19-1572c.   Construction of courthouse or jail in certain counties;enlargingor remodeling; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication ofresolution;protest petition and election.In any county having a population of at least seventy-five thousand(75,000) but not more than one hundred ten thousand (110,000) which hasconstructed or which hereafter constructs a courthouse or jail, or both,under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1569 [*]and amendments thereto, the board of county commissioners is herebyauthorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one mill uponall the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of enlargingor remodeling, or both,of the courthouse or jail, or both, of said county and to pay a portionof 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.

      Said levy may be made annually for a period of not to exceed ten (10)years until sufficient funds have been created for said purpose orpurposes. The board of county commissioners shall determine the totalamount necessary to be raised for such purposes, not to exceed onepercent (1%) of the assessed tangible valuation of the county, and theamount so determined shall be included in the resolution and publicationhereinafter provided for. The interest and principal of such fund may beused for the purposes as providedin this act. Nolevies shall be made under the provisions of this act until a resolutionauthorizing the making of such levies to create such special fund bepassed by the board of county commissioners and published for threesuccessive issues in the official county paper, whereupon such leviesmay be made unless a petition in opposition to the same, signed by notless than fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified electors of such countyas determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last precedingelection, is filed with the county clerk of such county within thirty(30) days following the last publication of the resolution by the boardof county commissioners.

      In the event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the boardof county commissioners to submit the question to the voters at anelection called for such purpose or at the next general election. Suchtax levies shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized orlimited by law and shall not be subject to any aggregate tax levy.

      History:   L. 1953, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 87; July 1.