Nothing in this chapter shall deprive any fiscal court of its jurisdiction and control over any levee, ditch or drain established or constructed by authority of the fiscal court, payment for which was or is made by general taxation or out of the public revenue of the county. Any such drain may be utilized as an outlet for any improvement established under this chapter. The fiscal court may delegate to the board of drainage commissioners control over any levee, ditch or drain so established by it, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between them. The agreement shall be written, approved by the fiscal court and the board of drainage commissioners, and recorded upon the minutes of the proceedings of both bodies.
Effective: October 1, 1942

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 267.550

  • 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 §. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • Improvement: means the construction, reconstruction, straightening, widening or deepening of any ditch, drain, canal, creek, levee or watercourse. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 2380-24.

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