At any time a majority in number and amount of those assessed for the maintenance of any improvement may petition the county judge/executive for a discontinuance of the improvement. The petition shall give the names of all persons interested in the maintenance of the improvement and owning land in the district. The county judge/executive shall set a hearing date not less than fifteen (15) days after the filing of the petition, and shall issue notices and cause them to be served upon all parties interested, notifying them of the date that the county judge/executive will consider the petition. If no valid reason is shown against the discontinuance of the improvement, the county judge/executive shall enter an order discontinuing it, after which it shall cease to be a public improvement. An appeal may be had from the order to the Circuit Court, as provided in the establishment of improvements.
Effective: June 17, 1978

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 267.570

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • District: means drainage or levee district. 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

History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 414, effective June 17, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2380-49a.

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