Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

Authorized investments for the board's funds shall be general obligations of the United States and its agencies and obligations of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its agencies and authorities exclusive of local units of government. Nevertheless, the board may invest in obligatio…

(1) The legislative body of any city, county or urban-county government shall provide for and regulate crosswalks, curbs, and gutters; provided, that after June 17, 1978, all new curbs, and all existing curbs which are a part of any reconstruction, within any block which is conti…

(1) Any officer who willfully fails to perform his or her duty under this chapter shall be deemed guilty of misfeasance in office, and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100). (2) Any county or state officer who knowingly violates any of the provisions of KRS 66.3…

Each county whose boundary is described in part by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers shall be considered as bounded in that particular by the state line, and the islands thereof shall be within the respective counties holding the main land in this state opposite thereto.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky determines as a legislative finding of fact that the needs of large urban areas in the field of detention, institutionalization, and rehabilitation of offenders and public wards are more specialized, acute, and distinct than th…

In order to facilitate the operation of local government, to prevent duplication of services, and to promote efficient and economical management of the affairs of local government, the voters in any county except a county containing a city of the first class may merge all units o…

Upon a petition filed with the county clerk and signed by a number of registered voters equal to five percent (5%) of voters of the county voting in the immediate past general election, and, upon additional petitions equal to the number of municipal corporations within the county…

As used in this chapter, the following words or terms shall have the respective meanings indicated, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: (1) "Department" means a metropolitan correctional services department created or maintained by a consolidated local…

(1) When a petition, signed in person by a number of legal voters of the county equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of votes cast in the county at the last general election for county officers, is filed with the county judge/executive, asking for an election on the p…

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the comprehensive plan of an urban-county government, the legislative body of an urban-county government may defer redistricting of the legislative districts of such body subsequent to each decennial census by the United States Bureau of …

Removal. (1) In order to provide professional assistance in the administration of urban-county governments, a chief administrative officer may be employed to serve on the staff of the chief executive officer. The chief administrative officer shall possess demonstrable education a…

Duties of sheriff and jailer. (1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky determines as a legislative finding of fact that the needs of large urban areas in the field of detention, institutionalization, and rehabilitation of offenders and public wards are more specia…

duties of sheriff vested in department. (1) A metropolitan correctional services department may be established or maintained by ordinance of a consolidated local government or by order of the fiscal court of any county containing a city of the first class, in which the constituti…

governmental functions by county. Upon the election and qualification of county officers and such other elected officials as provided in the comprehensive plan at the next regularly scheduled election at which county officers shall be elected, as provided in Section 99 of the Con…

(1) When a petition, describing a particular territory of a county and signed in person by not less than a majority of the voters living in that territory, is filed with the county judge/executive, asking for an election on the proposition of dividing the county or striking the d…

Any comprehensive system of classification of cities enacted pursuant to the authority granted in Kentucky Constitution Section 156a shall not in and of itself be construed to impact the constitutional and statutory rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and responsibilities pro…

(1) In all counties with a land area of more than 750 square miles, the sheriff and county clerk, when authorized by resolution of the fiscal court, may each maintain a branch office in any incorporated or unincorporated city of the county other than the county seat. (2) The sher…

(1) The fiscal court of each county shall consist of the county judge/executive and the justices of the peace of the county; or of the county judge/executive and three (3) county commissioners elected under KRS 67.050 and 67.060. (2) The county judge/executive shall preside, if p…

The mayor of a consolidated local government or a fiscal court shall, at or subsequent to the creation or maintenance of a metropolitan correctional services department, appoint and employ an executive director of the metropolitan correctional services department who shall be wel…

In counties containing a city of the first class where the fiscal court is composed of justices of the peace and the county judge/executive, the county shall be divided into eight (8) justices' districts and the justice elected from each district shall be entitled a magistrate/re…

(1) For the purposes of this section the word "district" shall mean: (a) Justice's of the peace district in counties having a fiscal court composed of the county judge/executive and the justices of the peace; (b) County commissioner's district in counties having a fiscal court co…

regulations. The comprehensive plan for merging city and county governments into an urban-county government under this chapter may provide for the corporate dissolution of incorporated municipalities and special districts within the county whereupon: (1) For purposes of all state…

The department shall, subject to the approval and authorization of the consolidated local government or fiscal court, generally administer, operate, and maintain all county correctional facilities, including facilities operated by private agencies under contract with the consolid…

form of government. (1) Any county may have a fiscal court consisting of the county judge/executive and three (3) commissioners elected from the county at large. To ascertain whether the county desires to have county commissioners, the county judge/executive, upon an application …

highest class within urban-county -- Withdrawal of power. (1) Urban-county governments may exercise the constitutional and statutory rights, powers, privileges, immunities and responsibilities of counties and cities of the highest class within the county: (a) In effect on the dat…

