KRS 108.010: Authority to create districts.

To serve the public interest and provide a means of meeting problems of local

government in urban areas, there may be established and operated under the provisions of

this chapter an urban services district. Such a district shall be a public body corporate and

political subdivision, with power to adopt and use a corporate seal, sue and be sued,

contract and be contracted with, and in other ways to function as a municipal corporation

or a natural person within the purview of this chapter. In addition to the general grants of

power of this chapter, such a district shall have the specific authority provided for in KRS

Chapters 58, 66, 79 and 107. The district shall have the power of eminent domain and

shall follow the procedures outlined in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.