KRS 80.040: Qualifications and terms of members of housing authority -- Political

affiliations.

(1) (a) Each person appointed to a city housing authority shall be at least twenty -five

(25) years of age and a bona fide resident of the city for which he was

appointed for at least one (1) year preceding the appointment. No officer or

employee of the city, whether holding a paid or unpaid office, is eligible to

hold an appointment on the housing authority. Appointees to a city housing

authority shall be origina lly appointed for terms of four (4) years. Upon the

expiration of the term of the first appointees, their successors shall be

appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years,

respectively, and upon the expiration of the term of each o f the second group

of appointees his successor shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years.

Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as the

original appointment.

(b) If a city housing authority has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of

ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to

the United States Housing Act of 1937, an authority member appointed by the

mayor of the divesting city, as set out in KRS 80.030, shall be a resident of the

city divesting itself of authority.

(2) (a) If a city housing authority has not agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of

ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to

the United States Housing Act of 1937, then no more t han two (2) appointees

on any city housing authority shall be affiliated with the same political party.

(b) If a city housing authority has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of

ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pu rsuant to

the United States Housing Act of 1937, and:

1. Has an even number of members, then no more than half of the

appointees on any city housing authority shall be affiliated with the same

political party; or

2. Has an odd number of members, then no mo re than half of the

appointees plus one (1) member of any city housing authority shall be

affiliated with the same political party.