Any city, county, school district or other governmental entity is hereby authorized to budget and pay the cost of providing unemployment insurance benefits for its employees as provided by this act from the various funds from which compensation is paid to its employees, and, if otherwise authorized by law to levy taxes, any such city, county or other governmental entity, except a school district, may levy annually an additional tax therefor, which, together with any other funds available, shall be sufficient to provide the cost thereof and, in the case of cities and counties, to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. Any taxing subdivision authorized to levy a tax under this section, in lieu of levying such tax, may pay such costs from any employee benefits contribution fund established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-16,102, and amendments thereto.