KRS 76.175: Annexation by district of unincorporated area or city or part of city with

population of less than 3,000 located in county containing consolidated local

government -- Procedure -- Appeals.

The board of the district may annex any unincorporated area i n the county, or any area of

the county containing all or any part of a city with a population of less than three

thousand (3,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census located within a

county containing a consolidated local government, wheth er contiguous or

noncontiguous, to the district by making a preliminary order describing the area to be

annexed and causing said order to be published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. The notice

so published shall state that objections in writing to the propos ed annexation may be filed

with the district within thirty (30) days of the date of said notice. The district shall

examine and hear all such complaints. It may modify or amend the areas proposed to be

annexed; and it shall make a final order, within sixty (60) days of the date of publication

of said notice, describing the area or areas to be annexed and shall cause the same to be

published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. Within sixty (60) days after final publication of

an order made pursuant to this section, any freeholder of land within the area or areas

proposed to be annexed may appeal such final order to the Circuit Court for the county in

which the district is located. All matters appealed shall be tried as an equitable action.

Decisions of the Circuit Court may be appealed to the Court of Appeals.