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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) No action embraced in the term “county ordinance” may be taken except by passage of a county ordinance. Other official actions, including but not limited to approvals required by the fiscal court, may be taken by resolution, order, or motion;
(2) All ordinances shall be introduced in writing;
(3) No county ordinance shall relate to more than one (1) subject, and each ordinance shall be prefaced in the following manner by a title which expresses that subject: “AN ORDINANCE relating to (the subject of the ordinance):”;
(4) There shall be inserted between the title and the body of each county ordinance an enacting clause written in the following manner: “Be it ordained by the fiscal court of county of.........., Commonwealth of Kentucky:”;
(5) County ordinances shall be amended by ordinance and only by setting out in full each amended section;
(6) No action of a fiscal court shall be invalidated because of improper denomination of a county ordinance or other written document, if the procedures required for taking the action have otherwise been observed.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 67.076.Use of county ordinance and resolution; form; amendment - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-67-076/
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