxes levied by all taxing
subdivi-
sions within each of such counties.
(d) Any city retailers' sales tax in the amount of .5% being
levied by
a city on July 1, 1990, shall continue in effect until repealed in
the manner
provided herein for the adoption and approval of such tax or until
re-
pealed by the adoption of an ordinance so providing. In addition to
any
city retailers' sales tax being levied by a city on July 1, 1990,
any such city
may adopt an additional city retailers' sales tax in the amount of
.25% or
.5%, provided that such additional tax is adopted and approved in
the
manner provided for the adoption and approval of a city retailers'
sales
tax. Any countywide retailers' sales tax in the amount of .5% or 1%
in
effect on July 1, 1990, shall continue in effect until repealed in
the manner
provided herein for the adoption and approval of such tax.
(e) A class B city shall have the same power to levy
and collect a city
retailers' sales tax that a class A city is authorized to
levy and collect and
in addition, in 1990, 1991 or 1992, the governing body of
any class B city
may submit the question of imposing an additional city
retailers' sales tax
in an amount not to exceed 1% and pledging the revenue
received there-
from for flood control projects to the electors at an
election called and
held thereon. Any additional sales tax imposed pursuant to
this paragraph
shall expire upon the payment of all costs incurred in
financing such flood
control projects.
(f) (e) A class D city shall have the
same power to levy and collect a
city retailers' sales tax that a class A city is authorized to levy
and collect
and in addition, the governing body of any class D city may submit
the
question of imposing an additional city retailers' sales tax in the
amount
of .125%, .25%, .5% or .75% and pledging the revenue
received there-
from for economic development initiatives, strategic planning
initiatives
or for public infrastructure projects including buildings to the
electors at
an election called and held thereon. Any additional sales tax
imposed
pursuant to this paragraph shall expire no later than five years
from the
date of imposition thereof.
(g) (f) Any city or county proposing
to adopt a retailers' sales tax shall
give notice of its intention to submit such proposition for
approval by the
electors in the manner required by K.S.A. 10-120, and
amendments
thereto. The notices shall state the time of the election and the
rate and
effective date of the proposed tax. If a majority of the electors
voting
thereon at such election fail to approve the proposition, such
proposition
may be resubmitted under the conditions and in the manner provided
in
this act for submission of the proposition. If a majority of the
electors
voting thereon at such election shall approve the levying of such
tax, the
governing body of any such city or county shall provide by
ordinance or
resolution, as the case may be, for the levy of the tax. Any repeal
of such
tax or any reduction or increase in the rate thereof, within the
limits
prescribed by K.S.A. 12-189, and amendments thereto, shall be
accom-
plished in the manner provided herein for the adoption and approval
of
such tax except that the repeal of any such city retailers' sales
tax may be
accomplished by the adoption of an ordinance so providing.
(h) (g) The sufficiency of the number
of signers of any petition filed
under this section shall be determined by the county election
officer.
Every election held under this act shall be conducted by the county
elec-
tion officer.
(i) (h) The governing body of the city
or county proposing to levy any
retailers' sales tax shall specify the purpose or purposes for
which the
revenue would be used, and a statement generally describing such
pur-
pose or purposes shall be included as a part of the ballot
proposition.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-188 is hereby amended to
read as fol-
lows: 12-188. The following classes of cities are hereby
established for
the purpose of imposing limitations and prohibitions upon the
levying of
sales and excise taxes or taxes in the nature of an excise upon
sales or
transfers of personal or real property or the use thereof, or the
rendering
or furnishing of services by cities as authorized and provided by
article
12, section 5, of the constitution of the state of Kansas:
Class A cities. All cities in the state of Kansas which have the
authority
to levy and collect excise taxes or taxes in the nature of an
excise upon
the sales or transfers of personal or real property or the use
thereof, or
the rendering or furnishing of services by cities.
Class B cities. All cities in the state of Kansas having a
population of
more than 1,000 but less than 2,000 located in a county
having a popu-
lation of more than 150,000 but less than 175,000 which has
the authority
to levy and collect excise taxes or taxes in the nature of
an excise upon
the sales or transfers of personal or real property or the
use thereof, or
the rendering or furnishing of services which
have the authority to levy
and collect excise taxes or taxes in the nature of an excise
upon the sales
or transfers of personal or real property or the use thereof, or
the ren-
dering or furnishing of services for the purpose of financing
the provision
of health care services.
Class C cities. All cities in the state of Kansas having a
population of
more than 290,000 located in a county having a population of more
than
350,000 which has the authority to levy and collect excise taxes or
taxes
in the nature of an excise upon the sales or transfers of personal
or real
property or the use thereof, or the rendering or furnishing of
services.
Class D cities. All cities in the state of Kansas located in
Cowley, Ellis,
Ellsworth, Johnson, Labette or Montgomery county or in both
Riley and
Pottawatomie counties which have the authority to levy and collect
excise
taxes or taxes in the nature of an excise upon the sales or
transfers of
personal or real property or the use thereof, or the rendering or
furnishing
of services.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-189, as amended by section 2
of 1998
House Bill No. 2707, is hereby amended to read as follows: 12-189.
Ex-
cept as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of
K.S.A.
12-187, and amendments thereto, the rate of any class A, class
B or class
C city retailers' sales tax shall be fixed in the amount of .25%,
.5%, .75%
or 1% which amount shall be determined by the governing body of
the
city. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of
K.S.A. 12-187, and amendments thereto, the rate of any
class B city re-
tailers' sales tax shall be fixed in the amount of .25%,
.5%, .75%, 1%,
1.25%, 1.5%, 1.75% or 2%. Except as otherwise
provided by paragraph
(2) of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 12-187, and amendments thereto, the
rate
of any class D city retailers' sales tax shall be fixed in the
amount of .25%,
.5%, .75%, 1%, 1.125%, 1.25%, 1.5% or 1.75%. The rate of any
county-
wide retailers' sales tax shall be fixed in an amount of either
.25%, .5%,
.75% or 1% which amount shall be determined by the board of
county
commissioners, except that:
(a) The board of county commissioners of Cherokee, Crawford,
Ford,
Saline, Seward or Wyandotte county, for the purposes of paragraph
(2)
of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and amendments thereto, may fix
such
rate at 1.5%, the board of county commissioners of Atchison county,
for
the purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187,
and
amendments thereto, may fix such rate at 1.5% or 1.75% and the
board
of county commissioners of Barton, Jefferson or Ottawa county, for
the
purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and
amend-
ments thereto, may fix such rate at 2%;
(b) the board of county commissioners of Jackson county, for
the
purposes of paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and
amend-
ments thereto, may fix such rate at 2%;
(c) the boards of county commissioners of Finney and Ford
counties,
for the purposes of paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of K.S.A.
12-187, and
amendments thereto, may fix such rate at .25%;
(d) the board of county commissioners of any county for the
purposes
of paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and
amendments
thereto, may fix such rate at a percentage which is equal to the
sum of
the rate allowed to be imposed by a board of county commissioners
on
the effective date of this act plus .25%, .5%, .75% or 1%, as the
case
requires; or
(e) the board of county commissioners of Dickinson county, for
the
purposes of paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and
amend-
ments thereto, may fix such rate at 1.25%.
1.5%; or
(f) the board of county commissioners of Sherman county,
for the
purposes of paragraph (8) of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 12-187,
and amend-
ments thereto, may fix such rate at l.5%, 1.75% or 2%.
Any county or city levying a retailers' sales tax is hereby
prohibited
from administering or collecting such tax locally, but shall
utilize the serv-
ices of the state department of revenue to administer, enforce and
collect
such tax. Except as otherwise specifically provided in K.S.A.
12-189a, and
amendments thereto, such tax shall be identical in its application,
and
exemptions therefrom, to the Kansas retailers' sales tax act and
all laws
and administrative rules and regulations of the state department of
rev-
enue relating to the Kansas retailers' sales tax shall apply to
such local
sales tax insofar as such laws and rules and regulations may be
made
applicable. The state director of taxation is hereby authorized to
admin-
ister, enforce and collect such local sales taxes and to adopt such
rules
and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient and effective
ad-
ministration and enforcement thereof.
