KRS 74.460: Organization of commission -- Powers and duties -- Authority to acquire

water supply -- Obligations.

The commission shall organize by appointing a chairman from its own members and a

secretary and a treasurer, who need not be commissioners. The secreta ry shall keep a

record of all proceedings of the commission which shall be available for inspection as

other public records. The treasurer shall be the lawful custodian of all funds of the

commission and shall pay same out on orders authorized or approved by the commission.

The secretary and treasurer shall perform other duties appertaining to the affairs of the

commission and shall receive the salaries prescribed by the commission, and either or

both may be required to furnish bonds in sums to be fixed by the commission for the use

and benefit of the commission. The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure

and provide for its meetings. The commission shall have full and complete supervision,

management, and control of the sources of supply of water as provided in the ordinances

or resolutions for acquiring and operating them, and in their maintenance, operation, and

extension. The commission may contract with cities, water associations, water districts,

or federal agencies which are represented by t he commission for furnishing a supply of

water to the parties for a period not exceeding fifty (50) years and the governing bodies of

the cities, water associations, water districts, or federal agencies may enter into the

contracts with the commission. For the purpose of acquiring all or any part of its sources

of supply of water, the commission may purchase from cities, water associations, water

districts, or federal agencies which are represented by the commission for mutually

agreed terms without regard to actual value any sources of supply of water separate and

apart from the water distribution systems of the parties; and the cities, water associations,

water districts, or federal agencies may convey the sources of supply of water to the

commission without any election or voter approval notwithstanding any provision of any

other law to the contrary. If any city, water association, or water district has outstanding

any obligations which by their terms are in any manner payable from the revenues of their

waterworks distribution system, the proceeds received from any conveyance shall be

sufficient to retire all of the outstanding obligations, including all interest accrued and to

accrue thereon to the date of retirement thereof; and the proceeds when received shall be

set aside in a special fund and used for that purpose. The commission may appoint or

contract for the services of officers, agents, and employees, including engineers,

attorneys, accountants, fiscal agents, and other professional persons, prescri be their

duties, and fix their compensation.