Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

General powers and purposes. (1) A transit authority may be created and established under the provisions of this chapter by proceedings or joint proceedings, and the name thereof shall be "Transit Authority of ....." If established by a city alone, or by a county alone, the name …

(1) Each person desiring to bid for the franchise offered for sale under KRS 96.010 shall first deposit, with the proper officer of the city, cash or a certified check equal to five percent (5%) of the fair estimated cost of the plant required to render the service. The deposit s…

city of the first class. No exclusive privilege shall be acquired through the sale of a franchise under KRS 96.010 by a consolidated local government or a city of the first class. The sale of a franchise to one (1) person by a consolidated local government or a city of the first …

A transit authority created and established under the provisions of this chapter shall become a corporate entity: (1) In the case of an authority created and established by a single public body, upon the effective date of the proceedings of the governing body thereof, and (2) In …

establishment of consolidated local government. (1) The business, activities, and affairs of a transit authority shall be managed, controlled, and conducted by a board consisting of members appointed as follows: (a) If the authority is established by one (1) city alone, or by a c…

utility plant. (1) If a city of the first class or a consolidated local government desires to own or operate a utility being operated under a franchise, and the city or consolidated local government takes the necessary steps within two (2) years before the expiration of the franc…

(1) No municipality, in which there is located an existing electric, water or gas public utility plant or facility shall construct or cause to be constructed any similar utility plant or any similar public utility facility duplicating such existing plant or facility or to obtain …

The legislative body of any authorized city may, by ordinance: (1) Direct and control the laying and construction of railroad or street railway tracks, bridges, turnouts and switches, poles, wires, apparatus and appliances in the streets and alleys of the city, and the location o…

Each authority shall operate for an initial fiscal period ending on June 30 next following the effective date of its creation as a corporate entity; and shall thereafter operate on a fiscal year basis beginning each July 1 and ending on the next ensuing June 30.

(1) Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, at such time and place as may be fixed by the board as a matter of record. Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman or any two (2) members of the board upon oral or written no…

- Conditions. (1) The legislative body of any city with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) but less than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census may, by ordinance, grant the right of way in streets, alleys and public …

The legislative body of any city may grant rights-of-way over the public streets or public grounds of the city to any utility company, on such conditions as seem proper, shall have a supervising control over the use of same, and shall regulate the speed of cars and signals and fa…

compact -- Appointment of executive director or secretary-treasurer upon establishment of consolidated local government. (1) The board shall, within sixty (60) days after the appointment of its entire initial membership, and thereafter in July of each year, elect from its members…

Any person constructing, maintaining or operating waterworks or pipelines for the supply of water to a municipality may condemn lands and materials necessary to carry out those purposes, in the manner prescribed in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.

Subsidies. (1) A transit authority may establish mass transportation within its transit area and adjoining areas, but may not inaugurate service in direct competition with any existing certificated carrier. (2) In addition to the power conferred upon an authority by this chapter,…

(1) No transit authority established or created under and pursuant to this chapter shall be vested with any power to levy taxes of any nature or in any amount. (2) The governing body of any public body participating in the creation and establishment of an authority, or in the sub…

(1) Any city of the first class that owns stock in a gas company carrying on business within its boundaries may dispose of the stock upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinance, but the stock shall not be sold for less than par. (2) The proceeds of the sale of the stock sha…

promotion of, development of, and provision of capital for mass transit services and human service transportation delivery -- Authority to promulgate administrative regulations. (1) The Transportation Cabinet may receive and accept from the Commonwealth or any of its agencies, in…

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Kentucky Public Transportation Development Fund." All moneys deposited or paid into this fund are appropriated and shall be available to the cabinet for the purposes of KRS 96A.095. All moneys in this fund …

An authority may operate any mass transit system which it establishes or acquires; or instead of operating the same in its own name, an authority may enter into one (1) or more management contracts for operating the same or any part thereof, under such terms and conditions as it …

The legislative body of a city of the first class may, on terms prescribed by ordinance, authorize the mayor to consent, on behalf of the legislative body, to such amendments to the charter of any gas company, in which the city owns stock, as are approved by the board of director…

An authority shall be responsible for over-all planning of mass transit in its transit area. An authority must consult, cooperate and coordinate with any other state, local or federal planning agency or department, having responsibilities and/or authority in the same transit area…

Any city may, with funds provided from the general levy or from the sale of bonds, purchase stock in any corporation owning or operating or organized for the purpose of owning or operating a waterworks within the corporate limits of the city.

