KRS 160.603: Notice and hearing before levy.

No local board of education shall levy any of the school taxes authorized by KRS

160.593 to 160.597, 160.601 to 160.617, and 160.635 to 160.648, except the levy

required by KRS 160.614(3) and (6), until after compliance with the following:

(1) The local bo ard of education desiring to levy any one (1) of these taxes shall give

notice of any proposed levy of one (1) of the school taxes. Notwithstanding any

statutory provisions to the contrary, notice shall be given by causing to be

published, at least one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation published in

the county or by posting at the courthouse door if there be no such newspaper, the

fact that such levy is being proposed. The advertisement shall state that the local

board of education will meet at a place and on a day fixed in the advertisement, not

earlier than one (1) week and not later than two (2) weeks from the date of the

advertisement, for the purpose of hearing comments and complaints regarding the

proposed increase and explaining the reasons for such proposal;

(2) The local board of education shall conduct a public hearing at the place and on the

date advertised for the purpose of hearing comments and complaints regarding the

proposed levy and explaining the reasons for such proposal; and

(3) In the event that a combined taxing district desires to levy any one (1) of these

taxes, the boards of education shall make a joint advertisement and hold a joint

hearing in the manner prescribed heretofore for an individual school district.