Statute 65-215: Same; tax levies, use of proceeds; adoption
and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.
The board of county commissioners of any such county may, upon the
establishment of such mental health clinic, levy an annual tax upon all
taxable tangible property in such county and the proceeds thereof shall
be placed in the hands of the treasurer of said board of trustees, to be
administered as provided by
K.S.A. 65-214
and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under
the authority of
K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities
located in the county. No levy
shall be made under the provisions of this act until a resolution
authorizing the making of such levies be passed by the board of county
commissioners by publication for three successive issues in a
newspaper of general circulation within the county, whereupon such
levies may be made unless a petition in opposition to the same, signed
by not less than ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such
county as determined by the vote for secretary of state in the last
preceding election, is filed with the county clerk of such county within
thirty (30) days following the last publication of said resolution.
In the event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the board
of county commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an
election called for such purpose or at the next general election. The
provisions of this act shall be supplemental to other existing health
laws in the counties affected thereby, but shall in no way abrogate, or
amend any such other existing health laws.
History: L. 1957, ch. 345, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 100, § 40; L.
1975, ch. 162, § 38; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 160; July 1.