12-2535.   Kansas City area transportation district and authority; taxlevy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election.Any board of county commissioners participating as a member of theKansas City area transportation district and the Kansas City areatransportation authority, as established under K.S.A. 12-2514 to12-2534, inclusive, and amendments thereto, is authorized to levy anannual tax not to exceed one-tenth of one (.10) mill on all taxable,tangible property in the county for the purpose of administering theKansas City area transportation district and the Kansas City areatransportation authority and to pay a portion of the principal and intereston bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto,by cities located in the county and any levy heretofore made in accordance withthis act and prior to the effective date of this act is hereby legalizedand validated. Any resolution shall providethat if a petition in opposition to the levy, signed by not less thanfive percent (5%) of the qualified electors of such county, is filedwith the county commissioners within forty (40) days after thepublication of the resolution, the levy will not be made until firstapproved at a question submitted election which shall be called for thatpurpose or at the next general election. Such resolution shall bepublished once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaperhaving general circulation in the county. In the event that no petitionas specified above is filed in accordance with the provisions of suchnotice, the county commissioners may make the levy authorized in theresolution. If such a petition is filed as provided in such notice, thecounty commissioners may notify the county election official of the dateof an election to be held to submit the question of whether such levyshall be authorized. All of the qualified electors in the county shallbe entitled to vote at such election. If a majority of the votes castand counted at such election is in favor of the resolution, thegoverning body may make the levy.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 75, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 55; July 1.