Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units
58 chapters · 2,528 sections in this title.
KRS § 98.010 Department of public welfare -- Powers -- Duties
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The department of public welfare of cities of the first class shall be under the supervision and direction of a director to be designated director of welfare, and shall, except as otherwise provided by law, have exclusive control, under the acts of the General Assembly and the or…
KRS § 98.011 Recovery of money payments or value of general assistance from certain recipients -- Time limit upon claim
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recipients -- Time limit upon claim. Any department of public welfare established under the provisions of KRS 83.570 and KRS 98.010 may recover from any person who receives general assistance in the form of money payments an amount equal to the sum of such money payments, and suc…
KRS § 98.012 Claim against estate of recipient of general assistance -- Priority -- Filing
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Upon the death of any person who has been paid general assistance by or through the department of public welfare of a city of the first class, said city shall have a claim against the estate of the deceased for all amounts of general assistance paid to him or on his behalf. The c…
KRS § 98.013 City to have lien upon real property of general assistance recipient -- Notice -- Filing, recording and indexing -- Filing fee -- Enforceability of lien -- Waiver -- Precipitation
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-- Filing, recording and indexing -- Filing fee -- Enforceability of lien -- Waiver -- Precipitation. (1) On and after July 1, 1952 a city of the first class shall have a lien upon all real estate and rights to real estate belonging to or thereafter acquired by any recipient of g…
KRS § 98.014 Welfare department may receive payment from patient or inmate of institution
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institution. If any inmate or patient of any institution operated under the provisions of KRS 83.570, except the city workhouse, who is eligible for admission to said institution under the ordinances of the city and rules and regulations of the city's department of public welfare…
KRS § 98.030 Location of institutions
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The legislative body of any city of the first class may, by ordinance, locate any of its institutions that are under the supervision of the department of public safety, the department of public welfare or the department of health upon land owned by the city, or hereafter provided…
KRS § 98.040 Construction and improvement of hospitals and institutions
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When the legislative body of any city of the first class desires to construct a new hospital or a new home for the aged and infirm or desires to reconstruct, improve, alter, extend or repair any existing hospital or home for the aged and infirm, and to equip and furnish such buil…
KRS § 98.050 Building commission to be appointed -- Ordinance -- Appropriation
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If there is no building commission, of the type contemplated by this section, in the city of the first class, the legislative body of the city may, by ordinance, request the mayor to appoint building commissioners. The ordinance shall define in general terms the work proposed to …
KRS § 98.060 Members of building commission -- Qualifications -- Term
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The building commission shall consist of four (4) appointive members, and the mayor of the city ex officio. Each appointive member shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and reside within the city or the county in which the city is located, and be the owner of real estat…
KRS § 98.070 Commission to constitute a corporation -- Corporate powers
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The persons appointed as members of the commission shall constitute a body corporate under the name of "Commissioners of Charitable Buildings of ....," and may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued in that name and to adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. If any commi…
KRS § 98.080 Organization -- Employees -- Bonds of employees
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(1) Each commission shall elect a chairman from the appointed members, and a secretary and treasurer not a member of the commission, who shall hold the combined offices at the pleasure of a majority of the commission and receive a salary to be fixed by the commission. It may also…
KRS § 98.090 Powers of commission
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(1) The commission may: (a) Make such preliminary investigations and do such preliminary work as should, in its judgment, precede the actual construction of the building or improvement. (b) Determine upon a proper site for the building or improvement. If the city owns a public bu…
KRS § 98.100 Duties of commission -- Procedure in adopting plan
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(1) The commission shall examine methods of constructing, equipping and furnishing buildings or improvements of the type contemplated so as to determine the plan that will best answer the needs of the city, taking into consideration its probable growth. (2) When the commission ha…
KRS § 98.110 Awarding of contracts -- Commission may do part of work
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All work done or supplies or materials purchased in carrying out the purposes of KRS 98.040 to 98.170, when involving an expenditure of five hundred dollars ($500) or more, shall be by contract awarded to the lowest and best bidder. All bids or parts of bids for any such work or …
KRS § 98.120 Issuance of bonds -- Ordinance -- Submission to voters -- Resubmission
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(1) In order to provide money for the building and improvements, the legislative body of the city may, at any time and as often as it deems necessary, adopt an ordinance submitting to the voters of the city at any regular election the question whether bonds of the city shall be i…
KRS § 98.130 Sale of bonds -- Disposition of proceeds
