KRS 268.610: Hearing on petition to amend plan -- Duties of clerk after judgment --

Compensation -- Order of appraisal -- Costs.

Any owner who will be affected by the proposed changes, amendments and corrections

enumerated in the petition provided for in KRS 268.6 00, may file objections to the

granting of the prayer of the petition by the date named in the notice. The fiscal court will

hear such petition and all objections filed against it in a summary manner and enter its

order. The clerk of the court shall within fifteen (15) days after the entering of the order,

transmit a certified copy of the order and a copy of the petition to the secretary of the

board, who shall transmit a copy to the county clerk of each county in which any property

in the district is locat ed. The clerk shall file and preserve these copies in his office, for

which he shall receive a fee of one dollar ($1). If the order of the court provides that the

plan for reclamation be changed or the boundary lines of the district extended, the board

shall direct the appraisers to appraise the property to be taken, assess benefits and

damages and estimate the cost of the improvements as in KRS 268.260 and 268.270. The

appraisers' report shall be treated in the same manner as is now provided for in the

original formation of districts. If the petition is dismissed the party filing it shall pay the

costs, but if it is sustained in whole or in part the objectors shall pay the costs.