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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Counties outside of any existing district, and contiguous thereto, may be annexed to the district in the following manner:
(1) Upon filing with the fiscal court of a duly certified petition of fifty-one percent (51%) of the duly qualified voters voting at the last general election, the fiscal court of each county in the district and each county proposed to be annexed shall adopt a resolution annexing the territory to the district. A certified copy of the order of the fiscal court shall be filed with the county clerk within the next thirty (30) days.
(2) The petition shall be in substantially the following form: “The following duly qualified voters of (insert name of county or counties) petition their respective fiscal courts to annex the following described territory (here describe the territory) to the (name district) public library district with the authority to levy an ad valorem tax of (state exact amount) on each one hundred dollars ($100) worth of property subject to local taxation in the above stated territory.”
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIV. Libraries and Archives § 173.795.Annexation of counties to district - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xiv-libraries-and-archives/ky-rev-st-sect-173-795/
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