Article 6a.--GENERAL IMPROVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT LAW
12-6a27.Same; definitions.
As used in this act, and amendments thereto, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) "Act" means the provisions of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a26 through 12-6a36,
and
amendments thereto.
(b) "Assessments" means special assessments imposed and
levied pursuant to the provisions of this act.
(c) "Bonds" means special obligation bonds, special obligation
notes, full faith and credit bonds or full faith and credit notes payable
solely from the sources described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a33, and amendments
thereto, issued by a municipality in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
(d) "Community improvement district sales tax" means the tax authorized by
K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a31, and amendments thereto.
(e) "Consultant" means engineers, architects, planners, attorneys,
financial advisors and other persons deemed competent to advise and
assist in the planning, making and financing of projects.
(f) "Cost" means: (1) All costs necessarily incurred for the
preparation of preliminary reports, the preparation of plans and
specifications, the preparation and publication of notices of hearings,
resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation
or administration of the district or the issuance of bonds therefore,
necessary fees and expenses of consultants, interest accrued on
borrowed money during the period of construction and the amount of a
reserve fund for the bonds, together with the cost of land, materials,
labor, and other lawful expenses incurred in planning and doing any
project and may include a charge of not to exceed 5% of the total cost
of the project or the cost of work done by the municipality to reimburse the
municipality for the services rendered by the municipality in the
administration and supervision of such project by its general
officers; and (2) in the case of property and projects already owned
by the municipality and previously financed by the issuance of
bonds, "cost" means costs authorized by K.S.A. 10-116a, and
amendments thereto.
(g) "District" means a community improvement district created
pursuant to this act.
(h) "Governing body" means the governing body of a city or the
board of county commissioners of a county.
(i) "Municipality" means any city or county.
(j) "Newspaper" means the official newspaper of the municipality.
(k) "Owner" means the owner or owners of record, whether
resident or not, of real property within the district.
(l) "Pay-as-you-go financing" means a method of financing in which
the costs of a project are financed without notes or bonds, and the
costs of such project are thereafter reimbursed as moneys are
deposited in the district fund described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a34, and
amendments
thereto.
(m) "Project" means:
(1) Any project within the district to acquire, improve, construct,
demolish, remove, renovate, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, restore,
replace, renew, repair, install, relocate, furnish, equip or extend:
(A) Buildings, structures and facilities;
(B) sidewalks, streets, roads, interchanges, highway access roads,
intersections, alleys, parking lots, bridges, ramps, tunnels, overpasses
and underpasses, traffic signs and signals, utilities, pedestrian
amenities, abandoned cemeteries, drainage systems, water systems,
storm systems, sewer systems, lift stations, underground gas, heating
and electrical services and connections located within or without the
public right-of-way, water mains and extensions and other site
improvements;
(C) parking garages;
(D) streetscape, lighting, street light fixtures, street light
connections, street light facilities, benches or other seating furniture,
trash receptacles, marquees, awnings, canopies, walls and barriers;
(E) parks, lawns, trees and other landscape;
(F) communication and information booths, bus stops and other
shelters, stations, terminals, hangers, rest rooms and kiosks;
(G) paintings, murals, display cases, sculptures, fountains and
other cultural amenities;
(H) airports, railroads, light rail and other mass transit facilities;
and
(I) lakes, dams, docks, wharfs, lakes or river ports, channels and
levies, waterways and drainage conduits.
(2) Within the district, to operate or to contract for the provision of
music, news, child-care, or parking lots or garages, and buses,
minibuses or other modes of transportation;
(3) Within the district, to provide or contract for the provision of
security personnel, equipment or facilities for the protection of property
and persons;
(4) Within the district, to provide or contract for cleaning,
maintenance and other services to public or private property;
(5) Within the district, to produce and promote any tourism,
recreational or cultural activity or special event, including, but not limited
to, advertising, decoration of any public place in the district, promotion
of such activity and special events and furnishing music in any public
place;
(6) Within the district, to support business activity and economic
development, including, but not limited to, the promotion of business
activity, development and retention and the recruitment of developers
and business;
(7) Within the district, to provide or support training programs for
employees of businesses; and
(8) To contract for or conduct economic impact, planning, marketing
or other studies.
