(a) Principal and interest upon bonds and temporary notes;

(b) No-fund warrants issued with the approval of the state board of tax appeals;

(c) Legal judgments rendered against the city;

(d) Rent due under any lease with a public building commission;

(e) Special assessments charged against the city at large;

(f) Utility service costs, whether paid from a separate property tax levy fund of the city or from any other tax supported fund.

The provisions of article 50 of chapter 79 of the 1976 Supplement to the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall not apply to any taxes levied by the City of Topeka, levied under the provisions of K.S.A. 40-2305, 74-4920, 74-4967, 12-11a03, 12-1617h, and 13-14a02, or to any tax levies required for the payment of employer contributions to any pension and retirement program, or to any other taxes authorized by state law to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limitation of the City of Topeka.

Amounts produced from any levy specified or authorized in this charter ordinance [section], including any levy or purpose authorized to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limit of the city, shall not be used in computing any aggregate limitation under K.S.A. ch. 79, art. 50 [K.S.A. 79-5001 et seq.].

The City of Topeka is hereby authorized to levy a tax for the purpose of paying utility service costs. As used in this charter ordinance, “utility service costs” shall include payments made by the city to a water, electric or natural gas system, company or utility for the purpose of obtaining street lighting or traffic control signals or for the lighting, heating, cooling or supplying of water or energy to any city building or facility or for the operation or performance of any function or service by the city.

Pursuant to K.S.A. 79-5036, as amended, the mill levy authorized by City of Topeka Charter Ordinance Section A9-2, as amended, for the Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority shall be exempt from all the statutory levy limitations imposed under K.S.A. 79-5022, as amended. (C.O. 83 § 1, 2-22-94; C.O. 40 §§ 2 – 4, 8-27-77.)