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 9  AN ACT relating to property taxation; requiring the publication of certain
10    tax levy rates.
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12  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13    Section 1.  On or after the date prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1604, and
14  amendments thereto, for the preparation by the county clerk and sub-
15  mission to the director of property valuation of the abstract of the as-
16  sessment rolls of the county, the county clerk, if such rolls evidence an
17  increase in total assessed valuation over the total assessed valuation of the
18  next preceding year, shall compute a tax levy rate for every taxing sub-
19  division based upon the amount of ad valorem tax certified on or before
20  August 25 of the next preceding year by such subdivision to the county
21  clerk for levy pursuant to K.S.A. 79-1801, and amendments thereto. Such
22  rates shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
23  county once each week for two consecutive weeks prior to August 1 of
24  each year.
25    Sec. 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
26  publication in the statute book.