2-129.   County aid; amount; tax levies, use ofproceeds.Each fair association complying with theprovisions of K.S.A. 2-127 and 2-128, and amendments thereto, uponfiling with the clerk of thecounty an estimate and a report as provided in K.S.A. 2-130 and 2-131,and amendments thereto, shall be entitled to receive from the county,and the board of countycommissioners shall pay to each such fair association, a sum equal tothe actual cost of providing and paying for the premiums and rewardsactually awarded at its annual fair for the current year including butnot limited to the actual cost of the printing of the premiums list andthe amount to be paid judges of the fair exhibits for the current year.In counties having a population of more than 125,000 and an assessedtangible valuation of morethan $150,000,000,the secretary ofagriculture may give official recognition to both a county fairassociation and a livestock show association, and where such recognitionis given, the county shall pay to each such county fair and livestockshow association a sum equal to the actual cost of providing and payingfor the premiums and rewards actually awarded at its annual show for thecurrent year including but not limited to the actual cost of theprinting of the premiums list and the amount to be paid judges of thefair exhibits for the current year. In counties having a population ofnot less than 17,500 normore than 22,000 which have anassessed tangible valuationof not less than$31,000,000 nor more than$47,000,000 and not adjoining anotherstate, the county may pay additional funds which may be used for thepurchase of grounds and the erecting and maintenance of buildings to beused for such fair. In Leavenworth county and counties having apopulation of not less than 34,000and not more than 50,000 and having anassessed taxable tangible valuation of more than $60,000,000, the county,in addition, may pay toanother fair in such county, if such fair has been established and inoperation for more than 10 years, a sum for the purpose ofproviding and paying for the premiums and rewards actually awarded atits annual fair for the current year including but not limited to theactual cost of the printing of the premiums list and the amount to bepaid judges of the fair exhibits for the current year. The board ofcounty commissioners may make an annual tax levy upon all of theassessed taxable tangible valuation of such county to raise the fundsfor the purposes hereinbefore authorized and to pay a portion of the principaland interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, andamendments thereto, by cities located in the county.

      History:   L. 1929, ch. 1, § 5; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1951,ch. 2, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 1,§ 1; L. 1963, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 3,§ 1; L. 1975, ch. 162, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 10;L. 1987, ch. 4, § 1;L. 2004, ch. 101, § 3; July 1.