KRS 67A.921: Submission of authority's budgets, fees, and rates to governing body of

urban-county government -- Approval or disapproval -- Interpretation.

(1) No budget, budget amendment, fee, or rate of the authority shall be effective before

the authority submits that budget, budget amendment, fee, or rate to the governing

body of the urban-county government as set out in this section.

(2) The authority shall submit its budget, or any budget amendment, to the legislative

body of the urban-county government no later than forty -five (45) days prior to the

implementation of the budget or the budget amendment. No budget or budget

amendment shall be implemented without the approval of the legislative body of the

urban-county government.

(3) (a) If the authorit y proposes the imposition of a new fee or rate or a fee or rate

that is higher than a fee or rate in effect at the time, then the authority shall

submit the proposed fee or rate to the legislative body of the urban -county

government no later than forty -five (45) days prior to the scheduled

implementation of that fee or rate.

(b) The governing body of the urban -county government shall have thirty (30)

days from the date of submission to:

1. Approve or fail to act on the proposed fee, in which case the propos ed

fee or rate may be implemented by the authority;

2. Approve a fee in an amount less than the amount of the proposed fee or

rate, in which case the approved fee or rate amount may be implemented

by the authority; or

3. Disapprove the entire proposed fee by a majority vote of the governing

body, in which case:

a. If a proposed increase of an existing fee or rate is disapproved, any

fee then in existence shall remain unchanged, and the authority

shall not seek to increase the fee again for at least one (1) year

from the date of the submission of the disapproved fee or rate

increase; and

b. If a proposed initial rate or fee is disapproved, the authority shall

not seek to impose the fee or rate again for at least one (1) year

from the date of the submission of the disapproved initial rate or

fee.

(4) This section shall not be interpreted:

(a) As transferring any fee or rate-levying authority granted to the authority under

any other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to the urban -county

government charged with reviewing fee or rates under this section; or

(b) To grant any fee or rate-levying power on behalf of the authority to the urban-

county government reviewing fees or rates proposed by the authority and

subject to review under this section.

(5) This section shall apply independently of and in addition to any o ther statutory

requirements and provisions or ordinances of the urban -county government relating

to the levying of a fee or rate, or the submission of a budget of the authority,

including any rate limits and public hearing requirements. This section shall not be

interpreted to circumvent, supplant, or otherwise replace those requirements and

provisions.

(6) This section shall not be interpreted as limiting the ability of any urban -county

government to impose reporting or submission requirements that are mor e stringent

than those established in this section.