Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

Recalculation of benefits. (1) Upon retirement, a noncertified employee shall have his service credit earned after July 1, 1998, recalculated in accordance with KRS 78.615 except that the employee shall receive service credit determined by dividing the actual number of contracted…

contributions. (1) Each employee shall contribute, for each pay period for which he or she receives compensation: (a) 1. Five percent (5%) of his or her creditable compensation if the employee is participating in a nonhazardous position; or 2. Eight percent (8%) of his or her cre…

report -- Picked-up employee contributions. (1) Employee contributions shall be deducted each payroll period from the creditable compensation of each employee of an employer participating in the system while he or she is classified as regular full-time as defined in KRS 78.510 un…

to participate -- Accumulated sick leave added to employee's service credit -- Payments by employer and employee -- Alternative compensation -- City of first class -- Statute not applicable to employees who began participation on or after January 1, 2014. (1) Any employer partici…

reimbursements, and reports -- Penalties for delinquency -- Audit of employer. (1) Except as provided by subsection (6) of this section, the employer shall prepare the reporting records necessary for the system to administer the provisions of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 and, from time t…

Except as provided by KRS 61.701, all of the assets of the system shall be held in the county employees' retirement fund and credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, to one (1) of three (3) accounts, namely, the members' account, the retirement allowance accoun…

on annual increase of employer contribution rate -- Notification of rate change. (1) (a) Except as provided by subsection (4) of this section, each employer participating in the County Employees Retirement System as provided for in KRS 78.510 to 78.852 shall contribute annually t…

allowance account. (1) The members' account shall be the account to which: (a) All members' contributions, or contributions picked up by the employer after August 1, 1982, and interest allowances as provided in KRS 78.510 to 78.852 shall be credited, except as provided by KRS 78.…

The retirement allowance account shall be the account in which shall be accumulated all employer contributions and amounts transferred from the members' account, and to which all income from the invested assets of the system shall be credited. From this account shall be paid the …

There is created and established: (1) An excess benefit plan to be known as the County Employees Retirement System Excess Benefit Plan. The plan is created for the purpose of providing the retirement allowances payable from the retirement systems under KRS 78.520 to 78.852 that w…

elected membership, vacancies, compensation, duties, and meetings -- Board granted powers and privileges of corporation -- Chief executive officer and general counsel -- Annual Comprehensive Financial Report -- Expenses -- Action for damages -- Appeals -- Transparency -- Limitati…

(1) (a) As soon as practicable after its organization, the County Employees Retirement System board shall adopt the actuarial tables, assumptions, and methods necessary for the administration of the system and for the annual determination of actuarial assets, actuarial liabilitie…

Unitized managed custodial account -- Cap on amount of assets managed by any one investment manager -- Investment procurement policy -- Proxy voting guidelines. (1) (a) The board shall be the trustee of funds pertaining to the County Employees Retirement System created by KRS 78.…

participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits and rights -- Employers' funding responsibility -- Authority of board when employer fails to meet funding requirements. (1) For members who begin participating in the County Employees Retirement System pr…

Any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of KRS 78.400 to 78.460 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for a term not…

hospitalization benefits for employees and elected officers -- Participation in state health insurance coverage program for state employees -- Termination of participation -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988. (1) The term "health mainte…

The provisions of KRS 79.080 shall be in addition to any other authority of cities, counties and their agencies to provide retirement and disability benefits for their employees, and shall not repeal or modify any acts except those that may be in conflict with KRS 79.080.

county. Notwithstanding any existing means provided by law for joint functions by any political subdivisions of this state, the governing bodies of any two (2) or more political subdivisions within the same county, which may include the fiscal court, may enter into contractual ar…

Any contractual arrangement entered into under KRS 79.110 shall: (1) Name the service or services to be performed and clearly define same; (2) State which subdivision of government shall render the service or services; (3) Define the area within which the service or services cont…

services under agreement -- Positions not incompatible. Insofar as is necessary to effect the purpose of KRS 79.110 to 79.180, officers, agents, servants and employees of the subdivision of government providing the service shall be sworn in and authorized to act within the area c…

The governing body of any other political subdivision within the boundaries of the county, which may include the fiscal court, may, with the mutual consent of the governing body of each political subdivision constituting a party thereto, become a party to and beneficiary of a con…

(1) The governing body of any city electing to render or to receive governmental services under a contract authorized by KRS 79.110 to 79.180 may, by ordinance, abolish any office rendered unnecessary thereby, or may, by ordinance, declare any such office vacant during the term o…

(1) When the governing bodies of any two or more political subdivisions within the same county, which may include the fiscal court, enter into a contract for the rendering of governmental services the contract shall make such provision for the transfer of employees from the depar…

Any contract entered into under the provisions of KRS 79.110 to 79.180 shall be for a term of at least two (2) years and not more than four (4) years. At least one (1) year before the termination date of any such contract, each contracting party shall in writing notify the other …

