KRS 67A.160: Procedure for referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 -- Combined

proposal with purchase of development rights program.

The procedure for a referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 shall be as follows:

(1) A public parks purchase and maintenance program propos al authorized by KRS

97.590 may be submitted to the voters of an urban -county by either a resolution of

the legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this section. The

resolution or petition shall set out the matters specified in KRS 97.59 0(1). The

proposal shall be drafted in such a way that a vote in favor of adoption shall be a

vote in favor of the effect or impact of the proposal.

(2) Petitions shall be signed by registered voters of the urban -county government equal

in number to at lea st ten percent (10%) of the total number of votes cast in the

urban-county in the last regular mayoral election of the urban-county government.

(3) If, not later than ninety (90) days preceding the day established for a regular

election, the county clerk r eceives a resolution adopted by a three -fifths (3/5) vote

of the legislative body of the urban -county government requesting that the question

be submitted to the voters or determines that a petition submitted in accordance

with this section is sufficient, the legal department of the urban -county government

shall prepare to place before the voters of the urban -county government at the next

regular election the question, which shall appear on the ballot in the following form:

"( ) FOR RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)

( ) AGAINST RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)"

The county clerk shall cause to be published not fewer than three (3) times within

thirty (30) days of the election, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the

territory of the urban -county government, notice of the referendum, the exact

language of the proposal, and a map prepared by the urban -county government

showing the general location of the properties that may be purchased and the public

parks that may be maintained under the program.

(4) The provisions of general election law shall apply to a referendum conducted under

this section. The certificate of the body authorized by law to canvass election

returns shall be delivered to the mayor of the urban -county government and the

certificate shall be entered upon the records of the urban -county government during

the next regular meeting of the urban -county government legislative body. If a

proposed program is approved, it shall become effective at the time specified i n the

proposal, but the effective date shall not be before the first day of January following

the election.

(5) After complying with the provisions of this section and KRS 67A.847, a purchase

of development rights program authorized by KRS 67A.843 and 67A. 845 may

include a public parks and maintenance program proposal authorized by KRS

97.590. In the case of a combined proposal, the urban -county government shall

place before the voters a single ballot proposal that combines the purchase of

development right s proposal and the public parks purchase and maintenance

proposal. In that event, the proposal shall specify which tax levy or portion thereof

shall provide funding for the purchase of development rights program proposal and

which shall provide funding for the purchase of parks and maintenance program.