Find Legal Information

96.355 Legislative body of city of second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth class may provide city with waterworks system -- Police protection for waterworks system located outside city limits.

Download pdf

96.355 Legislative body of city of second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth class may provide city with waterworks system -- Police protection for waterworks <br>system located outside city limits. (1) The legislative body of any city of the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth class may by ordinance: <br>(a) Provide the city with water; establish, regulate and control public cisterns, hydrants and reservoirs, together with extensions and appurtenances thereto, <br>within or without the limits of the city, for fire protection and the use and <br>convenience of its inhabitants; (b) Provide for the enforcement of said regulations for the health, welfare and well-being of its inhabitants. (2) Whenever cisterns, hydrants, reservoirs or any other portion of a waterworks system owned by any city set forth in subsection (1) of this section is located in whole or in <br>part outside the city limits of any such city, the city may provide police protection as <br>is necessary to prevent damage to or destruction of such property and to safeguard <br>the water supply of the city from possible contamination. Effective: February 15, 1956 <br>History: Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 1, effective February 15, 1956.