KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

19-119. County equipment reserve fund; purpose; investment and transfer of moneys in fund.

19-119

Chapter 19.--COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS Article 1.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

19-119. County equipment reserve fund; purpose; investment and transfer of moneys in fund. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county may provide, by adoption of a resolution, for a county equipment reserve fund to finance the acquisition of equipment. Moneys may be budgeted and transferred to such fund from any source which may be lawfully utilized for such purposes, including equipment use charges on the various departments and agencies of the county to finance new and replacement equipment. For the purposes of this act, equipment shall include machinery, vehicles and any other equipment or personal property including, but not limited to, computer hardware and software, which the county is authorized to purchase for municipal purposes.

(b) Moneys credited to such fund from annually budgeted transfers shall not thereafter be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto. In making the budgets of such county, the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such equipment reserve fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of such county. Moneys in such fund may be invested in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 10-131, and amendments thereto, with interest thereon credited to such fund.

(c) If the board of county commissioners determines that money which has been credited to such fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so budgeted or transferred, the board may transfer, by adoption of a resolution, such amount not needed to the fund from which it came and such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the budget requirement provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1987, ch. 91, § 1; July 1.