Upon receipt of a certified copy of an ordinance or resolution
author-
izing the levy of a local retailers' sales tax, the state director
of taxation
shall cause such taxes to be collected within or without the
boundaries of
such taxing subdivision at the same time and in the same manner
provided
for the collection of the state retailers' sales tax. All moneys
collected by
the director of taxation under the provisions of this section shall
be cred-
ited to a county and city retailers' sales tax fund which fund is
hereby
established in the state treasury. Any refund due on any county or
city
retailers' sales tax collected pursuant to this act shall be paid
out of the
sales tax refund fund and reimbursed by the director of taxation
from
collections of local retailers' sales tax revenue. All local
retailers' sales tax
revenue collected within any county or city pursuant to this act
shall be
apportioned and remitted at least quarterly by the state treasurer,
on
instruction from the director of taxation, to the treasurer of such
county
or city.
The director of taxation shall provide, upon request by a city or
county
clerk or treasurer of any city or county levying a local retailers'
sales tax,
a monthly report identifying each retailer having a place of
business in
such city or county and setting forth the amount of such tax
remitted by
each retailer during the preceding month. Such report shall be
made
available to the clerk or treasurer of such city or county within a
reason-
able time after it has been requested from the director of
taxation. The
director of taxation shall be allowed to assess a reasonable fee
for the
issuance of such report. Information received by any city or county
pur-
suant to this section shall be confidential, and it shall be
unlawful for any
officer or employee of such city or county to divulge any such
information
in any manner. Any violation of this paragraph by a city or county
officer
or employee is a class B misdemeanor, and such officer or employee
shall
be dismissed from office.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-192 is hereby amended to
read as fol-
lows: 12-192. (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b),
(d) or
(h), all revenue received by the director of taxation from a
countywide
retailers' sales tax shall be apportioned among the county and each
city
located in such county in the following manner: (1) One-half of all
reve-
nue received by the director of taxation shall be apportioned among
the
county and each city located in such county in the proportion that
the
total tangible property tax levies made in such county in the
preceding
year for all funds of each such governmental unit bear to the total
of all
such levies made in the preceding year, and (2) except as
provided by
paragraph (3), 1/2 of all revenue received by the
director of taxation from
such countywide retailers' sales tax shall be apportioned among the
county
and each city located in such county, first to the county that
portion of
the revenue equal to the proportion that the population of the
county
residing in the unincorporated area of the county bears to the
total pop-
ulation of the county, and second to the cities in the proportion
that the
population of each city bears to the total population of the
county, except
that no persons residing within the Fort Riley military reservation
shall
be included in the determination of the population of any city
located
within Riley county, or (3) one-half of all revenue
received by the director
of taxation from countywide retailers' sales taxes levied
in Geary county
in any year shall be apportioned among the county and each
city located
in such county, first to the county that portion of the
revenue equal to
the proportion that the population of the county residing
in the unincor-
porated area of the county less the population residing on
a military res-
ervation bears to the total population of the county less
the population
residing on a military reservation, and second to the
cities in the propor-
tion that the population of each city bears to the total
population of the
county less the population residing on a military
reservation. All revenue
apportioned to a county shall be paid to its county treasurer and
shall be
credited to the general fund of the county.
(b) (1) As an alternative and in lieu of the
apportionment formula
provided in subsection (a), all revenue received by the director of
taxation
from a countywide retailers' sales tax imposed within Johnson
county at
the rate of .75% or 1% after the effective date of this act may be
appor-
tioned among the county and each city located in such county in
the
following manner: (A) The revenue received from the first .5% rate
of
tax shall be apportioned in the manner prescribed by subsection (a)
and
(B) the revenue received from the rate of tax exceeding .5% shall
be
apportioned as follows: (i) One-fourth shall be apportioned among
the
county and each city located in such county in the proportion that
the
total tangible property tax levies made in such county in the
preceding
year for all funds of each such governmental unit bear to the total
of all
such levies made in the preceding year and (ii) one-fourth shall be
ap-
portioned among the county and each city located in such county,
first to
the county that portion of the revenue equal to the proportion that
the
population of the county residing in the unincorporated area of the
county
bears to the total population of the county, and second to the
cities in the
proportion that the population of each city bears to the total
population
of the county and (iii) one-half shall be retained by the county
for its sole
use and benefit.
(2) In lieu of the apportionment formula provided in
subsection (a),
all money received by the director of taxation from a countywide
sales tax
imposed within Montgomery county pursuant to the election held
on
November 8, 1994, shall be remitted to and shall be retained by
the
county and expended only for the purpose for which the revenue
received
from the tax was pledged. All revenue apportioned and paid from
the
imposition of such tax to the treasurer of any city prior to the
effective
date of this act shall be remitted to the county treasurer and
expended
only for the purpose for which the revenue received from the tax
was
pledged.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of
this subsec-
tion, for purposes of subsections (a) and (b), the term ``total
tangible
property tax levies'' means the aggregate dollar amount of tax
revenue
derived from ad valorem tax levies applicable to all tangible
property
located within each such city or county. The ad valorem property
tax levy
of any county or city district entity or subdivision shall be
included within
this term if the levy of any such district entity or subdivision is
applicable
to all tangible property located within each such city or
county.
(2) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b), any ad
valorem prop-
erty tax levied on property located in a city in Johnson county for
the
purpose of providing fire protection service in such city shall be
included
within the term ``total tangible property tax levies'' for such
city regardless
of its applicability to all tangible property located within each
such city.
If the tax is levied by a district which extends across city
boundaries, for
purposes of this computation, the amount of such levy shall be
appor-
tioned among each city in which such district extends in the
proportion
that such tax levied within each city bears to the total tax levied
by the
district.
(d) (1) All revenue received from a countywide retailers'
sales tax
imposed pursuant to paragraphs (2), (6) or (7),
(7) or (8) of subsection
(b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to
and
shall be retained by the county and expended only for the purpose
for
which the revenue received from the tax was pledged.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (5) of
subsection (b)
of K.S.A. 12-187, and amendments thereto, all revenues received
from a
countywide retailers' sales tax imposed pursuant to paragraph (5)
of sub-
section (b) of K.S.A. 12-187, and amendments thereto, shall be
remitted
to and shall be retained by the county and expended only for the
purpose
for which the revenue received from the tax was pledged.
(e) All revenue apportioned to the several cities of the
county shall
be paid to the respective treasurers thereof and deposited in the
general
fund of the city. Whenever the territory of any city is located in
two or
more counties and any one or more of such counties do not levy a
coun-
tywide retailers' sales tax, or whenever such counties do not levy
coun-
tywide retailers' sales taxes at a uniform rate, the revenue
received by
such city from the proceeds of the countywide retailers' sales tax,
as an
alternative to depositing the same in the general fund, may be used
for
the purpose of reducing the tax levies of such city upon the
taxable tan-
gible property located within the county levying such countywide
retail-
ers' sales tax.
(f) Prior to March 1 of each year, the secretary of revenue
shall advise
each county treasurer of the revenue collected in such county from
the
state retailers' sales tax for the preceding calendar year.
(g) Prior to December 31 of each year, the clerk of every
county
imposing a countywide retailers' sales tax shall provide such
information
deemed necessary by the secretary of revenue to apportion and
remit
revenue to the counties and cities pursuant to this section.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 79-2804g is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
2804g. (a) Whenever any tract, lot or piece of real estate is
offered for
sale at public auction pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2804, and
amendments
thereto, such tract, lot or piece of real estate shall not be sold,
either
directly or indirectly, to:
(1) Any person having a statutory right to redeem such real
estate
prior to such sale, pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2803,
and
amendments thereto;
(2) any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, spouse,
sibling, trustee
or trust beneficiary who held an interest in a tract as owner or
holder of
the record title or who held an interest at any time when any tax
consti-
tuting part of the county's judgment became due; or
(3) with respect to a title holding corporation, any current
or former
stockholder, current officer or director, or any person having a
relation-
ship enumerated in paragraph (3) (2) to
such stockholder, officer or di-
rector.
(b) If any such real estate is acquired by a county pursuant
to K.S.A.
