KRS 67.845: Dissolution of participating incorporated cities and special districts --

Effect.

The comprehensive plan for merging a participating city or cities and a county

government into a charter county government under KRS 67.825 to 67.875 may provide

for the corporate dissolution of incorporated cities and special districts within the county.

If the participating incorporated cities and special districts within the county are

dissolved, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) For purposes of all state and federal licensing and regulatory laws, statutory

entitlement, gifts, grants -in-aid, governmental loan, or other governmental

assistance under state or federal laws, rules, or regulations:

(a) The charter county may be deemed a county and, if so, the entire geographic

area and population of the charter county shall be considered in calculating

and determining the distribution basis for state or federal statutory

entitlements, gifts, grants -in-aid, loans, or other forms of governmental

assistance; and

(b) The charter county government may designate to the appropriate state or

federal agency those geographic areas, portions of roads, or segments of

population that shall be deemed to constitute rural or urban areas, roads, or

population.

(2) The chief executive officer of the charter county government may determine and

make the designations provided for in this section following a public hearing. The

charter county government shall fix the time and place of the hearing and it shall be

advertised pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.