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67A.847 Procedure for referendum -- Application of general election law -- Combined proposal with public parks purchase and maintenance program.

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Page 1 of 2 67A.847 Procedure for referendum -- Application of general election law -- Combined proposal with public parks purchase and maintenance program. The procedure for a referendum authorized by KRS 67A.843 shall be as follows: <br>(1) A purchase of development rights program proposal authorized by KRS 67A.843 and 67A.845 may be submitted to the voters of an urban-county by either a <br>resolution of the legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this <br>section. The resolution or petition shall set out the matters specified in KRS <br>67A.843(1). The proposal shall be drafted in such a way that a vote in favor of <br>adoption shall be a vote in favor 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: &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>the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the election in a newspaper having <br>a general circulation in the territory of the urban-county government, notice of the <br>referendum, the exact language of the proposal, and a map prepared by the urban-<br>county government showing the general location of the properties from which <br>development rights may be purchased 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 compliance with the provisions of this section and KRS 67A.160, a purchase of development rights program authorized by KRS 67A.843 and 67A.845 may be <br>combined with a public parks purchase and maintenance program proposal <br>authorized by KRS 97.590. In the case of a combined proposal, the urban-county <br>government shall place before the voters a single ballot proposal that combines the <br>purchase of development rights program proposal and the parks purchase and <br>maintenance program proposal. In that event, the proposal shall specify which tax <br>levy or portion thereof shall provide funding for the purchase of development rights Page 2 of 2 program proposal and which will provide funding for the parks purchase and <br>maintenance program proposal. Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 372, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998.