2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 104 - FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER USAGE
104.550 Certificate of establishment of district -- Issuance -- Filing -- General powers of district.

Download as PDF 104.550 Certificate of establishment of district -- Issuance -- Filing -- General powers of district. If no suit is filed against the secretary under KRS 104.540, or if suit is filed and final judgment in the Circuit Court or on appeal is in favor of the secretary, the secretary shall forthwith declare the district organized into a flood control district and give it a corporate name as provided in KRS 104.490, by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known. The secretary shall certify his act to the county clerk of each county in which any part of the district is located, and to the Secretary of State, each of whom shall record the certificate as articles of incorporation. The secretary shall also certify his act to the county judge/executive of each county in which any part of the district is located. The district shall then be a political subdivision and shall have perpetual existence, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, incur liabilities and obligations, exercise the right of eminent domain, assess, tax, issue bonds, and do and perform all acts expressly authorized in KRS 104.450 to 104.680 and all acts necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purpose for which the district was created, and for executing the powers with which it is invested. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 232, effective June 17, 1978. -Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 1. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 11.