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67A.020 Election on urban-county form of government -- Formation of plan.
Upon a petition filed with the county clerk and signed by a number of registered
voters equal to five percent (5%) of voters of the county voting in the immediate past
general election, and, upon additional petitions equal to the number of municipal
corporations within the county, filed with the county clerk and signed by a number of
registered voters equal to five percent (5%) of the number of voters of each
municipal corporation, voting in the immediate past general election, requesting a
referendum be held on the question of adopting the urban-county form of
government, the fiscal court and the council of the largest city within the county shall
appoint a representative commission composed of not less than twenty (20) citizens
which shall devise a comprehensive plan of urban-county government. The plan
shall include a description of the form, structure, functions, powers and officers and
their duties of the proposed urban-county government; the procedures by which the
original plan may be amended; and such other provisions as the commission shall
determine; and shall be consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of
Kentucky. This plan shall be advertised at least ninety (90) days before a general
election at which the voters will be asked to approve or disapprove the adoption of
the plan. The question of whether the plan shall be adopted shall be filed with the
county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the day of the
next general election. The votes shall be counted, returns made and canvassed as
in other elections, and the results shall be certified by the county board of election
commissioners to the county clerk. If it appears that a majority of those voting are in
favor of adopting the plan, the commissioners shall enter such fact of record and
shall organize the urban-county government.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 37, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 17, effective Juy 15, 1982. -- Amended
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 1. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 268, sec. 2.
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