79-2804, and amendments thereto, and, at the end of six months
from
and after confirmation of such sale to the county, such real estate
is ad-
vertised for sale at public auction, as provided in K.S.A.
79-2804f, and
amendments thereto, such real estate shall not be sold, either
prior to or
at such auction, to any person having a statutory right to redeem
such
real estate, under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2803, and
amendments
thereto, for an amount less than the original judgment lien and
interest
thereon, plus the costs, charges and expenses of the proceedings
and sale,
as set forth in the execution and order of sale issued pursuant to
K.S.A.
79-2804, and amendments thereto.
(c) If any tract, lot or piece of real estate purchased at
public auction
pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2804, and amendments thereto, is transferred,
sold,
given or otherwise conveyed to any person who had a statutory right
to
redeem such real estate prior to such sale pursuant to K.S.A.
79-2803,
and amendments thereto, within 10 years of the date of the public
auc-
tion, such person shall be liable for an amount equal to the
original judg-
ment lien and interest thereon from the date of the public
auction.
(d) The provisions of this section shall apply to the sale
or conveyance
of any real estate by a county land bank established pursuant to
K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 19-26,104.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 79-3234 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
3234. (a) All reports and returns required by this act shall be
preserved
for three years and thereafter until the director orders them to be
de-
stroyed.
(b) Except in accordance with proper judicial order, or as
provided
in subsection (c) or in K.S.A. 17-7511, subsection (g) of K.S.A.
46-1106,
K.S.A. 46-1114, or K.S.A. 79-32,153a, and amendments thereto, it
shall
be unlawful for the director, any deputy, agent, clerk or other
officer,
employee or former employee of the department of revenue or any
other
state officer or employee or former state officer or employee to
divulge,
or to make known in any way, the amount of income or any
particulars
set forth or disclosed in any report, return, federal return or
federal return
information required under this act; and it shall be unlawful for
the di-
rector, any deputy, agent, clerk or other officer or employee
engaged in
the administration of this act to engage in the business or
profession of
tax accounting or to accept employment, with or without
consideration,
from any person, firm or corporation for the purpose, directly or
indi-
rectly, of preparing tax returns or reports required by the laws of
the state
of Kansas, by any other state or by the United States government,
or to
accept any employment for the purpose of advising, preparing
material
or data, or the auditing of books or records to be used in an
effort to
defeat or cancel any tax or part thereof that has been assessed by
the
state of Kansas, any other state or by the United States
government.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
publi-
cation of statistics, so classified as to prevent the
identification of partic-
ular reports or returns and the items thereof, or the inspection of
returns
by the attorney general or other legal representatives of the
state. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit the post auditor from access to all
income
tax reports or returns in accordance with and subject to the
provisions of
subsection (g) of K.S.A. 46-1106 or K.S.A. 46-1114, and
amendments
thereto. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
disclo-
sure of taxpayer information from income tax returns to persons or
en-
tities contracting with the secretary of revenue where the
secretary has
determined disclosure of such information is essential for
completion of
the contract and has taken appropriate steps to preserve
confidentiality.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
disclosure of
job creation and investment information derived from tax schedules
re-
quired to be filed under the Kansas income tax act to the secretary
of
commerce. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
the
disclosure of the taxpayer's name, last known address and residency
status
to the department of wildlife and parks to be used solely in its
license
fraud investigations. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
disclosure
of the name, residence address, employer or Kansas adjusted
gross income
of a taxpayer who may have a duty of support in a title IV-D
case to the
secretary of the Kansas department of social and rehabilitation
services
for use solely in administrative or judicial proceedings to
establish, modify
or enforce such support obligation in a title IV-D case. In
addition to any
other limits on use, such use shall be allowed only where
subject to a
protective order which prohibits disclosure outside of the title
IV-D pro-
ceeding. As used in this section, ``title IV-D case'' means a
case being
administered pursuant to part D of title IV of the federal
social security
act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.) and amendments
thereto. Any person re-
ceiving any information under the provisions of this subsection
shall be
subject to the confidentiality provisions of subsection (b) and to
the pen-
alty provisions of subsection (d).
(d) Any violation of subsection (b) or (c) is a class B
nonperson mis-
demeanor and, if the offender is an officer or employee of the
state, such
officer or employee shall be dismissed from office.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the
secretary of
revenue may permit the commissioner of internal revenue of the
United
States, or the proper official of any state imposing an income tax,
or the
authorized representative of either, to inspect the income tax
returns
made under this act and the secretary of revenue may make available
or
furnish to the taxing officials of any other state or the
commissioner of
internal revenue of the United States or other taxing officials of
the fed-
eral government, or their authorized representatives, information
con-
tained in income tax reports or returns or any audit thereof or the
report
of any investigation made with respect thereto, filed pursuant to
the in-
come tax laws, as the secretary may consider proper, but such
information
shall not be used for any other purpose than that of the
administration
of tax laws of such state, the state of Kansas or of the United
States.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the
secretary of
revenue may:
(1) Communicate to the executive director of the Kansas
lottery in-
formation as to whether a person, partnership or corporation is
current
in the filing of all applicable tax returns and in the payment of
all taxes,
interest and penalties to the state of Kansas, excluding items
under formal
appeal, for the purpose of determining whether such person,
partnership
or corporation is eligible to be selected as a lottery
retailer;
(2) communicate to the executive director of the Kansas racing
com-
mission as to whether a person, partnership or corporation has
failed to
meet any tax obligation to the state of Kansas for the purpose of
deter-
mining whether such person, partnership or corporation is eligible
for a
facility owner license or facility manager license pursuant to the
Kansas
parimutuel racing act; and
(3) provide such information to the president of Kansas, Inc.
as re-
quired by K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 74-8017, and amendments thereto.
The
president and any employees or former employees of Kansas, Inc.
re-
ceiving any such information shall be subject to the
confidentiality pro-
visions of subsection (b) and to the penalty provisions of
subsection (d).
