19-15,123.   Additional courtrooms and facilities forprobate and juvenilematters in counties over 300,000; no-fund warrants or general obligationbonds; tax levies.The board of county commissioners of any county in this state having apopulation of more than 300,000 mayprovideadditional courtrooms, offices and other facilities as are required bythe district court judge to carry out probate and juvenile matters.The quarters and facilities shall be constructed and furnished inavailable space of the courthouse. The board of countycommissioners is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants or generalobligation bonds for thepurpose of paying all costs incurred in providing additional quartersand facilities. Before such warrants shall be issued the board of countycommissioners shall have received from the chief judgeof thedistrict court a resolution certifying to the necessity of additionalquarters. Such no-fund warrants shall be issued in the manner and form,bear interest and be redeemed as prescribed by K.S.A.79-2940, and amendments thereto, except that warrants may beissued without approval of the statecourt of tax appeals, and without the notation required byK.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto.The board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first taxlevying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay suchwarrants and the interest thereon. In lieu of making only one tax levy,the board of county commissioners may, if it deems it advisable, make atax levy each year for not to exceed five years in approximatelyequal installments for the purpose of paying the warrants and theinterest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all otherlevies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to orwithin the aggregate tax levy limitation prescribed by article 19 ofchapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated andamendments thereto.None of the provisions of the state budget law shall apply to anyexpenditure which has been provided for by the issuance of warrantsunder this act. General obligation bonds issued under the authority ofthis act shall be issued in the manner prescribed by the general bond lawbut shall not be subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribedby any other law of this state and shall not be considered or included inapplying any other law limiting bonded indebtedness.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 71; L. 1977,ch. 92, § 1;L. 1999, ch. 57, § 4;L. 2008, ch. 109, § 44; July 1.