Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units
58 chapters · 2,528 sections in this title.
KRS § 81.005 Classification of cities
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(1) Cities shall be organized into two (2) classes based on the form of their respective government. The two (2) classes of cities shall be: (a) First class, which shall include cities organized and operating under the mayor-alderman plan of government in accordance with KRS Chap…
KRS § 81.006 Certification of city's population if different than shown on most recent federal decennial census
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federal decennial census. (1) If the General Assembly establishes a population requirement for cities and bases that population requirement upon the most recent federal decennial census, a city may file a petition with the circuit clerk of the county in which the city, or the lar…
KRS § 81.015 Areas designated "unincorporated urban places"
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(1) The Fairdale area of Jefferson County is an "unincorporated urban place" within the meaning of KRS 177.366 and 177.369. The metes and bounds of the Fairdale area are as follows: Beginning at a point approximately 1,000 feet west of Smith Road on the Jefferson - Bullitt County…
KRS § 81.028 Effect of reclassification of city in county containing consolidated local government as city of second class on personnel and retirement systems and police and fire protection services
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government as city of second class on personnel and retirement systems and police and fire protection services. (1) Any city located in a county containing a consolidated local government which was reclassified as a city of the second class after March 16, 2000, but prior to Janu…
KRS § 81.050 Proceedings to incorporate -- Exception upon adoption of consolidated local government
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government. (1) Except as provided in KRS 67C.111(2), proceedings to incorporate a city shall be commenced by a petition being filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which the area to be incorporated is located. The petition shall contain: (a) The signatures and addresses …
KRS § 81.060 Standards for incorporation -- Court considerations -- Judgment -- Certification to Secretary of State
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Certification to Secretary of State. (1) At the hearing the court shall, if the proper notice has been given or publication made, and no defense is interposed, enter a judgment establishing a city as requested by the petition, filed pursuant to KRS 81.050, if the court finds as a…
KRS § 81.062 Incorporated cities listing requirement with Secretary of State -- Notice -- Administrative dissolution -- Exemptions -- Appeals -- Debts of city -- Effect of dissolution on operating utility
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Administrative dissolution -- Exemptions -- Appeals -- Debts of city -- Effect of dissolution on operating utility. (1) In order to update the record of incorporated cities listed in the Secretary of State's office, every city operating as a public corporation and a unit of local…
KRS § 81.065 Ohio River and state streams as boundaries -- Jurisdiction
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Cities bounded in part by the Ohio River shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Commonwealth over the waters of the river opposite to the city. If the boundary between a city and one (1) or more other cities, or between a city and a county other than that in which the city i…
KRS § 81.094 Condition for dissolution -- Procedure
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(1) If any city fails for one (1) year to maintain a city government by both the election or appointment of officers and the levying and collection of necessary taxes, it shall be dissolved by judgment of the Circuit Court on petition filed by a bona fide resident of the city. (2…
KRS § 81.096 Defense -- Criteria for judgment of dissolution -- Certification to Secretary of State
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of State. (1) Defense to the petition for dissolution may be made by any voter or resident of the city. (2) Judgment dissolving a city may not be entered until: (a) Notice has been published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424 by order of the court fixing a date by which motion for inter…
KRS § 81.300 Plan for the improvement of local government in county containing city of first class may be submitted to fiscal court -- Action by fiscal court -- Election -- Time within which fiscal court must act
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first class may be submitted to fiscal court -- Action by fiscal court -- Election - - Time within which fiscal court must act. In any county containing a city of the first class, the mayor of the city of the first class with the approval of the board of aldermen, may submit to t…
KRS § 81.310 Plan to define area and name governmental services to be rendered
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(1) Any such plan shall define the area within the county wherein density of population, land use, or other similar factors require municipal-type services for the residents thereof. (2) Any such plan shall name the various governmental services which will be rendered in the coun…
KRS § 81.320 Tabulation of votes
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The votes on the plan shall be tabulated in the following manner: (1) The total votes cast within the city of the first class shall be tabulated as a separate total. (2) The total votes cast in the affected area as described pursuant to KRS 81.310, but lying outside of the city o…
KRS § 81.330 When plan to take effect -- Exclusion of city from boundaries of new city -- Result -- Liability of city of first class
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Result -- Liability of city of first class. (1) If more than half of the votes cast within the city of the first class and more than half of the votes cast in the affected area outside of the city of the first class are in favor of the plan, then it shall be effected and the boun…
KRS § 81.340 Plan to be advertised
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The plan described in KRS 81.300 shall be advertised by the clerk of the fiscal court by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
KRS § 81.350 Form of question to be submitted to voters
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The question submitted to the qualified voters in the affected area under KRS 81.300 to 81.360 shall be in substantially the following form: "Do you favor the proposed Plan for the Improvement of Local Government in .......... County submitted by the fiscal court calling for (1) …
KRS § 81.360 KRS 81.300 to 81.360 to be considered as alternate method of extending city boundaries and consolidating governmental services
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boundaries and consolidating governmental services. The method of extending the boundaries of cities of the first class, and of consolidating governmental services described in KRS 81.300 to 81.360 shall be considered as alternative to any other existing means under the law for a…
KRS § 81.380 Relocation of corporate boundaries of a city located in a county containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government -- Effects of relocation -- Filing with Secretary of State -- Renaming of relocated or relocating city
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a city of the first class or consolidated local government -- Effects of relocation -- Filing with Secretary of State -- Renaming of relocated or relocating city. (1) Any city, located in a county containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government, which is l…
KRS § 81.410 Authority to merge -- Ordinances
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(1) Any two or more contiguous cities in the Commonwealth may merge or consolidate into one (1) city by a majority vote of each city at elections called for such purpose. (2) The legislative bodies of each of the cities desiring to merge or consolidate shall enact ordinances prop…
KRS § 81.420 Election whether to merge
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(1) Elections shall be held at the next regular election if the ordinances of the legislative bodies of the cities desiring merger or consolidation have been filed with the county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election. The qualifications…
KRS § 81.430 Legislative bodies of merged cities
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(1) The members of the legislative bodies of the merging cities shall continue to hold their offices in the new city, until their respective terms of office expire, and shall constitute a combined legislative body of the new city. (2) At the expiration of the terms of office of t…
KRS § 81.440 Obligations and special taxes are unimpaired
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A merger or consolidation shall not impair contractual obligations of either of the combined cities. Tax levies authorized for the payment of interest and the retirement of bonds or to create sinking funds for such purposes shall continue to be levied and collected over the same …
KRS § 81.500 Transfer of incorporated areas between cities of the home rule class
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(1) When two (2) cities of the home rule class have a common boundary and it is determined that a specified area within one (1) city can be better served by the adjoining city, the specified incorporated area may be transferred to the adjoining city upon enactment of identical or…