Session of 1999
HOUSE BILL No. 2403
By Committee on Environment
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9 AN ACT relating to city water supply systems; requiring an election on
10 fluoridation.
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12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13 Section 1. (a) On and after January 1, 2000, no city shall provide for
14 fluoridation of the public water supply of the city unless the question of
15 fluoridation is first submitted to and approved by the registered voters of
16 the city.
17 (b) The governing body of a city may adopt an ordinance providing
18 for the fluoridation of the public water supply of such city. Such ordinance
19 shall not take effect until the registered voters of the city approve fluor-
20 idation of the public water supply of such city at an election held for that
21 purpose.
22 (c) Upon adoption of an ordinance providing for fluoridation of the
23 public water supply of a city, the governing body of the city shall submit
24 the following question to the registered voters of the city: "Shall the city
25 of ________ fluoridate the city water supply?" The date of the election
26 shall be fixed in the ordinance and the election shall be called and held
27 in the manner provided for elections under the general bond law. If a
28 majority of the registered voters voting on the question vote in favor of
29 the question, the ordinance providing for fluoridation of the public water
30 supply of the city shall take effect and the public water supply of the city
31 may be fluoridated. If a majority of the registered voters voting on the
32 question vote against the question, the ordinance providing for fluorida-
33 tion of the public water supply of the city shall not take effect and the
34 public water supply of the city shall not be fluoridated.
35 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
36 publication in the statute book.