Powers to contract with other city and construct and maintain apparatus. (1) Any city that owns and operates its own water or light plant may acquire a franchise to furnish water and light to any other city, in the same manner that any private corporation or individual may acquir…

For the purposes of acquiring or otherwise establishing one (1) or more transit systems, or parts thereof, or for the purpose of adding to, extending, operating, or improving one (1) or more mass transportation systems owned or to be acquired or established, or for any combinatio…

Bonds issued by an authority, or by public bodies for the benefit of an authority, under the provisions of this chapter, are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies…

Revenue bonds and mortgage bonds of an authority, together with interest thereon, shall be exempt from ad valorem and income taxation by the Commonwealth and all of its political subdivisions. The properties, moneys and other assets of an authority, and all revenues or other inco…

When an authority has made a determination, as a matter of record, that it will authorize and issue in its own name revenue bonds under authority of subsection (2) of KRS 96A.120, or mortgage bonds under authority of subsection (3) of KRS 96A.120, such authority may obtain interi…

Limitation -- Consideration of installation of fire hydrants on extended lines. (1) Any city that owns or operates a water supply or sanitary sewer system may extend the system into, and furnish and sell water and provide sanitary sewers to any person within, any territory contig…

The legislative body of any city may, by ordinance: (1) Provide the city with water; establish and regulate public cisterns, hydrants and reservoirs, within or beyond the limits of the city, for the extinguishment of fires and the convenience of the inhabitants; prevent the unnec…

Any department or agency of the United States or state government or any county, municipality, or other public agency may sell, lease, grant, transfer, or convey to an authority, with or without consideration, any facilities or any part or parts thereof or any real or personal pr…

The legislative body of any city may, by ordinance, provide the city and its inhabitants with water, light, power, and heat, by contract or by works of its own, located either within or beyond the boundaries of the city, make regulations for the management thereof, and fix and re…

assistance permitted. An authority created and established under this chapter, together with its ownership, financing, operation, rates and charges for use of its services and facilities, rules and regulations, routes, schedules, size and character of its equipment and quality of…

The governing body of any municipality now or hereafter owning an electric and water system and operating them as one (1) combined system or plant may elect to operate under the provisions of KRS 96.172 to 96.188, in which case, from the time of the exercise of such election and …

of combined electric and water plant -- Electric and water plant board -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Corporate powers -- Prohibition of nepotism - - Bond of board members -- Oath -- Term -- Removal. (1) Any municipality now or hereafter owning and operating an electric syst…

expenses payable from revenues of plant. (1) The salary of each member of the board shall be fixed by the board, and shall not exceed two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum. (2) Such salaries, as well as the salary of the secretary-treasurer of such board, shall con…

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum and the board shall act by vote of a majority present at any meeting attended by a quorum. Vacancies in the board shall not affect its power or authority so long as a quorum remains. Within ten (10) days after appointment and qual…

Any board operating under the provisions of KRS 96.171 to 96.188 shall have the legal power and capacity to perform any act not repugnant to law and shall have the express power and capacity to do any and all acts or things necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purp…

Contract. (1) Upon and after a board has been appointed and qualified, the said board shall have charge of the exclusive supervision, management and control of the operation, maintenance and extension of the electric and water plant. (2) All powers of the municipality to operate,…

The board shall charge the municipality and all departments and works thereof for any electric and water service furnished to them at the rate applicable to other customers taking service under similar conditions. Revenues derived from such service shall be treated as other reven…

Any board proceeding under KRS 96.171 to 96.188 shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, all lands, easements, rights of way, either upon or under or above the ground, reasonably necessary or desirable in connection with the operation, maint…

In lieu of taxes, the board may each year pay to each school district and municipality in which its property is located an amount equivalent to an annual ad valorem tax on the fair cash value of the property of the board located in each such jurisdiction, determined upon the tax …

An authority shall provide insurance, or may provide for self-insurance and establish for that purpose such reserves as it deems prudent, for its properties, and for workers' compensation, and for public liability, and may provide for the insuring of its officers or employees, an…

fund -- Liquidation and distribution of assets -- Report -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988. (1) The board may, by proper order, provide a pension plan for its employees. In the event the board elects to provide a pension plan, it shal…

All moneys derived from the operation of the electric and water plant or any other operation of the board, shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a separate bank account or accounts, separate from all other municipal funds, and adequate records shall be kept of all such…

Subject to the provisions of outstanding bonds and contracts, the board shall apply all funds derived from operations: (1) to the payment of operating expenses, (2) to the payment of bond interest and retirement, (3) to sinking fund requirements, (4) to the maintenance of a fund …

The governing body of the municipality may terminate the operation and management of the electric and water plant by the board under the provisions of KRS 96.171 to 96.188 only by first complying with the following provisions, to wit: (1) The governing body of the municipality, u…

(1) The board at any time may issue and sell revenue bonds to finance improvements or extensions of the plant, or the board, after the original cost of the property shall have been fully paid and satisfied, may, in its sole discretion, issue, sell, and pledge its revenues to secu…

The board shall keep a complete and accurate record of all meetings and actions taken, and of all receipts and disbursements. Such records shall be open to inspection at any and all times to the governing body of the city. An audit of the board's records shall be made annually by…

No board operating an electric and water plant under the provisions of KRS 96.171 to 96.188 shall construct any facilities or extend its existing facilities in competition with any existing facilities of any rural electric cooperative corporation.