68-1135. Special bridge fund; tax levy, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed two mills upon all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of creating and providing a special fund to be used in building and reconstructing bridges and culverts and constructing the approaches thereto or to be used in repaying loans or advances received from the highway fund and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. The board of county commissioners shall determine the total amount necessary to be raised for such fund.
Such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law and shall not be subject to or within any fund limit or aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto. Such special bridge fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2941, inclusive, and any acts amendatory thereof, except that in making the budgets of such counties the amounts credited to and the amount on hand in such special bridge fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of the county.
History: L. 1951, ch. 393, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 339, § 4; L. 1965, ch. 396, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 248, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 167; L. 1985, ch. 233, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges
Article 11 - General Provisions
68-1101 Definitions; concrete overflow bridge or ford as bridge.
68-1103 County roads, bridges and culverts; construction and repair; costs, financing.
68-1105 Estimates, plans and specifications for bridges and culverts; employment of engineer.
68-1107 Classification of bridges and culverts.
68-1108 Standard specifications.
68-1113 Bids for contracts, how made.
68-1113a Consolidation of bridge construction or repair projects; lump sum bids; acceptance.
68-1115 Acceptance and rejection of bids; recording of bids; penalty for premature opening of bids.
68-1116 Day labor system; county engineer's duties; limitation.
68-1117 Execution of contracts; bond of contractor.
68-1118 Approval of contracts.
68-1120 Payment on contracts; liability on bond of contractor.
68-1121 County engineer's accounts and records.
68-1122 Bridge or culvert on county or township lines; apportionment of expense; proceedings.
68-1126 Unsafe bridges or culverts; condemnation; report of condition; repair or reconstruction.
68-1135 Special bridge fund; tax levy, use of proceeds.
68-1136 Same; use for construction, reconstruction and approaches.