A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF LAKE QUIVIRA FROM K.S.A. 12-1651 ENTITLED “OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER IN CITIES OF SECOND AND THIRD CLASSES,” PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT; AND PRESCRIBING THE QUALIFICATIONS AND METHOD OF DESIGNATING THE OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER.

Whereas, K.S.A. 12-1651 is a legislative enactment which is applicable to the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas, but said enactment is not applicable uniformly to all cities in the State of Kansas. The City of Lake Quivira, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby exempts itself from and makes inapplicable to it K.S.A. 12-1651, and provides substitute and additional provisions on the same subject as hereinafter set forth.

Whereas, K.S.A. 12-1651 imposes statutory requirements for an official city newspaper, including weekly publication, mail class, subscriber circulation, and general paid circulation, that are unreasonable and not appropriate when applied to the City of Lake Quivira.

Whereas, the residents of Lake Quivira will receive more complete and effective notice of official actions of the Governing Body, through publication of such actions in a monthly publication issued to residents and generally known as The Quiviran. The Quiviran does not meet the statutory requirements for an official city newspaper set forth in K.S.A. 12-1651.

SECTION I. The Governing Body shall designate from time to time by resolution an official city newspaper for the official advertisements and official publications of the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas.

SECTION II. The newspaper designated as an official city newspaper shall have been published for at least one year prior to its designation and shall be a newspaper of general circulation within the City.

SECTION III. There shall be no other qualifications for an official city newspaper, and a publication delivered to residents of the City of Lake Quivira on a monthly basis, and generally known as “The Quiviran,” shall qualify as an official city newspaper, provided such publication is circulated and published to all residents at least on a monthly basis.

(02-04-2003)