There is hereby created and established in the Commonwealth fifteen (15) area development districts consisting of the following counties:
(1) Purchase Area Development District which shall include the counties of Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, McCracken, Graves, Marshall, and Calloway;
(2) Pennyrile Area Development District which shall include the counties of Livingston, Crittenden, Lyon, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Trigg, Christian and Todd;
(3) Green River Area Development District which shall include the counties of Union, Henderson, Webster, McLean, Daviess, Ohio and Hancock;
(4) Barren River Area Development District which shall include the counties of Logan, Simpson, Butler, Warren, Edmonson, Hart, Barren, Allen, Metcalfe and Monroe;
(5) Lincoln Trail Area Development District which shall include the counties of
Breckinridge, Meade, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Washington, and Marion;
(6) Jefferson Area Development District which shall include the counties of Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble;
(7) Northern Kentucky Area Development District which shall include the counties of
Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Owen, Grant and Pendleton;
(8) Buffalo Trace Area Development District which shall include the counties of
Bracken, Mason, Robertson, Fleming and Lewis;
(9) Gateway Area Development District which shall include the counties of Rowan, Bath, Montgomery, Menifee, and Morgan;
(10) Fivco Area Development District which shall include the counties of Greenup, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, and Lawrence;
(11) Big Sandy Area Development District which shall include the counties of Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Floyd, and Pike;
(12) Kentucky River Area Development District which shall include the counties of
Wolfe, Owsley, Lee, Breathitt, Leslie, Perry, Knott, and Letcher;
(13) Cumberland Valley Area Development District which shall include the counties of
Jackson, Rockcastle, Laurel, Clay, Knox, Whitley, Bell, and Harlan;
(14) Lake Cumberland Area Development District which shall include the counties of Taylor, Adair, Green, Casey, Russell, Pulaski, Clinton, Cumberland, Wayne, and McCreary; and
(15) Bluegrass Area Development District which shall include the counties of Anderson, Franklin, Woodford, Mercer, Boyle, Lincoln, Garrard, Jessamine, Fayette, Scott, Harrison, Bourbon, Nicholas, Clark, Madison, Powell, and Estill.
History: Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 1.