92-9506 1/2% Retailers TaxKuhn -Cox Priming — Sabina. Kansas
(Published in The Salina Journal May 1992)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 92-9506
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY THE
QUESTION OF IMPOSING A ONE-HALF PERCENT (1/2%) RETAILERS' SALES
TAX COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 1993, IN THE CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS.
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 12-187 et seq., as amended,
authorizes the Governing Body to submit to the qualified electors of the City
the question of levying a retailer's sales tax, such tax to be collected by the
State Department of Revenue with the revenue therefrom returned to this City;
and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas has
determined that additional revenue is needed to provide an adequate level of
public services within the City, that additional revenue is needed to provide
important capital improvements, that property tax increases should be avoided
if possible and that the voters should be given a choice as to the method used
to finance public services; SO NOW, THEREFORE
Kansas:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Section 1. Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., the Governing
Body submits the following question:
SHALL THE CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS, IMPOSE A
HALF -PERCENT (1/2%) RETAILERS' SALES TAX BEGINNING
JANUARY 1, 1993?
to the electors of the City at the county primary election on August 4, 1992
(or such other date as the 1992 county primary election may be scheduled) .
Section 2. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition
at the county primary election approve the levy of the tax, the governing body
shall provide by ordinance for the levy of the tax.
Section 3. If approved, the tax shall be subject to all applicable
state laws and administrative rules and regulations of the Kansas Department of
Revenue. The services of the Kansas Department of Revenue shall be utilized
to administer, enforce and collect such tax.
Section 4. Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-191, if approved, the collection
of such tax shall commence on the first day of the calendar quarter next
following the sixtieth (60th) day after the date of the election authorizing
the levy of the tax, which is January 1, 1993.
Section 5. The City Clerk is directed to request that the County
Election Officer take all steps necessary to include the proposition set forth
in Section 1 above on the ballot for the 1992 county primary election,
including publication of the notice of the election pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187
and 10-120. The notice shall be published in the official city newspaper once
each week for two consecutive weeks, with the first publication to be not less
than twenty-one (21) days prior to the election. The notice shall set forth
the time and place of the election and the proposition to be determined.
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Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
( SEAL)
ATTEST:
Jacqueline Shiever, CMC
City Clerk
Introduced: April 20, 1992
Passed: April 27, 1992
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Carol E. Beggs, Mayor