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273.435 Designation of community action agency.
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A community action agency may be designated by the following political
subdivisions:
(a) One (1) or more counties;
(b) One (1) or more municipal corporations; or
(c) One (1) or more counties and one (1) or more municipal corporations.
The chief elected official of the designating political subdivision may designate:
(a) The political subdivision as the community action agency, with the
concurrence of the legislative authority of the political subdivision; or
(b) An eligible private nonprofit corporation as a community action agency if
such corporation's board of directors is established pursuant to KRS
273.437.
In the event a political subdivision elects not to designate a community action
agency as provided under this section, the Governor may designate an eligible
private nonprofit corporation as the community action agency for the political
subdivision; provided, however, that the board of directors for the community
action agency shall be established pursuant to KRS 273.437.
The designating political subdivision shall:
(a) Publish, pursuant to KRS Chapter 424, a notice containing the
designation of a community action agency, a summary of the plan for
such agency, a location at which the plan can be reviewed, and the time,
date, and location of a hearing on the plan; and
(b) Not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days from the publication
of the notice in subsection (1), convene a public hearing specifically for
the purpose of receiving public comment on the designation plan.
All community action agencies which were organized and operating subject to
the provisions of KRS 273.410 to 273.455 as of September 30, 1981, shall be
recognized as the community action agencies for each applicable political
subdivision unless and until each political subdivision exercises the authority
granted under this section.
No community action agency shall be created after July 15, 1982, unless the:
(a) Population of the political subdivision equals or exceeds fifty thousand
(50,000); or
(b) Political subdivisions designating a new community action agency are
geographically contiguous and include a combined population equal to or
exceeding fifty thousand (50,000).
Effective:July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 453, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1982. -Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 6.
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