19-236.   Emergency expenses; no-fund warrants; taxlevies;limitations.That in addition to the powers already given by law, the board of countycommissioners of each county shall have power at any meeting, in case ofgreat loss or damage to life or property, to assist in burying the dead,caring for the wounded, rendering temporary aid to the distressed,preventing disease and pestilence, and cleaning up debris, and to issueno-fund warrants of the county therefor not exceeding1% of the taxable property of the county, and to levy a tax at the firsttax levying period thereafter to pay such warrants. Such warrants shall beissued, registered, redeemed and bearinterest in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, andamendments thereto, exceptthey shall not bear the notationrequired by such section and shall be issued without the approvalof thestate court of tax appeals.

      History:   L. 1903, ch. 43, § 1 (Special Session); R.S. 1923, 19-236; L. 1963,ch. 157, § 1;L. 1999, ch. 154, § 33;L. 2008, ch. 109, § 39; July 1.