A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 79-5028, AS AMENDED BY 1991 HOUSE BILL NO. 2222, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT INCREASING THE RATE LEVY LIMIT.

Section 1. The City of Baldwin City, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas and as provided by K.S.A. 79-5036(a), hereby elects to exempt itself from the provisions of K.S.A. 79-5028, as amended by 1991 House Bill No. 2222. K.S.A. 79-5028, as amended by 1991 House Bill No. 2222, is part of an enactment commonly known as the Kansas property tax lid law, which enactment applies to this city but does not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The following is hereby substituted for the provisions of K.S.A. 79-5028, as amended by 1991 House Bill No. 2222. The provisions of K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 79-5021 to 79-5033, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall not limit the levy of taxes by the governing body of the City of Baldwin City for the library fund as authorized by K.S.A. 12-1220 to the extent of four mills.

(07-08-91)