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67A.160 Procedure for referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 -- Combined proposal with purchase of development rights program.

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Page 1 of 2 67A.160 Procedure for referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 -- Combined proposal with purchase of development rights program. The procedure for a referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 shall be as follows: <br>(1) A public parks purchase and maintenance program proposal authorized by KRS 97.590 may be submitted to the voters of an urban-county by either a resolution of <br>the legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this section. The <br>resolution or petition shall set out the matters specified in KRS 97.590(1). The <br>proposal shall be drafted in such a way that a vote in favor of adoption shall be a <br>vote in favor of the effect or impact of the proposal. (2) Petitions shall be signed by registered voters of the urban-county government equal in number to at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of votes cast in the <br>urban-county in the last regular mayoral election of the urban-county government. (3) If, not later than ninety (90) days preceding the day established for a regular election, the county clerk receives a resolution adopted by a three-fifths (3/5) vote <br>of the legislative body of the urban-county government requesting that the question <br>be submitted to the voters or determines that a petition submitted in accordance <br>with this section is sufficient, the legal department of the urban-county government <br>shall prepare to place before the voters of the urban-county government at the next <br>regular election the question, which shall appear on the ballot in the following form: <br>&quot;( ) FOR RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program) ( ) AGAINST RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)&quot; The county clerk shall cause to be published not fewer than three (3) times within <br>thirty (30) days of the election, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the <br>territory of the urban-county government, notice of the referendum, the exact <br>language of the proposal, and a map prepared by the urban-county government <br>showing the general location of the properties that may be purchased and the public <br>parks that may be maintained under the program. (4) The provisions of general election law shall apply to a referendum conducted under this section. The certificate of the body authorized by law to canvass election <br>returns shall be delivered to the mayor of the urban-county government and the <br>certificate shall be entered upon the records of the urban-county government during <br>the next regular meeting of the urban-county government legislative body. If a <br>proposed program is approved, it shall become effective at the time specified in the <br>proposal, but the effective date shall not be before the first day of January following <br>the election. (5) After complying with the provisions of this section and KRS 67A.847, a purchase of development rights program authorized by KRS 67A.843 and 67A.845 may <br>include a public parks and maintenance program proposal authorized by KRS <br>97.590. In the case of a combined proposal, the urban-county government shall <br>place before the voters a single ballot proposal that combines the purchase of <br>development rights proposal and the public parks purchase and maintenance <br>proposal. In that event, the proposal shall specify which tax levy or portion thereof Page 2 of 2 shall provide funding for the purchase of development rights program proposal and <br>which shall provide funding for the purchase of parks and maintenance program. Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 597, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998.