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ORDINANCE NO. 970747
Repealing the current Section 40-354, Code of Ordinances,
entitled "Natural gas transportation fee" which was invalidated by
the Missouri Supreme Court in the case of Armco Steel, et al. v. City of Kansas
City, et al.; enacting a new Section 40-354, Code of Ordinances, entitled
"Natural gas transportation fee" to impose on large users of natural
gas obtained from non-franchised natural gas providers a fee of 10% of the cost
of the natural gas purchased and transported to the City to provide a more
equitable fee structure among those businesses and residential users and other
businesses currently paying a natural gas fee; and submitting this ordinance to
the voters for approval or disapproval at a special election to be held on
August 5, 1997; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election
authorities of the election being called; and recognizing this ordinance to be
an emergency measure.