13-1024a. General improvements and land therefor; borrowing money and bond issues; when election required. - Kansas Statutes

13-1024a

Chapter 13.--CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

      13-1024a.   General improvements and land therefor; borrowing money and bond issues; when election required. For the purpose of paying for any bridge, viaduct, public building, including the land necessary therefor, for lands for public parks and developing the same, within or without the city, for the establishment and construction of crematories, desiccating or reduction works, including the land necessary therefor, within or without the city, or for the improvement, repair or extension of any waterworks, sewage disposal plant, electric light plant, crematory, desiccating or reduction works or other public utility plant owned by the city, and for the purpose of rebuilding, adding to or extending to the same from time to time, as the necessities of the city may require, the city may borrow money and issue its bonds for the same: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued for such purposes unless the same were authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election held for that purpose: Provided further, That any city of the first class may issue the bonds of such city for the purpose of paying for any of the improvements mentioned in this section and the land necessary therefor without such bonds having been authorized by a vote of the people, but the total amount of bonds issued for such purposes shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any one year: Provided further, That any city of the first class having a population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) and less than thirty thousand (30,000) may in the year 1968, issue bonds of such city in an amount not exceeding the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) for the purpose of paying for any of the improvements mentioned in this section and the land necessary therefor without such bonds having been authorized by a vote of the people.

      History:   L. 1955, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 137, § 1; March 26.