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97.540 Third or fourth class cities -- Condemnation of property for parks or cemeteries.

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97.540 Third or fourth class cities -- Condemnation of property for parks or cemeteries. Whenever, in the opinion of the legislative body of any city of the third or fourth class, <br>land or other property located either within or without the boundaries of the city and <br>within the county in which the city is located is needed for cemetery or park purposes and <br>the legislative body is not able to contract with the owner of the property for its purchase, <br>the legislative body may, by resolution reciting such need, order the condemnation of <br>such property. The proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided in the Eminent <br>Domain Act of Kentucky. Effective: July 15, 1988 <br>History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 343, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 50. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective <br>October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3240a-1, 3240a-2.