Kansas Statutes
Article 41a - Liquor Drink Tax
79-41a04 Local alcoholic liquor fund; distribution of moneys.

79-41a04. Local alcoholic liquor fund; distribution of moneys. (a) There is hereby created, in the state treasury, the local alcoholic liquor fund. Moneys credited to such fund pursuant to this act or any other law shall be expended only for the purpose and in the manner provided by this act.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (b)(4), all moneys credited to the local alcoholic liquor fund shall be allocated to the several cities and counties of the state as follows:
(1) Each city that has a population of more than 6,000 shall receive 70% of the amount which is collected pursuant to this act from clubs, public venues or drinking establishments located in such city, from caterers whose principal places of business are so located or from temporary permit holders whose permitted events are so located and which is paid into the state treasury during the period for which the allocation is made.
(2) Each city that has a population of 6,000 or less shall receive 46 2/3% of the amount which is collected pursuant to this act from clubs, public venues or drinking establishments located in such city, from caterers whose principal places of business are so located or from temporary permit holders whose permitted events are so located and which is paid into the state treasury during the period for which the allocation is made.
(3) Each county shall receive: (A) 70% of the amount which is collected pursuant to this act from clubs, public venues or drinking establishments located in such county and outside the corporate limits of any city, from caterers whose principal places of business are so located or from temporary permit holders whose permitted events are so located and which is paid into the state treasury during the period for which the allocation is made; and (B) 23 1/3% of the amount which is collected pursuant to this act from clubs, public venues or drinking establishments located in the county and within a city that has a population of 6,000 or less, from caterers whose principal places of business are so located or from temporary permit holders whose permitted events are so located and which is paid into the state treasury during the period for which the allocation is made.
(4) From the amount collected from drinking establishments which are railway cars, counties shall receive 70% which shall be divided equally among the counties through which the railway car passes or in which the railway car operates, provided such county is a county where the qualified electors of the county:
(A) (i) Approved by a majority vote of those voting thereon, the proposition to amend section 10 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas at the general election in November 1986; or (ii) have approved a proposition to allow sales of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink in public places within the county at an election pursuant to K.S.A. 41-2646, and amendments thereto; and
(B) have not approved a proposition to prohibit such sales of alcoholic liquor in such places at a subsequent election pursuant to K.S.A. 41-2646, and amendments thereto.
(c) The state treasurer shall make distributions from the local alcoholic liquor fund in accordance with the allocation formula prescribed by subsection (b) on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year. The director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer in favor of the several county treasurers and city treasurers on the dates and in the amounts determined under this section. Such distributions shall be paid directly to the several county treasurers and city treasurers.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, each city treasurer of a city that has a population of more than 6,000, upon receipt of any moneys distributed under this section, shall deposit the full amount in the city treasury and shall credit 1/3 of the deposit to the general fund of the city, 1/3 to a special parks and recreation fund in the city treasury and 1/3 to a special alcohol and drug programs fund in the city treasury. Each city treasurer of a city that has a population of 6,000 or less, upon receipt of any moneys distributed under this section, shall deposit the full amount in the city treasury and shall credit 1/2 of the deposit to the general fund of the city and 1/2 to a special parks and recreation fund in the city treasury. Moneys in such special funds shall be under the direction and control of the governing body of the city. Moneys in the special parks and recreation fund may be expended only for the purchase, establishment, maintenance or expansion of park and recreational services, programs and facilities. One-half of the moneys distributed under this section to cities located in Butler county shall be deposited in a special community support program and parks and recreation fund in the city treasury. Moneys in the special community support program and parks and recreation fund may be expended only for (1) the establishment and operation of a domestic violence program operated by a not-for-profit organization or (2) the purchase, establishment, maintenance or expansion of park and recreational services, programs and facilities. Moneys in the special alcohol and drug programs fund shall be expended only for the purchase, establishment, maintenance or expansion of services or programs whose principal purpose is alcoholism and drug abuse prevention and education, alcohol and drug detoxification, intervention in alcohol and drug abuse or treatment of persons who are alcoholics or drug abusers or are in danger of becoming alcoholics or drug abusers.
(e) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, each county treasurer, upon receipt of any moneys distributed under this section, shall deposit the full amount in the county treasury and shall credit to a special alcohol and drug programs fund in the county treasury 23 1/3% of the amount which is collected pursuant to this act from clubs or drinking establishments located in the county and within a city that has a population of 6,000 or less, from caterers whose principal place of business is so located or from temporary permit holders whose permitted events are so located and which is paid into the state treasury during the period for which the allocation is made; of the remainder, the treasurer shall credit 1/3 to the general fund of the county, 1/3 to a special parks and recreation fund in the county treasury and 1/3 to the special alcohol and drug programs fund. Moneys in such special funds shall be under the direction and control of the board of county commissioners. Moneys in the special parks and recreation fund may be expended only for the purchase, establishment, maintenance or expansion of park and recreational services, programs and facilities. One-third of the moneys distributed under this section to Butler county shall be deposited in a special community support program and parks and recreation fund in the county treasury. Moneys in the special community support program and parks and recreation fund may be expended only for (1) the establishment and operation of a domestic violence program operated by a not-for-profit organization or (2) the purchase, establishment, maintenance or expansion of park and recreational services, programs and facilities. Moneys in the special alcohol and drug programs fund shall be expended only for the purchase, establishment, maintenance or expansion of services or programs whose principal purpose is alcoholism and drug abuse prevention and education, alcohol and drug detoxification, intervention in alcohol and drug abuse or treatment of persons who are alcoholics or drug abusers or are in danger of becoming alcoholics or drug abusers. In any county in which there has been organized an alcohol and drug advisory committee, the board of county commissioners shall request and obtain, prior to making any expenditures from the special alcohol and drug programs fund, the recommendations of the advisory committee concerning such expenditures. The board of county commissioners shall adopt the recommendations of the advisory committee concerning such expenditures unless the board, by unanimous vote of all commissioners, adopts a different plan for such expenditures.
(f) Each year, the county treasurer shall estimate the amount of money the county and each city in the county will receive from the local alcoholic liquor fund and from distributions pursuant to K.S.A. 79-41a05, and amendments thereto. The state treasurer shall advise each county treasurer, prior to June 1 of each year of the amount in the local alcoholic liquor fund that the state treasurer estimates, using the most recent available information, will be allocated to such county in the following year. The county treasurer shall, before June 15 of each year, notify the treasurer of each city of the estimated amount in dollars of the distribution to be made from the local alcoholic liquor fund and pursuant to K.S.A. 79-41a05, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1979, ch. 152, § 14; L. 1982, ch. 424, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 171, § 14; L. 1986, ch. 185, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 120; L. 1990, ch. 179, § 12; L. 1991, ch. 281, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 52; July 1.

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