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.