Article 1.--STATE AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIRS
2-127.Organization of association; recognition,
number.
(a) To become a county fair association 25 or more qualified
electors representing the majority of the townships of the county shall
have been incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with a paid-up capital
of not less than $5,000, and have received
recognition as the __________ county fair association from the secretary
of agriculture. The
secretary of agriculture shall not give
official recognition to any fair association until the fair association
has submitted satisfactory evidence that it owns land
or buildings of an appraised value of at least
$5,000 or has paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury to this
amount appropriated to the purchase of land or buildings or both.
(b) Fair associations located in counties (1) which have a population
of more than 5,000 and less than 6,000 and an assessed tangible valuation
of less than $40,000,000 or (2) where there are facilities for the
holding of fairs which are available to a fair association and the value
of such facilities is in excess of $75,000, may qualify without having lands
or buildings of an appraised value of
at least $5,000 or without paid-up stock
subscriptions in its treasury in the amount of $5,000 appropriated to the
purchase of lands or buildings or both.
(c) Any incorporated or unincorporated fair association by whatever name now
recognized by the secretary of agriculture operating
under previous laws may avail itself of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to
2-145a, inclusive, and amendments
thereto, without changing its charter, articles of incorporation, name,
constitution, organization or methods of operation, except as provided in
K.S.A. 2-137, and amendments thereto. The
secretary of agriculture shall not recognize more than one fair
association in each county, except where such recognition has already
been accorded.
History: L. 1929, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1963,
ch. 1, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 5, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 1; July 1.
Article 1.--STATE AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIRS
2-127.Organization of association; recognition,
number.
(a) To become a county fair association 25 or more qualified
electors representing the majority of the townships of the county shall
have been incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with a paid-up capital
of not less than $5,000, and have received
recognition as the __________ county fair association from the secretary
of agriculture. The
secretary of agriculture shall not give
official recognition to any fair association until the fair association
has submitted satisfactory evidence that it owns land
or buildings of an appraised value of at least
$5,000 or has paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury to this
amount appropriated to the purchase of land or buildings or both.
(b) Fair associations located in counties (1) which have a population
of more than 5,000 and less than 6,000 and an assessed tangible valuation
of less than $40,000,000 or (2) where there are facilities for the
holding of fairs which are available to a fair association and the value
of such facilities is in excess of $75,000, may qualify without having lands
or buildings of an appraised value of
at least $5,000 or without paid-up stock
subscriptions in its treasury in the amount of $5,000 appropriated to the
purchase of lands or buildings or both.
(c) Any incorporated or unincorporated fair association by whatever name now
recognized by the secretary of agriculture operating
under previous laws may avail itself of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to
2-145a, inclusive, and amendments
thereto, without changing its charter, articles of incorporation, name,
constitution, organization or methods of operation, except as provided in
K.S.A. 2-137, and amendments thereto. The
secretary of agriculture shall not recognize more than one fair
association in each county, except where such recognition has already
been accorded.
History: L. 1929, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1963,
ch. 1, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 5, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 1; July 1.
Article 1.--STATE AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIRS
2-127.Organization of association; recognition,
number.
(a) To become a county fair association 25 or more qualified
electors representing the majority of the townships of the county shall
have been incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with a paid-up capital
of not less than $5,000, and have received
recognition as the __________ county fair association from the secretary
of agriculture. The
secretary of agriculture shall not give
official recognition to any fair association until the fair association
has submitted satisfactory evidence that it owns land
or buildings of an appraised value of at least
$5,000 or has paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury to this
amount appropriated to the purchase of land or buildings or both.
(b) Fair associations located in counties (1) which have a population
of more than 5,000 and less than 6,000 and an assessed tangible valuation
of less than $40,000,000 or (2) where there are facilities for the
holding of fairs which are available to a fair association and the value
of such facilities is in excess of $75,000, may qualify without having lands
or buildings of an appraised value of
at least $5,000 or without paid-up stock
subscriptions in its treasury in the amount of $5,000 appropriated to the
purchase of lands or buildings or both.
(c) Any incorporated or unincorporated fair association by whatever name now
recognized by the secretary of agriculture operating
under previous laws may avail itself of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 to
2-145a, inclusive, and amendments
thereto, without changing its charter, articles of incorporation, name,
constitution, organization or methods of operation, except as provided in
K.S.A. 2-137, and amendments thereto. The
secretary of agriculture shall not recognize more than one fair
association in each county, except where such recognition has already
been accorded.
History: L. 1929, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1963,
ch. 1, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 5, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 1; July 1.