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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 67A URBAN-COUNTY GOVERNMENT
67A.840 Legislative findings and declarations.
Download pdfresidential development, which threatens the preservation of agriculture and rural
landscapes. (4) The General Assembly further finds and declares that in urban counties a single government embraces the entire county and, by nature, has within its jurisdiction
both substantial urban areas and substantial rural areas thereby creating the ability to
distribute both the benefits and the financial obligations of a purchase of
development rights program fairly among the constituents of a single government. (5) The General Assembly further finds and declares that conferring responsibility upon the electorate in urban-county governments to make decisions regarding the
establishment and funding of programs to retain and enhance agriculture and rural
landscapes and to promote tourism and recreation is consistent with the broad home
rule concepts embodied in this chapter. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 372, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.
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