2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 67A - URBAN-COUNTY GOVERNMENT 67A.160 Procedure for referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 -- Combined proposal with purchase of development rights program.
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67A.160 Procedure for referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 -- Combined
proposal with purchase of development rights program.
The procedure for a referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 shall be as follows:
(1) A public parks purchase and maintenance program proposal authorized by
KRS 97.590 may be submitted to the voters of an urban-county by either a
resolution of the legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this
section. The resolution or petition shall set out the matters specified in KRS
97.590(1). The proposal shall be drafted in such a way that a vote in favor of
adoption shall be a vote in favor of the effect or impact of the proposal.
(2) Petitions shall be signed by registered voters of the urban-county government
equal in number to at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of votes cast
in the urban-county in the last regular mayoral election of the urban-county
government.
(3) If, not later than ninety (90) days preceding the day established for a regular
election, the county clerk receives a resolution adopted by a three-fifths (3/5)
vote of the legislative body of the urban-county government requesting that the
question be submitted to the voters or determines that a petition submitted in
accordance with this section is sufficient, the legal department of the
urban-county government shall prepare to place before the voters of the
urban-county government at the next regular election the question, which shall
appear on the ballot in the following form:
"(
) FOR RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)
(
) AGAINST RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)"
The county clerk shall cause to be published not fewer than three (3) times
within thirty (30) days of the election, in a newspaper having a general
circulation in the territory of the urban-county government, notice of the
referendum, the exact language of the proposal, and a map prepared by the
urban-county government showing the general location of the properties that
may be purchased and the public parks that may be maintained under the
program.
(4) The provisions of general election law shall apply to a referendum conducted
under this section. The certificate of the body authorized by law to canvass
election returns shall be delivered to the mayor of the urban-county
government and the certificate shall be entered upon the records of the
urban-county government during the next regular meeting of the urban-county
government legislative body. If a proposed program is approved, it shall
become effective at the time specified in the proposal, but the effective date
shall not be before the first day of January following the election.
(5) After complying with the provisions of this section and KRS 67A.847, a
purchase of development rights program authorized by KRS 67A.843 and
67A.845 may include a public parks and maintenance program proposal
authorized by KRS 97.590. In the case of a combined proposal, the
urban-county government shall place before the voters a single ballot proposal
that combines the purchase of development rights proposal and the public
parks purchase and maintenance proposal. In that event, the proposal shall
specify which tax levy or portion thereof shall provide funding for the purchase
of development rights program proposal and which shall provide funding for the
purchase of parks and maintenance program.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 597, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998.
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