In re Boy Scouts of America Quivira Council

Greene, C.J.:

The Quivira Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) appeals from the denial by the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals (COTA) of its application for an ad valorem tax exemption for its 3,575-acre ranch in Chautauqua County, arguing that COTA erred in holding the ranch was not regularly used by a community service *69organization for the predominant purpose of providing humanitarian services, and that COTA also erred in holding the nonexempt use of the ranch was not minimal in scope and insubstantial in nature when compared to any exempt uses. Concluding that COTA’s decision is fraught…