HB538
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Amend KRS 67C.111 to decrease the size requirement to establish a new city in a county containing a consolidated local government from 6,000 persons to 3,000 persons; amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to require regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under…
Introduced: February 13, 2025
Last action: February 21, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill makes several changes to how consolidated local governments in Kentucky operate, including lowering the population needed to form a new city within such a government from 6,000 to 3,000 people, adding new rules for how council districts are drawn, and requiring an elected chief audit executive to lead a new internal audit office. It also gives the consolidated local government council authority to approve or reject regulations from local health and solid waste…
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