Kan. Stat. § 2-213
The state fair board is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with individuals or corporations for the construction of an automobile display building, and the maintenance thereof, upon the state fairgrounds and for which purpose the right to construct such building upon state property is hereby expressly granted and conferred. Such building shall be the property of the state for the use and benefit of the state fair. The board is further authorized and empowered to enter into a written lease for such building for a period of not more than eight years during which such period the rentals therefrom shall be used and applied to the payment of the cost of the construction and to the maintenance of such building and such rentals during such period shall be deemed ample and sufficient to pay the entire cost of the construction and the maintenance of such building. In no event shall the state of Kansas ever be liable for the cost of such building, nor shall the state be liable for the maintenance of such building during the eight-year lease period. In the construction of the building, brick from the Lansing correctional facility may be used and labor from the Hutchinson correctional facility shall be provided.
K.S.A. 2-213