2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 83A - ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT IN CITIES
83A.010 Definitions for chapter.
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<![CDATA[83A.010 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the board of commissioners in any city organized and governed
under the city manager plan.
(2) "Code of ordinances" means a reenactment of the body of positive municipal
law, read and interpreted as a whole, with the text arranged by subject matter
and properly indexed.
(3) "Commission" means the city commission in any city organized and governed
under the commission plan.
(4) "Composite index" means a loose-leaf compilation of all ordinances listed by
date of passage, arranged by subject matter of the contents and indexed
alphabetically.
(5) "Council" means the city legislative body in any city organized and governed
under the mayor-council plan.
(6) "Executive authority" means the mayor in any city organized and governed
under the mayor-council plan or the mayor-alderman plan as provided in KRS
Chapter 83, the commission in any city organized and governed under the
commission plan, or the board of commissioners in any city organized under
the city manager plan.
(7) "Executive order" means an order issued by the executive authority of a
municipality which is binding upon the officers and employees of the
municipality and any governmental agency over which the municipality has
jurisdiction.
(8) "Legislative body member" means a city councilman in any city organized and
governed under the mayor-council plan, a city commissioner in any city
organized and governed under the commission plan, or city manager plan, or a
city alderman in any city of the first class organized under the mayor-alderman
plan provided by KRS Chapter 83.
(9) "Municipal order" means an official act of the legislative body of a municipality
which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality and any
governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction.
(10) "Officer" means any person elected to a position by the voters or any person
appointed to a position which (a) is created by the Constitution, the General
Assembly, or a city; (b) possesses a delegation of a portion of the sovereign
power of government; (c) has powers and duties to be discharged which are
conferred directly or by implication by the city; (d) has duties performed
independently and without control of a superior power other than law; (e) has
some permanency; (f) requires an official oath; (g) is assigned by a commission
or other written authority; and (h) provides for an official bond if required by
proper authority.
(11) "Ordinance" means an official action of a city legislative body, which is a
regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law or
is an appropriation of money.
(12) "Summary" means a brief narrative prepared under the supervision of an
attorney succinctly covering the main points of an official statement, ordinance,
or rule in a way reasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and
understandable manner as to its meaning.
Effective:July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 435, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992. -Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.
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