12-1662.   Federal aid to public agencies; definitions.For the purposes of this act: (a) "Public agency" means any county,township, city, school district and special district of any kind of thestate of Kansas having the power to levy taxes.

      (b)   "Local program" means any study, planning, service, undertaking,improvement, facility or project which any public agency is authorizedby law to carry on or construct alone or in cooperation with anotherpublic agency or any state department or agency.

      (c)   "Federal" or "federal government" means the government of theUnited States of America.

      (d)   "Federal agency" means any bureau, department, instrumentalityor other agency of the federal government having the authority to makeloans, advances, gifts or grants of funds of the federal government toany public agency for any local program.

      (e)   "Federal aid" means a loan, borrowing, advance, gift or grant offederal money or funds to a public agency whether the public agencyreceives the money or funds direct, or through a state agency either asfederal aid alone or commingled with state funds, and even though in anyshared local program payment to a creditor of the local program is paidin part direct by the federal government. It is immaterial whether fundsare received by a public agency in advance of the beginning of or duringa local program to be applied on current obligations or whether thefunds are received after the program is partly or wholly completed andis for reimbursement of funds advanced by the public agency during thecourse of the local program. Such aid may be a loan, borrowing oradvance which must be repaid to the federal government under statedconditions or may be an outright gift or grant which is not to berepaid.

      History:   L. 1967, ch. 422, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 64, § 1; L.1979, ch. 54, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 67, § 1; July 1.