Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units
58 chapters · 2,528 sections in this title.
KRS § 83A.010 Definitions for chapter
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the board of commissioners in any city organized and governed under the city manager plan. (2) "Code of ordinances" means a reenactment of the body of positive municipal law, read and interpreted as…
KRS § 83A.020 Present organizational structure of city to remain until changed under this chapter -- Status of ordinances not in conflict with chapter
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chapter -- Status of ordinances not in conflict with chapter. The present organizational structure of each city shall remain in force until changed under this chapter. All ordinances and resolutions presently in force in each city not in conflict with the provisions of KRS 83A.01…
KRS § 83A.022 Powers and duties of city's established population criteria not lost because of subsequent census population change or court judgment
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of subsequent census population change or court judgment. Once a city meets the population criteria established in KRS 67.750, 82.095, 92.281, 96.060, 96.189, 97.120, 99.615, 100.137, 100.209, 100.217, 100.253, 241.160, 243.230, 244.290, 244.540, or 281.014, and prior to July 14,…
KRS § 83A.024 Registry of cities classified as cities of the second class as of August 1, 2014
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2014. On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create and maintain a registry of cities that, as of August 1, 2014, were classified as cities of the second class. The Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the registr…
KRS § 83A.030 Composition and size of city legislative bodies for mayor-council, commission, and city manager plans -- Ordinance requirements
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commission, and city manager plans -- Ordinance requirements. (1) Each city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan shall have a mayor and each shall have a legislative body composed of not less than six (6) nor more than twelve (12) members as prescribed by ordinance…
KRS § 83A.040 Election of mayors and legislative bodies -- Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Removal of elected officers
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Removal of elected officers. (1) A mayor shall be elected by the voters of each city at a regular election. A candidate for mayor shall be a resident of the city for not less than one (1) year prior to his or her election. His or her term of office shall begin on the first day of…
KRS § 83A.043 Laws governing election of city officers and dates for primary and regular elections
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elections. (1) Election of city officers shall be governed by the provisions of KRS Chapters 116 to 121, except as provided in this chapter. (2) Dates on which primary and regular elections are to be held shall be governed by the provisions of KRS 118.025, except as provided in t…
KRS § 83A.045 Laws governing partisan and nonpartisan elections
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(1) Except as provided in KRS 83A.047, partisan elections of city officers shall be governed by the following provisions, regardless of the form of government or classification of the city: (a) A candidate for party nomination to city office shall file his or her nomination paper…
KRS § 83A.047 KRS 83A.045 provisions apply when city boundaries extend beyond single county -- Exception -- Certification of vote totals
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county -- Exception -- Certification of vote totals. In a city whose boundaries extend beyond those of a single county, candidates for nomination or election to city office shall be governed by the provisions contained in KRS 83A.045, except that all nomination papers shall be fi…
KRS § 83A.050 General election laws to govern election of city officers unless changed by ordinance
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ordinance. (1) Election of city officers shall be governed by general election laws as provided in KRS Chapters 116 through 121 unless the city legislative body prescribes by ordinance that election of city officers shall be under nonpartisan city election laws as provided in KRS…
KRS § 83A.060 Enactment of ordinances
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(1) Each ordinance shall embrace only one (1) subject and shall have a title that shall clearly state the subject. (2) Each ordinance shall be introduced in writing and shall have an enacting clause styled "Be it ordained by the City of ________:". (3) No ordinance shall be amend…
KRS § 83A.065 Enforcement of city ordinances
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(1) Every city shall have the power to establish fines, penalties, and forfeitures that may be imposed for violation of its ordinances, and may secure injunctions and abatement orders, when appropriate, to insure compliance with its ordinances. (2) A city may make the violation o…
KRS § 83A.070 Compensation of elected officers, appointed officials, and employees
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(1) The legislative body of each city shall by ordinance fix the compensation of every elected city officer not later than the first Monday in May in the year the officer is elected. An elected officer's compensation shall not be changed after his election or during his term of o…
KRS § 83A.075 Equating of compensation rate of mayors and members of city legislative bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation
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bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation. (1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative bodies with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year…
