72-6761.General obligation bonds; purpose for issuance;when election required; contest of validity; limitations; temporary notes,tax levy.(a) The board of education of a school district is authorized to selectany site or sites necessary for school district purposes. When aboard determines that it is necessary to purchase or improve asite or sites, or to acquire, construct, equip, furnish, repair, remodelor make additions to any building or buildings used for school districtpurposes, including housing and boarding pupils enrolled in an area vocationalschool operated under the board,or to purchase school buses, the board may submit to the electors of theunified district the question of issuing general obligation bonds forone or more of the above purposes, and upon the affirmative vote of themajority of those voting thereon, the board shall be authorized to issuethe bonds. The board shall adopt a resolution stating the purpose forwhich bonds are to be issued and the estimated amount thereof. The boardshall give notice of the bond election in the manner prescribed inK.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto, and the election shall be held inaccordancewith the provisions of the general bond law. No action shall be broughtin any court to contest the validity of any election held under thissubsection, nor to contest any of the proceedings preliminarythereto,except within 90 days immediately following certificationof the results of the election. The aggregate amount ofbonds of a board outstanding at anytime, exclusive of bonds specifically exempted from statutory debtlimitations, shall be limited to 14% of the assessed valuation oftaxabletangible property within the school district, except that such limitation maybe modified as provided in article 23 of chapter 75 of Kansas StatutesAnnotated. The bonded debt limitation prescribed by amendment of thissubsection shall not be applied in any manner so as to affect the validity ofany bonds of a board which are outstanding on the effective date of this act.
(b) Any board of education may issue, without an election but with theapproval of the state board of education, bonds to construct or acquirebuildings to be used for school district purposes, including housing andboarding pupils enrolled in an area vocational school operated under the board,to repair school district buildings, to acquire equipment, or to purchaseschool buses, in an amount not to exceed $20,000. Bondsissued without an election under this subsection shall not besubjectto any bonded debt limitations nor shall the bonds beconsidered in determining the bonded indebtedness of any schooldistrict, and the total amount of bonds outstanding which are issuedhereunder without an election shall not at any one time exceed $20,000.
(c) In lieu of bonds, temporary notes maybe issued under K.S.A. 10-123, and amendments thereto, and the notes may beretired, at the option of the board ofeducation, by tax levies made underK.S.A. 10-113, and amendments thereto.
(d) To the extent that the provisions of any other law pertaining to thedetermination of limitations on bonded debt of school districts conflict withthe provisions of this section, the provisions of this section shall control.
History: L. 1963, ch. 393, § 28; L. 1969, ch. 335, § 1; L.1971, ch. 234, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 286, § 1;L. 1991, ch. 227, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
72-6761.General obligation bonds; purpose for issuance;when election required; contest of validity; limitations; temporary notes,tax levy.(a) The board of education of a school district is authorized to selectany site or sites necessary for school district purposes. When aboard determines that it is necessary to purchase or improve asite or sites, or to acquire, construct, equip, furnish, repair, remodelor make additions to any building or buildings used for school districtpurposes, including housing and boarding pupils enrolled in an area vocationalschool operated under the board,or to purchase school buses, the board may submit to the electors of theunified district the question of issuing general obligation bonds forone or more of the above purposes, and upon the affirmative vote of themajority of those voting thereon, the board shall be authorized to issuethe bonds. The board shall adopt a resolution stating the purpose forwhich bonds are to be issued and the estimated amount thereof. The boardshall give notice of the bond election in the manner prescribed inK.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto, and the election shall be held inaccordancewith the provisions of the general bond law. No action shall be broughtin any court to contest the validity of any election held under thissubsection, nor to contest any of the proceedings preliminarythereto,except within 90 days immediately following certificationof the results of the election. The aggregate amount ofbonds of a board outstanding at anytime, exclusive of bonds specifically exempted from statutory debtlimitations, shall be limited to 14% of the assessed valuation oftaxabletangible property within the school district, except that such limitation maybe modified as provided in article 23 of chapter 75 of Kansas StatutesAnnotated. The bonded debt limitation prescribed by amendment of thissubsection shall not be applied in any manner so as to affect the validity ofany bonds of a board which are outstanding on the effective date of this act.
