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266.100 Board of levee commissioners -- Appointment -- Terms -- Removal of
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The county judge/executive shall, upon the creation of a levee district as
provided in KRS 65.182 and 266.010 and every four (4) years thereafter,
appoint five (5) resident landowners of the vicinity of the levee to be known as
the board of levee commissioners. The commissioners shall serve for a term of
four (4) years and until their successors are appointed. The county
judge/executive shall fill any vacancies in the board. All appointments to the
board shall be subject to the approval of the fiscal court.
Members of the board of levee commissioners may be removed from office as
provided by KRS 65.007.
When a multicounty levee district is established the board shall be appointed
by the county judges/executive of the counties involved. Appointments shall be
apportioned among the counties in ratio to the portion of the levee to be
constructed within each county.
The board of levee commissioners is a body politic, with the status of a
corporation, and in its corporate name may do everything authorized by law
with reference to public levees.
Effective:July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 26, effective July 13, 1984. -Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 24, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 394, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1970 Ky.
Acts ch. 40, sec. 4. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2417c-8, 2417c-14.
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