2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 65 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITS .900 Definitions for KRS 65.905 to 65.925.
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65.900 Definitions for KRS 65.905 to 65.925.
As used in KRS 65.905 to 65.925, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "City" means every city organized and governed under the mayor-alderman form of
government pursuant to KRS Chapter 83, every city organized and governed under
the mayor-council form of government pursuant to KRS Chapter 83A, every city
organized and governed under the commission form of government pursuant to
KRS Chapter 83A, every city organized and governed under the city manager form
of government pursuant to KRS Chapter 83A, every consolidated local government
organized and governed under the consolidated local government form of
government pursuant to KRS Chapter 67C, and every urban-county government
organized and governed under the urban-county form of government pursuant to
KRS Chapter 67A.
(2) "County" means any of Kentucky's one hundred twenty (120) counties.
(3) "Special district" means any district with ad valorem taxing powers including, but
not limited to, those specified in the following KRS statutes: KRS 75.010 to 75.260,
KRS 76.274 to 76.279, KRS 104.450 to 104.680, KRS 107.310 to 107.500, KRS
108.080 to 108.180, KRS 109.115 to 109.190, KRS 147.610 to 147.710, KRS
164.605 to 164.675, KRS 173.450 to 173.650, KRS 173.710 to 173.800, KRS
179.700 to 179.990, KRS 210.370 to 210.480, KRS 212.720 to 212.760, KRS
216.310 to 216.360, KRS 220.010 to 220.613, KRS 262.010 to 262.660, KRS
262.700 to 262.990, KRS 266.010 to 266.990, KRS 268.010 to 268.990, and KRS
269.100 to 269.270.
(4) "Local government" includes:
(a) For fiscal periods ending prior to July 1, 2014, cities, counties, consolidated
local governments, urban-county governments, and special districts; and
(b) For fiscal periods beginning on and after July 1, 2014, cities, counties,
consolidated local governments, and urban-county governments.
(5) "Lease-purchase agreement" means an agreement to lease or to lease and purchase
major items of property, equipment, or services estimated to cost fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) or more, and two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) or more
for the construction or installation of a building or a utility.
Effective: March 21, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 15, effective March 21, 2013. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007; and ch. 47, sec. 50,
effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 1, effective July 13,
1990.
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