A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF MCLOUTH, KANSAS FROM PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 15-209 CONCERNING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY ATTORNEY.

WHEREAS, the City of McLouth, Kansas, by authority vested pursuant to Article 12, section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, may enact a Charter Ordinance which exempts the City from Kansas Statutes that are not matters of statewide concern or are not applicable uniformly to all cities in Kansas; and

WHEREAS, K.S.A. 15-209 is non-uniform in that the effects of the provision do not apply uniformly to all cities; and

WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 5(d) of the Kansas Constitution dictates that the powers and authorities granted under Article 12, Section 5, are to be liberally construed to give to cities the largest measure of self-government.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF MCLOUTH, KANSAS:

Section 1.  The residency requirements of K.S.A. 15-209 requiring the City Attorney to be a qualified elector of Jefferson County, or an adjoining county, shall not apply to the City of McLouth, and that the City of McLouth shall be permitted to select any duly qualified Kansas resident as City Attorney.

Section 2.  The Charter Ordinance shall be published in the official City newspaper once a week for 2 consecutive weeks.

Section 3.  The Charter Ordinance shall take effect sixty-one (61) days after its final publication unless a sufficient petition for referendum is filed and a referendum held on this ordinance as provided in Article 12, Section 5, Subsection (c)(3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective if approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon.

(10-15-2013)