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CHA.RTER ORDINANCE 2
AN ORDINANCE PLEDGING THE GENERAL PURPOSES
PROPOSED FOR THE FUTURE USE OF ALL REVENUE
TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM ANY COUNTY
SALES TAX.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS:
SECTION 1: All revenue received from the proposed
one cent Sedgwick County sales tax, if approved by the voters
of this County, shall be used to reduce the tax levies of Bel Aire
upon the taxable tangible property located within the City.
SECTION 2: The following procedure shall be followed
to accomplish the reduction of tax levies. The City will compute
and budget the amount of dollars it may raise by levy with the
limitations set out in K.S.A. 79-5001, et seg. Sales tax proceeds
will be applied directly to those funds to reduce any property
tax levy requirement. In the event sales tax funds exceed the
amount of property tax necessary to fund the budget under
K.S.A. 79-5001, et seq., then any excess will be used to dir-
ectly reduce property taxes levied but not subject to K.S.A.
79-5001, et seq.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall continue in effect
for such period of time as the City continues to receive rev-
enues from the levy of a county sales tax.
SECTION 4: This charter ordinance shall be
publised once each week for two consecutive weeks in the
official city newspaper.
SECTION 5: This is a charter ordinance, and
shall take effect sixty-one 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' Con:s'tttutt:onofthe state
of Kans:a's ,in which case the ordinance shall become effective
if 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, this 20th day of
July , 1982. -
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