A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF WINCHESTER, KANSAS FROM K.S.A. 79-5001 TO 79-5017, INCLUSIVE AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, REMOVING LIMITATIONS OF TAX LEVY.

Section 1. The City of Winchester, a city of the third class, 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 the provisions of K.S.A. 79-5001 to 79-5017, inclusive, any amendments thereto which are enactments of the legislature applicable to this city but which are not applicable uniformly to all cities of the third class, and the legislature has not established classes of cities for the purposes of imposing tax limitations and prohibitions.

Section 2. The provisions of K.S.A. 79-5001 to K.S.A. 79-5017, inclusive, any amendments thereto shall not apply to any taxes levied by the City of Winchester, Kansas.

Section 3. New Provision. The governing body of the City of Winchester is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year for the amount necessary to meet the requirements of its adopted budget.

(08-01-1988)