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If the voters of the city vote in favor of issuing the bonds, they shall, when issued, be placed under the control of the commission, which shall determine when and at what price and how they shall be sold. No bonds shall be sold for less than par, and any premiums and accrued in…
KRS § 98.140 Disbursements to come from proceeds of bonds or appropriation by city
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(1) All disbursements of the commission, including compensation to its members, officers and employees, shall come out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, or out of an appropriation by the city. (2) The legislative body of the city may make an appropriation to the commissio…
KRS § 98.150 Procedure on completion of building or improvement
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When the commission decides that any building or improvement, or any distinct portion thereof, has been completed and is ready for actual use, the commission shall notify the department of the city that has charge of buildings or improvements of the character of the one (1) compl…
KRS § 98.160 Appointment of new commission or continuance of old commission
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(1) If a commission is in existence at the time a bond issue is authorized, the commission and its successors shall continue any work provided for in KRS 98.040 to 98.170, and shall have all the rights granted to the commission in the first instance. All of its property of every …
KRS § 98.170 Dissolution of commission
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(1) If the work upon which a commission is engaged is completed and no further work is contemplated within a definite time, the director of works shall notify the mayor and legislative body of the city, and the mayor and legislative body shall forthwith decide whether the commiss…
KRS § 98.180 Authority of city of first class and county containing such city to establish combined welfare organization
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combined welfare organization. The fiscal court of any county containing a city of the first class and the legislative body of any city of the first class in the county may, upon their joint action, combine, consolidate and jointly control, the departments, boards and other organ…
KRS § 98.300 Fiscal court of county containing a city of first class may establish department of welfare -- Consolidated local government may establish department of welfare -- Employees
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department of welfare -- Consolidated local government may establish department of welfare -- Employees. In each county containing a city of the first class, the fiscal court of the county may, by resolution, establish a department of welfare to be governed by the provisions of K…
KRS § 98.310 Fiscal court or mayor of consolidated local government to appoint director -- Qualifications -- Powers -- Duties -- Bond
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- Qualifications -- Powers -- Duties -- Bond. The director shall be appointed by the fiscal court except in those counties containing a consolidated local government, in which case the director shall be appointed by the mayor. The director shall be trained and experienced in publ…
KRS § 98.320 Duties of the department
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The department shall administer the public welfare functions of the county, which shall include, but not be limited to, public assistance, general assistance, institutional care of children and adults, social services to families and individuals, and child welfare services, excep…
KRS § 98.330 By agreement department may succeed to property and functions of board of city-county children's home
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of city-county children's home. By agreement between the fiscal court of the county and the mayor and the board of aldermen of the city, the department may succeed to the property and functions of the board of a city-county children's home established under Chapter 201, Kentucky …
KRS § 98.340 By agreement department may assist in administering or administer any state or local welfare function -- Agreement to be in writing
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state or local welfare function -- Agreement to be in writing. (1) The department may administer or assist in administering any state or local public welfare function by agreement between the fiscal court and the legislative body or officers, department, or agency in which the re…
KRS § 98.350 Fiscal court or mayor of consolidated local government to appoint advisory board -- Number -- Term -- Compensation -- Duties
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board -- Number -- Term -- Compensation -- Duties. The fiscal court, except in a county containing a consolidated local government, in which case it shall be the mayor pursuant to the provisions of KRS 67C.139, shall appoint a bipartisan county welfare advisory board of not less …
KRS § 98.360 County to own property of department -- Exception
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All property used in the functions of the department shall be property of the county except as provided in any contract or agreement executed pursuant to KRS 98.330 and 98.340.
KRS § 98.370 Personnel -- Civil service
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The personnel of the department, except the director of welfare and his private secretary, shall be in the classified service from the date of the establishment of the department; and until such time as the county has an appropriate civil service facility, the positions and place…
KRS § 98.380 City to be reimbursed by fiscal court for cost incurred by civil service board by reason of requirement of KRS 98.370
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by reason of requirement of KRS 98.370. The fiscal court shall reimburse the city of the first class for costs incurred by the city civil service board by reason of the requirement of KRS 98.370, as may be provided for in any agreements executed pursuant to KRS 98.330 to 98.390.
KRS § 98.390 Suspension of applicable provisions of KRS Chapter 201
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The provisions of Kentucky Revised Statutes, Chapter 201, relating to the establishment of a board for city and county children's home, shall be suspended upon the transfer of control of the functions and property of said board as provided in KRS 98.330, during the term of such a…