(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow
disclosure of
the amount of income or any particulars set forth or disclosed
in any
report, return, federal return or federal return information,
where such
disclosure is prohibited by the federal internal revenue code as
in effect
on September 1, 1996, and amendments thereto, related federal
internal
revenue rules or regulations, or other federal law.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 79-3606, as amended by section 31 of 1998
Senate Bill
No. 493, is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-3606. The
following
shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this act:
(a) All sales of motor-vehicle fuel or other articles upon
which a sales
or excise tax has been paid, not subject to refund, under the laws
of this
state except cigarettes as defined by K.S.A. 79-3301 and
amendments
thereto, cereal malt beverages and malt products as defined by
K.S.A. 79-
3817 and amendments thereto, including wort, liquid malt, malt
syrup
and malt extract, which is not subject to taxation under the
provisions of
K.S.A. 79-41a02 and amendments thereto, motor vehicles taxed
pursuant
to K.S.A. 79-5117, and amendments thereto, tires taxed pursuant
to
K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-3424d, and amendments thereto, and
drycleaning
and laundry services taxed pursuant to K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-34,150,
and
amendments thereto;
(b) all sales of tangible personal property or service,
including the
renting and leasing of tangible personal property, purchased
directly by
the state of Kansas, a political subdivision thereof, other than a
school or
educational institution, or purchased by a public or private
nonprofit hos-
pital or public hospital authority or nonprofit blood, tissue or
organ bank
and used exclusively for state, political subdivision, hospital or
public hos-
pital authority or nonprofit blood, tissue or organ bank purposes,
except
when: (1) Such state, hospital or public hospital authority is
engaged or
proposes to engage in any business specifically taxable under the
provi-
sions of this act and such items of tangible personal property or
service
are used or proposed to be used in such business, or (2) such
political
subdivision is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of
furnishing
gas, water, electricity or heat to others and such items of
personal prop-
erty or service are used or proposed to be used in such
business;
(c) all sales of tangible personal property or services,
including the
renting and leasing of tangible personal property, purchased
directly by
a public or private elementary or secondary school or public or
private
nonprofit educational institution and used primarily by such school
or
institution for nonsectarian programs and activities provided or
sponsored
by such school or institution or in the erection, repair or
enlargement of
buildings to be used for such purposes. The exemption herein
provided
shall not apply to erection, construction, repair, enlargement or
equip-
ment of buildings used primarily for human habitation;
(d) all sales of tangible personal property or services
purchased by a
contractor for the purpose of constructing, equipping,
reconstructing,
maintaining, repairing, enlarging, furnishing or remodeling
facilities for
any public or private nonprofit hospital or public hospital
authority, public
or private elementary or secondary school or a public or private
nonprofit
educational institution, which would be exempt from taxation under
the
provisions of this act if purchased directly by such hospital or
public hos-
pital authority, school or educational institution; and all sales
of tangible
personal property or services purchased by a contractor for the
purpose
of constructing, equipping, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing,
en-
larging, furnishing or remodeling facilities for any political
subdivision of
the state, the total cost of which is paid from funds of such
political
subdivision and which would be exempt from taxation under the
provi-
sions of this act if purchased directly by such political
subdivision. Nothing
in this subsection or in the provisions of K.S.A. 12-3418 and
amendments
thereto, shall be deemed to exempt the purchase of any
construction
machinery, equipment or tools used in the constructing, equipping,
re-
constructing, maintaining, repairing, enlarging, furnishing or
remodeling
facilities for any political subdivision of the state. As used in
this subsec-
tion, K.S.A. 12-3418 and 79-3640, and amendments thereto, ``funds
of a
political subdivision'' shall mean general tax revenues, the
proceeds of
any bonds and gifts or grants-in-aid. Gifts shall not mean funds
used for
the purpose of constructing, equipping, reconstructing, repairing,
enlarg-
ing, furnishing or remodeling facilities which are to be leased to
the do-
nor. When any political subdivision of the state, public or private
non-
profit hospital or public hospital authority, public or private
elementary
or secondary school or public or private nonprofit educational
institution
shall contract for the purpose of constructing, equipping,
reconstructing,
maintaining, repairing, enlarging, furnishing or remodeling
facilities, it
shall obtain from the state and furnish to the contractor an
exemption
certificate for the project involved, and the contractor may
purchase ma-
terials for incorporation in such project. The contractor shall
furnish the
number of such certificate to all suppliers from whom such
purchases are
made, and such suppliers shall execute invoices covering the same
bearing
the number of such certificate. Upon completion of the project the
con-
tractor shall furnish to the political subdivision, hospital or
public hospital
authority, school or educational institution concerned a sworn
statement,
on a form to be provided by the director of taxation, that all
purchases so
made were entitled to exemption under this subsection. As an
alternative
to the foregoing procedure, any such contracting entity may apply
to the
secretary of revenue for agent status for the sole purpose of
issuing and
furnishing project exemption certificates to contractors pursuant
to rules
and regulations adopted by the secretary establishing conditions
and stan-
dards for the granting and maintaining of such status. All invoices
shall
be held by the contractor for a period of five years and shall be
subject
to audit by the director of taxation. If any materials purchased
under such
a certificate are found not to have been incorporated in the
building or
other project or not to have been returned for credit or the sales
or
compensating tax otherwise imposed upon such materials which will
not
be so incorporated in the building or other project reported and
paid by
such contractor to the director of taxation not later than the 20th
day of
the month following the close of the month in which it shall be
deter-
mined that such materials will not be used for the purpose for
which such
certificate was issued, the political subdivision, hospital or
public hospital
authority, school or educational institution concerned shall be
liable for
tax on all materials purchased for the project, and upon payment
thereof
it may recover the same from the contractor together with
reasonable
attorney fees. Any contractor or any agent, employee or
subcontractor
thereof, who shall use or otherwise dispose of any materials
purchased
under such a certificate for any purpose other than that for which
such a
certificate is issued without the payment of the sales or
compensating tax
otherwise imposed upon such materials, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor
and, upon conviction therefor, shall be subject to the penalties
provided
for in subsection (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615, and amendments
thereto;
(e) all sales of tangible personal property or services
purchased by a
contractor for the erection, repair or enlargement of buildings or
other
projects for the government of the United States, its agencies or
instru-
mentalities, which would be exempt from taxation if purchased
directly
by the government of the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities.
When the government of the United States, its agencies or
instrumen-
talities shall contract for the erection, repair, or enlargement of
any build-
ing or other project, it shall obtain from the state and furnish to
the
contractor an exemption certificate for the project involved, and
the con-
tractor may purchase materials for incorporation in such project.
The
contractor shall furnish the number of such certificates to all
suppliers
from whom such purchases are made, and such suppliers shall
execute
invoices covering the same bearing the number of such certificate.
Upon
completion of the project the contractor shall furnish to the
government
of the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities concerned a
sworn
statement, on a form to be provided by the director of taxation,
that all
purchases so made were entitled to exemption under this subsection.
As
an alternative to the foregoing procedure, any such contracting
entity may
apply to the secretary of revenue for agent status for the sole
purpose of
issuing and furnishing project exemption certificates to
contractors pur-
suant to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary
establishing con-
ditions and standards for the granting and maintaining of such
status. All
invoices shall be held by the contractor for a period of five years
and shall
be subject to audit by the director of taxation. Any contractor or
any agent,
employee or subcontractor thereof, who shall use or otherwise
dispose of
any materials purchased under such a certificate for any purpose
other
than that for which such a certificate is issued without the
payment of
the sales or compensating tax otherwise imposed upon such
materials,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor,
shall be
subject to the penalties provided for in subsection (g) of K.S.A.
79-3615
and amendments thereto;
(f) tangible personal property purchased by a railroad or
public utility
for consumption or movement directly and immediately in
interstate
commerce;
(g) sales of aircraft including remanufactured and modified
aircraft,
sales of aircraft repair, modification and replacement parts and
sales of
services employed in the remanufacture, modification and repair of
air-
craft sold to persons using directly or through an authorized agent
such
aircraft and aircraft repair, modification and replacement parts as
certified
or licensed carriers of persons or property in interstate or
foreign com-
merce under authority of the laws of the United States or any
foreign
government or sold to any foreign government or agency or
instrumen-
tality of such foreign government and all sales of aircraft,
aircraft parts,
replacement parts and services employed in the remanufacture,
modifi-
cation and repair of aircraft for use outside of the United
States;
(h) all rentals of nonsectarian textbooks by public or private
elemen-
tary or secondary schools;
(i) the lease or rental of all films, records, tapes, or any
type of sound
or picture transcriptions used by motion picture exhibitors;
(j) meals served without charge or food used in the
preparation of
such meals to employees of any restaurant, eating house, dining
car, hotel,
drugstore or other place where meals or drinks are regularly sold
to the
public if such employees' duties are related to the furnishing or
sale of
such meals or drinks;
(k) any motor vehicle, semitrailer or pole trailer, as such
terms are
defined by K.S.A. 8-126 and amendments thereto, or aircraft sold
and
delivered in this state to a bona fide resident of another state,
which motor
vehicle, semitrailer, pole trailer or aircraft is not to be
registered or based
in this state and which vehicle, semitrailer, pole trailer or
aircraft will not
remain in this state more than 10 days;
(l) all isolated or occasional sales of tangible personal
property, serv-
ices, substances or things, except isolated or occasional sale of
motor
vehicles specifically taxed under the provisions of subsection (o)
of K.S.A.
79-3603 and amendments thereto;
(m) all sales of tangible personal property which become an
ingre-
dient or component part of tangible personal property or services
pro-
duced, manufactured or compounded for ultimate sale at retail
within or
without the state of Kansas; and any such producer, manufacturer
or
compounder may obtain from the director of taxation and furnish to
the
supplier an exemption certificate number for tangible personal
property
for use as an ingredient or component part of the property or
services
produced, manufactured or compounded;
(n) all sales of tangible personal property which is consumed
in the
production, manufacture, processing, mining, drilling, refining or
com-
pounding of tangible personal property, the treating of by-products
or
wastes derived from any such production process, the providing of
serv-
ices or the irrigation of crops for ultimate sale at retail within
or without
the state of Kansas; and any purchaser of such property may obtain
from
the director of taxation and furnish to the supplier an exemption
certifi-
cate number for tangible personal property for consumption in such
pro-
duction, manufacture, processing, mining, drilling, refining,
compound-
ing, treating, irrigation and in providing such services;
(o) all sales of animals, fowl and aquatic plants and animals,
the pri-
mary purpose of which is use in agriculture or aquaculture, as
defined in
K.S.A. 47-1901, and amendments thereto, the production of food
for
human consumption, the production of animal, dairy, poultry or
aquatic
plant and animal products, fiber or fur, or the production of
offspring for
use for any such purpose or purposes;
(p) all sales of drugs, as defined by K.S.A. 65-1626 and
amendments
thereto, dispensed pursuant to a prescription order, as defined by
K.S.A.
