2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 65 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITS 65.440 Local legislative bodies, additional powers.
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65.440 Local legislative bodies, additional powers.
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Local legislative bodies shall have all the powers necessary to carry out the
purposes and provisions of KRS 65.410 to 65.460, including the following
powers in addition to others granted by KRS 65.410 to 65.460:
(a) To borrow funds and make expenditures necessary to carry out the
purposes of KRS 65.410 to 65.460;
(b) To advance or accept advances of public funds;
(c) To apply for, accept and utilize grants and any other assistance from the
federal government and any other public or private sources; to give such
security as may be required and to enter and carry out contracts or
agreements in connection with the assistance; and to include in any
contract for assistance from the federal government such conditions
imposed pursuant to federal laws as the local legislative body may deem
reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the
purposes of KRS 65.410 to 65.460;
(d) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary to the
exercise of its powers under KRS 65.410 to 65.460;
(e) In connection with the real property acquired for the purposes of KRS
65.410 to 65.460, to provide or to arrange or contract for the provision,
construction, maintenance, operation or repair by any person or agency,
public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public
utilities, or other facilities or structures that may be necessary to the
provision, preservation, maintenance, and management of the property as
open space land;
(f) To insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or
operations of the public body against any risks or hazards, including the
power to pay premiums on the insurance;
(g) To demolish or dispose of any structures or facilities which may be
detrimental to or inconsistent with the use of real property as open space
land; and
(h) To exercise any or all of its functions and powers under KRS 65.410 to
65.460 jointly or cooperatively with one or more public bodies of this state,
and to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative action.
For the purposes of KRS 65.410 to 65.460 the local legislative bodies may:
(a) Appropriate funds;
(b) Issue and sell their revenue bonds and general obligation bonds in the
manner and within the limitations prescribed by the applicable laws of the
Commonwealth; and
(c) Exercise their powers under KRS 65.410 to 65.460 through a board or
commission, or through such office or officers as the local legislative
bodies by resolution determine.
History: Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 312, sec. 4.
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