19-1572c. Construction of courthouse or jail in certain counties; enlarging or remodeling; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.
19-1572c
19-1572c. Construction of courthouse or jail in certain counties;
enlarging
or remodeling; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of
resolution;
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 has
constructed 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 hereby
authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed one mill upon
all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of enlarging
or remodeling, or both,
of the courthouse or jail, or both, of said county 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.
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 or
purposes. The board of county commissioners shall determine the total
amount necessary to be raised for such purposes, not to exceed one
percent (1%) of the assessed tangible valuation of the county, and the
amount so determined shall be included in the resolution and publication
hereinafter provided for. The interest and principal of such fund may be
used for the purposes as provided
in this act. No
levies shall be made under the provisions of this act until a resolution
authorizing the making of such levies to create such special fund be
passed by the board of county commissioners and published for three
successive issues in the official county paper, whereupon such levies
may be made unless a petition in opposition to the same, signed by not
less than fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified electors of such county
as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding
election, is filed with the county clerk of such county within thirty
(30) days following the last publication of the resolution by the board
of county commissioners.
In the event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the board
of county commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an
election called for such purpose or at the next general election. Such
tax levies shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or
limited 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.