(a) General. A majority of the electors voting thereon having approved, at a special question election held on August 3, 1982, the levying of an additional retailers’ sales tax in the City, as authorized by K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., as amended, there is hereby levied a retailers’ sales tax in the amount of one percent to take effect on November 1, 1982.

(b) Special Purpose. A majority of the electors voting thereon having approved, at a special question election held on the seventh day of April, 2009, the levying of an additional special purpose retailers’ sales tax in the City of Topeka, for the purpose of paying the costs of certain improvements within the City exclusively for costs of maintenance and improvements of existing City streets, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, alleys and street lighting, as authorized by K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto, there is hereby levied an additional special purpose City retailers’ sales tax in the amount of five-tenths of one percent to take effect on the first day of October, 2009, and shall expire 10 years after the date the tax is first collected.

(c) Special Purpose. A majority of the electors having approved, at the general election held on November 6, 2018, the levying of an additional special purpose retailers’ sales tax in the City for the purpose of paying the costs of certain improvements within the City exclusively for costs of maintenance and improvements of existing City streets, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, alleys and street lighting, as authorized by K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto, there is hereby levied an additional special purpose City retailers’ sales tax in the amount of five-tenths of one percent to take effect on October 1, 2019, and expire on October 1, 2029. (Ord. 20155 § 1, 12-4-18.)