Any water district created pursuant to KRS Chapter 74 or any city of the home rule class may, by purchase or by condemnation, acquire, establish, erect, maintain and operate waterworks, together with extensions and necessary appurtenances thereto, and including both real or personal property within or without the corporate limits of the said water district or city, for the purpose of supplying the water district or the city and its inhabitants thereof with water.
KRS 106.010
Authority of water districts and cities of the home rule class to acquire and operate waterworks
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of Covington v. Sohio Petroleum Company (1955)
Most recently applied in Baker v. City of Richmond (May 1986)
Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky
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