(1) If no suit is filed against the commissioner under KRS § 220.100, or if suit is filed and final judgment in the Circuit Court or an appeal is in favor of the commissioner, the commissioner shall forthwith declare the district organized into a sanitation district and give it a corporate name, as provided in KRS § 220.050, by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known. The commissioner shall certify his act to the county clerk of each county in which any part of the district is located, and to the Secretary of State, each of whom shall record the certificate as articles of incorporation. The commissioner shall also certify his act to the county judge/executive of each county in which any part of the district is located. The district shall then be a political subdivision, except as otherwise specifically provided in KRS § 220.530, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, incur liabilities and obligations, exercise the right of eminent domain, assess, tax, and contract for rentals as herein provided, issue bonds, and do and perform all acts herein expressly authorized and all acts necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purpose for which the district was created, and for executing the powers with which it is invested.
(2) The board of directors of the district may amend the corporate name of the district, but the amendment shall not be effective until certified by the board to the commissioner, the county clerk and county judge/executive of each county in which any part of the district is located, and to the Secretary of State.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 220.110

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 330, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
384, sec. 356, effective June 17, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2062g-11.