State of Kansas           )

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Harvey County           )

I, Jason Thrasher, City Clerk of the City of Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas do hereby certify that said city is a city of the second class of the mayor-council form of government under the statutes of Kansas; that this codification of the general ordinances of said city and the publication thereof in book form were ordered and authorized by the governing body by ordinance and in accordance therewith is entitled the “Code of the City of Hesston, Kansas,” that said codification was adopted as the “Code of the City of Hesston, Kansas,” by the governing body by Ordinance No. [ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER] passed on [ORDINANCE ADOPTION DATE], as authorized by K.S.A. 12-3015; that said ordinance and said codification of general ordinances as contained in this volume will take effect upon publication of 4 or more copies in book form; that the publication of 4 copies of this code in book form and said adoptive ordinance constitute due passage of this code and all general ordinances contained therein; that the codification and said adoptive ordinance as contained herein are true and correct copies; and that said publication imports absolute verity and is to be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof as provided by K.S.A. 12-3015.

I further certify that the “Code of the City of Hesston, Kansas,” and the matter therein contained will take effect and be in force from and after [PUBLICATION DATE] (date of publication of the codification ordinance in the newspaper).

/s/ Jason Thrasher                                            

Jason Thrasher, City Clerk

DATE: ____________ _____, 2023.