2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 67 COUNTY GOVERNMENT (FISCAL COURTS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS) 67.260 Election to choose name and county seat of new county -- Period between elections on consolidation.
KY Rev Stat § 67.260 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
67.260 Election to choose name and county seat of new county -- Period between
elections on consolidation.
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At the general election for the election of new officers for the new county, the
voters of the combined area to be embraced within the new county shall select a
name for the new county and a site for the county seat from among the names and
sites recommended by the commissions as provided in KRS 67.240. The question
of the selection of a name and county seat for the new county shall be filed with the
county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the day of the
general election and shall be submitted to the voters at the election in the following
form:
"I am in favor of
.........
.........
.........
(These spaces shall be filled in with the names for the new county recommended by
the commissions) as the name for the new county to be formed by the consolidation
of ........ and ........ counties. (Fill in these spaces with the names of the two (2)
counties to be consolidated.)
The voter shall be instructed to indicate his choice of one (1) of the names
presented.
"I am in favor of
.........
.........
........
(These spaces shall be filled in with the names of the sites for the county seat of the
new county recommended by the commissions) as the site for the county seat of the
new county formed by the consolidation of ........ and ........ counties. (Fill in these
spaces with the names of the two (2) counties to be consolidated.)
The voter shall be instructed to indicate his choice of one (1) of the names
presented.
The new county shall bear the name approved by the majority of the voters of the
combined area of the new county, voting on the proposition, and the county seat of
the new county shall be located at the site approved by the majority of the voters of
the combined area of the new county voting on the proposition. The name of the
county shall not be changed thereafter, and the county seat shall not be changed
thereafter, except as authorized by KRS 67.020.
Whenever an election is held in any county on the question of consolidation of such
county with any other county, no election affecting the consolidation of said county
shall be held within four (4) years thereafter, except the election as provided for in
KRS 67.250 and this section.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 35, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 48, sec. 8.
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