CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

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Department:

City Attorney’s Office

Commission Meeting Date:  September 11, 2018

Staff Contact:

Toni Wheeler, City Attorney

Recommendations/Options/Action Requested:

Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9517, repealing existing Chapter VI, Article 18, of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas 2018 edition and amendments thereto pertaining to scrap metal dealer registration.

Executive Summary:

Ordinance No. 8691 was adopted on March 6, 2012 and created requirements for the municipal registration of scrap metal dealers pursuant to requirements of the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act.

 

The act was subsequently amended by the Kansas Legislature and enforcement of the act was given to the Office of the Kansas Attorney General. K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 50-6,109f prohibits any municipality from enforcing any ordinance, regulation or resolution relating to the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

 

Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor

 

Effective Governance/Professional Administration

 

Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source):

There is no fiscal impact to the City.

Attachments:

Ordinance No. 9517

 

 

 

Reviewed By:

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