12-2535. Kansas City area transportation district and authority; tax levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election.
12-2535
12-2535. Kansas City area transportation district and authority; tax
levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election.
Any board of county commissioners participating as a member of the
Kansas City area transportation district and the Kansas City area
transportation authority, as established under K.S.A. 12-2514 to
12-2534, inclusive, and amendments thereto, is authorized to levy an
annual tax not to exceed one-tenth of one (.10) mill on all taxable,
tangible property in the county for the purpose of administering the
Kansas City area transportation district and the Kansas City area
transportation authority and to pay a portion of the principal and interest
on 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 with
this act and prior to the effective date of this act is hereby legalized
and validated. Any resolution shall provide
that if a petition in opposition to the levy, signed by not less than
five percent (5%) of the qualified electors of such county, is filed
with the county commissioners within forty (40) days after the
publication of the resolution, the levy will not be made until first
approved at a question submitted election which shall be called for that
purpose or at the next general election. Such resolution shall be
published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper
having general circulation in the county. In the event that no petition
as specified above is filed in accordance with the provisions of such
notice, the county commissioners may make the levy authorized in the
resolution. If such a petition is filed as provided in such notice, the
county commissioners may notify the county election official of the date
of an election to be held to submit the question of whether such levy
shall be authorized. All of the qualified electors in the county shall
be entitled to vote at such election. If a majority of the votes cast
and counted at such election is in favor of the resolution, the
governing body may make the levy.
History: L. 1970, ch. 75, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 55; July 1.