Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

The governing body may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of providing for payment of any outstanding bonds. The refunding bonds shall be secured to the same extent and shall have the same source of payment as the bonds which are refunded.

As used in KRS 107.320 to 107.500, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "District" means a county community improvement district established as provided in KRS 107.310 to 107.500; (2) "Board" means the board of commissioners which controls and manages the affairs of the dis…

population of 3,000 or more -- Corporate powers. In counties containing a city with a population equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, a community improvement district may be created as provided in KRS 65.182 for the …

The purpose of the district shall be to provide for the acquisition or construction, and the necessary equipping of, such buildings and related facilities as may be needed, for any project which serves a county purpose, by any governmental unit within the territorial limits of th…

Removal of board members. (1) A district shall be administered by a board of commissioners (the "board"), which shall control and manage the affairs of the district. The term of each commissioner shall be four (4) years except as herein specified. The board shall consist of four …

In order to accomplish its purposes the district, through its board, may request the fiscal court of the county in which it is located to levy an ad valorem tax on all property within the district which is assessed for local taxation at a rate which shall not exceed ten (10) cent…

(1) Prior to or concurrently with the adoption by the board of a resolution requesting the fiscal court to levy an ad valorem tax, the board shall have determined the nature and approximate cost of the project or projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds (whether reve…

In addition to its general powers specified in KRS 107.310 to 107.500, the board, after approval of any proposed project by resolution of the fiscal court, shall have power to finance and construct buildings and related facilities for the joint or separate use of any one (1) or m…

(1) The board shall annually file a written report concerning its operations with the county judge/executive. (2) The board shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

The district shall have the same power to condemn property for its purposes as the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and shall institute any action for condemnation under the provisions of the statutes applicable to said department. The official order of the…

Prior to the instituting of an action for condemnation the board shall secure the approval of the fiscal court for such action.

(1) Any governmental unit within the territorial limits of the county shall be authorized to lease all or any part of the buildings and related facilities from the district, subject to constitutional limitations, and the district shall have the power to lease buildings or any par…

Any governmental unit within the territorial limits of the county may, in anticipation of the construction and erection of such buildings, including the necessary equipment and appurtenances thereof, make and enter into a contract of lease with such district prior to the actual a…

Any such lease may provide that the lessee may have an option to renew said lease for a like or lesser term, on such conditions as may be provided for in such lease and may contain an option to purchase at any time prior to the expiration of the term of such lease on such date or…

Any governmental unit or units desiring to have buildings erected on land owned or to be acquired by it or them may convey such lands (whether then with or without improvements) to the district, or may lease such land to the district for a nominal rental for the same period of ye…

The district is authorized to defray the cost of acquiring any real or personal property for the purposes contemplated by KRS 107.310 to 107.500 through the issuance of revenue bonds, and for that purpose the district shall have all the powers and duties that are granted to or im…

The board, subject to the approval required by KRS Chapter 66, may sell and deliver its general obligation bonds not to exceed in principal amount any limitation provided in Section 158 of the Constitution, in the manner and at the times for public sale as it deems proper, provid…

The district may borrow money from any source on its own credit in anticipation of revenue to be derived from taxes or other income, and for such purposes the district may pledge the taxes or other income anticipated, subject to constitutional limitations. The district may enter …

In the issuance of either general obligation or revenue bonds by the district the provisions of KRS 61.390 shall apply.

expenditures. In order to avoid duplication of functions within the area of the district, the district shall contract with the county for the performance of administrative functions, and all expenditures proposed by the district shall be submitted to the county judge/executive fo…

Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the conveyance of a project or any portion of a project to the federal government or any agency thereof in the manner required by federal statute.

The General Assembly declares that the policy of this Commonwealth is to assure its citizens adequate public services, at reasonable cost, and that such services are essential to the maintenance and general welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth and to the continued expansi…

As used in KRS 107.720 to 107.760, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Agreement" means a short-term agreement or a long-term agreement; (2) "Bonds" means industrial revenue bonds issued by a city, county or urban-county pursuant to KRS 103.200 et seq.; (3) "Cost" means w…

Assignment of contract. (1) Any political subdivision may enter into a privatization contract with a private owner or private owner/operator to accomplish the transfer of any political subdivision owned drinking water, water or wastewater project or the designing, construction, o…

