A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF ELLIS, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 79-5001 TO K.S.A. 79-5017, PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 14.

Section 1.         The City of Ellis, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 79-5001 to K.S.A. 79-5017 and to provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this charter ordinance. K.S.A. 79-5001 et seq. is a part of an enactment of the legislature establishing an aggregate tax levy limitation applicable to this city but not applicable uniformly to all cities, and the legislature has not established classes of cities for the purpose of imposing aggregate limitations under said constitutional provision.

Section 2.         The provisions of K.S.A. 79-5001 to K.S.A. 79-5017, inclusive, shall not apply to or limit the levy of taxes by the City of Ellis for the payment of:

(a)        Principal and interest upon bonds and temporary notes;

(b)        No-fund warrants issued with the approval of the state board of tax appeals;

(c)        Legal judgments rendered against the city;

(d)        Rent due under any lease with a public building commission;

(e)        Special assessments charged against the city at large.

Section 3.         The provisions of Article 50 of Chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall not apply to any taxes levied by the City of Ellis, levied under the provisions of K.S.A. 40-2305, 74-4920, 74-4967, 12-11a03, 13-1441, 12-1617h, 13-14,100 and K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 13-14a02 or 14-10a02, or to any tax levies required for the payment of employer contributions to any pension and retirement program, or to any other taxes authorized by state law to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limitation of the City of Ellis. Amounts produced from any levy specified or authorized in this charter ordinance, including any levy or purpose authorized to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limit of the city, shall not be used in computing any aggregate limitation under Article 50 of Chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

Section 4.         Charter Ordinance No. 14 of the City of Ellis, Kansas, as passed on the 22nd day of May, 1979, is hereby repealed.

(03-25-1980)