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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 21, 2025

To Local Government (H)

Introduced February 13, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB538

AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.

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…

Effective Dates, Delayed Local Government Public Ethics Public Officers and Employees Redistricting Special Districts Consolidated Local Governments Ethics Audits and Auditors Cities Local Mandate

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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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