KRS 184.355: Powers of district.

A transportation improvement district may:

(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(2) Adopt an official seal;

(3) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions

against the district shall be brought in the Circuit Court of the county in which the

principal office of the district is located, or in the Circuit Court of the county in

which the cause of action arose, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of

every kind shall be served on the district by leaving a copy thereof at its principal

office with the secretary-treasurer;

(4) Purchase, construct, maintain, repair, sell, exchange, police, operate, or lease

projects;

(5) Issue transportation improvement district revenue bonds for the purpose of

providing funds to pay the costs of any project or part thereof;

(6) Maintain such funds as it considers necessary;

(7) Direct its agents or employees, when properly identified in writing and after at least

five (5) days' written notice, to enter upon lands within its jurisdiction to m ake

surveys and examinations preliminary to the location and construction of projects

for the district, without liability of the district or its agents or employees except for

actual damage done;

(8) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessa ry or incidental to the

performance of its functions and the execution of its powers under KRS 184.350 to

184.395;

(9) Employ, retain, or contract for the services of consulting engineers, superintendents,

managers, and such other engineers, construction a nd accounting experts, financial

advisers, trustees, marketing, remarketing, and administrative agents, attorneys, and

other employees, independent contractors, or agents as are necessary in its judgment

and fix their compensation, provided all such expens es shall be payable solely from

the proceeds of bonds or from revenues;

(10) Receive and accept from the federal or any state or local government, including but

not limited to any agency, entity, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, loans

and grants for or in aid of the construction, maintenance, or repair of any project,

and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source or person of money,

property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the

purposes for wh ich such loans, grants, and contributions are made. Nothing in this

subsection shall be construed as imposing any liability on this state for any loan

received by a transportation improvement district from a third party unless this state

has entered into an agreement to accept such liability;

(11) Subject to the requirements of KRS 184.360, acquire, hold, and dispose of property

in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under KRS 184.350

to 184.395; and

(12) Do all acts necessary and p roper to carry out the powers expressly granted in KRS

184.350 to 184.395.