CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. CO-01-18

A charter ordinance exempting the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, from the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1697(a) relating to the levy of a transient guest tax, to the maximum rate thereof, and to the purposes for which such transient guest tax monies may be spent; providing substitute and additional provisions on the same subject; exempting the Unified Government from the provisions of K.S.A. 12-16,101, relating to the establishment of a convention and tourism committee, its composition, the appointment of members, the length of members' terms, and the authority to contract; and repealing Charter Ordinance 03-08 of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY, KANSAS:

Section 1. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/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. 12-16,101, relating to the establishment of a convention and tourism committee, its composition, the appointment of members, the length of members' terms, and the authority to contract. Such statute is part of an enactment which is applicable to Kansas City, Kansas, but is not applicable uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/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 paragraph (a) of K.S.A. 12-1697, relating to the levy of a transient guest tax, to the maximum rate thereof, and to the purposes for which such transient guest tax monies may be spent. K.S.A. 12-1697(a) is part of an enactment which is applicable to Kansas City, Kansas, but is not applicable uniformly to all cities. Substitute and additional provisions are enacted in this Charter Ordinance.

Section 3. In order to provide revenues to promote tourism, conventions, and economic development related to tourism, the governing body of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, is hereby authorized to levy a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed eight percent, and does hereby levy a transient guest tax at the rate of eight percent, upon the gross receipts derived from or paid directly or through an accommodations broker by transient guests for sleeping accommodations, exclusive of charges for incidental services or facilities, in any hotel, motel, transient accommodations, short-term rental, bed-and-breakfast or tourist court within the boundaries of the City of Kansas City, Kansas.

Section 4. All such receipts derived from the transient guest tax shall be placed in a Convention and Tourism Fund to be used for the promotion of conventions, the promotion of tourism, and economic development related to tourism within Kansas City, Kansas. A minimum of one million fifty thousand dollars and NO/100 ($1,050,000.00) of such receipts shall be spent on the promotion of tourism on an annual basis.

Section 5. Charter Ordinance No. C-03-08 of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, is hereby repealed.

Section 6. This ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in The Wyandotte Echo.

Section 7. This is a Charter Ordinance and shall take effect 61 days after final publication, unless a petition signed by a number of electors within the City of Kansas City, Kansas, equal to not less than ten percent of the number of electors who voted at the last preceding regular election shall be filed in the office of the Unified Government Clerk demanding that this Charter Ordinance be submitted to a vote of the electors of the City of Kansas City, Kansas, in which event this Charter Ordinance shall take effect when approved by a majority of the electors of the City of Kansas City, Kansas, voting at an election held for such purpose.

PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECT VOTING IN FAVOR THEREOF, THIS 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2018.

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David Alvey, Mayor/CEO

Attest:

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Unified Government Clerk