2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 67 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT (FISCAL COURTS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS) 67.280 Assignment of new county to various election districts.
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67.280 Assignment of new county to various election districts.
Where the two (2) old counties were in the same representative, senatorial, judicial
circuit, congressional, or railroad commissioner district or districts, the new county
shall remain in the same district or districts. Where the two (2) old counties were not
in the same district or districts, the new county shall be placed in the following district
or districts: In the representative, senatorial, judicial circuit, congressional, or railroad
commissioner district or districts, respectively, in which the old county, having the
largest population, was located; provided, that if each of the two (2) old counties was
a separate district the new county shall be divided into two (2) such districts, each
district to be coterminous with the boundary lines of the old counties; provided
further, that if any of the election districts formed under the provisions of KRS 67.190
to 67.270 as a result of county consolidation are in violation of the requirements of
the Constitution, such consolidation shall not be effective unless the General
Assembly, at its first session after the consolidation, shall redistrict the state in
compliance with the provisions of the Constitution.
History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 67. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 48,
sec. 10.
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