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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 147 STATE AND AREA PLANNING -- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
147.660 Corporate character of commission -- Power to levy tax and accept funds.
Download pdfshall be in perpetual existence, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be
contracted with, incur liabilities and obligations, levy an annual tax, which shall not
exceed more than five cents ($0.05) upon each one hundred dollars ($100) of the
assessed valuation of property within the counties affected, to be used for the
purpose of defraying all expenses necessary and incidental to carry out the
continuing activities of the area planning commission. This tax shall be certified to
the auditors and county clerks of the various counties and by them to the respective
treasurers of the counties, signator to the contract provided for in KRS 147.620. The
tax shall be based upon the last preceding assessment for state and county purposes.
Its collection shall be imposed upon all property within the counties participating
and shall conform to the collection of taxes for counties and the same provisions
concerning the nonpayment of taxes shall apply. The tax shall be added by the
county clerk to the next state and county tax bill following the levy of the tax by the
area planning commission, and shall be collected concurrently with state and county
taxes. The sheriff shall be allowed a fee not to exceed four percent (4%) for
collection. (2) In the performance of its duties, the area planning commission may cooperate with, contract with, or accept funds from federal, state, or local public or semipublic
agencies, or private individuals or corporations within or without the
Commonwealth, may expend such funds and may carry out such cooperative
undertakings and contracts. History: Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 6.
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