KRS 441.800: Creation of regional jail authority -- Powers of authority.

(1) Two (2) or more counties may by ordinances establish a regional jail authority.

(2) The authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public

and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or

convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this section

and KRS 441.810, including, but not limited to, the following powers:

(a) To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to have

perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts and other instruments

necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority; and to

make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations to

carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority;

(b) To acquire property by lease or purchase, construct, reconstruct or renovate a

regional jail and to provide for the operation and maintenance of the facility;

and

(c) To exercise the power, authority and duties of counties under this chapter and

other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes related to the operations of

jails and the incarceration of prisoners.