2006 Kansas Code - 12-1789

      12-1789.   Same; protest petition to repeal ordinance; dissolution of district. Within 45 days following publication of an ordinance establishing a district pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1788, and amendments thereto, or the publication of an ordinance levying annual service fees pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1791, and amendments thereto, the owners of businesses located within the district may file with the governing body of the city a petition in opposition to the continuation of the district or the levying of such service fees. Upon a finding that a petition opposing the establishment of the district was signed by not less than a majority of the number of businesses located within the district, no service fee shall be levied within the district and the district shall be dissolved. Upon the finding that a petition opposing the levy of service fees for the ensuing year was signed by not less than a majority of the number of businesses located within the district, no service fees shall be levied pursuant to the ordinance specified in such petition and the district shall be dissolved as of the end of that calendar year. The governing body, by ordinance, shall repeal the ordinance which established the district or the ordinance which levied the annual service fees, effective as of the end of that calendar year. After the payment of all costs incurred by the district for that calendar year, the city shall return any unused and unencumbered moneys collected and distribute such moneys back to the businesses on a pro rata basis in the same percentage as such moneys were collected.

      History:   L. 1981, ch. 61, § 9; L. 1987, ch. 73, § 1; July 1.

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