The comprehensive plan for merging a participating city or cities and a county government into a charter county government under KRS § 67.825 to KRS § 67.875 may provide for the corporate dissolution of incorporated cities and special districts within the county. If the participating incorporated cities and special districts within the county are dissolved, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) For purposes of all state and federal licensing and regulatory laws, statutory entitlement, gifts, grants-in-aid, governmental loan, or other governmental assistance under state or federal laws, rules, or regulations:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 67.845

  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(a) The charter county may be deemed a county and, if so, the entire geographic area and population of the charter county shall be considered in calculating and determining the distribution basis for state or federal statutory entitlements, gifts, grants-in-aid, loans, or other forms of governmental assistance; and
(b) The charter county government may designate to the appropriate state or federal agency those geographic areas, portions of roads, or segments of population that shall be deemed to constitute rural or urban areas, roads, or population.
(2) The chief executive officer of the charter county government may determine and make the designations provided for in this section following a public hearing. The charter county government shall fix the time and place of the hearing and it shall be advertised pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
Effective: January 1, 2013
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 5, effective January 1, 2013. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 440, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1994. — Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
401, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990.