Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

The commissioners shall give bond in such amount as the county judge/executive may require. The treasurer shall give bond in such amount as the commission may require.

The creation of a sewer construction district, and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects in the interest of public health and for a public purpose. A sewer construction district performs a governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon…

The county attorney shall represent the commission, but the commission may employ additional counsel when the amount of its legal work requires this.

Any sewer construction district created in the manner provided in KRS 76.300 to 76.325 may, if the commissioners of such district deem it advisable, use the authority and procedures granted to incorporated municipalities by KRS 107.010 to 107.220. When applied to sewer constructi…

The provisions of KRS 76.390 shall not repeal or reduce any existing rights or duties of sewer construction districts or the commissioners thereof, but shall constitute an additional method of financing which may be used in conjunction with KRS 76.300 to 76.385, or may be an alte…

Any sewer construction district created in the manner provided in KRS 76.300 to 76.325 is exempt from the provisions of KRS 76.085, subsections (2) and (3), except when said sewer construction district empties its effluent into mains or plants operated by metropolitan sewer distr…

Any sewer construction district created in the manner provided in KRS 76.300 to 76.325 may, if the commissioners of such district deem it advisable, use the authority and procedures granted to sanitation districts by KRS 220.535 to 220.537 to annex territory to the district, "boa…

Language in KRS 220.535, limiting the powers of annexation to a sanitation district in a county not containing a city of the first class, shall not be applicable to sewer construction districts which may use this method of annexation, even if they are located in a county containi…

The provisions of KRS 76.405 and 76.410 shall not repeal or reduce any existing rights or duties of sewer construction districts or commissioners thereof, but shall constitute merely a procedure for annexation by sewer construction districts.

(1) Any sewer construction district created in the manner provided in KRS 76.300 to 76.400 may, if the commissioners of such district deem it feasible, instead of issuing bonds as provided in KRS 76.365, issue apportionment warrants, using the procedures after assessment set out …

projects. Existing metropolitan sewer districts created pursuant to the provisions of KRS 76.010 to 76.210 may provide for, construct, and finance wastewater collection projects according to the financing plan set forth in KRS Chapters 76 and 107. This authority is in addition to…

Chapter 107 defined. Any metropolitan sewer district created in the manner provided in this chapter may, if the board of such district deems it advisable, use the authority and procedures granted to incorporated municipalities by KRS 107.010 to 107.220. When applied to metropolit…

In undertaking wastewater collection projects under KRS Chapters 76 and 107, metropolitan sewer districts are vested with exclusive authority to plan, design, initiate, finance, and carry out construction of the projects solely according to the requirements and procedures of KRS …

district service equipment or appliances. The provisions of KRS 76.120 notwithstanding, whenever any district shall determine that it is necessary that any fire plugs, water pipes, mains, and conduits, and other water service related equipment and appliances, belonging to any mun…

(1) Any metropolitan sewer district which has initiated a wastewater collection project under the provisions of KRS Chapters 76 and 107 may enforce payment of annual improvement benefit assessments levied in respect of such project and may enforce rules and regulations relative t…

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Legislative body" means the chief legislative body of the city, whether it is the board of aldermen, general council, board of commissioners, or otherwise; (2) "Air contaminant" or "air contaminants" includes sm…

(1) In each county of the Commonwealth there is hereby created an air pollution control district. (2) The boundaries of every air pollution control district shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the county within which it is situated.

(1) An air pollution control district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter until or unless the fiscal court of the county within which such district is situated, by proper resolution, declares at any time hereafter that there is need fo…

The fiscal court of any county desiring to place its air pollution control district in operation and the legislative body of the largest city in such county must hold separate public hearings prior to and for the purpose of determining whether or not there is need for an air poll…

Notice of the public hearing shall be given by the county conducting the hearing by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.

The fiscal court may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for an air pollution control district to function if from the evidence received at such public hearing it finds: (1) That the air within such county is so polluted with air contaminants as to be injurious to hea…

The legislative body of the largest city in the county may adopt an ordinance declaring that there is need for an air pollution control district to function if from the evidence received at such public hearing it finds: (1) That the air within such city is so polluted with air co…

(1) A resolution of the fiscal court declaring that there is need for an air pollution control district to function is sufficient if it finds that there is need for an air pollution control district to function, and finds in substantially the wording of KRS 77.030 that both the c…

(1) A copy of a resolution of the fiscal court declaring that there is need for an air pollution control district, duly certified by the county clerk, is admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding. (2) A copy of an ordinance of the legislative body of the largest ci…

The district shall be known by and under the name of Air Pollution Control District of .... County, and under such name shall be a public body corporate and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth.

