12-2202.   Same; acquisition and improvement; payment; bonds; revenues;charges.Any city of the first or second class may acquire by donation, purchaseor condemnation real estate for off-street parking stations, and maydispose of improvements thereon not appropriate to parking uses, if therebe such, and may improve the site or sites by the necessary facilities,including buildings, for the off-street parking of vehicles to relieveparking congestion on the city streets. The governing body may exercise theauthority herein granted if there is money in the current operating fundrelating to highways, streets and alleys or in the parking meter fund whichwill not be necessary for current operations during any budget year. Ifthere is no such money available or if there is not sufficient moneyavailable in any funds aforesaid, the governing body may submit theproposition of issuing general obligation bonds for such amount as may benecessary to acquire a site or sites and to make the necessary improvementsfor off-street parking facilities to an election as provided in K.S.A.10-120, and any amendment thereto.

      Revenue from parking meters, either from the off-street parkingfacilities or upon the streets, not needed for the purchase and maintenanceof parking meters, regulation of parking and the operation of theoff-street parking facilities, shall be used to pay on the bonds, but anylack of revenue from this source shall be supplemented by a general bondtax. The bonds shall be issued as provided by law. Off-street parking shallbe free or for such charge or charges as shall be determined by thegoverning body to be collected either by parking meters or by attendants orotherwise and the revenue so derived shall be maintained in a revolvingoperating fund which need not be budgeted except that there shall be shownin the annual published budget the total amount received from each and allstreet parking and off-street parking facilities and the amount spentduring each budget year and the purposes, including payments on bonds andinterest, for which spent. Nothing in this act shall be deemed as affectingor repealing the provisions of K.S.A. 13-1374 to 13-1381, inclusive.

      History:   L. 1949, ch. 120, § 2; June 30.