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KRS 242.030

Date of local option election

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Harris v. Cannon (1946)

Most recently applied in Grow Trigg, Inc. v. Trigg county/judge Executive (May 2011)

Effective: June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky

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(1) The date of the local option election shall be stated in the petition for the local option election.

(2) The local option election shall be held not earlier than sixty (60) and not later than one hundred fifty (150) days after the date the petition is filed with the county clerk.

(3) No local option election shall be held in the same territory more than once in every three (3) years.

(4) In order for the local option election to be held on the day fixed by law for holding a primary, the petition shall be filed not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the day on which the primary is to be held and not later than the last Tuesday in January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary.

(5) In order for the local option election to be held on the day fixed by law for a regular election, the petition shall be filed not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the day fixed by law for holding the regular election.

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