§ 2-1. Charter of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas.
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The Charter of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, shall
be deemed to be the Consolidation Recommendations made by the Wyandotte County/Kansas
City, Kansas, Consolidation Study Commission (hereinafter "Charter") as approved by
the voters of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on April 1, 1997. Said Charter shall be construed
in conjunction with narrative history expressed in the Consolidation Study Commission
Report, and K.S.A. 12-340 et seq., unless otherwise interpreted by a court of competent
jurisdiction. It is hereby declared that the authority for creation of the Wyandotte
County/Kansas City, Kansas, Consolidation Study Commission was derived from the Kansas
Constitution at article II, section 17 and the laws of the State of Kansas.