KRS 81.094: Condition for dissolution -- Procedure.

(1) If any city fails for one (1) year to maintain a city government by both the election

or appointment of officers and the levying and collection of necessary taxes, it shall

be dissolved by judgment of the Circuit Court on petition filed by a bona fide

resident of the city.

(2) A city, except for a city which has long -term debt, or any debt in excess of the

assets of the city, shall be dissolved by the following procedure:

(a) Any qualified voter of the city may file with the mayor of the city a petition

seeking a referendum on the question whether the city shall be dissolved. All

papers of the petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled

as one (1) instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink or

indelible pencil and sh all be followed by the address of the person signing.

When it is filed, each sheet of a petition shall have an affidavit executed by

the circulator stating that he personally circulated the sheet; the number of

signatures thereon; that all signatures were affixed in his presence; that he

believes them to be the genuine signatures of registered voters in the city; and

that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the

petition. Petitions shall contain or have attached throughout their circulation

the full text of the following proposal: "We the undersigned registered voters

of the City of ______ hereby petition the mayor for an election on the question

whether the city should be dissolved.";

(b) If such a petition signed by regist ered voters of the city equal in number to at

least twenty percent (20%) of the total number of votes cast in the city in the

last presidential election is presented to the mayor, the mayor of the city shall

deliver a certified copy of the petition to the county clerk of the county in

which the greater part of the city is located within ten (10) working days after

it is received by the mayor. The county clerk shall have printed on the ballot

provided for use in each precinct embraced in whole or in part wit hin the city

the question: "Are you in favor of dissolving the City of ______?" The mayor

shall file the petition with the county clerk within ten (10) working days after

he receives it. The election shall be held at the next general election if the

petition is filed with the county clerk and certified by the county clerk as

sufficient not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the general

election; and

(c) If a majority of those voting in the election favor the dissolution of the city,

the city shall cease to be an incorporated city within thirty (30) days of the

certification of the election results. The terms of all elected and appointed

officers shall terminate at such time and all assets of the city shall become the

property of the fiscal cou rt of the county in which the city is located. The

county clerk shall note the dissolution in his records and notify the Secretary

of State in writing of the dissolution.

(3) Each petition for dissolution filed with the Circuit Court pursuant to subsection (1)

of this section shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the county in which the greater

part of the city is located and shall set out the name and class of the city, a metes

and bounds description of its boundaries, the reasons why dissolution is sough t and

other facts relevant to the petition.