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38-546. Same; maintenance and improvement; tax levy, use of proceeds;publication of resolution; protest petition and election.For the purposes of paying its share of the cost of the purchase,improvement, support and maintenance of such youth camp or home asdetermined by the agreement for the joint undertaking 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,the board ofcounty commissioners of each county party to the agreement shall levy anannual tax on all the assessed taxable tangible property of the county,which tax in any one year shall not exceed a rate of onemill. Before any such tax shall be levied, the board ofcounty commissioners of the county shall publish a resolution once eachweek for two consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of suchcounty stating the amount of the tax proposed to be levied, the purposefor which such levy is proposed to be made and that if within thirty(30) days following the last publication of such resolution a petitionsigned by electors equal in number to not less than five percent (5%) ofthe electors of such county which voted for secretary of state at thelast preceding general election shall be filed in the office of thecounty election officer of such county requesting an election upon theproposition to levy such tax, that no such tax shall be levied withoutthe question of levying the same having been first submitted to and beenapproved by a majority of the electors of such county voting at anelection called and held thereon. If a valid petition is filed withinthe time specified with the county election officer of the county no taxshall be levied until the question of levying the same shall have beensubmitted to and been approved by a majority of the electors of thecounty voting at an election called and held thereon. No such leviesshall be made until and unless the othercounty or counties shall likewise have authorized the levy of taxes forsuch purpose or purposes in the amount agreed upon by the board ofcounty commissioners parties to the joint undertaking. All electionscalled and held under the provisions of this section shall be called andheld in the manner provided for the calling and holding of electionsunder the general bond law. One-half (1/2) mill of such tax levy shallbe in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law andshall not be subject to or within any tax levy limit or aggregate taxlevy limit prescribed by article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated or of any other law of this state.
History: L. 1970, ch. 163, § 6; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 147; July 1.
