A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF OAKLEY, KANSAS FROM K.S.A. 12- 1692 through 12-16,101, and providing substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF OAKLEY. KANSAS:

SECTION 1: EXEMPTION. The City of Oakley, Kansas, a city of the third class by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to the City of Oakley, the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1691 through 12-16,101, as amended, and provides substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2: K.S.A. 12-1692(e) and K.S.A. 12-1696(e), contain a definition of convention and tourism promotion. This definition provides as follows: “Convention and tourism promotion” means: (I) Activities to attract visitors into the community through marketing efforts, including advertising, directed to at least one of the five basic convention and tourism market segments consisting of group tours, pleasure travelers, association meetings and conventions, trade shows and corporate meetings in travel; and (2) support of those activities and organizations which encourage increased lodging facility occupancy. K. S.A. 12 -1698(e) provides except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, all such monies received by the county or city treasurer from disbursements from the county or city transient guest tax fund shall be credited to the tourism and convention promotion fund of such county or city and shall only be expended for convention and tourism promotion.

SECTION 3: The City of Oakley, Kansas, hereby modifies the definition contained in K.S.A. 12- 1696(e) and 12-1692(e) to read as follows: “Convention and tourism promotion”  means: (1) Activities to attract visitors into the community through marketing efforts, including advertising, directed to at least one of the five basic convention and tourism market segments consisting of group tours, pleasure travelers, association meetings and conventions, trade shows and corporate meetings in travel; and (2) support of those activities and organizations which encourage increased lodging facility occupancy; and (3) support of infrastructure to maintain attractions for travel and tourism, including the expenditure of funds from the tourism and convention promotion fund for those purposes.

(09-18-2006; Repealed by C.O. No. 27)