65-1626 and amendments thereto, by a licensed practitioner;
(q) all sales of insulin dispensed by a person licensed by the
state
board of pharmacy to a person for treatment of diabetes at the
direction
of a person licensed to practice medicine by the board of healing
arts;
(r) all sales of prosthetic and orthopedic appliances
prescribed in
writing by a person licensed to practice the healing arts,
dentistry or
optometry. For the purposes of this subsection, the term prosthetic
and
orthopedic appliances means any apparatus, instrument, device, or
equip-
ment used to replace or substitute for any missing part of the
body; used
to alleviate the malfunction of any part of the body; or used to
assist any
disabled person in leading a normal life by facilitating such
person's mo-
bility; such term shall include accessories attached or to be
attached to
motor vehicles, but such term shall not include motor vehicles or
personal
property which when installed becomes a fixture to real
property;
(s) all sales of tangible personal property or services
purchased di-
rectly by a groundwater management district organized or operating
un-
der the authority of K.S.A. 82a-1020 et seq. and amendments
thereto,
which property or services are used in the operation or maintenance
of
the district;
(t) all sales of farm machinery and equipment or aquaculture
ma-
chinery and equipment, repair and replacement parts therefor and
serv-
ices performed in the repair and maintenance of such machinery
and
equipment. For the purposes of this subsection the term ``farm
machinery
and equipment or aquaculture machinery and equipment'' shall
include
machinery and equipment used in the operation of Christmas tree
farm-
ing but shall not include any passenger vehicle, truck, truck
tractor, trailer,
semitrailer or pole trailer, other than a farm trailer, as such
terms are
defined by K.S.A. 8-126 and amendments thereto. Each purchaser
of
farm machinery and equipment or aquaculture machinery and
equipment
exempted herein must certify in writing on the copy of the invoice
or
sales ticket to be retained by the seller that the farm machinery
and
equipment or aquaculture machinery and equipment purchased will
be
used only in farming, ranching or aquaculture production. Farming
or
ranching shall include the operation of a feedlot and farm and
ranch work
for hire and the operation of a nursery;
(u) all leases or rentals of tangible personal property used
as a dwell-
ing if such tangible personal property is leased or rented for a
period of
more than 28 consecutive days;
(v) all sales of food products to any contractor for use in
preparing
meals for delivery to homebound elderly persons over 60 years of
age and
to homebound disabled persons or to be served at a group-sitting at
a
location outside of the home to otherwise homebound elderly
persons
over 60 years of age and to otherwise homebound disabled persons,
as
all or part of any food service project funded in whole or in part
by
government or as part of a private nonprofit food service project
available
to all such elderly or disabled persons residing within an area of
service
designated by the private nonprofit organization, and all sales of
food
products for use in preparing meals for consumption by indigent or
home-
less individuals whether or not such meals are consumed at a place
des-
ignated for such purpose;
(w) all sales of natural gas, electricity, heat and water
delivered
through mains, lines or pipes: (1) To residential premises for
noncom-
mercial use by the occupant of such premises; (2) for agricultural
use and
also, for such use, all sales of propane gas; (3) for use in the
severing of
oil; and (4) to any property which is exempt from property taxation
pur-
suant to K.S.A. 79-201b Second through Sixth. As used
in this paragraph,
``severing'' shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by subsection
(k) of
K.S.A. 79-4216, and amendments thereto;
(x) all sales of propane gas, LP-gas, coal, wood and other
fuel sources
for the production of heat or lighting for noncommercial use of an
oc-
cupant of residential premises;
(y) all sales of materials and services used in the repairing,
servicing,
altering, maintaining, manufacturing, remanufacturing, or
modification of
railroad rolling stock for use in interstate or foreign commerce
under
authority of the laws of the United States;
(z) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased di-
rectly by a port authority or by a contractor therefor as provided
by the
provisions of K.S.A. 12-3418 and amendments thereto;
(aa) all sales of materials and services applied to equipment
which is
transported into the state from without the state for repair,
service, al-
teration, maintenance, remanufacture or modification and which is
sub-
sequently transported outside the state for use in the transmission
of
liquids or natural gas by means of pipeline in interstate or
foreign com-
merce under authority of the laws of the United States;
(bb) all sales of used mobile homes or manufactured homes. As
used
in this subsection: (1) ``Mobile homes'' and ``manufactured homes''
shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 58-4202 and
amendments
thereto; and (2) ``sales of used mobile homes or manufactured
homes''
means sales other than the original retail sale thereof;
(cc) all sales of tangible personal property or services
purchased for
the purpose of and in conjunction with constructing,
reconstructing, en-
larging or remodeling a business or retail business which meets
the
requirements established in K.S.A. 74-50,115 and amendments
thereto,
and the sale and installation of machinery and equipment purchased
for
installation at any such business or retail business. When a person
shall
contract for the construction, reconstruction, enlargement or
remodeling
of any such business or retail business, such person shall obtain
from the
state and furnish to the contractor an exemption certificate for
the project
involved, and the contractor may purchase materials, machinery
and
equipment for incorporation in such project. The contractor shall
furnish
the number of such certificates to all suppliers from whom such
purchases
are made, and such suppliers shall execute invoices covering the
same
bearing the number of such certificate. Upon completion of the
project
the contractor shall furnish to the owner of the business or retail
business
a sworn statement, on a form to be provided by the director of
taxation,
that all purchases so made were entitled to exemption under this
subsec-
tion. All invoices shall be held by the contractor for a period of
five years
and shall be subject to audit by the director of taxation. Any
contractor
or any agent, employee or subcontractor thereof, who shall use or
oth-
erwise dispose of any materials, machinery or equipment purchased
un-
der such a certificate for any purpose other than that for which
such a
certificate is issued without the payment of the sales or
compensating tax
otherwise imposed thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon
conviction therefor, shall be subject to the penalties provided for
in sub-
section (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615 and amendments thereto. As used in
this
subsection, ``business'' and ``retail business'' have the meanings
respec-
tively ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 74-50,114 and amendments
thereto;
(dd) all sales of tangible personal property purchased with
food
stamps issued by the United States department of agriculture;
(ee) all sales of lottery tickets and shares made as part of a
lottery
operated by the state of Kansas;
(ff) on and after July 1, 1988, all sales of new mobile homes
or man-
ufactured homes to the extent of 40% of the gross receipts,
determined
without regard to any trade-in allowance, received from such sale.
As used
in this subsection, ``mobile homes'' and ``manufactured homes''
shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 58-4202 and amendments
thereto;
(gg) all sales of tangible personal property purchased in
accordance
with vouchers issued pursuant to the federal special supplemental
food
program for women, infants and children;
(hh) all sales of medical supplies and equipment purchased
directly
by a nonprofit skilled nursing home or nonprofit intermediate
nursing
care home, as defined by K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto,
for
the purpose of providing medical services to residents thereof.
This ex-
emption shall not apply to tangible personal property customarily
used
for human habitation purposes;
(ii) all sales of tangible personal property purchased
directly by a non-
profit organization for nonsectarian comprehensive multidiscipline
youth
development programs and activities provided or sponsored by such
or-
ganization, and all sales of tangible personal property by or on
behalf of
any such organization. This exemption shall not apply to tangible
personal
property customarily used for human habitation purposes;
(jj) all sales of tangible personal property or services,
including the
renting and leasing of tangible personal property, purchased
directly on
behalf of a community-based mental retardation facility or mental
health
center organized pursuant to K.S.A. 19-4001 et seq., and
amendments
thereto, and licensed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A.
