12-1215. Budgets and tax levies in certain cities; increase in levy; petition; election.
12-1215
12-1215. Budgets and tax levies in certain cities; increase in levy;
petition; election.
(a) In the cities of Topeka, Salina and Hutchinson, Kansas, in which a
free public library has been established as provided by law,
in addition to the powers and duties conferred by law, the board of
directors of the free public library shall prepare, publish and approve
an annual budget for the maintenance and support of the free public
library in the same manner as required by law applying to other taxing
units and shall annually levy a tax not to exceed 2.5 mills on each dollar
of the assessed tangible valuation of the
property of such city for the maintenance and support of such free
public library. Whenever the board of directors determines that the tax
currently being levied by such board is insufficient to maintain and
support the library and such board desires to increase the mill levy above
the current levy, such board may adopt a resolution declaring it
necessary to increase such annual levy in an amount which together with
the amount of the current levy shall not exceed a total of four
mills in any year.
(b) Whenever the board of directors of such free public library determines
that the tax levy of four mills authorized by subsection (a) is insufficient
to maintain and support the library, the board shall adopt a resolution
declaring it necessary to increase the annual levy by an additional amount
not to exceed 1/4 mill in any one year up to a total amount which shall
not exceed an amount equal to six mills in any year.
(c) Any such
resolution adopted under subsection (a) or (b) shall state the total amount
of the tax to be levied for
library purposes and shall be published once each week for two
consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper. Whereupon such annual
levy in an amount not to exceed the amount stated in the resolution may
be made for the ensuing budget year and each successive budget year
unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition to
increase the tax levy in excess of the current tax levy, signed by
electors equal in number to not less than 5% of the
electors who voted at the last preceding regular city election, as shown
by the poll books, is filed with the county election officer within 60
days following the date of the last publication of the
resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such increased
levy shall be made without such proposition having been submitted to and
having been approved by a majority of the electors voting at an election
called and held thereon. All such elections shall be called and held in
the manner prescribed for the calling and holding of elections upon the
question of the issuance of bonds under the general bond law. Such
taxes shall be levied and collected in like manner as other taxes, which
levy the clerk of such board of directors shall certify, on or before August 25
of each year, to the county clerk who is hereby authorized and
required to place the same on the tax roll of the county to be
collected by the county treasurer and paid over by the county treasurer to
the treasurer of such board of directors.
History: L. 1943, ch. 110, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 120, § 1; L.
1949, ch. 118, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 83, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 75, § 1; L.
1961, ch. 71, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 59, § 1;
L. 1981, ch. 68, § 1; May 19.