KRS 104.520: Boundaries of district -- Determination of -- When cities with population of

8,000 or more may be included.

(1) When the petition is filed with the secretary, he shall investigate at once the

boundary of the district proposed to be organized, and ma y, at the cost of the

petitioners, cause to be made surveys necessary to establish with reasonable

accuracy a boundary that will, in his judgment, accomplish the purpose sought by

the creation of the district in a practicable and workable manner, and that will be

sufficiently comprehensive to avoid confusion or interference with any other similar

district then existing or that may be created. The boundary established by the

secretary need not follow the boundary proposed by the petitioners, but if the

boundary established by the secretary results in a material change from that

proposed in the original petition the petitioners shall secure, in case of a larger or

smaller area, the signatures of seventy percent (70%) of the freeholders or owners in

the area as established by the secretary.

(2) Should it be found desirable to include in a flood control district all or a portion of a

city with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the

most recent federal decennial census, the gov erning body of such city shall

determine by ordinance whether the city or portion thereof shall be included in the

district, or whether the city shall bind itself to pay the taxes levied for the benefits of

the district in such area.