Employees transferred, under the provisions of KRS 79.110 to 79.180, to a governmental department which has pension rights and benefits for its employees shall not be entitled to participate in those rights or benefits. Employees transferred to a governmental department shall not…

for. Any two (2) cities or a city and a county having any part of a public street as a common boundary line may contract to share the cost of construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of the street or sidewalk along the common boundary or any portion thereof.

that city -- Term -- Amendment -- Termination -- Renewal. (1) Within one hundred and twenty (120) days of July 15, 1986, there shall be entered into by each city of the first class and a county containing such city of the first class a cooperative compact pursuant to this section…

In the compact entered into pursuant to KRS 79.310, a city of the first class and the county containing such city shall agree for the period the compact is in effect that: (1) Any annexation by the city of the first class of unincorporated territory shall be pursuant to the proce…

As used in KRS 79.325, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Base year collections" means the amount of combined collections received by the city of the first class and the county containing such city in calendar year 1985; (2) "Collections" means the sums received (excludi…

(1) Effective the year the compact between the city and the county is entered into pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, the sinking fund of the city of the first class shall calculate the distribution of the combined collections from the occupational license fees in accordance with …

(1) When a city of the first class and a county containing such city have entered into a compact pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.325, such city and county may provide for the transfer and alteration of joint city-county entities as provided in 1986 Acts Chapter 77. (2) In making app…

If any provision of KRS 79.310, KRS 81A.005, or KRS 79.315 to 79.330 is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, that provision shall not be severable but KRS 79.310, KRS 81A.005, and KRS 79.315 to 79.330 shall be invalidated, because it is the intention of the General Assembly th…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Housing" means a building or buildings containing rooms to be provided as living quarters, together with shops, stores, garages, laundries, doctors' and dentists' offices, and other facilities and appurtenances …

(1) Cities of all classes may acquire, establish, and operate, within their limits, housing, under the provisions of this chapter, for the purpose of providing adequate and sanitary living quarters for individuals or families, such housing to be for individuals or families with l…

city's public housing program. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a city housing authority shall consist of the mayor, ex officio, or his designee, and four (4) persons appointed by him with the approval of the city legislative body. (2) If a city housing a…

affiliations. (1) (a) Each person appointed to a city housing authority shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and a bona fide resident of the city for which he was appointed for at least one (1) year preceding the appointment. No officer or employee of the city, whether…

The persons appointed as provided in KRS 80.030 and 80.040 shall constitute a body corporate in the name of Housing Authority of ...., with power to contract and be contracted with, to sue or be sued, and to adopt a seal and alter it at will. Each authority may establish bylaws, …

agreements. (1) Each member of a housing authority, except an ex officio member, may receive compensation either as a salary or as payment for meetings attended. The compensation of members of a housing authority shall be fixed by the legislative body of the city. The housing aut…

(1) An authority may employ technical experts and attorneys, and any other employees that it deems necessary. The authority shall fix the compensation of its employees. The legislative body of a city may prescribe limitations to the compensation of employees of the city authority…

No member or employee of a housing authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property including or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for material…

Whenever it appears to the appointing officer that a member of a housing authority appointed by him is incompetent or guilty of neglect of duty or malfeasance, the appointing officer shall require the member to appear before him to show cause why he should not be removed from off…

An authority may provide technical assistance to other authorities in consideration of appropriate fees therefor. An authority may also provide technical assistance to public and private developers and other builders of low-income and moderate-income housing stock if such technic…

All low-income housing projects are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the project is situated. In a city of the first class, the housing authority shall submit to the city planning and zoni…

(1) The authority shall: (a) Prepare the proper plans and specifications for the construction of low-income housing; (b) Select the location and determine the size, type, and method of construction; (c) Make the necessary estimates of the probable cost of construction and of the …

No contract or agreement with any contractor for the construction of low-income housing exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be made without advertising for bids. The bids shall be opened publicly and an award made to the best bidder, with power in the authority to reje…

(1) An authority may acquire by gift, devise, bequest, lease, grant, or purchase lands, structures, or interests in land necessary for the building of housing, upon terms, prices, or considerations considered reasonable by the authority and agreed upon between the authority and t…

If it becomes necessary to condemn property for the purpose of constructing any housing that an authority may be permitted to acquire, establish, and operate under KRS 80.020(1), or securing rights of way leading thereto, the authority may, by resolution reciting the need, order …

All persons having buildings, structures, works, conduits, mains, pipes, tracks, or other physical obstructions in, under, over, or upon the public ways, that interfere with or impede the progress of low-income housing when in process of construction and establishment, shall, upo…

Any public ways or public works damaged or destroyed by reason of the building of low- income housing shall be restored or repaired by the authority and placed in their original condition as nearly as practicable.

(1) The authority shall, itself, or through agreements with other public or private entities, operate, manage, and control housing, fix the rate of rentals, and establish bylaws, rules, and regulations for the use and operation of the projects not inconsistent with the provisions…