Upon the creation or maintenance of a metropolitan correctional services department by a consolidated local government or county fiscal court, the consolidated local government or fiscal court may create or maintain a departmental merit system, and for that purpose, establish, ma…

(1) If a majority of the votes cast at an election held under KRS 67.050 are in favor of the fiscal court being composed of the county judge/executive and three (3) commissioners, the county judge/executive shall, no later than the first Monday in January in the year of the regul…

requirements -- Adoption by reference to recognized codes. (1) Urban-county governments may enact and enforce within their territorial limits such tax, licensing, police, sanitary and other ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and general statutes of this state now or…

sessions -- Tie vote. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, and as otherwise provided by law, all laws governing fiscal courts composed of the county judge/executive and the justices of the peace shall be applicable to fiscal courts composed of the co…

The sheriff of any county in which a department has been established or maintained shall, not less than annually, inspect all correctional facilities administered by the department, and shall make a written report to the consolidated local government or fiscal court and to the se…

(1) The legislative body of urban-county governments may appoint as needed safety officers. Safety officers shall have duties as prescribed by ordinance, which may include but not be limited to: (a) Issuance of citations for violation of motor vehicle offenses as provided for in …

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) "County ordinance" means (a) an official written act of a fiscal court, the effect of which is general and lasting in nature, which is enforceable within the jurisdiction of the county; o…

(1) Urban-county governments may appoint citation officers who shall have qualifications as prescribed by ordinance and who shall not have powers of peace officers to arrest or carry weapons but may issue citations as authorized by ordinance upon observation of: (a) Nonmoving mot…

(1) No action embraced in the term "county ordinance" may be taken except by passage of a county ordinance. Other official actions, including but not limited to approvals required by the fiscal court, may be taken by resolution, order, or motion; (2) All ordinances shall be intro…

ordinance by reference -- Section not applicable to charter county, urban- county government, or consolidated local government. (1) No county ordinance shall be passed until it has been read on two (2) separate days, but ordinances may be read by title and a summary only. A propo…

acts -- Effective date. (1) Unless otherwise provided by statute, a majority of a fiscal court shall constitute a quorum and a majority of a quorum shall be sufficient to take action, except that a majority of the fiscal court shall be required to pass an ordinance. No meeting sh…

(1) The fiscal court may: (a) Appropriate county funds according to the provisions of KRS 68.210 to 68.360 for lawful purposes; (b) Sell and convey any real estate or personal property belonging to the county, and buy land for the use of the county, when necessary, for the lawful…

A metropolitan correctional services department created in accordance with this chapter may enter into contracts and agreements with any other governmental agencies operating, or having authority to operate, correctional facilities, whereby the department may make the professiona…

(1) As used in this section, "independent appraisal" means an appraisal made by: (a) An individual or organization not affiliated with the county or its officers or employees, using a generally accepted national or professional standard; or (b) A county's officers or employees us…

Liability of state personnel. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 150.370, 525.130, or any other statute that may be in conflict herewith, any county fiscal court may, whenever an epidemic or potential epidemic of a disease transmissible to man and domestic animals exists o…

(1) It is the purpose of this section to provide counties as units of general purpose local government with the necessary latitude and flexibility to provide and finance various governmental services within those functional areas specified in subsection (3) of this section, while…

The fiscal court of any county may promulgate, pass and implement ordinances to satisfy state and federal regulations so as to qualify said county for flood insurance subsidized by the United States of America.

The repeal of any statute granting permissive power or authority to counties shall not be construed to limit any power or authority which may be exercised by a fiscal court pursuant to KRS 67.083.

Whenever the fiscal court of any county deems it to be in the best interest of the county to acquire the fee simple title to any real property within such county for any administrative or governmental purpose in addition to those now provided for by law and the fiscal court is un…

(1) The fiscal court of each county shall hold its sessions at the county seat or at other county government centers within the county as authorized by the fiscal court. On the seventh day prior to any meeting of the fiscal court at a site other than the county seat, the clerk of…

(1) The fiscal court is a court of record. Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be prepared and submitted for approval at the next succeeding meeting. (2) Every official action of the fiscal court shall be made a part of the permanent records of the county. (3) The co…

Powers, privileges, and jurisdiction of consolidated local government. (1) The governmental and corporate functions vested in any city of the first class shall, upon approval by the voters of the county at a regular or special election, be consolidated with the governmental and c…

following decennial census -- Terms, qualifications, and election of members and president -- Regular and special meetings -- Notice requirements -- Ordinances -- Vacancies -- Legislative powers -- Legal counsel -- Government Oversight and Audit Committee -- Overriding board's ru…

(1) There shall be an office of internal audit within the consolidated local government that shall be separate from any other agency or department of the consolidated local government. The office shall report directly to the consolidated local government council. The office shall…

Procedure for filling vacancy in office of mayor. (1) All executive and administrative power of the government shall be vested in the office of the mayor. The term "executive and administrative power" shall be construed broadly. The mayor shall be the chief executive of a consoli…