Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

Each county whose boundary is described in part by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers shall be considered as bounded in that particular by the state line, and the islands thereof shall be within the respective counties holding the main land in this state opposite thereto.

(1) When a petition, signed in person by a number of legal voters of the county equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of votes cast in the county at the last general election for county officers, is filed with the county judge/executive, asking for an election on the p…

(1) When a petition, describing a particular territory of a county and signed in person by not less than a majority of the voters living in that territory, is filed with the county judge/executive, asking for an election on the proposition of dividing the county or striking the d…

(1) In all counties with a land area of more than 750 square miles, the sheriff and county clerk, when authorized by resolution of the fiscal court, may each maintain a branch office in any incorporated or unincorporated city of the county other than the county seat. (2) The sher…

(1) The fiscal court of each county shall consist of the county judge/executive and the justices of the peace of the county; or of the county judge/executive and three (3) county commissioners elected under KRS 67.050 and 67.060. (2) The county judge/executive shall preside, if p…

In counties containing a city of the first class where the fiscal court is composed of justices of the peace and the county judge/executive, the county shall be divided into eight (8) justices' districts and the justice elected from each district shall be entitled a magistrate/re…

(1) For the purposes of this section the word "district" shall mean: (a) Justice's of the peace district in counties having a fiscal court composed of the county judge/executive and the justices of the peace; (b) County commissioner's district in counties having a fiscal court co…

form of government. (1) Any county may have a fiscal court consisting of the county judge/executive and three (3) commissioners elected from the county at large. To ascertain whether the county desires to have county commissioners, the county judge/executive, upon an application …

(1) If a majority of the votes cast at an election held under KRS 67.050 are in favor of the fiscal court being composed of the county judge/executive and three (3) commissioners, the county judge/executive shall, no later than the first Monday in January in the year of the regul…

sessions -- Tie vote. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, and as otherwise provided by law, all laws governing fiscal courts composed of the county judge/executive and the justices of the peace shall be applicable to fiscal courts composed of the co…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) "County ordinance" means (a) an official written act of a fiscal court, the effect of which is general and lasting in nature, which is enforceable within the jurisdiction of the county; o…

(1) No action embraced in the term "county ordinance" may be taken except by passage of a county ordinance. Other official actions, including but not limited to approvals required by the fiscal court, may be taken by resolution, order, or motion; (2) All ordinances shall be intro…

ordinance by reference -- Section not applicable to charter county, urban- county government, or consolidated local government. (1) No county ordinance shall be passed until it has been read on two (2) separate days, but ordinances may be read by title and a summary only. A propo…

acts -- Effective date. (1) Unless otherwise provided by statute, a majority of a fiscal court shall constitute a quorum and a majority of a quorum shall be sufficient to take action, except that a majority of the fiscal court shall be required to pass an ordinance. No meeting sh…

(1) The fiscal court may: (a) Appropriate county funds according to the provisions of KRS 68.210 to 68.360 for lawful purposes; (b) Sell and convey any real estate or personal property belonging to the county, and buy land for the use of the county, when necessary, for the lawful…

(1) As used in this section, "independent appraisal" means an appraisal made by: (a) An individual or organization not affiliated with the county or its officers or employees, using a generally accepted national or professional standard; or (b) A county's officers or employees us…

Liability of state personnel. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 150.370, 525.130, or any other statute that may be in conflict herewith, any county fiscal court may, whenever an epidemic or potential epidemic of a disease transmissible to man and domestic animals exists o…

(1) It is the purpose of this section to provide counties as units of general purpose local government with the necessary latitude and flexibility to provide and finance various governmental services within those functional areas specified in subsection (3) of this section, while…

The fiscal court of any county may promulgate, pass and implement ordinances to satisfy state and federal regulations so as to qualify said county for flood insurance subsidized by the United States of America.

The repeal of any statute granting permissive power or authority to counties shall not be construed to limit any power or authority which may be exercised by a fiscal court pursuant to KRS 67.083.

Whenever the fiscal court of any county deems it to be in the best interest of the county to acquire the fee simple title to any real property within such county for any administrative or governmental purpose in addition to those now provided for by law and the fiscal court is un…

(1) The fiscal court of each county shall hold its sessions at the county seat or at other county government centers within the county as authorized by the fiscal court. On the seventh day prior to any meeting of the fiscal court at a site other than the county seat, the clerk of…

(1) The fiscal court is a court of record. Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be prepared and submitted for approval at the next succeeding meeting. (2) Every official action of the fiscal court shall be made a part of the permanent records of the county. (3) The co…

council of a consolidated local government. (1) Except in counties containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government, the county clerk, at his option, shall be clerk of the fiscal court. He shall attend its sessions and keep a full and complete record of all…

