A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF RUSSELL, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 79-1952, REGARDING THE MILL LEVY LIMITATION FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES AND AIRPORT PURPOSES AND PROVIDING A SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISION ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

Section 1. The City of Russell, Kansas, a city of the second class, hereby elects to exempt itself from and makes inapplicable to it, that portion of K.S.A. 791952 regarding a mill levy limitation for library purposes and airport purposes; said statute not being applicable uniformly to all cities and the legislature not having established classes of cities for the purpose of imposing tax limitations and prohibitions.

Section 2. The governing body of the City of Russell, Kansas, hereby provides the following substitute and additional provision to that portion of K.S.A. 79-1952 regarding mill levy limitation for library purposes and airport purposes: The governing body of the City of Russell, Kansas, does hereby authorize and empower to levy taxes each year for library purposes at a rate not to exceed 5.00 mills on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of the said city and a rate not to exceed 1.00 mill for airport purposes.

Section 3. The governing body of the City of Russell, Kansas, does not exempt itself from the remaining provisions of K.S.A. 79-1952.

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