75-
3307b and amendments thereto. This exemption shall not apply to
tan-
gible personal property customarily used for human habitation
purposes;
(kk) on and after January 1, 1989, all sales of machinery and
equip-
ment used directly and primarily for the purposes of manufacturing,
as-
sembling, processing, finishing, storing, warehousing or
distributing ar-
ticles of tangible personal property in this state intended for
resale by a
manufacturing or processing plant or facility or a storage,
warehousing or
distribution facility, and all sales of repair and replacement
parts and
accessories purchased for such machinery and equipment:
(1) For purposes of this subsection, machinery and equipment
shall
be deemed to be used directly and primarily in the manufacture,
assem-
blage, processing, finishing, storing, warehousing or distributing
of tan-
gible personal property where such machinery and equipment is
used
during a manufacturing, assembling, processing or finishing,
storing,
warehousing or distributing operation:
(A) To effect a direct and immediate physical change upon the
tangible
personal property;
(B) to guide or measure a direct and immediate physical change
upon
such property where such function is an integral and essential part
of
tuning, verifying or aligning the component parts of such
property;
(C) to test or measure such property where such function is an
in-
tegral part of the production flow or function;
(D) to transport, convey or handle such property during the
manu-
facturing, processing, storing, warehousing or distribution
operation at
the plant or facility; or
(E) to place such property in the container, package or
wrapping in
which such property is normally sold or transported.
(2) Notwithstanding the manner in which machinery and
equipment
is treated by a taxpayer for federal income tax
purposes, For purposes of
this subsection ``machinery and equipment used directly and
primarily''
shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) Mechanical machines or major components
thereof contributing
to a manufacturing, assembling or finishing process;
(B) molds and dies that determine the physical characteristics
of the
finished product or its packaging material;
(C) testing equipment to determine the quality of the finished
prod-
uct;
(D) computers and related peripheral equipment that directly
control
or measure the manufacturing process or which are utilized for
engi-
neering of the finished product; and
(E) computers and related peripheral equipment utilized for
research
and development and product design.
(3) ``Machinery and equipment used directly and primarily''
shall not
include:
(A) Hand tools;
(B) machinery, equipment and tools used in maintaining and
repair-
ing any type of machinery and equipment;
(C) transportation equipment not used in the manufacturing,
assem-
bling, processing, furnishing, storing, warehousing or distributing
process
at the plant or facility;
(D) office machines and equipment including computers and
related
peripheral equipment not directly and primarily used in controlling
or
measuring the manufacturing process;
(E) furniture and buildings; and
(F) machinery and equipment used in administrative,
accounting,
sales or other such activities of the business;
(4) for purposes of this subsection, ``repair and
replacement parts and
accessories'' means all parts and accessories for exempt
machinery and
equipment, including but not limited to dies, jigs, molds, and
patterns
which are attached to exempt machinery or which are otherwise
used in
production, short-lived replaceable parts that can be readily
detached
from exempt machinery or equipment, such as belts, drill bits,
grinding
wheels, cutting bars and saws, and other replacement parts for
production
equipment, including refractory brick and other refractory items
for kiln
equipment used in production operations;
(ll) all sales of educational materials purchased for
distribution to the
public at no charge by a nonprofit corporation organized for the
purpose
of encouraging, fostering and conducting programs for the
improvement
of public health;
(mm) all sales of seeds and tree seedlings; fertilizers,
insecticides,
herbicides, germicides, pesticides and fungicides; and services,
purchased
and used for the purpose of producing plants in order to prevent
soil
erosion on land devoted to agricultural use;
(nn) except as otherwise provided in this act, all sales of
services ren-
dered by an advertising agency or licensed broadcast station or any
mem-
ber, agent or employee thereof;
(oo) all sales of tangible personal property purchased by a
community
action group or agency for the exclusive purpose of repairing or
weath-
erizing housing occupied by low income individuals;
(pp) all sales of drill bits and explosives actually utilized
in the explo-
ration and production of oil or gas;
(qq) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased by
a nonprofit museum or historical society or any combination
thereof, in-
cluding a nonprofit organization which is organized for the purpose
of
stimulating public interest in the exploration of space by
providing edu-
cational information, exhibits and experiences, which is exempt
from fed-
eral income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the federal
internal
revenue code of 1986;
(rr) all sales of tangible personal property which will admit
the pur-
chaser thereof to any annual event sponsored by a nonprofit
organization
which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to
section
501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986;
(ss) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased by
a public broadcasting station licensed by the federal
communications
commission as a noncommercial educational television or radio
station;
(tt) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased by
or on behalf of a not-for-profit corporation which is exempt from
federal
income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the federal
internal rev-
enue code of 1986, for the sole purpose of constructing a Kansas
Korean
War memorial;
(uu) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased by
or on behalf of any rural volunteer fire-fighting organization for
use ex-
clusively in the performance of its duties and functions;
(vv) all sales of tangible personal property purchased by any
of the
following organizations which are exempt from federal income
taxation
pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code
of
1986, for the following purposes, and all sales of any such
property by or
on behalf of any such organization for any such purpose:
(1) The American Heart Association, Kansas Affiliate, Inc. for
the
purposes of providing education, training, certification in
emergency car-
diac care, research and other related services to reduce disability
and
death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke;
(2) the Kansas Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc. for the
purpose of
advocacy for persons with mental illness and to education, research
and
support for their families;
(3) the Kansas Mental Illness Awareness Council for the
purposes of
advocacy for persons who are mentally ill and to education,
research and
support for them and their families;
(4) the American Diabetes Association Kansas Affiliate, Inc.
for the
purpose of eliminating diabetes through medical research, public
edu-
cation focusing on disease prevention and education, patient
education
including information on coping with diabetes, and professional
education
and training;
(5) the American Lung Association of Kansas, Inc. for the
purpose of
eliminating all lung diseases through medical research, public
education
including information on coping with lung diseases, professional
educa-
tion and training related to lung disease and other related
services to
reduce the incidence of disability and death due to lung
disease;
(6) the Kansas chapters of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related
Dis-
orders Association, Inc. for the purpose of providing assistance
and sup-
port to persons in Kansas with Alzheimer's disease, and their
families and
caregivers; and
(ww) all sales of tangible personal property purchased by the
Habitat
for Humanity for the exclusive use of being incorporated within a
housing
project constructed by such organization.
(xx) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased by
a nonprofit zoo which is exempt from federal income taxation
pursuant
to section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986,
or on
behalf of such zoo by an entity itself exempt from federal income
taxation
pursuant to section 50 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code
of 1986
contracted with to operate such zoo and all sales of tangible
personal
property or services purchased by a contractor for the purpose of
con-
structing, equipping, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing,
enlarging,
furnishing or remodeling facilities for any nonprofit zoo which
would be
exempt from taxation under the provisions of this section if
purchased
directly by such nonprofit zoo or the entity operating such zoo.