Article 6a.--GENERAL IMPROVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT LAW
12-6a27.Same; definitions.
As used in this act, and amendments thereto, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) "Act" means the provisions of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a26 through 12-6a36,
and
amendments thereto.
(b) "Assessments" means special assessments imposed and
levied pursuant to the provisions of this act.
(c) "Bonds" means special obligation bonds, special obligation
notes, full faith and credit bonds or full faith and credit notes payable
solely from the sources described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a33, and amendments
thereto, issued by a municipality in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
(d) "Community improvement district sales tax" means the tax authorized by
K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a31, and amendments thereto.
(e) "Consultant" means engineers, architects, planners, attorneys,
financial advisors and other persons deemed competent to advise and
assist in the planning, making and financing of projects.
(f) "Cost" means: (1) All costs necessarily incurred for the
preparation of preliminary reports, the preparation of plans and
specifications, the preparation and publication of notices of hearings,
resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation
or administration of the district or the issuance of bonds therefore,
necessary fees and expenses of consultants, interest accrued on
borrowed money during the period of construction and the amount of a
reserve fund for the bonds, together with the cost of land, materials,
labor, and other lawful expenses incurred in planning and doing any
project and may include a charge of not to exceed 5% of the total cost
of the project or the cost of work done by the municipality to reimburse the
municipality for the services rendered by the municipality in the
administration and supervision of such project by its general
officers; and (2) in the case of property and projects already owned
by the municipality and previously financed by the issuance of
bonds, "cost" means costs authorized by K.S.A. 10-116a, and
amendments thereto.
(g) "District" means a community improvement district created
pursuant to this act.
(h) "Governing body" means the governing body of a city or the
board of county commissioners of a county.
(i) "Municipality" means any city or county.
(j) "Newspaper" means the official newspaper of the municipality.
(k) "Owner" means the owner or owners of record, whether
resident or not, of real property within the district.
(l) "Pay-as-you-go financing" means a method of financing in which
the costs of a project are financed without notes or bonds, and the
costs of such project are thereafter reimbursed as moneys are
deposited in the district fund described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a34, and
amendments
thereto.
(m) "Project" means:
(1) Any project within the district to acquire, improve, construct,
demolish, remove, renovate, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, restore,
replace, renew, repair, install, relocate, furnish, equip or extend:
(A) Buildings, structures and facilities;
(B) sidewalks, streets, roads, interchanges, highway access roads,
intersections, alleys, parking lots, bridges, ramps, tunnels, overpasses
and underpasses, traffic signs and signals, utilities, pedestrian
amenities, abandoned cemeteries, drainage systems, water systems,
storm systems, sewer systems, lift stations, underground gas, heating
and electrical services and connections located within or without the
public right-of-way, water mains and extensions and other site
improvements;
(C) parking garages;
(D) streetscape, lighting, street light fixtures, street light
connections, street light facilities, benches or other seating furniture,
trash receptacles, marquees, awnings, canopies, walls and barriers;
(E) parks, lawns, trees and other landscape;
(F) communication and information booths, bus stops and other
shelters, stations, terminals, hangers, rest rooms and kiosks;
(G) paintings, murals, display cases, sculptures, fountains and
other cultural amenities;
(H) airports, railroads, light rail and other mass transit facilities;
and
(I) lakes, dams, docks, wharfs, lakes or river ports, channels and
levies, waterways and drainage conduits.
(2) Within the district, to operate or to contract for the provision of
music, news, child-care, or parking lots or garages, and buses,
minibuses or other modes of transportation;
(3) Within the district, to provide or contract for the provision of
security personnel, equipment or facilities for the protection of property
and persons;
(4) Within the district, to provide or contract for cleaning,
maintenance and other services to public or private property;
(5) Within the district, to produce and promote any tourism,
recreational or cultural activity or special event, including, but not limited
to, advertising, decoration of any public place in the district, promotion
of such activity and special events and furnishing music in any public
place;
(6) Within the district, to support business activity and economic
development, including, but not limited to, the promotion of business
activity, development and retention and the recruitment of developers
and business;
(7) Within the district, to provide or support training programs for
employees of businesses; and
(8) To contract for or conduct economic impact, planning, marketing
or other studies.
