65-204. County health funds; health buildings; garbage and trash disposal; tax levies, use of proceeds; increase in levy; protest; election.
65-204
65-204. County health funds; health buildings; garbage and trashdisposal; tax levies, use of proceeds; increase in levy; protest; election.(a) The board of county commissioners of any county of the state may levy atax upon all taxable tangible property in such county for the purposesauthorized herein and to pay a portion of the principal and interest onbonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774 and amendments theretoby cities located in the county, and the proceeds thereof shall be placedinto a separate fund designated as "the county health fund," which fund ishereby created, and shall be used to defray the cost of:
(1) Assisting in the carrying out of the health laws and rules andregulations of the state within such county;
(2) paying the salary of the local health officer;
(3) any contract entered into with the governing body of any hospitallocated in a county having a population of less than 15,000 as providedby K.S.A. 65-201 and amendments thereto;
(4) the employment of additional personnel to assist the local healthofficer and other health authorities within such counties.
(b) Any moneys remaining in the county health fund at the end of anycounty fiscal year for which a levy is made under this section may betransferred to the county health capital outlay fund, which is herebycreated, for the making of capital expenditures incident to county health purposes.
(c) In all counties having a population over 100,000 and not more than300,000, the board of county commissioners may levy in addition a tax forthe purpose of paying the cost of building or equipping a health buildingand to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued underthe authority of K.S.A. 12-1774 and amendments thereto by cities located inthe county, upon all tangible taxable property in such county. In countieshaving a population of more than 250,000, the board of county commissionersmay levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property in such countyfor the purpose of financing garbage and trash disposal in such county,either as a joint operation with any city located in such county or as asole operation of such county and to pay a portion of the principal andinterest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774 andamendments thereto by cities located in the county.
(d) Except as provided by this subsection, no levy shall be made byany county for the county health fund in an amount exceedingtwo mills.The board of countycommissioners may increase the mill levy authorized by this subsection byadoption of a resolution. Such resolution shall be published once eachweek for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper. If within60 days after the last publication of the resolution, a petition signed bynot less than 5% of the qualified electors in the county is filed in theoffice of the county election officer requesting an election thereon, theboard shall not increase such levy unless the question is submitted to andapproved by a majority of the voters of the county voting at an electionthereon. All such elections shall be noticed, called and held in themanner prescribed in K.S.A. 10-120 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1929, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 247, § 1; L.1953, ch. 424, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 334, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 281, § 1; L.1965, ch. 370, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 336, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 342, § 1; L.1970, ch. 249, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 203, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 248, § 1; L.1974, ch. 433, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 162, § 36; L. 1976, ch. 264, §2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 157;L. 1985, ch. 206, § 1;L. 1986, ch. 228, § 1;L. 1988, ch. 234, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 66, § 42; May 31.