Nothing
in this subsection shall be deemed to exempt the purchase of any
con-
struction machinery, equipment or tools used in the constructing,
equip-
ping, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, enlarging, furnishing
or re-
modeling facilities for any nonprofit zoo. When any nonprofit zoo
shall
contract for the purpose of constructing, equipping,
reconstructing, main-
taining, repairing, enlarging, furnishing or remodeling facilities,
it shall
obtain from the state and furnish to the contractor an exemption
certifi-
cate for the project involved, and the contractor may purchase
materials
for incorporation in such project. The contractor shall furnish the
number
of such certificate to all suppliers from whom such purchases are
made,
and such suppliers shall execute invoices covering the same bearing
the
number of such certificate. Upon completion of the project the
contractor
shall furnish to the nonprofit zoo concerned a sworn statement, on
a form
to be provided by the director of taxation, that all purchases so
made were
entitled to exemption under this subsection. All invoices shall be
held by
the contractor for a period of five years and shall be subject to
audit by
the director of taxation. If any materials purchased under such a
certifi-
cate are found not to have been incorporated in the building or
other
project or not to have been returned for credit or the sales or
compen-
sating tax otherwise imposed upon such materials which will not be
so
incorporated in the building or other project reported and paid by
such
contractor to the director of taxation not later than the 20th day
of the
month following the close of the month in which it shall be
determined
that such materials will not be used for the purpose for which such
cer-
tificate was issued, the nonprofit zoo concerned shall be liable
for tax on
all materials purchased for the project, and upon payment thereof
it may
recover the same from the contractor together with reasonable
attorney
fees. Any contractor or any agent, employee or subcontractor
thereof,
who shall use or otherwise dispose of any materials purchased under
such
a certificate for any purpose other than that for which such a
certificate
is issued without the payment of the sales or compensating tax
otherwise
imposed upon such materials, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon
conviction therefor, shall be subject to the penalties provided for
in sub-
section (g) of K.S.A. 79-3615, and amendments thereto;
(yy) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased by
a parent-teacher association or organization, and all sales of
tangible per-
sonal property by or on behalf of such association or
organization;
(zz) all sales of machinery and equipment purchased by
over-the-air,
free access radio or television station which is used directly and
primarily
for the purpose of producing a broadcast signal or is such that the
failure
of the machinery or equipment to operate would cause broadcasting
to
cease. For purposes of this subsection, machinery and equipment
shall
include, but not be limited to, that required by rules and
regulations of
the federal communications commission, and all sales of electricity
which
are essential or necessary for the purpose of producing a broadcast
signal
or is such that the failure of the electricity would cause
broadcasting to
cease;
(aaa) all sales of tangible personal property and services
purchased
by a religious organization which is exempt from federal income
taxation
pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue
code, and
used exclusively for religious purposes; and
(bbb) all sales of food for human consumption by an
organization
which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section
501
(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, pursuant to a
food
distribution program which offers such food at a price below cost
in
exchange for the performance of community service by the
purchaser
thereof.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 79-3230 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
3230. (a) The amount of income taxes imposed by this act shall be
as-
sessed within three years after the return was filed or the tax as
shown to
be due on the return was paid, whichever is the later date, and no
pro-
ceedings in court for the collection of such taxes shall be begun
after the
expiration of such period. For purposes of this act any return
filed before
the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable
year
shall be considered as being filed on the 15th day of the fourth
month
following the close of the taxable year, and any tax shown to be
due on
the return and paid before the 15th day of the fourth month
following
the close of the taxable year shall be deemed to have been paid on
the
15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable
year.
(b) In the case of a false or fraudulent return with intent to
evade
tax, the tax may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for
collection of
such tax may be begun at any time.
(c) No refund or credit shall be allowed by the director of
taxation
after three years from the date prescribed by law for filing the
return,
provided it was filed before the due date, unless before the
expiration of
such period a claim therefor is filed by the taxpayer. If the
return was
filed after the due date, a refund claim must be filed not later
than three
years from the time the return was actually filed, or two years
from the
date the tax was paid, whichever of such periods expires later.
Where the
assessment of any income tax imposed by this act has been made
within
the period of limitation properly applicable thereto, such tax may
be col-
lected by distraint or by a proceeding in court, but only if begun
within
one year after the period of limitation as defined in this act.
(d) In case a taxpayer has made claim for a refund, the
taxpayer shall
have the right to commence a suit for the recovery of the refund at
the
expiration of six months after the filing of the claim for refund,
if no action
has been taken by the director of taxation.
(e) Before the expiration of time prescribed in this section
for the
assessment of additional tax or the filing of a claim for a refund,
the
director of taxation is authorized to enter into an agreement in
writing
with the taxpayer consenting to the extension of the periods of
limitations
as defined in this act for the assessment of tax or for the filing
of a claim
for refund, at any time prior to the expiration of the period of
limitations.
The period so agreed upon may be extended by subsequent
agreements
in writing made before the expiration of the period previously
agreed
upon. A copy of all such agreements and extensions thereof shall be
filed
with the director of taxation within 30 days after their
execution.
(f) Any taxpayer whose income has been adjusted by the federal
in-
ternal revenue service or by the income tax collection agency of
another
state is required to report such adjustments to the Kansas
department of
revenue by mail within 180 days of the date the federal or other
state
adjustments are paid, agreed to or become final, whichever is
earlier.
Such adjustments shall be reported by filing an amended return for
the
applicable taxable year and a copy of the federal or state
revenue agent's
report detailing such adjustments. In the event such taxpayer is a
cor-
poration, such report shall be by certified or registered mail.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (c) of this
section,
additional income taxes may be assessed and proceedings in court
for
collection of such taxes may be commenced and any refund or credit
may
be allowed by the director of taxation within 180 days following
receipt
of any such report of adjustments by the Kansas department of
revenue.
No assessment shall be made nor any refund or credit shall be
allowable
under the provisions of this paragraph except to the extent the
same is
attributable to changes in the taxpayer's income due to adjustments
in-
dicated by such report.
(g) In the event of failure to comply with the provisions of
this section,
the statute of limitations shall be tolled.
Sec. 9. K.S.A. 79-2101 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
2101. Except as provided by K.S.A. 79-2017, and amendments
thereto,
all the taxes on personal property that remain due and unpaid on
February
16 January 1 or July 1 shall be collected
in the following manner:
The county treasurer, between on or before
February 20 and 25, shall
send a notice by mail to the person, firm, unincorporated
association,
company or corporation to whom such taxes were assessed, and
which
remain unpaid on February 16 January 1 of
any year, to its post office
address as shown by the records in the office of the county
clerk treasurer.
The county treasurer, between on or before
July 10 and 15, shall send a
notice by mail to the person, firm, unincorporated association,
company
or corporation to whom such taxes were assessed, and which remain
un-
paid on July 1 of any year, to its post office address as shown by
the
records in the office of the county clerk
treasurer. Failure to receive any
such notice shall not relieve such person, firm, unincorporated
associa-
tion, company or corporation defaulting in payment of personal
taxes from
any interest and costs attached thereto. Such notice shall state
the amount
of personal tax charged against the party, and notify the party
that the tax
may be paid by paying interest thereon from the date it became due
and
payable to date of payment computed under the provisions of K.S.A.
79-
2004a, and amendments thereto.
If such taxes remain unpaid for a period of 30
14 days after mailing
such notice, the county treasurer shall issue a warrant signed by
the trea-
surer directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding the sheriff
to
levy the amount of such unpaid taxes and the interest thereon,
together
with the costs of executing the warrant and the sheriff's
fees for collecting
the same, upon any personal property, tangible or intangible, of
the per-
son, firm, unincorporated association, company or corporation to
whom
such taxes were assessed. Such warrant shall be delivered to the
sheriff.
Upon receipt of such tax warrant, the sheriff shall proceed to
collect the
taxes the same as upon execution, except that where
such taxes were
levied and assessed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-329 through 79-334,
and
amendments thereto, they shall be collected as
follows:
The sheriff or county treasurer shall cause notice to be
given by reg-
istered mail to the purchaser of the oil and gas from such lease of
the
amount of such delinquent taxes and the name of the person
against
whom they were assessed and from. From and
after the receipt of such
notice such purchaser shall not pay to the person owing the taxes
or any
of the proceeds of the sale of any oil or gas from such lease, but
shall pay
the proceeds to the sheriff until the full amount of such taxes and
costs
are paid after which the purchaser may resume the payments for such
oil
or gas to such person, but this exception shall not prevent the
levy of an
execution and sale of the leasehold interest or the physical
personal prop-
erty on any such lease for the payment of delinquent taxes owed by
its
owner. Tax warrants issued pursuant to K.S.A. 79-329 through
79-334,
and amendments thereto shall not be required to be returned
prior to 24
months after issuance.
The sheriff, as soon as the sheriff collects
collecting the tax warrant,
shall make a return thereof and shall make a return of all tax
warrants
delivered to the sheriff on or before October 1 of the year
following the
year in which the tax was levied except as otherwise provided by
the
preceding paragraph. If the warrant so returned shows that
the tax has
been collected, the sheriff shall pay the tax to the county
treasurer. If
such return shows that such tax has not been collected, the county
trea-
surer shall file with the clerk of the district court of the
treasurer's county
an abstract of the total amount of unpaid taxes and interest due
plus
penalties and costs of executing the warrant. The clerk
shall enter the
total amount of the unpaid taxes in the appearance
docket and note the
entry in general index. No fee shall be charged for making the
entry. The
total amount shall become a judgment in the same manner and to
the
same extent as any other judgment under the code of civil procedure
and
shall become a lien on real estate from and after the time of the
filing
thereof. A transcript of the judgment may be filed with the clerk
of the
district court in any other county and when it is entered in the
manner
provided above it shall become a lien upon real estate located in
such
county in the same manner as is provided in case of other
judgments,
except that no fee shall be charged for making the entry.
