A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF CLIFTON, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 79-5001 TO 79-5018, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, THEREBY REMOVING AGGREGATE TAX LEVY LIMITATIONS FROM LEVIES MADE IN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY.

WHEREAS, K.S.A. 5001 to 5018, and amendments thereto, presently provide aggregate tax levy limitations for the tax levy made in the general fund for the City of Clifton, Kansas, but said tax levy limitation does not now apply uniformly to all cities, and

WHEREAS, the Governing Body of said city deems it necessary to enact and pass a charter ordinance to exempt the City of Clifton from the levy limitations as they apply to levy made for the general fund of the city,

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

Section l. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 5, Article 12 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, the City of Clifton, Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and to make inapplicable to it Sections 79-5001 to 79-5018 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto which apply to said city, but the provisions of which do not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. That this charter ordinance shall be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper.

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

(05-26-1981)