Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

Written statements -- Vote -- Results to be included in report. A public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the first ordinance. Any person qualifying under the provisions of KRS 107.030 may preside and conduct such hearing. Such presiding person, or any pe…

(1) At a subsequent regular meeting of the governing body, the said written report of said public hearing shall be publicly received, read, and considered by the governing body of the city. At such meeting, or at any subsequent properly convened regular, adjourned or special meet…

(1) Any owner of property to be benefited by the proposed project, including wastewater collection projects undertaken by metropolitan sewer districts may, within thirty (30) days after passage and publication of the second ordinance: (a) File an action in the Circuit Court of th…

(1) If the aforesaid second ordinance authorizes the undertaking of the proposed project and the financing thereof according to the "assessed value basis," which is authorized by this chapter, and if owners of benefited properties do not take action as permitted by KRS 107.060, o…

collection project assessments -- Bonds. (1) Proposals for the construction of the project shall be solicited upon the basis of the submission of sealed competitive bids after advertisement, by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. Upon or after the acceptance by the governing…

In the event the owner or owners of all property or properties which will be subject to assessment for an improvement proposed to be undertaken shall tender to the city their written request or requests, that the improvement be undertaken and financed according to KRS 107.010 to …

(1) Upon compliance with KRS 107.080 the governing body may adopt an ordinance, hereinafter referred to as the "Third Ordinance": (a) Finally authorizing the issuance of bonds of the city which shall be designated "Improvement Assessment Bonds" and shall, in addition, identify th…

After the third ordinance has been adopted (and without regard for its date of publication), the city may solicit the submission of bids or proposals for the purchasing of the bonds authorized by the third ordinance, the same to be received upon a sealed competitive basis after a…

When the bonds are delivered and the proceeds are received by the city, the same shall be deposited in a bank or trust company, or combined bank and trust company, together with the proceeds of all payments received from benefited property owners on a lump-sum basis, and to the e…

Liquidation -- City liable to bondholders for failure to pursue available remedies for collection of improvement assessments. Each of said bonds shall bear on its face the statement that it has been issued under this chapter, and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the…

ratio -- Special assessment. The sum required annually for the sinking fund and consequent amortization of the outstanding bonds of a wastewater collection project undertaken by a metropolitan sewer district, whether all authorized bonds have been issued or not, shall be assessed…

-- Procedure against state. (1) (a) In the case of improvements of public ways, the benefited property shall consist of all real property abutting upon both sides of the improvement project, and the cost of improving intersections shall be included in the total costs to be assess…

Collection of improvement benefit assessments. The annual improvement assessment for each project shall be levied by the governing body when the levy for general city or county taxes is made; and such improvement assessment levy shall be due at the same time, or times, when the g…

Each annual improvement assessment, including an initial levy payable on a lump-sum or cash basis, with any penalty or interest incident to the nonpayment thereof, shall constitute a lien upon the lot or parcel of benefited property against which it is assessed. The lien shall at…

The proceeds received by the city from each and every annual improvement assessment levy made in connection with each separate improvement project, as authorized by this chapter, shall be segregated from and kept always separate and apart from all other receipts of the city from …

reserve -- Deficiency assessment -- Refund of surplus. All sums received and deposited in the sinking fund shall be held inviolate and applied by the city solely for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds issued for the financing of the identified improvement…

the undertakings contemplated by KRS 107.020, where all are encompassed and city undertakes additional improvements. (1) If the ordinances and proceedings authorized by this chapter shall encompass and include less than all of the undertakings authorized and contemplated by the d…

If any city of the classes referred to in this chapter shall adopt the third ordinance and shall publicly solicit the submission of bids or proposals for the purchasing of its "improvement assessment bonds" for the project identified, and shall fail to receive a bid upon terms of…

insufficient. If, by reason of miscalculation or the happening of unforeseen events or conditions, the proceeds of the bonds authorized by the third ordinance should prove to be insufficient to provide for the completion of the project and the payment in full of all costs thereof…

The governing body may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of providing for payment of any outstanding bonds. The refunding bonds shall be secured to the same extent and shall have the same source of payment as the bonds which are refunded.