Maintenance and operation of jailer's residence. The fiscal court of each county shall be responsible for the maintenance and operation of all county buildings, grounds, and other properties. The county judge/executive shall execute the policies of the fiscal court relating to bu…

The fiscal court shall have authority and jurisdiction to levy and collect property taxes necessary for the purpose of keeping and maintaining the courthouse and grounds in proper condition and repair, to prevent injury thereto, to keep them in a proper state of cleanliness and s…

The county judge/executive may rent, for the period that a courthouse is being built or repaired, or cannot be used, a house not more than a mile and one quarter from the public square or courthouse site, as a temporary courthouse. He may also rent, for the period that the clerk'…

county property for which he is superintendent. The jailer of each county shall take charge of and carefully preserve all furniture, bedding and similar property belonging to the jail and any other county property at the county seat for which he may act as superintendent. The jai…

county containing city of first class. (1) The fiscal court of each county, except a county containing a city of the first class may, in its discretion, for the protection of the public and its employees, appropriate county funds to purchase policies of insurance of all kinds dee…

containing city of first class. The fiscal court in each county having therein a city of the first class may, in its discretion, for the protection of the public and its employees appropriate county funds to purchase policies of insurance of all kinds deemed advisable covering mo…

patients of county operated hospitals -- Conditions. (1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against the negligence of the employees of such hospital. (2) The…

When a petition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the registered legal voters of any county, and no petition shall be signed by less than two hundred (200) legal voters of any county, shall be filed with the county judge/executive, asking that said county be consolidat…

If such a petition is filed with the county judge/executive of the second county more than six (6) months from the time of the filing of the petition in the first county, the petition filed in the first county shall be of no effect, but a new petition, signed as provided in KRS 6…

If such a petition is filed in the second county within six (6) months of the filing of the petition in the first county, or if a new petition is filed in the first county within six (6) months of the filing of the petition in the second county, it shall be the duty of each of th…

The county judge/executive of each county, by order of record, shall direct the sheriff of that county to advertise the election, and the object thereof by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.

It shall be the duty of the officers of said election in each voting precinct to hold said election the same hours they are by law required to hold election for county officers and said election shall be held and conducted in all respects under the general election laws obtaining…

justices' districts and select choice of names and county seats. (1) The result of the election in each county shall be certified by the county election commissioners to the county judge/executive in each county. If a majority of the voters of each county, voting on the propositi…

The report of the commissions shall be entered on the records of each county judge/executive. At the next general election to be held in the counties for the election of county officers, officers for the new county shall be chosen. Said election shall be held and conducted in all…

elections on consolidation. (1) At the general election for the election of new officers for the new county, the voters of the combined area to be embraced within the new county shall select a name for the new county and a site for the county seat from among the names and sites r…

The territory formerly embraced within each of the old counties is hereby made into a separate special taxing district with power to levy and collect taxes, and the separate debt of each county shall be a first lien on the territory formerly embraced within that county. The fisca…

Where the two (2) old counties were in the same representative, senatorial, judicial circuit, congressional, or railroad commissioner district or districts, the new county shall remain in the same district or districts. Where the two (2) old counties were not in the same district…

All records, supplies and equipment of the old counties shall be turned over to the proper officials of the new county.

In case either, or both, of the counties that have consolidated under the provisions of KRS 67.190 to 67.290 has a county health department, county library board, water district board, and other similar county agencies, the members thereof shall serve out the terms for which they…

Applicability. (1) Any county that has not established a county police merit system, as provided by KRS 78.400 to 78.460 and 78.990 may, by order of its fiscal court, duly made and entered of record, create a county fire department merit system, and for that purpose establish a c…

Any county may, by order of its fiscal court, duly made and entered of record, create a merit system for both the county police force and the county fire department, and for that purpose establish a single merit board for both. The board shall concurrently exercise the powers gra…

property tax bills -- Collection and distribution. (1) If a county fire department is authorized by law to collect membership charges or subscriber fees for combating fires or serving in other emergencies, the fiscal court may adopt an ordinance to require those annual membership…

Conditions -- Agreements between counties -- Administrative fee. Any county or combination of counties may operate a global positioning monitoring system program subject to the following conditions: (1) The program shall be assigned by ordinance to a county department or county a…

acceptance of public bids -- Monitoring of successful bidder -- Other uses of program permitted -- Confidentiality of system information. (1) "Global positioning monitoring system" has the same meaning as in KRS 403.720. (2) A county or combination of counties electing to partici…

The fiscal court of any county shall have authority, by order or resolution, to adopt, and to enforce, regulations governing construction as defined by KRS 198B.010 pursuant to the provisions of KRS 198B.060.

(1) The fiscal court of any county may appoint a qualified and competent person to administer such regulations. His official title shall be "Building Inspector of .... County, Kentucky." His salary shall be fixed by the fiscal court, and paid out of the county levy. He shall have…