Title VII, Public Property and Public Printing

As used in KRS 58.010 to 58.140, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Public project" means any lands, buildings, or structures, works or facilities (a) suitable for and intended for use as public property for public purposes or suitable for and intended for use in the pro…

issue revenue bonds. A governmental agency acting separately or jointly with one (1) or more of any such agency, may acquire, construct, maintain, add to, and improve any public project as defined in KRS 58.010, which public project may be located within or without or partly with…

It shall be lawful for public bodies, when issuing bonds pursuant to this chapter, to issue and execute said bonds with either the manual or facsimile signatures of its officers as may be determined by the governing bodies of the respective public bodies which are the issuers the…

donations and government aid. (1) The bonds may be issued to bear interest at the rate or rates or method of determining rates, payable at least annually, and shall be executed in such manner, and be payable at such times not exceeding forty (40) years from date thereof and at su…

revenue. (1) Bonds issued pursuant to KRS 58.010 to 58.140 shall be negotiable and shall not be subject to taxation. (2) If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the officer's signatur…

issuing agency. All money received from the bonds shall be applied solely for the acquisition, construction, maintenance or improvement of the public project, and the necessary expense of preparing, printing and selling said bonds, or to advance the payment of the interest on the…

(1) If there is any default in the payment of principal or interest of any bond, any court having jurisdiction of the action may appoint a receiver to administer the public project on behalf of the governmental agency, with power to charge and collect rents, royalties, fees, rate…

charges. At or before the issuance of bonds the governmental agency shall, by order, resolution or ordinance, set aside and pledge the income and revenue of the public project including rents, royalties, fees and proceeds of sales of property and from rates and charges for servic…

If a surplus is accumulated in the operating and maintenance funds equal to the cost of maintaining and operating the public project during the remainder of the calendar, operating or fiscal year, and during the succeeding like year, any excess over such amount may be transferred…

The funds accumulating to the depreciation account shall be expended in balancing depreciation in the public project or in making new constructions, extensions or additions thereto. Any such accumulations may be invested as the governmental agency may designate, and if invested t…

The governmental agency may issue new bonds to provide funds for the payment of any outstanding bonds, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by KRS 58.010 to 58.140. The new bonds shall be secured to the same extent and shall have the same source of payment as the bonds ref…

If the governmental agency finds that the bonds authorized will be insufficient to accomplish the purpose desired, additional bonds may be authorized and issued in the same manner.

Any governmental agency acquiring any public project pursuant to the provisions of KRS 58.010 to 58.140 may, at the time of issuing the bonds for such acquisition, provide for additional bonds for extensions and permanent improvements to be placed in escrow and to be negotiated f…

Any public body as defined in KRS 58.410 when issuing bonds for the purpose of facilitating the construction, renovation or purchase of new or existing housing, including single family mortgage revenue bonds and multifamily housing revenue bonds, may issue and sell the bonds upon…

Any governmental agency may use, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, extending or improving a public project, or for the payment of interest or principal on any revenue bonds issued by the agency pursuant to KRS 58.010 to 58.140, any funds or tax revenues ava…

In the event a governmental agency is unable to acquire, by purchase or agreement, any real property deemed necessary for the purposes of a public project, such agency may acquire the same by condemnation. The procedure for condemnation shall be as provided in the Eminent Domain …

(1) When the governing body of any county, city, or other municipal corporation, or agency thereof, shall make a determination that, in accordance with the provisions of any section of the statutes authorizing it to issue revenue bonds, assessment bonds, or mortgage bonds to fina…

(1) In the case of any public work or public project, in connection with which the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or any department, agency or bureau thereof, or any political subdivision or governmental unit of the Commonwealth of Kentucky ("governmental agency") has applied for and …

governmental agency in the financing of public projects. (1) (a) As used herein, the term "public project" shall have the same meaning as ascribed to such term by KRS 58.010, and the term "public project" shall include, inter alia, but not by way of limitation, public facilities …

issue. (1) As used in this section, "lease" has the same meaning as in KRS 65.940. (2) Any action challenging the validity or enforceability of: (a) Any ordinance or resolution adopted by any governmental agency approving the issuance of bonds, notes, or leases; or (b) Any bond, …

purposes. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Public building" means a building, or a portion thereof, with a capacity of ten thousand (10,000) or more people, owned or leased by a state or local governmental agency, as defined in KRS 58.010, in which the general public congregates…

boundaries. After July 12, 2006, no city, county, charter county, urban-county, consolidated local government, or special district shall issue revenue bonds as provided in this chapter for any housing project which is located outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the issuing e…

(1) As used in KRS 58.410 to 58.440, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Public body" means the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, its municipalities, its school and other taxing districts, its nontaxing public bodies and institutions, and any and all agencies and …

It is hereby determined and declared to be the public policy of the Commonwealth that interest rates payable by public bodies upon public obligations be such as to be competitive with those rates which are permitted by other states, in order that necessary public projects may be …

From and after March 9, 1970, notwithstanding any other acts or laws of other import which may presently prevail, wherever the same may be found in the Kentucky Revised Statutes as of such date, it shall be lawful for public bodies to establish, agree, and bind themselves to pay …

If any public body shall determine: (1) That financing of a public project may be accomplished to the best advantage in the public interest only by combining the same with refinancing of previously issued and outstanding public obligations at a rate or rates of interest higher th…

- Terms of office -- Compensation -- Officers. (1) (a) A Churchill Downs authority is hereby created, initially consisting of three (3) prominent citizens and residents of Kentucky to be appointed by the Governor, one (1) of whom is an owner and breeder of Thoroughbred horses, an…

The authority may: (1) Purchase Churchill Downs, its real estate, franchises, rights, privileges and other properties, and acquire such additional real estate as may become desirable in connection with the activities of Churchill Downs, and may construct, reconstruct, maintain an…

If the authority deems it advisable, it may further develop the museum at Churchill Downs and, in connection therewith, establish a facility and devices through which prior Kentucky Derby and other important races run at Churchill Downs may be exhibited to patrons of Churchill Do…

The authority may also conduct or permit the conduct of other athletic and entertainment events at Churchill Downs and the use of its facilities in connection therewith, provided such activities or events do not conflict with or impinge upon the proper operation thereof primarily…

(1) The authority may provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to pay all or any part of the cost of the acquisition of the properties of Churchill Downs or expenses incident thereto referred to in KRS 58.510, or any part thereof or interest therein, and secure the payment there…

governed by KRS 56.450. The issuance of revenue bonds by the authority under the provisions of KRS 58.500 to 58.590 need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Bonds may be issued under the provisions of KRS 58.500 to 58.590 without…

Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of KRS 58.500 to 58.590 are issued on behalf of the Commonwealth but do not constitute a debt of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth or of any such pol…

In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 58.500 to 58.590 may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company in the Commonwea…

taxing units -- Revenues exempt from taxation. All projects and other property of the authority are hereby declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose, and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the Common…

By January 30 each year, the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and to the General Assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year.…

As used in KRS 58.600 to 58.610, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Energy conservation revenue bonds" or "bonds" means securities issued by a local public agency in accordance with the provisions of KRS 58.600 to 58.610 to pay for energy conservation measures under guar…

Procedure. (1) Subject to the reporting and approval requirements in KRS 45A.352, 45A.353, and 58.610, any local public agency may issue energy conservation revenue bonds to pay for the cost of energy conservation measures under guaranteed energy savings contracts for the purpose…

- Special procedure. (1) Energy conservation revenue bonds authorized under KRS 58.600 to 58.610 issued by or on behalf of a school district shall be approved or disapproved by the chief state school officer based on consideration of the following criteria: (a) Funding capability…