(1) (a) Each person appointed to a city housing authority shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and a bona fide resident of the city for which he was appointed for at least one (1) year preceding the appointment. No officer or employee of the city, whether holding a paid or unpaid office, is eligible to hold an appointment on the housing authority. Appointees to a city housing authority shall be originally appointed for terms of four (4) years. Upon the expiration of the term of the first appointees, their successors shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years, respectively, and upon the expiration of the term of each of the second group of appointees his successor shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointment.
(b) If a city housing authority has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city’s public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, an authority member appointed by the mayor of the divesting city, as set out in KRS § 80.030, shall be a resident of the city divesting itself of authority.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 80.040

  • authority: means any housing authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 80.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Housing: means a building or buildings containing rooms to be provided as living quarters, together with shops, stores, garages, laundries, doctors' and dentists' offices, and other facilities and appurtenances deemed reasonably necessary by the housing authority to the successful and economical operation of the project. See Kentucky Statutes 80.010
  • Mayor: means the mayor of the city or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city. See Kentucky Statutes 80.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) (a) If a city housing authority has not agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city’s public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, then no more than two (2) appointees on any city housing authority shall be affiliated with the same political party.
(b) If a city housing authority has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city’s public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, and:
1. Has an even number of members, then no more than half of the appointees on any city housing authority shall be affiliated with the same political party; or
2. Has an odd number of members, then no more than half of the appointees plus one (1) member of any city housing authority shall be affiliated with the same political party.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 34. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 927a-2, 2741x-2.