12-1234. Same; tax levies; allocation of costs.
12-1234
12-1234. Same; tax levies; allocation of
costs.
(a) Each county or township participating in a regional library is
authorized to, and shall annually levy a tax for the maintenance of
the library in a sum the library board
determines within the
limitations fixed by law. Except as provided by subsection (b), the costs
of maintaining a regional library, other than a library originally established
under the authority of K.S.A. 80-804,
shall be allocated among the participating counties or townships in the
proportion of their respective populations. Tax levies for the maintenance
of libraries originally established under the authority of K.S.A. 80-804
shall be made at a uniform rate in all townships participating in the
maintenance
of such libraries.
(b) The costs of maintaining the regional library established under the
authority of K.S.A. 12-1220 by Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties shall
be allocated as provided by this subsection. One-half the costs shall be
allocated between such counties on the basis of their respective populations
and 1/2 the costs shall be allocated between such counties on the basis
of their respective assessed valuations.
History: L. 1951, ch. 485, § 17; L. 1980, ch. 66, § 3; L. 1983,
ch. 64, § 1; July 1.