KRS 67.910: Unification plan -- Components -- Deadline for completion -- Dissolution of

commission.

(1) The unification review commission shall study matters relating to the feasibility of

forming a unified local government and, if unification is proposed, devel op a

unification plan consistent with the provisions of the Kentucky Constitution and

KRS 67.900 to 67.940. A unification plan shall include:

(a) The process for establishing the unified local government;

(b) A description of the form, structure, functions , and powers of the proposed

unified local government;

(c) A description of the officers of the proposed unified local government and

their powers and duties;

(d) A procedure for the orderly and timely transition of specified services,

functions, and respo nsibilities from each affected city and the county to the

unified local government;

(e) A procedure for the orderly transition to the unified local government of the

services, functions, and responsibilities of any special district that will be

eliminated;

(f) A procedure for the orderly transition to the unified local government of the

services, functions, and responsibilities of any board, commission, or authority

that will be eliminated;

(g) The procedures by which the unification plan may be amended by the

subsequently created unified local government;

(h) The procedures by which the unification plan may be amended by the

participating county and city or cities as a result of contingencies arising from

the failure of certain jurisdictions to vote in favo r of joining the unification

plan. The contingency plan shall be adopted by the participating county and

city or cities by joint ordinance. The contingency plan shall be adopted by the

participating county and city or cities within sixty (60) days of the certification

of the election result. The contingency plan shall only address:

1. Issues of revenue;

2. Issues of indebtedness;

3. Issues of service provision, service areas, or service area boundaries;

4. Personnel or administration, but may not infringe upon any pre -existing

collective bargaining agreements in force in participating jurisdictions;

and

5. Any issues directly related to the cost of government or provision of

services within the unification plan.

The contingency plan shall not address issues within the plan related to

paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this subsection; and

(i) The procedures by which the unified local government may be dissolved. The

procedures drafted shall include but are not limited to:

1. Requirements for a public petition for the dissolution of the unified local

government;

2. The question to be presented to voters for the dissolution of the unified

local government; and

3. Any administrative measures neces sary to settle tax and debt issues

created by the dissolution of the unified local government.

The proposed unification plan shall specify that no petition for the dissolution

of the unified local government shall be valid until a period of five (5) years

has passed from commencement of the first terms of the duly elected officers

of the unified local government; and

(j) Such other provisions as the commission shall determine.

(2) The unification review commission may propose a unification plan under which the

county and one (1) or more participating cities unite to form a single unit of local

government.

(3) The unification plan shall be completed within two (2) years of the commission's

appointment. If a majority of the commission members are unable to agree on a plan

for unification within the two (2) year period, the unification review commission

shall be dissolved by operation of law.