96.550 Definitions for KRS 96.550 to 96.900.

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96.550 Definitions for KRS 96.550 to 96.900. As used in KRS 96.550 to 96.900, unless the context requires otherwise: <br>(1) &quot;Acquire&quot; shall mean and include construct, acquire by purchase, by lease, devise, gift, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain in the manner now or hereafter <br>provided by law for the exercise thereof and acquisition by any other mode. (2) &quot;Board&quot; shall mean a board of public utilities established pursuant to KRS 96.740. <br>(3) &quot;Bonds&quot; shall mean either general obligation bonds or revenue bonds. <br>(4) &quot;Constitution&quot; shall mean the Constitution of Kentucky. <br>(5) &quot;Electric plant&quot; shall mean and include any plant, works, systems, facilities, and properties (including poles, wires, stations, transformers, and any and all equipment <br>and machinery), together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or <br>useful in the generation, production, transmission, or distribution of energy. (6) &quot;Energy&quot; shall mean and include any and all electric energy no matter where or how generated, produced, transmitted, or conveyed. (7) &quot;Electric service&quot; shall mean the furnishing of electric power and energy for any purpose for which electric power and energy can be used. (8) &quot;General obligation bonds&quot; shall mean direct or general obligations of any municipality, issued within the limits and subject to the provisions of Sections 157 <br>and 158 of the Constitution. (9) &quot;Governing body&quot; shall mean the board, council, commission, fiscal court, or other general governing body of the municipality. (10) &quot;Governmental agency&quot; includes the United States, the President, the federal works agency, the federal lending agency, Tennessee Valley Authority, or any other <br>similar agency, instrumentality, or corporation of the United States, or of Kentucky <br>or any political subdivision thereof, created by or pursuant to any Act of Congress <br>or by state legislation. (11) &quot;Improve&quot; shall mean and include construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge, alter, better, and repair. (12) &quot;Improvement&quot; shall mean any improvement, extension, betterment, or addition to any electric plant. (13) &quot;Law&quot; shall mean any statute of this state. <br>(14) &quot;Mayor&quot; shall mean the mayor of any class city unless there be a city manager, then it shall mean city manager, or the county judge/executive of any county. &quot;Mayor&quot; <br>shall also mean the mayor of a consolidated local government. (15) &quot;Municipality&quot; shall mean any county, city, consolidated local government, or municipal corporation of any and every class in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (16) &quot;Revenue bonds&quot; shall mean obligations payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of an electric plant and such bonds shall not constitute an <br>indebtedness of any municipality within the meaning of the provisions or <br>limitations of the Constitution. (17) &quot;Net revenues&quot; shall mean revenues remaining after payments of: (a) All payments provided for herein to be made to the state, county, school or other taxing district; (b) The payments of salaries, and premiums on bonds of officers and employees of the board; and (c) All other ordinary and necessary operating expenses of the board in the operation of the electric plant including reserves for depreciation. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 115, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 1.