12-4801.   Child care centers in certain cities and counties; tax levy,use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petitionand election.The governing body of any county having a population of more thantwenty-five thousand one hundred (25,100) and less than twenty-eightthousand (28,000) which has an assessed tangible valuation of more thanone hundred ten million dollars ($110,000,000) and less than one hundredtwenty-four million dollars ($124,000,000) and any county having apopulation of more than forty-three thousand (43,000) and less than onehundred eighty thousand (180,000) which has an assessed tangiblevaluation of more than ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) and anycounty having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000),or the governing body of any city located within any such county, ishereby authorized to levy a tax of not to exceed one-half (1/2) millupon all the taxable tangible property within such taxing subdivision,to provide funds for the establishment of one or more child carecenters or the support of any existing child care center or facilityproviding such services within such taxing subdivision, which child carecenter or facility shall be available for the care and feeding of anyminor child of parents who reside within the taxing subdivision and to paya portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authorityof K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county but notax levied by the board of county commissioners of any county under theprovisions of this act may be levied on any property located within thecorporate limits of any city in which the governing body has also levieda tax under the provisions of this act.

      Before any tax shall be levied under the provisions of this section,the governing body of any such municipality shall, by resolution,authorize the levy of such tax, stating the amount thereof and thepurpose for which the levy is made. Such resolution shall be publishedonce each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city orcounty newspaper and if within sixty (60) days after the date of thelast publication of such resolution, a petition signed by not less thantwo percent (2%) of the qualified electors in such taxing subdivision isfiled with the county election officer, no levy shall be made under theprovisions of this section without the question of levying the samehaving been submitted to and been approved by a majority of the electorsof such taxing subdivision voting at an election called and held forsuch purpose. No qualified elector of a city which has previously levieda tax under the provisions of this act shall be counted in determiningthe total qualified electors of the county in which such city islocated, nor shall any such elector be permitted to vote in an electioncalled and held by any such county. All such elections shall be noticed,called and held in the manner provided for the giving of notice, callingand holding of elections upon the question of the issuance of bondsunder the general bond law.

      History:   L. 1975, ch. 51, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 63, § 1; L. 1978,ch. 66; § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 57; July 1.