20-626.   Additional courtrooms in counties over300,000; no-fundwarrants; tax levies.The board of county commissioners of any county in this state having apopulation of more than 300,000is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants for the purpose of paying allcosts incurred in providing additional quarters in any available space of thecourthouse for the holding of court and jury and retiring rooms, exceptthat before such warrants shall be issued the boardof county commissioners shall have received from all of the judges of theappropriate court a resolution certifying to necessity of additional quarters.Such no-fund warrants shall be issued in the manner and form, bear interest andbe redeemed as prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto,except that they may be issued without the approval of the statecourt of tax appeals, and without the notation required by said section.The board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first taxlevying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such warrantsand theinterest thereon, except that in lieu of making onlyone tax levy, the county commissioners may, if it deems it advisable, make atax levy eachyear for not to exceed five years in approximately equalinstallments for the purpose of paying said warrants and the interestthereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other leviesauthorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to or within theaggregate tax levy limitation prescribed by article 19 of chapter 79 of theKansas Statutes Annotated and acts amendatory thereof. None of the provisionsof the state budget law shall apply to any expenditure which has beenprovided for by the issuance of warrants under this act.

      History:   L. 1968, ch. 387, § 1;L. 2008, ch. 109, § 53; July 1.