(b) Any board of education may issue, without an election but with theapproval of the state board of education, bonds to construct or acquirebuildings to be used for school district purposes, including housing andboarding pupils enrolled in an area vocational school operated under the board,to repair school district buildings, to acquire equipment, or to purchaseschool buses, in an amount not to exceed $20,000. Bondsissued without an election under this subsection shall not besubjectto any bonded debt limitations nor shall the bonds beconsidered in determining the bonded indebtedness of any schooldistrict, and the total amount of bonds outstanding which are issuedhereunder without an election shall not at any one time exceed $20,000.
(c) In lieu of bonds, temporary notes maybe issued under K.S.A. 10-123, and amendments thereto, and the notes may beretired, at the option of the board ofeducation, by tax levies made underK.S.A. 10-113, and amendments thereto.
(d) To the extent that the provisions of any other law pertaining to thedetermination of limitations on bonded debt of school districts conflict withthe provisions of this section, the provisions of this section shall control.
History: L. 1963, ch. 393, § 28; L. 1969, ch. 335, § 1; L.1971, ch. 234, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 286, § 1;L. 1991, ch. 227, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
72-6761.General obligation bonds; purpose for issuance;when election required; contest of validity; limitations; temporary notes,tax levy.(a) The board of education of a school district is authorized to selectany site or sites necessary for school district purposes. When aboard determines that it is necessary to purchase or improve asite or sites, or to acquire, construct, equip, furnish, repair, remodelor make additions to any building or buildings used for school districtpurposes, including housing and boarding pupils enrolled in an area vocationalschool operated under the board,or to purchase school buses, the board may submit to the electors of theunified district the question of issuing general obligation bonds forone or more of the above purposes, and upon the affirmative vote of themajority of those voting thereon, the board shall be authorized to issuethe bonds. The board shall adopt a resolution stating the purpose forwhich bonds are to be issued and the estimated amount thereof. The boardshall give notice of the bond election in the manner prescribed inK.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto, and the election shall be held inaccordancewith the provisions of the general bond law. No action shall be broughtin any court to contest the validity of any election held under thissubsection, nor to contest any of the proceedings preliminarythereto,except within 90 days immediately following certificationof the results of the election. The aggregate amount ofbonds of a board outstanding at anytime, exclusive of bonds specifically exempted from statutory debtlimitations, shall be limited to 14% of the assessed valuation oftaxabletangible property within the school district, except that such limitation maybe modified as provided in article 23 of chapter 75 of Kansas StatutesAnnotated. The bonded debt limitation prescribed by amendment of thissubsection shall not be applied in any manner so as to affect the validity ofany bonds of a board which are outstanding on the effective date of this act.
(b) Any board of education may issue, without an election but with theapproval of the state board of education, bonds to construct or acquirebuildings to be used for school district purposes, including housing andboarding pupils enrolled in an area vocational school operated under the board,to repair school district buildings, to acquire equipment, or to purchaseschool buses, in an amount not to exceed $20,000. Bondsissued without an election under this subsection shall not besubjectto any bonded debt limitations nor shall the bonds beconsidered in determining the bonded indebtedness of any schooldistrict, and the total amount of bonds outstanding which are issuedhereunder without an election shall not at any one time exceed $20,000.
(c) In lieu of bonds, temporary notes maybe issued under K.S.A. 10-123, and amendments thereto, and the notes may beretired, at the option of the board ofeducation, by tax levies made underK.S.A. 10-113, and amendments thereto.
(d) To the extent that the provisions of any other law pertaining to thedetermination of limitations on bonded debt of school districts conflict withthe provisions of this section, the provisions of this section shall control.
History: L. 1963, ch. 393, § 28; L. 1969, ch. 335, § 1; L.1971, ch. 234, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 286, § 1;L. 1991, ch. 227, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
