A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS, FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN K.S.A. 12‑1220 RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BONNER SPRINGS CITY LIBRARY, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO.

Section 1. The City of Bonner Springs, Kansas, hereby elects, pursuant to the authority granted by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, to make inapplicable to it, and exempt the City of Bonner Springs, Kansas, from the following language contained in K.S.A. 12‑1220, to‑wit:

       “. . .the Governing Body. . .is hereby authorized to and shall annually levy a tax for the maintenance of such library in such sum as the library board shall determine within the limitations fixed by law 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. . .”

Section 2. Following the effective date of this charter ordinance, the library board of the Bonner Springs City Library shall annually recommend to the Governing Body a proposed tax levy for the maintenance of the Bonner Springs City Library and the Governing Body is hereby authorized to and shall annually levy the tax for the maintenance of such library in such sum as the Governing Body shall determine within the limitations fixed by law, 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.

(3‑16‑98)