AN ORDINANCE PLEDGING SALES TAX REVENUES ACCRUING TO THE CITY OF GARDEN PLAIN, KANSAS TO REDUCE ANY PROPERTY TAX LEVY REQUIREMENTS AS SET OUT IN K.S.A. 79-5001, et seq.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GARDEN PLAIN, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. The following procedure shall be followed to accomplish the reduction of Garden Plain tax levies. The City will compute and budget the amount of dollars it may raise by levy with the limitations set out in K.S.A. 79-5001, et seq. Sales tax proceeds will be applied directly to those funds to reduce any property tax levy requirements.

SECTION 2. If approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, such tax shall be subject to all applicable state laws, administrative rules and regulations of the Kansas Department of Revenue The services of the Department of Revenue shall be utilized to administer, enforce, and collect such tax.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall continue in effect for such period of time as the City of Garden Plain, Kansas, continues to receive revenues of a Sedgwick County sales tax by participation in the County-wide tax.

(07-21-1982)