12-1922b. Same; petition procedure.
12-1922b
12-1922b. Same; petition procedure.
(a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to those
recreation systems with taxing districts as defined in
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-1922a, and amendments thereto.
(b) Whenever a petition signed by at least 5% of the
qualified voters of a school district of which only a portion is included
within
the taxing district of a recreation system is
filed with the clerk thereof, requesting the governing body of the school
district to
extend the boundaries of the taxing district
to be coterminous with the boundaries of the school district,
the governing body of the
school district shall submit the question
to the qualified voters thereof.
Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided by the
general bond law, and the cost of the election shall be borne by such
school district.
(c) The governing body of any
school district may initiate the extension of the boundaries of the taxing
district to be coterminous with the boundaries of the school district by
adopting a resolution
proposing to
extend the boundaries of the taxing district.
The proposal shall be submitted
for approval by the voters of the school district,
at an election called and
held in the manner provided by the general bond law, and the cost of the
election shall be borne by the school district.
(d) Upon approval of the proposition by a majority of those voting on it
at the election, the governing body of the school district, by appropriate
resolution, shall
provide for the extension of the taxing district to be coterminous with the
boundaries of the school district.
(e) When used in this section, "qualified voter" means a registered voter of
a school district who is a resident of that portion of such school district
which is not included in the taxing district of a recreation system following
the consolidation of such school district with a school district which has
established a recreation
system or which is a part of a joint recreation system.
History: L. 2002, ch. 176, § 7; July 1.