Topeka ? No further bistate tax projects would be allowed under a bill a state senator has introduced.

Sen. Kay O’Connor said the bill introduced Tuesday would repeal the Kansas portion of a tax that allows taxpayers on both sides of the state line to share the costs of projects. The tax pays for renovations at Union Station and development of Science City in Kansas City, Mo.

The Olathe Republican said lawmakers were told a “blizzard of lies and half-truths” before voters approved the bistate tax in 1996.

“We were told in 1995 that the facility, a science museum at Union Station, would cost $111 million,” she said. “The final cost, calculated after the district was approved, was more than twice that amount.”

Pete Levi, president of the Greater Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce, disagreed. He said voters were told that the tax would end when $118 million in sales taxes had been collected, which is expected in March.

O’Connor said Rep. Dan Williams, an Olathe Republican, plans to introduce a similar bill in the House.

Several other projects have been suggested for a second bistate proposal, ranging from a soccer stadium in Johnson County to the expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. O’Connor’s bill would stop those efforts.

O’Connor has introduced two other measures that would modify the bistate law if the repeal is not approved. One would exempt all sales of food and over-the-counter medicines from any future bistate tax. The second would require that Kansas counties approving the tax get an equal share of proposed bistate projects.