KRS 104.480: Petition for district -- Signature requirements.

(1) Before the secretary shall establish a flood control district, a petition shall be filed

with the secretary, containing valid signatures of seventy percent (70%) of those in

possession claiming as freeholders within the boundaries of the proposed flood

control district. Each joint owner of property shall be counted as a separate

freeholder.

(2) In determining when seventy percent (70%) of the landowners have signed the

petition the secretary shall consult with the landowners whose names appear upon

the county tax duplicate, which for all purposes of KRS 104.450 to 104.680 shall be

prima facie evidence of such ownership. The secretary shall further require evidence

to determine the fact that all signatures on the petition are genuine, and a

notification by ordinary mail sent to the respective addresses shown on the petition

shall establish the genuineness of a signature if the petitioner so notified fails to

report in writing within ten (10) days that he did not sign the petition. When

authorized by ordinance, such a petition may be signed by a majority of the

governing body of any municipality lying wholly or partly within the proposed

district. When so signed by a majority of such governing body the petition shall fill

all requirements of representation on th e part of the freeholders of the municipality

as they appear upon the assessment roll of the municipality, and individuals within

the municipality shall not sign the petition.