25-2201a. Election expenses; tax levy, use of proceeds.
25-2201a
25-2201a. Election expenses; tax levy, use of proceeds.Annually any county may make a tax levy on the taxable tangible propertyin the county in an amount not greater than the amount necessary to paythe direct expense of elections which the county is required to pay andfor which the county is not reimbursed under the provisions ofsubsection (b) of K.S.A. 25-2201, and amendments thereto, and to pay a portion of theprincipal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A.12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in thecounty. Ifa petition signed by 5% of the registered voters of anycounty is filed with the county election officer on or before July 10,1974, requesting an election be held to determine whether the tax levyauthorized by this section shall be permitted in such county, the countyelection officer shall hold a special question submitted election on thefirst Tuesday in August of 1974, in such county. The proposition shallbe stated on the ballot as follows:
"Shall the board of county commissioners be authorized to make anannual tax levy on the taxable tangible property in the county to paythe direct expenses of certain elections of other subdivisions ofgovernments as required by law."
If a majority of those voting on such question submitted are in favorof the proposition such county may in 1974 and thereafter immediatelymake the levy authorized in this section. If a majority of those votingon such question are against the proposition, and the board of countycommissioners has theretofore included in its adopted budget any amountunder authority of this section, such adopted budget and the tax levytherefor shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount so budgeted,and no tax levy under this section shall be made in such county in 1974or thereafter.
History: L. 1974, ch. 165, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 139;L. 1990, ch. 66, § 38; May 31.