12-1922b.   Same; petition procedure.(a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to thoserecreation systems with taxing districts as defined inK.S.A. 2009 Supp.12-1922a, and amendments thereto.

      (b)   Whenever a petition signed by at least 5% of thequalified voters of a school district of which only a portion is includedwithinthe taxing district of a recreation system isfiled with the clerk thereof, requesting the governing body of the schooldistrict toextend the boundaries of the taxing districtto be coterminous with the boundaries of the school district,the governing body of theschool district shall submit the questionto the qualified voters thereof.Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided by thegeneral bond law, and the cost of the election shall be borne by suchschool district.

      (c)   The governing body of anyschool district may initiate the extension of the boundaries of the taxingdistrict to be coterminous with the boundaries of the school district byadopting a resolutionproposing toextend the boundaries of the taxing district.The proposal shall be submittedfor approval by the voters of the school district,at an election called andheld in the manner provided by the general bond law, and the cost of theelection shall be borne by the school district.

      (d)   Upon approval of the proposition by a majority of those voting on itat the election, the governing body of the school district, by appropriateresolution, shallprovide for the extension of the taxing district to be coterminous with theboundaries of the school district.

      (e)   When used in this section, "qualified voter" means a registered voter ofa school district who is a resident of that portion of such school districtwhich is not included in the taxing district of a recreation system followingthe consolidation of such school district with a school district which hasestablished a recreationsystem or which is a part of a joint recreation system.

      History:   L. 2002, ch. 176, § 7; July 1.