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67A.840 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is a policy of the
Commonwealth to retain agriculture and rural landscapes in urban counties.
The General Assembly further finds and declares that the preservation of
agriculture and rural landscapes contributes to the development of tourism and
recreation.
The General Assembly further finds and declares that the urban-county form of
government promotes industrialization and commercialization, attended by
rapid residential development, which threatens the preservation of agriculture
and rural landscapes.
The General Assembly further finds and declares that in urban counties a
single government embraces the entire county and, by nature, has within its
jurisdiction both substantial urban areas and substantial rural areas thereby
creating the ability to distribute both the benefits and the financial obligations of
a purchase of development rights program fairly among the constituents of a
single government.
The General Assembly further finds and declares that conferring responsibility
upon the electorate in urban-county governments to make decisions regarding
the establishment and funding of programs to retain and enhance agriculture
and rural landscapes and to promote tourism and recreation is consistent with
the broad home rule concepts embodied in this chapter.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 372, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.
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