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441.800 Creation of regional jail authority -- Powers of authority.
(1)
(2)
Two (2) or more counties may by ordinances establish a regional jail authority.
The authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising
public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers
necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and
provisions of this section and KRS 441.810, including, but not limited to, the
following powers:
(a) To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to
have perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts and other
instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the
authority; and to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws,
rules and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the
authority;
(b) To acquire property by lease or purchase, construct, reconstruct or
renovate a regional jail and to provide for the operation and maintenance
of the facility; and
(c) To exercise the power, authority and duties of counties under this chapter
and other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes related to the
operations of jails and the incarceration of prisoners.
Effective:July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 415, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1984.
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