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212.725 Imposition of special ad valorem public health tax.

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212.725 Imposition of special ad valorem public health tax. If, after the establishment of the public health taxing district, as provided in KRS <br>212.720, the tax-levying authorities of the district, in the opinion of the county or city-<br>county board of health, do not appropriate an amount sufficient to meet the public health <br>needs of the county or the city-county health department or do not appropriate an amount <br>sufficient to meet the standards prescribed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services <br>for health departments, the county or city-county board of health, acting as the governing <br>body of the taxing district, shall with the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family <br>Services, impose by resolution a special ad valorem public health tax in such amount that <br>it deems sufficient, but not in excess of the maximum amount approved by the electorate <br>as provided for in KRS 212.720. The fiscal court shall upon receipt of a duly certified <br>copy of said resolution, include in the next county ad valorem tax levy said special public <br>health tax imposed by the county or city-county board of health which shall be in addition <br>to all other county ad valorem taxes. Said special public health tax shall be collected in <br>the same manner as are other county ad valorem taxes and turned over to the county or <br>city-county board of health to be used solely for the maintenance and operation of the <br>county or city-county health department. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 420, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 371, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1), (3) and (11). -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 2, <br>effective June 17, 1954.