Statute 19-5002: Same; creation; election, procedure; taxing
authority.
Within two years after the effective date of this act, the
board
of county commissioners of Johnson county shall determine whether to submit to
the electors of Johnson county during a primary, general or special election a
proposition to create the Johnson county education research triangle
authority and to impose a sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this act in
an amount not to exceed .2%, or levy an annual tax at the rate of not more than
two mills on the dollar on all real property within such county, or a
combination of both with any such combination not to exceed the lesser of the
.2% sales tax or the two mills of property tax, for the purpose of supporting
in
equal shares the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Edwards campus of
the university of Kansas, the research and education programs in animal health
and food safety and security at the Johnson county location of Kansas state
university, and the medical education and life sciences and cancer research
programs at the university of Kansas medical center's Johnson county locations.
Alternatively, such proposition, within two years after the effective date of
this act, may be placed before the Johnson county voters through the county's
established petition process.
History: L. 2007, ch. 158, § 2; July 1.