CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 149

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-1761, AND PROVIDING FOR SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSIONS.

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

SECTION 1. The City of Wichita, Kansas (the "City") pursuant to Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1761, and provide substitute provisions as hereinafter set forth in this Charter Ordinance. Such statute is applicable to the City, but is not uniformly applicable to all cities.

SECTION 2. (Amended and repealed—See Charter Ordinance No. 162, § 5.)

SECTION 3. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in The Daily Reporter, the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect 61 days after final publication, unless a sufficient petition is filed and a referendum held on the Charter Ordinance, as provided in Article 12, Section 5, Subdivision (c)(3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case the Charter Ordinance shall become effective if approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.

PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body of the City of Wichita, Kansas, not less than two-thirds of the members elect voting in favor thereof, this 5th day of January, 1993.

FRANK M. OJILE
Mayor

ATTEST:

PATRICIA L. BURNETT
Deputy City Clerk

Approved as to Form:

GARY E. REBENSTORF
City Attorney