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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-137

Limitations and procedures for exercise of constitutional home rule power of taxation or other revenue measures; ordinance; notice; referendum

Kansas · Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 12 — Cities and Municipalities · Status: effective

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-137, Limitations and procedures for exercise of constitutional home rule power of taxation or other revenue measures; ordinance; notice; referendum, Kansas, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2434448
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Where, under the power of cities granted by paragraph (b) of section 5 of article 12 of the constitution of Kansas, the governing body of any city by ordinance proposes to levy for revenue purposes any tax, excise, fee, charge or other exaction other than permit fees or license fees for regulatory purposes, which is not limited or prohibited or a procedure for the levy of which is not otherwise prescribed by enactment of the legislature as provided by said paragraph (b), such ordinance shall require a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members-elect of the governing body and shall be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper. No such ordinance shall take effect until sixty (60) days after its final publication, and if within sixty (60) days of its final publication a petition signed by a number of electors of the city equal to not less than ten percent (10%) of the number of electors who voted at the last preceding regular city election shall be filed with the county election officer of the county in which such city is entirely or primarily located demanding that such ordinance be submitted to a vote of the electors, it shall not take effect until submitted to a referendum and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The governing body of any city may submit any ordinance providing for such levy to a referendum without petition. Ordinances authorizing such levies submitted to referendum without petition may be passed by a majority vote of the governing body and shall be published once in the official city newspaper.