13-13a24. Extension of taxing district; petition; election; eligible voters.
13-13a24
13-13a24. Extension of taxing district; petition; election; eligible voters.
(a) The taxing district of any municipal university which has heretofore
been established under the provisions of article 13a of chapter 13 of Kansas
Statutes Annotated may be extended to include the entire territory of the
county in which the municipal university is located in the manner provided
in this section.
(b) Whenever a petition, signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of
the registered voters residing outside of the city but within the county
in which such university is located, shall be filed in the office of the
county election officer not less than sixty (60) days preceding the date
fixed for the holding of the general election in November in any even-numbered
year requesting the same, the question of extending the taxing district
of said municipal university to the entire territory of said county shall
be submitted to the electors of such county residing outside of the corporate
limits of the city in which such university is located for their approval
or rejection at the general election held in November of such year. Such
election shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for elections
on questions submitted in the county. Whenever such proposition has been
submitted to and been rejected by the voters voting at an election held
thereon such proposition shall not again be submitted to the voters of such
county. The question shall be stated on the ballot as follows:
"Shall the taxing district of ______________ university of ______________
be extended to include the entire territory of ______________ county, Kansas?"
The first blank shall be filled with the name of the university. The second
blank shall be filled with the name of the municipality. The third blank
shall be filled with the name of the county in which the university is located.
All registered voters residing within the
county but outside the corporate limits of the city in which such university
is located may vote at the election. If a majority of those voting at such
election shall vote in favor of extending the taxing district of the municipal
university, the same shall thereupon be extended to the entire territory
of the county in which the municipal university is located for all purposes,
including the purpose of the budget adopted and taxes certified in the year
next succeeding the election, and for all years thereafter.
History: L. 1976, ch. 87, § 1; July 1.