12-1767. Same; revenue bonds issued by a city; resolution; protest petition; election. (a) Any revenue bonds proposed to be issued by a public building commission created by a city shall be issued as provided in K.S.A. 10-1201 et seq., and amendments thereto, except to the extent that such statutes are in conflict with this act. Before any revenue bonds are authorized or issued under the provisions of this act, the public building commission shall adopt a resolution specifying the amount of such bonds and the purpose of the issuance thereof.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 2 [*], the resolution shall provide that if within 30 days after the last date of publication of the resolution a petition in opposition to the resolution, signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the city or by not less than 5% of the electors of the county or school district if the lease is with such entity, is filed with the county election officer, the board of county commissioners shall submit the question to the voters at an election called for that purpose or at the next general election. Except as otherwise provided in this section, such resolution shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper or in a newspaper having general circulation in the county if the lease is with a county or school district.

(c) No construction contract shall be let or approved by a public building commission until after the expiration of the protest period provided under this section.

History: L. 1965, ch. 122, § 11; L. 1968, ch. 163, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 25; L. 1986, ch. 78, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 31, § 8; L. 1990, ch. 75, § 2; July 1.

* Section referred to was omitted from bill.