2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 109 - LOCAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
.056 Tax levy -- Service charges.

Download as PDF 109.056 Tax levy -- Service charges. (1) (2) (3) Any county or waste management district, if authorized by all the counties that comprise the district, may levy an annual tax, not to exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of real property within the area subject to taxation for county purposes. The proceeds of such tax shall be used for solid waste management expenses of the area and for redemption of any bonds issued. The county or waste management district, if authorized by the counties that comprise the district, may in lieu of the tax provided in subsection (1) of this section or in addition thereto finance the maintenance, operation, and capital acquisition costs of the area by fees to be collected from all persons receiving services from the area. The charges shall be fixed in amounts as can be reasonably expected to yield revenues not in excess of the cost of operation and maintenance of the system and for an adequate depreciation fund and amortization of capital acquisition costs. The service charges authorized by subsections (1) and (2) of this section may be collected by the area directly or the area may enter into an agreement with other utilities either public or private to collect such charges. Effective: February 26, 1991 History: Amended 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 32, effective February 26, 1991. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1982. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 13, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 18. Formerly codified as KRS 109.180 Legislative Research Commission Note. A technical correction has been made in this section by the Reviser of Statutes pursuant to KRS 7.136.