CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. CO-2-00

A CHARTER ORDINANCE exempting the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, from the provisions K.S.A. 12-194 relating to the prohibition of excise taxes on personal or real property by a city and/or county.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY, KANSAS:

Section 1. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, by virtue of the powers vested in it by article 12, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself and hereby makes inapplicable to it section 12-194 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated [K.S.A. 12-194], which applies to said unified government.

Section 2. This Charter ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official unified government newspaper.

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 requiring a referendum to be held on this 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 GOVERNING BODY OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS-ELECT VOTING IN FAVOR THEREOF, THIS 17th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2000.

APPROVED:

Carol Marinovich

Mayor/Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:

Tom G. Roberts

Unified Government Clerk

Approved as to Form:

N. Cason Boudreau

Deputy Chief Counsel