Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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 …

(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…

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…

(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…

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…

(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 …

(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…

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…

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…

- 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…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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.

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…

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.

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…

This chapter may be cited as the "Neighborhood Redevelopment Act."

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Corporation" means the Kentucky Housing Corporation; (2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Kentucky Housing Corporation; (3) "Insurer" means any company qualified to write mortgage guaranty…

(1) The following terms, whenever used or referred to in KRS 99.010 to 99.310 shall, unless a different intent clearly appears from the context, be construed as follows: (a) "Area" means a portion of a city which a planning commission has found or shall find to be substandard or …

(1) Any local government may by ordinance establish one (1) or more neighborhood redevelopment zones. Such zones shall be substantially residential in character and shall consist chiefly of residential buildings at least twenty-five (25) years of age. To be eligible for designati…

It is hereby declared that in cities, as defined in KRS 99.010, that substandard and insanitary areas exist which have resulted from inadequate planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air, and open space, defective design and arrangement of buildings, lack of pro…

(1) A development plan shall contain: (a) A metes and bounds or other legal description of the development area; (b) A statement of the various stages, if more than one (1) is intended, by which the development is proposed to be constructed or undertaken, and the time limit for t…

(1) Prior to or concurrent with the establishment of a neighborhood redevelopment zone, the legislative body of the local government shall adopt by ordinance the BOCA Basic Property Maintenance Code as drafted by the Building Officials and Codes Administrators International, Inc.…

No development shall be initiated until certificates of approval of the development plan therefor shall have been issued by both the planning commission and the supervising agency.

(1) Any person acquiring title to a residential building located within a neighborhood redevelopment zone, after the effective date of establishment of the zone, shall permit such building to be inspected by the local agency responsible for carrying out the duties under this chap…

(1) A planning commission may approve a development plan, but no certificate of approval thereof shall be issued by it unless and until an application for approval has been filed with it, together with the development plan, and unless and until, after a public hearing before it, …

Any local government establishing a neighborhood redevelopment zone shall establish a program for granting property assessment or reassessment moratoriums pursuant to KRS 99.595 to 99.605. Any residential building located within the neighborhood redevelopment zone shall be eligib…

(1) The commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall approve the issuance of special endorsements on policies of mortgage guaranty insurance by an insurer pursuant to this section. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance within ten (10) days of approval shall notify …

(1) A supervising agency may approve a development plan, but no certificate of approval thereof shall be issued by it unless and until the planning commission shall first have approved thereof and there has been filed with the supervising agency the development plan, the certific…

The planning commission and the supervising agency may approve an amendment or amendments to a development plan, but no such amendment to a development plan which has theretofore been approved by the planning commission and the supervising agency shall be approved unless and unti…

(1) If any insurer pursuant to the terms of the special endorsement to a guaranty makes payment upon a defaulted loan to the holder thereof, he shall apply to the executive director for reimbursement out of the mortgage guaranty fund for the amount guaranteed by the special endor…

(1) The planning commission and the supervising agency may each adopt a schedule of fees to be paid said commission or said agency, as the case may be, upon the filing of the development plan, amendments thereto and other instruments in connection therewith. The amount of these f…

(1) There is created a mortgage guaranty fund which shall be used by the executive director for carrying out the provisions of KRS 99A.060 and 99A.070. (2) The fund shall be credited with such moneys as are appropriated by the General Assembly thereto, the premium charges paid by…

The local legislative body of such cities is hereby authorized by general ordinance or local law to appoint, establish or designate the chief financial officer of the city or some other official or bureau, commission or agency as the person or body to exercise the powers and perf…

(1) At any time within twenty (20) years of June 1, 1942, three (3) or more persons may form a redevelopment corporation on making, subscribing, acknowledging and filing articles of incorporation and obtaining a certificate or charter pursuant to the general corporation law, whic…

articles. At any time within twenty (20) years of June 1, 1942, any domestic corporation which is not a redevelopment corporation but which has been incorporated pursuant to the general corporation law, may become a redevelopment corporation by filing an appropriate amendment to …

If a redevelopment corporation shall not have obtained the certificates of approval of its development plan required by KRS 99.040 to 99.060 within twelve (12) months of the date upon which it became a redevelopment corporation, or shall not substantially comply with the developm…

No corporation now organized under the laws of this state shall change its name to a name, and no such corporation hereafter organized shall have a name, containing the word "redevelopment" as a part thereof, unless and until such corporation is or becomes a redevelopment corpora…

No redevelopment corporation shall: (1) Undertake any clearance, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or construction in connection with any development until the certificates of approval required by KRS 99.040 to 99.060 have been issued; (2) Change, alter, amend, add to or de…

The provisions of the general corporation law as presently in effect and as hereafter from time to time amended, shall apply to redevelopment corporations, except where such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of KRS 99.010 to 99.310.

No redevelopment corporation shall issue stock except for money or property actually received for the use and lawful purposes of the corporation or services actually performed for the corporation.

(1) Upon the completion of a development a redevelopment corporation shall, or upon the completion of a principal part of a development a redevelopment corporation may, file with the supervising agency an audited statement of the development cost thereof. Within a reasonable time…

A redevelopment corporation shall: (1) Furnish to the supervising agency from time to time, as required by it, but with respect to regular reports not more often than once every six (6) months, such financial information, statements, audited reports or other material as such supe…