2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 267 - DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1912
267.010 Definitions.

Download as PDF 267.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the county board of drainage commissioners, or, in counties having seventy-five (75) or more separate drainage districts, or in counties availing themselves of the provisions of KRS 267.390(3)(b) and 267.490 as provided in KRS 267.495, the drainage commissioner. (2) "District" means drainage or levee district. (3) "Improvement" means the construction, reconstruction, straightening, widening or deepening of any ditch, drain, canal, creek, levee or watercourse. (4) "Sheriff" includes any collecting officer. (5) "Viewers" means the board of viewers appointed by the county judge/executive. (6) The power to appoint includes the power to remove at any time. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 397, effective June 17, 1978. -Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 2, effective May 18, 1956. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2380-1, 2380-2, 2380-6, 2380-7, 2380-32, 2380-34, 2380-37, 2380c-1.