activation and organization. (1) Upon the adoption of the resolution by the fiscal court of the county in which the district is to function, and, where necessary pursuant to KRS 77.015, the passage of the ordinance by the legislative body of the largest city within such county, t…

(1) The district shall have power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, make rules and regulations and do all other things necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) The district shall have the power to take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or leas…

Exception for county containing city of first class or consolidated local government or county where largest city has population of 20,000 or more -- Effect of compact -- Employees of district upon establishment of consolidated local government. (1) The members of the fiscal cour…

Removal -- Effect of compact -- Membership of board upon establishment of consolidated local government. (1) In a county containing a consolidated local government or a city with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal dec…

All air pollution control board members shall serve without compensation other than recovery of actual expenses from the district funds.

(1) Regular meetings of each air pollution control board shall be held at least once in each calendar month. The time and place of the meetings shall be fixed by the board. (2) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business…

pollution control officer -- Deputies, assistants, and other employees. (1) An air pollution control board operating under KRS 77.070 shall, in July of each year, elect from its members a chairman and a vice chairman who shall be of different political party affiliation. The boar…

counties not containing a consolidated local government or a city with a population of 20,000 or more. (1) In all counties other than those provided for in KRS 77.070 or 77.085, the air pollution control board of the air pollution control district may appoint an air pollution con…

employees. The air pollution control board of any air pollution control district in the Commonwealth may employ and remove at pleasure professional and technical advisers, experts, and other employees, skilled or unskilled, as it deems requisite for the performance of its duties.

and employees. An air pollution control board shall require the secretary-treasurer and the air pollution control officer each to execute bond, and may exact from such of its other officers and employees bonds as it may deem expedient. All such bonds shall be payable to the distr…

(1) The air pollution control board of an air pollution control district shall appoint a hearing board to consist of three (3) members, none of whom is a member of the air pollution control board, and only two (2) of whom may be of the same political party affiliation. Two (2) me…

Any person having any interest in the sale or control of any air pollution prevention equipment or apparatus which might be used effectively to reduce the emission of air contaminants shall not be eligible to be a member of an air pollution control board or of a hearing board, or…

responsibilities, and regulatory authority of board -- Vehicle exhaust testing program -- Limitations -- Exemptions. (1) The air pollution control board is hereby declared to be the governing body of an air pollution control district, and shall manage and control all the affairs …

The air pollution control board shall determine the compensation of, and pay from district funds, the secretary-treasurer of the air pollution control board, his assistants, deputies, clerks, attaches, and other employees, the air pollution control officer, his assistants, deputi…

In order to provide money for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the fiscal court of a county within which the air pollution control district has been activated and the legislative body of a city qualified to appoint members of the board pursuant to KRS 77.070 within such…

(1) In a county containing a consolidated local government or a city of the first class or a city having a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, there is established within the air pollution control distr…

The fiscal year of an air pollution control board district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and end with June 30 next following.

(1) It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer of an air pollution control board formed pursuant to KRS 77.070, during or before the month of May of each year, to prepare and certify to the consolidated local government or fiscal court of the county and to the legislative bo…

(1) The air pollution control board created pursuant to KRS 77.070 shall install and maintain a modern and efficient system of accounting and keep financial records. The board, however, may select and use the finance department of the consolidated local government or city to do i…

(1) The air pollution control officer shall observe and enforce, within his air pollution control district: (a) The provisions of this chapter; (b) All orders, regulations, and rules prescribed by the air pollution control board of the air pollution control district pursuant to t…

The provisions of KRS 77.150 to 77.175 do not apply within any air pollution control district unless and until, pursuant to resolution and ordinance as provided in KRS 77.010 to 77.060, such air pollution control district may function and exercise its powers.

enforcement. (1) A person shall not, nor shall an agent or employee of a person, nor shall a person as agent or employee of another, discharge into the atmosphere from any single source of emission whatsoever, any air contaminant in quantities and for a period or periods in exces…

The provisions of KRS 77.155(1) and (2) shall not be applicable: (1) To buildings used exclusively for single owner-occupied private residences. However, the provisions of KRS 77.155 shall be fully effective and applicable if a renovation, demolition, or cleanup of a building may…

assistants and deputies. The air pollution control officer, his deputies and assistants, during reasonable hours, for the purpose of enforcing or administering this chapter or of any order, regulation or rule prescribed pursuant thereto, may enter every building, premises, or oth…

- Exceptions. (1) Except for subsection (3) of this section, the General Assembly does not, by the provisions of this chapter, intend to occupy the field except for requiring a county air pollution control board to exempt from the requirements of a vehicle exhaust testing program…