CHAPTER 158
SENATE BILL No. 161
An Act concerning school districts; authorizing boards of education
to adopt policies re-
lating to the use of credit or debit cards and to delegate the
power to execute certain
contracts to the superintendent of schools; amending K.S.A. 72-8201
and repealing the
existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) The board of
education of any school district,
pursuant to a policy developed and adopted by the board, may
provide
for the acquisition of credit cards in the name of the school
district for
use by designated officers and employees of the school district.
The policy
shall prescribe limitations and restrictions on the use of such
credit cards
and on the amounts and categories of expenses which may be paid
through use of such credit cards. The policy shall provide for
maintenance
of a public record of all expenditures for payment of charges
incurred by
the school district through use of credit cards.
(b) The provisions and restrictions of
the cash basis and budget laws
of this state shall not apply to the provisions of this section in
any manner
so as to prevent the intention of this section from being made
effective.
New Sec. 2. The board of education
of any school district, pursuant
to a policy developed and adopted by the board, may provide for
the
acceptance of payment in the form of a credit or debit card of
fees, tuition
or other charges imposed by the school district. The policy may
provide
for imposition of an additional fee to recover the actual amount of
any
costs incurred by the school district by reason of the method of
payment
used. The policy also may provide for establishment by the school
district
of secure internet sockets that will allow payment by a credit or
debit
card via the internet. Any transactions involving payment by credit
card
pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of
K.S.A.
16a-2-403, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 72-8201 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 72-
8201. At the time the state superintendent issues his order
organizing
any unified district, he shall, as a part of such order,
include a provision
disorganizing all of the school districts the main school
building of
which is in such unified district. The disorganizing parts
of such order
shall take effect on July 1, 1966, except as otherwise
specifically pro-
vided in this act. The disorganizing parts of any
organization order for
a city or preunified district established prior to July 1,
1965, shall be
July 1, 1965. Every organization order issued by the state
superinten-
dent pursuant to this act shall include a number assigned
by him to
each unified district organized by such order. Every
organization order
shall designate the home county of the unified district
being organized.
Each unified school district shall be designated by the name
and style
of ``unified school district No. ________ (the number designated
by
the state superintendent board of
education), __________ county
(naming the home county of the unified school district),
state of Kan-
sas,'' and by such name may sue and be sued, execute contracts
and
hold such real and personal property as it may
require acquire. Every
unified school district shall possess the usual powers of a
corporation
for public purposes. The board of education of every unified
school
district may delegate to the superintendent of schools the power
to ex-
ecute contracts on behalf of the district for the purchase of
goods and
services if the value of such goods or services is less than
$10,000.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 72-8201 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
Approved May 9, 2001.
Published in the Kansas Register May 17, 2001.
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