Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. Twenty-One

A CHARTER ORDINANCE REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVEN OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS.

WHEREAS, Charter Ordinance No. Seven exempts the City of Overland Park, Kansas, from the provisions of KSA 79-1950; and

WHEREAS, KSA 79-1950 was amended in 1975 to allow cities of the first class with populations of more than 60,000 and less than 130,000 to "levy taxes in each year for the general fund and other city purposes," except as limited therein; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to be governed by the provisions of KSA 79-1950, as amended:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. That Charter Ordinance No. Seven be and the same is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official City newspaper.

SECTION 3. This is a Charter Ordinance and shall take effect sixty-one (61) days after final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed and a referendum held on the ordinance as provided in Article 12, Section 5, subdivision (c)(3) of the Constitution of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective as approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.

PASSED by the Governing Body not less than two-thirds of the members elect voting in favor thereof the 7th day of February, 1977.

Jack Walker

Mayor

ATTEST:

Bernice Crummett

Finance Director/City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Phillip L. Harris, City Attorney

Passed: 2/7/77

Published: 2/11/77

2/18/77

Effective: 4/20/77

Effective on: 1/1/1901