Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

Meetings of the members of a housing authority (including any housing authority created pursuant to KRS 80.010 to 80.250) may be held anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation or territorial jurisdiction of an authority or within any additional area where …

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

establishment of consolidated local government. (1) For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a member may be removed by the authority appointing him, but a member shall be removed only after he or she has been given a copy of the charges against him or her at …

(1) If the governing body of each of two (2) or more cities (whether or not contiguous) by resolution declares that there is a need for one (1) housing authority to be created for all of such cities to exercise in such cities the powers and other functions prescribed for a consol…

An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of KRS 80.320 to 80.610, including the following po…

County housing authorities, city-county housing authorities, and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered and authorized to borrow money, accept grants and exercise their powers to provide housing for farmers of low income. In connection with such projects, any suc…

"Farmers of low income," as used in KRS 80.510 and 80.530, shall mean persons or families who at the time of their admission to occupancy in a dwelling of a housing authority: (1) Live under unsafe or unsanitary housing conditions; (2) Derive their principal income from operating…

Except with regard to housing for farmers of low income, a housing authority shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions on rentals and tenant selection which are applicable to housing authorities created for cities under KRS 80.010 to 80.250.

An authority shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under KRS 80.320 to 80.610 after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for s…

(1) An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. (2) An authority may issue suc…

Neither the members nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the city, the cou…

(1) Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one (1) or more series and shall bear a date or dates, mature at a time or times, bear interest at a rate or rates or method of determining rates, be in a denomination or denominations, be in a f…

In addition to its other powers, a housing authority created for a city pursuant to KRS 80.010 to 80.250 may exercise any or all of its powers within the territorial boundaries of any other city for the purpose of planning, undertaking, financing, constructing and operating a hou…

Any two or more authorities (including any housing authority created under KRS 80.010 to 80.250) may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing (including the issuance of bonds, notes…

In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of KRS 80.320 to 80.610, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing, to take over or lea…

In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan and annual contributions heretofore or hereafter entered into between a housing authority (including any housing authority created under KRS 80.010 to 80.250) and the federal government with respect to any housing u…

(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…

with its county. (1) When a city of the first class, which has in effect a compact with the county pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, desires to annex unincorporated territory, the legislative body of the city shall enact an ordinance stating the intention of the city to annex. If…

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…

class city -- Effect of compact. (1) The boundaries of cities of the first class, except for a city which has in effect a compact with the county pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, shall remain as established by law until changed as provided in this section or KRS 81A.020, 81A.440…

(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…

territory by city of the first class -- Trial -- Judgment. (1) Within thirty (30) days after the enactment of an ordinance proposing to annex unincorporated territory to a first-class city, or to reduce its limits, one or more residents or freeholders of the territory proposed to…

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…

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 …

Any city of the first class which proposes to annex territory pursuant to KRS 81A.010 shall, prior to the enactment of the first ordinance, hold public hearings as provided in KRS 81A.060 and prepare a report setting forth the plans for the extension of services to the area propo…

(1) After the preparation of the report required by KRS 81A.050, any city of the first class proposing annexation shall hold at least two (2) public hearings on the proposed annexation prior to the enactment of the first ordinance. Additional hearings may be held. Notice of such …

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…

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…

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…

(1) A city of the first class shall tax property within the annexed area only in such amount as is commensurate with city services or facilities actually made available to the residents or property of the affected area including continuation of services provided prior to annexati…

(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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

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…

The plan described in KRS 81.300 shall be advertised by the clerk of the fiscal court by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.

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) …

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…

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…

The boundaries of any city other than a city of the first class shall remain as established by law until changed as provided in KRS 81A.410 to 81A.470 or KRS 81.500. The legislative body of any city other than a city of the first class may annex any unincorporated territory pursu…

(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…

local government. (1) Except as provided in KRS 67C.111(3), a city legislative body may extend the city's boundaries to include any area: (a) Which is adjacent or contiguous to the city's boundaries at the time the annexation proceeding is begun; and (b) Which by reason of popula…

Notice to county fiscal court. (1) A city may annex any area which meets the requirements of KRS 81A.410, if each of the owners of record of the land to be annexed gives prior consent in writing to the annexation. In this event, the city shall not be required to enact the notific…

additional county. (1) If a city is wholly contained within two (2) counties and that city intends to annex territory in an additional county, then it may proceed if: (a) The territory proposed to be annexed: 1. Is adjacent or contiguous to the city's boundaries at the time the a…

When city may enact ordinance. (1) When a city desires to annex unincorporated territory, the legislative body of the city proposing to annex shall enact an ordinance stating the intention of the city to annex. The ordinance shall accurately define the boundary of the unincorpora…