(1) In connection with a privatization contract, a political subdivision, if authorized by its governing body, may enter into one (1) or more service agreements with a private owner or private owner/operator pursuant to which the private owner or private owner/operator will provi…

(1) Any ordinance creating a privatization project pursuant to KRS 107.720 to 107.760, which provides for the transfer of ownership of an existing publicly-owned facility to a private owner or private owner/operator, shall be subject to being recalled pursuant to the public quest…

(1) KRS 107.720 to 107.760 shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any political subdivision, private owner or private owner/operator might otherwise have under any laws of the Commonwealt…

Nothing in KRS 107.720 to 107.750 shall be construed to limit a political subdivision's ability to own, operate, maintain or finance the acquisition, construction, operation or maintenance of drinking water, water or wastewater treatment systems whether or not a privatization pro…

KRS 107.700 to 107.760 may be cited as the "Kentucky Privatization Act."

(1) Any public official, public employee or person who solicits and/or accepts, directly or indirectly, by himself or in conjunction with another person, any money, gift, or other advantage, in exchange for the promise and/or receipt of employment, monetary gain, or other benefit…

To serve the public interest and provide a means of meeting problems of local government in urban areas, there may be established and operated under the provisions of this chapter an urban services district. Such a district shall be a public body corporate and political subdivisi…

The board of directors shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

(1) An urban services district through its council is empowered to: (a) Provide for police and fire protection; (b) Construct and maintain streets, sidewalks, alleys and other drives and walks; (c) Provide library services; (d) Provide for garbage and trash collection and disposa…

(1) The governmental and corporate authority of an urban services district shall be vested in a district council, which shall be the legislative and policy-making body, and a district director, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall preside over meetings of the counci…

(1) The director shall be appointed by the council and shall serve at their pleasure; but the director shall not be removed unless he has received from the council a notice of intention to remove him and the reasons therefor and unless a public hearing has been held on the charge…

(1) An urban services district may be created in accordance with the procedures of KRS 65.810. (2) The Governor shall, immediately upon certification that the district has been established, appoint five (5) qualified persons as members of the council.

A civil service system for employees of the district may be established by the council in accordance with the plan outlined for cities of the first class or a consolidated local government under KRS 90.110 to 90.230.

(1) The area of a city or of another district may be added to the area of an urban services district by an agreement between the district council and the legislative body of the city or governing board of another district. Territory in an unincorporated area may be added to the u…

If, in the event of expansion of the district, it becomes apparent that the existing name is inappropriate, then the board of the district may change its name at any regularly-called meeting, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) majority of the total membership.

As used in KRS 108.090 to 108.180 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "District" means emergency ambulance service district; (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the emergency ambulance service district; (3) "County" means the incorporated and unincorporated areas t…

For the purpose of enabling cities or counties, or parts thereof, to provide emergency ambulance service to assure public safety and welfare the General Assembly does hereby allow all of the territory coterminous with the boundaries of a city or county, or coterminous with the bo…

(1) A district may be created by the fiscal court as provided in KRS 65.182. In the event that the citizens of a city seek to create a district the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with those of the city, or which lie wholly within the boundaries of said city such citizen…

(1) It is the intent of this section to create an alternative means of creating an ambulance service district in any city or county of the Commonwealth which has not heretofore created the same. (2) In all counties where a county or city-county ambulance service has not been esta…

Quorum -- Removal of board members. (1) The affairs of the district shall be controlled and managed by a board of directors appointed by the county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court and city legislative bodies in the following manner: (a) If the district consi…

The board of each district shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

(1) Each director, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office and that he will not be interested in any contract let for the purpose of effectuating any of the pr…

(1) The board may employ or retain a licensed attorney to advise them on all matters pertaining to their duties. The attorney shall attend all meetings of the board, except executive sessions when the board does not require his presence. (2) The board may appropriate out of the f…

The board of directors shall provide ambulance service to inhabitants of the district and shall have the authority to: (1) Purchase ambulance vehicles and all other necessary equipment and employ trained personnel which meet all federal and state requirements; (2) Establish a civ…

The board shall keep a minute book, appropriately bound and marked, in which the minutes of each meeting of the board shall be kept, together with all resolutions, regulations, tax levies, and other pertinent material. A copy of the contents of the minute book shall be kept on fi…

Single city or county districts may be dissolved in the following manner: (1) Upon the filing of a certified petition of a number of registered voters equal to or greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the average of the voters living in the taxing district and voting in the l…