2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 81 - City classification, boundaries, and alternative method of consolidating governmental services 81.028 Effect of reclassification of city in county containing consolidated local government as city of second class on personnel and retirement systems and police and fire protection services.
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81.028 Effect of reclassification of city in county containing consolidated local
government as city of second class on personnel and retirement systems and
police and fire protection services.
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Any city located in a county containing a consolidated local government which was
reclassified as a city of the second class after March 16, 2000, but prior to January
1, 2015, under a classification system in effect before January 1, 2015, shall be
exempt from the provisions of KRS 90.300 to 90.400, 95.430 to 95.500, and 95.851
to 95.991 relating to the organization and structure of civil service systems, police
departments, fire departments, and pension systems in cities.
In lieu of the requirements of these statutes, any city reclassified under the
conditions set out in subsection (1) of this section shall ensure that police and fire
protection services are provided for the citizens of the city in the same manner and
at least at the same level of service as was being provided prior to the
reclassification.
Nothing in this section shall prevent a city from restructuring or creating a new civil
service system, police department, or fire department after a reclassification under
the conditions set out in subsection (1) of this section. Any city that restructures or
creates a new civil service system, police department, or fire department may adopt
any of the provisions of KRS 90.300 to 90.400, 95.430 to 95.500, and 95.851 to
95.991 relating to the organization and structure of civil service systems, police
departments, fire departments, and pension systems.
If fire protection service was being provided by a fire protection district in any city
that was reclassified under the conditions set out in subsection (1) of this section,
the reclassification shall in no way affect the operations of the fire protection district
and the services it provides. If at any time after a city is reclassified, the fire
protection district ceases to exist or fails to adequately provide for the fire
protection needs of the city, the city shall have the right to create its own fire
department or secure some other means for the provision of adequate fire protection
services.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 3, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 88, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
121, sec. 1, effective March 16, 2000.
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