12-5242.   Rural housing incentives;definitions.Except as otherwise provided,as used in K.S.A. 12-5241through 12-5251 and K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-5252 through 12-5258, and amendmentsthereto, the followingwords and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a differentmeaning clearly appears from the context:

      (a)   "City" means any cityincorporated in accordance with Kansas law with apopulation of less than 60,000 in a county with apopulation of less than80,000, as certified to the secretary of state by thedirector of the divisionof the budget on the previous July 1 inaccordance with K.S.A 11-201, and amendments thereto.

      (b)   "City housing authority" means any agency of a city created pursuantto the municipal housing law, K.S.A. 17-2337 et seq., and amendments thereto.

      (c)   "Corporation" means the Kansas housing resources corporation.

      (d)   "County" means any county organized in accordance withK.S.A. 18-101 et seq., and amendments thereto, with a population of less than60,000, as certified to the secretary of state by thedirector of thedivision of the budget on the previous July 1st in accordance with K.S.A11-201, and amendments thereto.

      (e)   "Developer" means the person, firm or corporationresponsible under an agreement with the governing body to develop housing orrelated public facilities in a district.

      (f)   "District" means a rural housing incentive districtestablished in accordance with this act.

      (g)   "Governing body" means the board of countycommissioners of any county or the mayor and council, mayor and commissionersor board of commissioners, as the laws affecting the organization and status ofcities affected may provide.

      (h)   "Housing development activities" means theconstructionor rehabilitation of infrastructure necessary to support construction of newresidential dwellings and the actual construction of such residentialdwellings, if such construction is conducted by a city housing authority.

      (i)   "Secretary" means the secretary of commerce of thestate of Kansas.

      (j)   "Real property taxes" means and includes all taxeslevied on an ad valorem basis upon land and improvements thereon.

      (k)   "Taxing subdivision" means the county, the city, theunified school district, and any other taxing subdivision levying real propertytaxes, the territory or jurisdiction of which includes any currently existingor subsequently created rural housing incentive district.

      History:   L. 1998, ch. 66, § 2;L. 2003, ch. 154, § 7;L. 2008, ch. 92, § 1;L. 2009, ch. 143, § 5; July 1.