KRS 68.100: Purpose of tax to be specified -- Funds not to be diverted -- Remedies.

(1) All county taxes shall be levied by order or resolution of the fiscal court. The

purpose for which each tax is levied shall be specified in the order or resolution, and

the revenue therefrom shall be expended for no other purpose than that for which

the tax was levied. Failure to specify the purpose of the tax shall render the order or

resolution invalid.

(2) If any county tax revenue is expended for another purpose than that for which the

tax was levied, each officer, agent or employee who, by refusal to a ct, could have

prevented the expenditure, and each member of the fiscal court who voted for the

expenditure, shall be jointly and severally liable to the county for the amount of

county tax revenue so expended. The county attorney shall prosecute to recovery all

such actions, and if he fails to do so for six (6) months after the money is expended

any taxpayer may prosecute such action for the use and benefit of the county.

(3) A recovery under this section does not bar a criminal prosecution under subsectio n

(3) of KRS 68.990.

(4) Any indebtedness contracted in violation of this section or of KRS 68.110 shall be

void, and the contract shall not be enforceable by the person with whom made; nor

shall such county ever be authorized to assume the same, and money paid under any

such contract may be recovered by the county.