19-1596.Counties acquiring voting machines; building for storing
and servicing and for other uses; resolution; plans and specifications;
acquisition of site; costs; bonds.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has acquired or
which hereafter may acquire voting machines pursuant to the provisions
of K.S.A. 25-1307 through 25-1343, is hereby authorized to construct and
equip a building, or to
purchase an existing building and remodel the same, to be located in a
suitable and desirable place in such county, for the primary purpose of
housing, storing and servicing voting machines, provided such board of
county commissioners shall, by resolution unanimously adopted by said
board, finds and determines that such county does not have either
adequate or sufficient space for the housing, storing and servicing of
such voting machines and such other related county records and
equipment. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the board of county
commissioners of such county shall estimate, determine and fix the total
cost of acquiring a site for such building, if such be necessary, the
erecting and equipping of a building, or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, which total cost shall not exceed one-fourth of
one percent of the total assessed tangible valuation of such county at
the time of the adopting of such resolution.
The board of county commissioners of such counties shall employ a
competent licensed architect or architects to make surveys for the
erecting and equipping of such building or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, to prepare plans and specifications therefor
and to supervise all work to be performed in the erecting and equipping
or in the remodeling of an existing building so acquired. The board of
county commissioners of such counties is hereby authorized to provide
space in said building for the office of the election commissioner of
the county and for the carrying out of the several functions and duties
of such office.
The board of county commissioners of such counties may, by and with
the consent of the state department of social welfare, and the federal
government, provide for the location of the several offices of the local
county board of welfare and its employees in said building; and in
connection therewith, such county board is authorized to receive grants
and aids from the federal government in the erecting and equipping of
such offices in such building to be used for social welfare purposes. In
connection with the plan for the erecting and equipping of such building
or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building the board of
county commissioners of such counties is further authorized to acquire a
site, if one be needed for such building, either by purchase, gift or by
the right of eminent domain under the general condemnation statute, and
the cost of acquiring such vacant site or existing building shall be
computed in the total cost of erecting and equipping or remodeling such
building, as the case may be, and the total cost thereof shall not
exceed one-fourth of one percent of the total assessed tangible
valuation of such county.
The actual cost of acquiring a building site and of erecting and
equipping such building, or an existing building, under the provisions
of this act, may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of general
obligation, negotiable bonds issued by such county in an aggregate
amount not exceeding the said sum stated in the resolution to be
unanimously adopted by such board of county commissioners.
19-1596.Counties acquiring voting machines; building for storing
and servicing and for other uses; resolution; plans and specifications;
acquisition of site; costs; bonds.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has acquired or
which hereafter may acquire voting machines pursuant to the provisions
of K.S.A. 25-1307 through 25-1343, is hereby authorized to construct and
equip a building, or to
purchase an existing building and remodel the same, to be located in a
suitable and desirable place in such county, for the primary purpose of
housing, storing and servicing voting machines, provided such board of
county commissioners shall, by resolution unanimously adopted by said
board, finds and determines that such county does not have either
adequate or sufficient space for the housing, storing and servicing of
such voting machines and such other related county records and
equipment. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the board of county
commissioners of such county shall estimate, determine and fix the total
cost of acquiring a site for such building, if such be necessary, the
erecting and equipping of a building, or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, which total cost shall not exceed one-fourth of
one percent of the total assessed tangible valuation of such county at
the time of the adopting of such resolution.
The board of county commissioners of such counties shall employ a
competent licensed architect or architects to make surveys for the
erecting and equipping of such building or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, to prepare plans and specifications therefor
and to supervise all work to be performed in the erecting and equipping
or in the remodeling of an existing building so acquired. The board of
county commissioners of such counties is hereby authorized to provide
space in said building for the office of the election commissioner of
the county and for the carrying out of the several functions and duties
of such office.
The board of county commissioners of such counties may, by and with
the consent of the state department of social welfare, and the federal
government, provide for the location of the several offices of the local
county board of welfare and its employees in said building; and in
connection therewith, such county board is authorized to receive grants
and aids from the federal government in the erecting and equipping of
such offices in such building to be used for social welfare purposes. In
connection with the plan for the erecting and equipping of such building
or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building the board of
county commissioners of such counties is further authorized to acquire a
site, if one be needed for such building, either by purchase, gift or by
the right of eminent domain under the general condemnation statute, and
the cost of acquiring such vacant site or existing building shall be
computed in the total cost of erecting and equipping or remodeling such
building, as the case may be, and the total cost thereof shall not
exceed one-fourth of one percent of the total assessed tangible
valuation of such county.
The actual cost of acquiring a building site and of erecting and
equipping such building, or an existing building, under the provisions
of this act, may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of general
obligation, negotiable bonds issued by such county in an aggregate
amount not exceeding the said sum stated in the resolution to be
unanimously adopted by such board of county commissioners.
19-1596.Counties acquiring voting machines; building for storing
and servicing and for other uses; resolution; plans and specifications;
acquisition of site; costs; bonds.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has acquired or
which hereafter may acquire voting machines pursuant to the provisions
of K.S.A. 25-1307 through 25-1343, is hereby authorized to construct and
equip a building, or to
purchase an existing building and remodel the same, to be located in a
suitable and desirable place in such county, for the primary purpose of
housing, storing and servicing voting machines, provided such board of
county commissioners shall, by resolution unanimously adopted by said
board, finds and determines that such county does not have either
adequate or sufficient space for the housing, storing and servicing of
such voting machines and such other related county records and
equipment. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the board of county
commissioners of such county shall estimate, determine and fix the total
cost of acquiring a site for such building, if such be necessary, the
erecting and equipping of a building, or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, which total cost shall not exceed one-fourth of
one percent of the total assessed tangible valuation of such county at
the time of the adopting of such resolution.
The board of county commissioners of such counties shall employ a
competent licensed architect or architects to make surveys for the
erecting and equipping of such building or the purchasing and remodeling
of an existing building, to prepare plans and specifications therefor
and to supervise all work to be performed in the erecting and equipping
or in the remodeling of an existing building so acquired. The board of
county commissioners of such counties is hereby authorized to provide
space in said building for the office of the election commissioner of
the county and for the carrying out of the several functions and duties
of such office.
The board of county commissioners of such counties may, by and with
the consent of the state department of social welfare, and the federal
government, provide for the location of the several offices of the local
county board of welfare and its employees in said building; and in
connection therewith, such county board is authorized to receive grants
and aids from the federal government in the erecting and equipping of
such offices in such building to be used for social welfare purposes. In
connection with the plan for the erecting and equipping of such building
or the purchasing and remodeling of an existing building the board of
county commissioners of such counties is further authorized to acquire a
site, if one be needed for such building, either by purchase, gift or by
the right of eminent domain under the general condemnation statute, and
the cost of acquiring such vacant site or existing building shall be
computed in the total cost of erecting and equipping or remodeling such
building, as the case may be, and the total cost thereof shall not
exceed one-fourth of one percent of the total assessed tangible
valuation of such county.
The actual cost of acquiring a building site and of erecting and
equipping such building, or an existing building, under the provisions
of this act, may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of general
obligation, negotiable bonds issued by such county in an aggregate
amount not exceeding the said sum stated in the resolution to be
unanimously adopted by such board of county commissioners.