CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 109

CHARTER ORDINANCE exempting the City of Kansas City, Kansas, from the provisions of K.S.A. 12-4511 which relates to the granting of parole to any person confined to jail as a result of a conviction of a violation of a city ordinance.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS:

Section 1. The City of Kansas City, Kansas by the power vested in it by article 12, section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-4511 relating to the granting of parole to any person confined as a result of a conviction of a violation of a city ordinance. Such referenced statute is applicable to this city through the Code of Procedures for Municipal Courts but not uniformly applicable to all cities.

Section 2. This ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the [City of] Kansas City, Kansas.

Section 3. This is a Charter Ordinance and shall take effect 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 the State of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective if approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.

PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECT VOTING IN FAVOR THEREOF, THIS 2nd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1995.

Approved:

Carol Marinovich

Mayor

Attest:

Tom G. Roberts

City Clerk