KRS § 83A.080 Nonelective city offices and officers -- Appointment -- Removal -- Statement of reason for removal -- Prohibition against creating or altering elected office
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Statement of reason for removal -- Prohibition against creating or altering elected office. (1) All nonelected city offices shall be created by ordinance which shall specify: (a) Title of office; (b) Powers and duties of office; (c) Oath of office; and (d) Bond, if required. (2) …
KRS § 83A.085 Office of city clerk required, except in city of first class -- Duties -- Combination with other nonelected city office -- Information on city and officials to Department for Local Government
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Combination with other nonelected city office -- Information on city and officials to Department for Local Government. (1) Each city, except a city of the first class, shall establish the office of city clerk. (2) The office of city clerk may be combined with any other nonelected…
KRS § 83A.087 Citation officers -- Powers -- Restrictions
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(1) The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of citation officers as needed. Citation officers shall have the qualifications prescribed by ordinance. Citation officers shall not have the powers of peace officers to make arrests or carry deadly weapons, but ma…
KRS § 83A.088 Safety officers -- Powers -- Restrictions
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(1) The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of safety officers as needed. Safety officers shall have duties as prescribed by ordinance, which may include, but not be limited to: (a) Issuance of citations for violation of motor vehicle offenses as provided fo…
KRS § 83A.090 City administrative officer
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(1) Each city may create the position of city administrative officer which shall be directly responsible to the executive authority of the city. Prior to appointment of a city administrative officer, the city legislative body shall in accordance with KRS 83A.080 set qualification…
KRS § 83A.100 Division of city into wards or hybrid wards -- Equality of population -- Creation, alteration, or abolition of wards -- Nomination and election of legislative body members
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Creation, alteration, or abolition of wards -- Nomination and election of legislative body members. (1) The legislative body of a city may by ordinance divide the city into wards by either of the following methods: (a) The city may create the same number of wards as the number of…
KRS § 83A.120 Procedure for referendum on public question
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(1) Any public question authorized by statute may be submitted to the voters of a city by either a resolution of the city legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this section. The resolution or petition shall set out in full the matter to be considered. The pro…
KRS § 83A.130 Mayor-council plan -- Powers and duties of mayor and council
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(1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the mayor- council plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the mayor-council plan by KRS 83A.020 or which has adopted the mayor-council plan pursuan…
KRS § 83A.140 Commission plan -- Duties of mayor and commission
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(1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the commission plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the commission plan by KRS 83A.020 or which has adopted the commission plan pursuant to KRS 8…
KRS § 83A.150 City manager plan -- Powers and duties of mayor, board of commissioners, and city manager -- Conduct of board meetings
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commissioners, and city manager -- Conduct of board meetings. (1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the city manager plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the city manager plan by KRS …
KRS § 83A.160 Change in form of government permitted by popular vote only
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(1) Any city may become organized and governed under the mayor-council plan, the commission plan or the city manager plan only by popular vote in accordance with KRS 83A.120. (2) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of changing the organization and government of the city,…
KRS § 83A.165 Election to fill unexpired term of city office
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(1) A candidate running to fill the unexpired term of any city office shall file his or her nomination papers in accordance with the provisions of KRS 83A.045, 118.365, 118.375, and 83A.047. (2) Vacancies in the office of mayor or city legislative body that are to be filled tempo…
KRS § 83A.170 Nonpartisan primaries
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(1) In any city which has under the provisions of KRS 83A.045 or 83A.050 required nonpartisan city elections, no person shall be elected to city office except as provided in this section or as otherwise provided in this chapter relating to nonpartisan elections. (2) No person sha…
KRS § 83A.175 Filling vacancy in city office or in candidacy for city office
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(1) The election to fill the regular term of a nonpartisan city office shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in KRS 83A.165 when, in a regular election for nonpartisan city office no candidates nominated to an office as provided in KRS 83A.170 are available due to death, in…
KRS § 83A.180 Administration of oath
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In cities of the home rule class, the official oath of any city officer, whether elected or appointed, may be administered by the mayor of the city for which the officer serves, except that a mayor's official oath shall be administered by such person as otherwise provided by law.