As used in KRS 107.320 to 107.500, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "District" means a county community improvement district established as provided in KRS 107.310 to 107.500; (2) "Board" means the board of commissioners which controls and manages the affairs of the dis…

population of 3,000 or more -- Corporate powers. In counties containing a city with a population equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, a community improvement district may be created as provided in KRS 65.182 for the …

The purpose of the district shall be to provide for the acquisition or construction, and the necessary equipping of, such buildings and related facilities as may be needed, for any project which serves a county purpose, by any governmental unit within the territorial limits of th…

Removal of board members. (1) A district shall be administered by a board of commissioners (the "board"), which shall control and manage the affairs of the district. The term of each commissioner shall be four (4) years except as herein specified. The board shall consist of four …

In order to accomplish its purposes the district, through its board, may request the fiscal court of the county in which it is located to levy an ad valorem tax on all property within the district which is assessed for local taxation at a rate which shall not exceed ten (10) cent…

(1) Prior to or concurrently with the adoption by the board of a resolution requesting the fiscal court to levy an ad valorem tax, the board shall have determined the nature and approximate cost of the project or projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds (whether reve…

In addition to its general powers specified in KRS 107.310 to 107.500, the board, after approval of any proposed project by resolution of the fiscal court, shall have power to finance and construct buildings and related facilities for the joint or separate use of any one (1) or m…

(1) The board shall annually file a written report concerning its operations with the county judge/executive. (2) The board shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

The district shall have the same power to condemn property for its purposes as the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and shall institute any action for condemnation under the provisions of the statutes applicable to said department. The official order of the…

Prior to the instituting of an action for condemnation the board shall secure the approval of the fiscal court for such action.

(1) Any governmental unit within the territorial limits of the county shall be authorized to lease all or any part of the buildings and related facilities from the district, subject to constitutional limitations, and the district shall have the power to lease buildings or any par…

Any governmental unit within the territorial limits of the county may, in anticipation of the construction and erection of such buildings, including the necessary equipment and appurtenances thereof, make and enter into a contract of lease with such district prior to the actual a…

Any such lease may provide that the lessee may have an option to renew said lease for a like or lesser term, on such conditions as may be provided for in such lease and may contain an option to purchase at any time prior to the expiration of the term of such lease on such date or…

Any governmental unit or units desiring to have buildings erected on land owned or to be acquired by it or them may convey such lands (whether then with or without improvements) to the district, or may lease such land to the district for a nominal rental for the same period of ye…

The district is authorized to defray the cost of acquiring any real or personal property for the purposes contemplated by KRS 107.310 to 107.500 through the issuance of revenue bonds, and for that purpose the district shall have all the powers and duties that are granted to or im…

The board, subject to the approval required by KRS Chapter 66, may sell and deliver its general obligation bonds not to exceed in principal amount any limitation provided in Section 158 of the Constitution, in the manner and at the times for public sale as it deems proper, provid…

The district may borrow money from any source on its own credit in anticipation of revenue to be derived from taxes or other income, and for such purposes the district may pledge the taxes or other income anticipated, subject to constitutional limitations. The district may enter …

In the issuance of either general obligation or revenue bonds by the district the provisions of KRS 61.390 shall apply.

expenditures. In order to avoid duplication of functions within the area of the district, the district shall contract with the county for the performance of administrative functions, and all expenditures proposed by the district shall be submitted to the county judge/executive fo…

Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the conveyance of a project or any portion of a project to the federal government or any agency thereof in the manner required by federal statute.

The General Assembly declares that the policy of this Commonwealth is to assure its citizens adequate public services, at reasonable cost, and that such services are essential to the maintenance and general welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth and to the continued expansi…

As used in KRS 107.720 to 107.760, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Agreement" means a short-term agreement or a long-term agreement; (2) "Bonds" means industrial revenue bonds issued by a city, county or urban-county pursuant to KRS 103.200 et seq.; (3) "Cost" means w…

Assignment of contract. (1) Any political subdivision may enter into a privatization contract with a private owner or private owner/operator to accomplish the transfer of any political subdivision owned drinking water, water or wastewater project or the designing, construction, o…

(1) In connection with a privatization contract, a political subdivision, if authorized by its governing body, may enter into one (1) or more service agreements with a private owner or private owner/operator pursuant to which the private owner or private owner/operator will provi…

(1) Any ordinance creating a privatization project pursuant to KRS 107.720 to 107.760, which provides for the transfer of ownership of an existing publicly-owned facility to a private owner or private owner/operator, shall be subject to being recalled pursuant to the public quest…

(1) KRS 107.720 to 107.760 shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any political subdivision, private owner or private owner/operator might otherwise have under any laws of the Commonwealt…