A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF PAOLA, KANSAS, FROM ALL THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A 12-1696, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO TRANSIENT GUIEST TAX; FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-1697 (a), RELATING TO THE LEVY OF TRANSIENT GUEST TAX; FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A 12-1698 (e), RELATING TO THE CITY OF TRANSIENT GUEST TAX FUND; FROM ALL THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A 12-16,101, RELATING TO A COMMITTEE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES; AND FROM ALL THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A 12-16,113 RELATING TO AN ANNUAL ACCOUNTING OF EXPENDITURES; AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

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

SECTION ONE: The City of Paola, Kansas, a city of the second class, by the power invested 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, the provisions of K.S.A 12-1697(a), which read as follows:

       “(a) In order to provide revenues to promote tourism and conventions, the governing body of any county or the governing body or any city is hereby authorized to levy a transient guest tax at not to exceed the rate of 2% upon the gross receipts derived from or paid directly or through an accommodations broker by transient guests for sleeping accommodations, exclusive of charges for incidental services or facilities, in any hotel, motel or tourist court. The percentage of such tax shall be determined by the board of county commissioners or the city governing body and shall be specified in the resolution or ordinance authorizing the same.”

SECTION TWO: The City of Paola, Kansas, by the power invested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby enacts the following substitute and additional provisions for those provisions exempted from in SECTION ONE, above:

       “(a) In order to provide revenues to promote tourism and conventions, the Governing Body is hereby authorized to levy a transient guest tax at not to exceed the rate of three percent (3%) upon the gross receipts derived from or paid by transient guests for sleeping accommodations, exclusive of charges for incidental services or facilities, in any hotel, motel, or tourist court.”

(03-10-1998; Repealed by C.O. No. 19)