Execution, gar-
nishment or other proceedings in aid of execution may issue within
the
county or to any other county on the judgment in the same manner
as
on judgments under the code of civil procedure except that any real
estate
taken upon execution for the collection of such taxes shall be sold
without
appraisement. None of the exemptions provided for in the code of
civil
procedure shall apply to any such judgment but no such judgment
se-
cured for taxes on personal property shall be levied against a
homestead.
At the time of filing the abstract of the taxes, interest,
penalties and
costs of executing the warrant with the clerk of the
district court, the
county treasurer shall serve notice, in writing, on the county
attorney of
such filing. It shall be the duty of the county attorney to
commence such
proceedings as are necessary for the collection of such judgment.
If ex-
ecution is not issued within five years from the date of the entry
of any
such judgment, or if five years shall have intervened between the
date of
the last execution issued on such judgment, and the time of issuing
an-
other writ of execution thereon, such judgment shall become
dormant,
and shall cease to operate as a lien on the real estate of the
delinquent
taxpayer. Such dormant judgment may be revived in like manner as
dor-
mant judgments under the code of civil procedure. Any such
judgment
remaining uncollected after 20 years may be allowed to become
dormant
if the county commissioners determine, after consideration of all
relevant
facts, that it is not reasonable to expect such judgment will be
collected.
The board of county commissioners may allow such judgment to
become
dormant at any time if the original amount of the judgment was less
than
$50.
Sec. 10. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 19-101a is hereby amended to
read as
follows: 19-101a. (a) The board of county commissioners may
transact all
county business and perform all powers of local legislation and
adminis-
tration it deems appropriate, subject only to the following
limitations,
restrictions or prohibitions:
(1) Counties shall be subject to all acts of the legislature
which apply
uniformly to all counties.
(2) Counties may not consolidate or alter county
boundaries.
(3) Counties may not affect the courts located therein.
(4) Counties shall be subject to acts of the legislature
prescribing
limits of indebtedness.
(5) In the exercise of powers of local legislation and
administration
authorized under provisions of this section, the home rule power
con-
ferred on cities to determine their local affairs and government
shall not
be superseded or impaired without the consent of the governing body
of
each city within a county which may be affected.
(6) Counties may not legislate on social welfare administered
under
state law enacted pursuant to or in conformity with public law No.
271--
74th congress, or amendments thereof.
(7) Counties shall be subject to all acts of the legislature
concerning
elections, election commissioners and officers and their duties as
such
officers and the election of county officers.
(8) Counties shall be subject to the limitations and
prohibitions im-
posed under K.S.A. 12-187 to 12-195, inclusive, and amendments
thereto,
prescribing limitations upon the levy of retailers' sales taxes by
counties.
(9) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in statutes
made
nonuniform in application solely by reason of authorizing
exceptions for
counties having adopted a charter for county government.
(10) No county may levy ad valorem taxes under the authority
of this
section upon real property located within any redevelopment area
estab-
lished under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1772, and amendments
thereto,
unless the resolution authorizing the same specifically authorized
a por-
tion of the proceeds of such levy to be used to pay the principal
of and
interest upon bonds issued by a city under the authority of K.S.A.
12-
1774, and amendments thereto.
(11) Counties shall have no power under this section to exempt
from
any statute authorizing or requiring the levy of taxes and
providing sub-
stitute and additional provisions on the same subject, unless the
resolution
authorizing the same specifically provides for a portion of the
proceeds
of such levy to be used to pay a portion of the principal and
interest on
bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and
amend-
ments thereto.
(12) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in the
provi-
sions of K.S.A. 19-4601 to 19-4625, inclusive, and amendments
thereto.
(13) Except as otherwise specifically authorized by K.S.A.
12-1,101
to 12-1,109, inclusive, and amendments thereto, counties may not
levy
and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived.
(14) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
19-
430, and amendments thereto. Any charter resolution adopted by
a
county prior to July 1, 1983, exempting from or effecting changes
in
K.S.A. 19-430, and amendments thereto, is null and void.
(15) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
19-
302, 19-502b, 19-503, 19-805 or 19-1202, and amendments
thereto.
(16) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
13-
13a26, and amendments thereto. Any charter resolution adopted by
a
county, prior to the effective date of this act, exempting from or
effecting
changes in K.S.A. 13-13a26, and amendments thereto, is null and
void.
(17) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
71-
301, and amendments thereto. Any charter resolution adopted by
a
county, prior to the effective date of this act, exempting from or
effecting
changes in K.S.A. 71-301, and amendments thereto, is null and
void.
(18) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
19-
15,139, 19-15,140 and 19-15,141, and amendments thereto. Any
charter
resolution adopted by a county prior to the effective date of this
act,
exempting from or effecting changes in such sections is null and
void.
(19) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in the
provi-
sions of K.S.A. 12-1223, 12-1225, 12-1225a, 12-1225b, 12-1225c and
12-
1226, and amendments thereto, or the provisions of K.S.A. 1997
Supp.
12-1260 to 12-1270, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and
12-1276,
and amendments thereto.
(20) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in the
provi-
sions of K.S.A. 19-211, and amendments thereto.
(21) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in the
provi-
sions of K.S.A. 19-4001 to 19-4015, inclusive, and amendments
thereto.
(22) Counties may not regulate the production or drilling of
any oil
or gas well in any manner which would result in the duplication of
reg-
ulation by the state corporation commission and the Kansas
department
of health and environment pursuant to chapter 55 and chapter 65 of
the
Kansas Statutes Annotated and any rules and regulations adopted
pur-
suant thereto. Counties may not require any license or permit for
the
drilling or production of oil and gas wells. Counties may not
impose any
fee or charge for the drilling or production of any oil or gas
well.
(23) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
79-
41a04, and amendments thereto.
(24) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
1997
Supp. 79-1611, and amendments thereto.
(25) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in K.S.A.
1997
Supp. 79-1494, and amendments thereto.
(26) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in
subsection
(b) of K.S.A. 19-202, and amendments thereto.
(27) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in
subsection
(b) of K.S.A. 19-204, and amendments thereto.
(28) Counties may not levy or impose an excise, severance
or any
other tax in the nature of an excise tax upon the physical
severance and
production of any mineral or other material from the earth or
water. Any
resolution adopted by any county prior to the effective date of
this act
imposing or levying any such tax is null and void.
(29) Counties may not exempt from or effect changes in
K.S.A. 79-
2017 or 79-2101, and amendments thereto. Any charter
resolution
adopted prior to the effective date of this act, which affected
the provisions
of K.S.A. 79-2017 or 79-2101, and amendments thereto, is hereby
declared
to be null and void.
(b) Counties shall apply the powers of local legislation
granted in
subsection (a) by resolution of the board of county commissioners.
If no
statutory authority exists for such local legislation other than
that set forth
in subsection (a) and the local legislation proposed under the
authority
of such subsection is not contrary to any act of the legislature,
such local
legislation shall become effective upon passage of a resolution of
the
board and publication in the official county newspaper. If the
legislation
proposed by the board under authority of subsection (a) is contrary
to an
act of the legislature which is applicable to the particular county
but not
uniformly applicable to all counties, such legislation shall become
effec-
tive by passage of a charter resolution in the manner provided in
K.S.A.
19-101b, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 11. K.S.A. 79-2101, 79-2804g, 79-2804j, 79-3230,
79-3234, 79-
3234a and 79-3606, as amended by section 31 of 1998 Senate Bill
No.
493 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-187, as amended by section 1 of
1998
House Bill No. 2707, 12-188, 12-189, as amended by section 2 of
1998
House Bill No. 2707, 12-192 and 19-101a are hereby repealed.
Sec. 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved May 18, 1998
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