Article 6a.--GENERAL IMPROVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT LAW
12-6a27.Same; definitions.
As used in this act, and amendments thereto, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) "Act" means the provisions of K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a26 through 12-6a36,
and
amendments thereto.
(b) "Assessments" means special assessments imposed and
levied pursuant to the provisions of this act.
(c) "Bonds" means special obligation bonds, special obligation
notes, full faith and credit bonds or full faith and credit notes payable
solely from the sources described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a33, and amendments
thereto, issued by a municipality in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
(d) "Community improvement district sales tax" means the tax authorized by
K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a31, and amendments thereto.
(e) "Consultant" means engineers, architects, planners, attorneys,
financial advisors and other persons deemed competent to advise and
assist in the planning, making and financing of projects.
(f) "Cost" means: (1) All costs necessarily incurred for the
preparation of preliminary reports, the preparation of plans and
specifications, the preparation and publication of notices of hearings,
resolutions, ordinances and other proceedings relating to the creation
or administration of the district or the issuance of bonds therefore,
necessary fees and expenses of consultants, interest accrued on
borrowed money during the period of construction and the amount of a
reserve fund for the bonds, together with the cost of land, materials,
labor, and other lawful expenses incurred in planning and doing any
project and may include a charge of not to exceed 5% of the total cost
of the project or the cost of work done by the municipality to reimburse the
municipality for the services rendered by the municipality in the
administration and supervision of such project by its general
officers; and (2) in the case of property and projects already owned
by the municipality and previously financed by the issuance of
bonds, "cost" means costs authorized by K.S.A. 10-116a, and
amendments thereto.
(g) "District" means a community improvement district created
pursuant to this act.
(h) "Governing body" means the governing body of a city or the
board of county commissioners of a county.
(i) "Municipality" means any city or county.
(j) "Newspaper" means the official newspaper of the municipality.
(k) "Owner" means the owner or owners of record, whether
resident or not, of real property within the district.
(l) "Pay-as-you-go financing" means a method of financing in which
the costs of a project are financed without notes or bonds, and the
costs of such project are thereafter reimbursed as moneys are
deposited in the district fund described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 12-6a34, and
amendments
thereto.
(m) "Project" means:
(1) Any project within the district to acquire, improve, construct,
demolish, remove, renovate, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, restore,
replace, renew, repair, install, relocate, furnish, equip or extend:
(A) Buildings, structures and facilities;
(B) sidewalks, streets, roads, interchanges, highway access roads,
intersections, alleys, parking lots, bridges, ramps, tunnels, overpasses
and underpasses, traffic signs and signals, utilities, pedestrian
amenities, abandoned cemeteries, drainage systems, water systems,
storm systems, sewer systems, lift stations, underground gas, heating
and electrical services and connections located within or without the
public right-of-way, water mains and extensions and other site
improvements;
(C) parking garages;
(D) streetscape, lighting, street light fixtures, street light
connections, street light facilities, benches or other seating furniture,
trash receptacles, marquees, awnings, canopies, walls and barriers;
(E) parks, lawns, trees and other landscape;
(F) communication and information booths, bus stops and other
shelters, stations, terminals, hangers, rest rooms and kiosks;
(G) paintings, murals, display cases, sculptures, fountains and
other cultural amenities;
(H) airports, railroads, light rail and other mass transit facilities;
and
(I) lakes, dams, docks, wharfs, lakes or river ports, channels and
levies, waterways and drainage conduits.
(2) Within the district, to operate or to contract for the provision of
music, news, child-care, or parking lots or garages, and buses,
minibuses or other modes of transportation;
(3) Within the district, to provide or contract for the provision of
security personnel, equipment or facilities for the protection of property
and persons;
(4) Within the district, to provide or contract for cleaning,
maintenance and other services to public or private property;
(5) Within the district, to produce and promote any tourism,
recreational or cultural activity or special event, including, but not limited
to, advertising, decoration of any public place in the district, promotion
of such activity and special events and furnishing music in any public
place;
(6) Within the district, to support business activity and economic
development, including, but not limited to, the promotion of business
activity, development and retention and the recruitment of developers
and business;
(7) Within the district, to provide or support training programs for
employees of businesses; and
(8) To contract for or conduct economic impact, planning, marketing
or other studies.