Article 28.--PARKS, MUSEUMS, LAKES AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDS
19-28,108.Same; powers.
In addition to other powers enumerated by this act, the authority shall
have the power:
(a) To acquire by gift, bequest, purchase or lease from public or
private sources and to plan, construct, operate and maintain, or to
lease to others for construction, operation and maintenance, a sports
stadium, field house, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities,
centers and playing fields, necessary access roads to connect with
existing thoroughfares or interstate highways, parking facilities, and
other suitable concessions, and to do all things incidental or necessary
to establish a commercial or private complex, located upon, above or
below the ground, for the types of sports and recreation, professional
or amateur, which are deemed suitable therefor by the authority;
(b) To adopt a common seal;
(c) To enter into contracts, including but without limitation, the
power to enter into contracts with counties and other political
subdivisions: Provided, That any contract entered into by the
authority with any person, providing for a term of use or occupancy by
such person of any building or facility of the sports complex exceeding
twenty-five (25) days in any calendar year, shall not be effective
unless such contract is first approved by the board;
(d) To sue and be sued;
(e) To receive for its lawful activities any contributions or moneys
appropriated by the state, any city, county or other political
subdivision or agency or by the federal government or any agency or
officer thereof or from any other source;
(f) To disburse funds for its lawful activities;
(g) To borrow money for the acquisition, planning, construction,
equipping, operation, maintenance, repair, extension and improvement of
any facility, or any part or parts thereof, which it has the power to
own or to operate, and to issue negotiable notes, bonds, or other
instrument in writing as evidence of sums borrowed, as provided in
K.S.A. 19-28,109;
(h) To condemn any and all rights and property, of any kind or
character, necessary for the purposes of the authority, in the manner
provided in the acts contained in article 5 of chapter 26 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, and any acts amendatory thereof: Provided, That
no property now or hereafter vested in or held by the state or by any
county, city, township, school district or other political subdivision
shall be taken by the authority without the consent of such political
subdivision; and
(i) To perform all other necessary and incidental functions, and to
exercise such additional powers as shall be conferred by the legislature
or by act of congress.
Article 28.--PARKS, MUSEUMS, LAKES AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDS
19-28,108.Same; powers.
In addition to other powers enumerated by this act, the authority shall
have the power:
(a) To acquire by gift, bequest, purchase or lease from public or
private sources and to plan, construct, operate and maintain, or to
lease to others for construction, operation and maintenance, a sports
stadium, field house, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities,
centers and playing fields, necessary access roads to connect with
existing thoroughfares or interstate highways, parking facilities, and
other suitable concessions, and to do all things incidental or necessary
to establish a commercial or private complex, located upon, above or
below the ground, for the types of sports and recreation, professional
or amateur, which are deemed suitable therefor by the authority;
(b) To adopt a common seal;
(c) To enter into contracts, including but without limitation, the
power to enter into contracts with counties and other political
subdivisions: Provided, That any contract entered into by the
authority with any person, providing for a term of use or occupancy by
such person of any building or facility of the sports complex exceeding
twenty-five (25) days in any calendar year, shall not be effective
unless such contract is first approved by the board;
(d) To sue and be sued;
(e) To receive for its lawful activities any contributions or moneys
appropriated by the state, any city, county or other political
subdivision or agency or by the federal government or any agency or
officer thereof or from any other source;
(f) To disburse funds for its lawful activities;
(g) To borrow money for the acquisition, planning, construction,
equipping, operation, maintenance, repair, extension and improvement of
any facility, or any part or parts thereof, which it has the power to
own or to operate, and to issue negotiable notes, bonds, or other
instrument in writing as evidence of sums borrowed, as provided in
K.S.A. 19-28,109;
(h) To condemn any and all rights and property, of any kind or
character, necessary for the purposes of the authority, in the manner
provided in the acts contained in article 5 of chapter 26 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, and any acts amendatory thereof: Provided, That
no property now or hereafter vested in or held by the state or by any
county, city, township, school district or other political subdivision
shall be taken by the authority without the consent of such political
subdivision; and
(i) To perform all other necessary and incidental functions, and to
exercise such additional powers as shall be conferred by the legislature
or by act of congress.
Article 28.--PARKS, MUSEUMS, LAKES AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDS
19-28,108.Same; powers.
In addition to other powers enumerated by this act, the authority shall
have the power:
(a) To acquire by gift, bequest, purchase or lease from public or
private sources and to plan, construct, operate and maintain, or to
lease to others for construction, operation and maintenance, a sports
stadium, field house, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities,
centers and playing fields, necessary access roads to connect with
existing thoroughfares or interstate highways, parking facilities, and
other suitable concessions, and to do all things incidental or necessary
to establish a commercial or private complex, located upon, above or
below the ground, for the types of sports and recreation, professional
or amateur, which are deemed suitable therefor by the authority;
(b) To adopt a common seal;
(c) To enter into contracts, including but without limitation, the
power to enter into contracts with counties and other political
subdivisions: Provided, That any contract entered into by the
authority with any person, providing for a term of use or occupancy by
such person of any building or facility of the sports complex exceeding
twenty-five (25) days in any calendar year, shall not be effective
unless such contract is first approved by the board;
(d) To sue and be sued;
(e) To receive for its lawful activities any contributions or moneys
appropriated by the state, any city, county or other political
subdivision or agency or by the federal government or any agency or
officer thereof or from any other source;
(f) To disburse funds for its lawful activities;
(g) To borrow money for the acquisition, planning, construction,
equipping, operation, maintenance, repair, extension and improvement of
any facility, or any part or parts thereof, which it has the power to
own or to operate, and to issue negotiable notes, bonds, or other
instrument in writing as evidence of sums borrowed, as provided in
K.S.A. 19-28,109;
(h) To condemn any and all rights and property, of any kind or
character, necessary for the purposes of the authority, in the manner
provided in the acts contained in article 5 of chapter 26 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, and any acts amendatory thereof: Provided, That
no property now or hereafter vested in or held by the state or by any
county, city, township, school district or other political subdivision
shall be taken by the authority without the consent of such political
subdivision; and
(i) To perform all other necessary and incidental functions, and to
exercise such additional powers as shall be conferred by the legislature
or by act of congress.