19-228. Statement of expenditures; publication of statement or summary of expenditures and balances.
19-228
19-228. Statement of expenditures; publication of
statement or summary of expenditures and balances.
(a) Except as provided by this section, the board
of county commissioners
shall cause to be published
at the end of each calendar quarter or, if the county commissioners so provide,
at the end of each month, an itemized statement of all sums of money
allowed in excess
of $50, and
for what purpose during the preceding quarter or month. Whenever salary
and wages of employees or amounts paid to vendors or other items of expense
are required to be published, the amount published shall reflect the total
amount paid to such employee or vendor or the total amount of such expense
during the period covered by the publication. Such statement shall be published
once in a newspaper
having the qualifications required by K.S.A. 64-101, and amendments
thereto.
(b) In lieu of publishing an itemized statement of expenditures as
required by subsection (a), the board of county commissioners may publish a
summary of expenditures from each fund and the cash balance of each fund at the
beginning and close of the quarter or month, as appropriate. If a summary of
expenditures is published as authorized by this subsection, a notice also shall
be included that a detailed statement of expenditures is available for public
inspection at the county clerk's office. Copies of such statement shall be
available upon request.
(c) If the governing body of the unified government of Wyandotte
County/Kansas City publishes a summary of expenditures in lieu of the
itemized statement of expenditures required by subsection (a), a notice also
shall be included that a detailed
statement of expenditures is available at the county clerk's office, the
Kansas City, Kansas public library and
each branch library thereof, Kansas City, Kansas community college library and
Bonner Springs library. Such notice shall
be printed in 10-point boldface type.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 35; R.S. 1923, 19-228; L. 1973,
ch. 103, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 111, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 118, §
1; L. 1993, ch. 254, § 1;
L. 2001, ch. 147, § 3;
L. 2003, ch. 15, § 1; July 1.