A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF RILEY KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 79-1953 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT AUTHORIZING MID LIMITING TAX LEVIES IN ANY ONE YEAR ON EACH DOLLAR OF ASSESSED TANGIBLE VALUATION AND PRESCRIBING AN AGGREGATE LIMIT FOR ALL CITY-WIDE LEVIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF RILEY, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. The City of Riley, Kansas, 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, and does exempt itself from and makes inapplicable to it, K.S.A. 79-1953, which is not applicable uniformly to all cities of the third class as contemplated by the aforesaid constitutional provision, the legislature not having established classes of states for the purpose of imposing tax limitations, and hereafter provides substitute and additional provisions.

SECTION 2. The Governing Body of the City of Riley, Kansas, is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year for the general operating fund of said city, for city purposes, but said Governing Body shall not fix a rate of levy in any one year of assessed tangible valuation of the City in excess of seventeen (17) mills for the general operation fund.

SECTION 3. That the Governing Body of the City of Riley, Kansas, does hereby fix and declare that it shall be able to levy taxes in each year, for the general operating fund of said city, to be used for city purposes, a rate of levy in any one year on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of the city up to but not in excess of seventeen (17) mills.

(05-03-1966)