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KRS 173.795

Annexation of counties to district

History: Created 1964 Ky

Counties outside of any existing district, and contiguous thereto, may be annexed to the district in the following manner:

(1) Upon filing with the fiscal court of a duly certified petition of fifty-one percent (51%) of the duly qualified voters voting at the last general election, the fiscal court of each county in the district and each county proposed to be annexed shall adopt a resolution annexing the territory to the district. A certified copy of the order of the fiscal court shall be filed with the county clerk within the next thirty (30) days.

(2) The petition shall be in substantially the following form: "The following duly qualified voters of (insert name of county or counties) petition their respective fiscal courts to annex the following described territory (here describe the territory) to the (name district) public library district with the authority to levy an ad valorem tax of (state exact amount) on each one hundred dollars ($100) worth of property subject to local taxation in the above stated territory."

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.