14-602.   Hospital site and building; tax levy, use of proceeds; petitionand election.The governing body of any city of the second class may levy a tax oneach dollar of assessed valuation of all property in the city, for thepurpose of acquiring a site and building a hospital in the city and payinga portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such cityunder the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774 and amendmentsthereto. Before such tax is levied, a petition fixing the amount ofthe levy, the cost of the site, and the cost of the building, signed bynot less than 40% of the electors of such city, as shown bythe official vote cast at the last preceding general election in thecity, shall be presented to such governing body, asking that such a taxbe levied for such purpose. Upon receipt and approval of the petitionby the governing body thereof, the governing bodyshall pass a resolution approving such petition, declaring suchhospital to be a public benefit and ordering that the levy ofthe tax be made.

      The resolution shall be published once each week for twoconsecutive weeks in the official newspaper published in the city. Ifa petition signed by at least 40% of the electors of the cityand protesting the acquisition of the site, the buildingof the hospital and the levying of thetax is presented to the governing body within 60 days from the date of the passage ofthe resolution, the governing body shall submit the proposition to makesuch levy, stating the amount of such levy, to a vote of the qualified electorsof the city at an election called for that purpose. The election shall beheld at a date not more than 90 days from the date of the filing of theprotest petition. If a majority of the qualified voters of thecity voting at such election vote in favor of the levying of the tax,the governing body shall at once proceed to make the levy.

      History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-602;L. 1975, ch. 494, § 24; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 70; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 46; July 1.