KRS 81.330: When plan to take effect -- Exclusion of city from boundaries of new city --

Result -- Liability of city of first class.

(1) If more than half of the votes cast within the city of the first class and more than

half of the votes cast in the affected are a outside of the city of the first class are in

favor of the plan, then it shall be effected and the boundaries of the city of the first

class shall thirty (30) days after the certification of the election be extended so as to

include the area described in accordance with KRS 81.310, including any city of a

lesser class within such area, except,

(2) If in any city other than of the first class within the area affected (except cities

incorporated within twelve (12) months of the submission of the question o n the

plan to the voters), more than half of the votes cast are opposed to the plan, then

such city shall be excluded from the new boundaries of the city of the first class.

The total votes cast in any such city rejecting the plan shall be deducted from th e

total votes cast on the question so that the votes cast in such city shall have no effect

upon the acceptance or rejection of the plan as a whole.

(3) If the plan is approved, thereafter, neither the county government nor any of its

agencies or joint agencies shall be required to render any services within a rejecting

city that it does not render within a city of the first class in accordance with the plan.

However, the fiscal court may determine that the rendition of any governmental

service within a rejecting city is necessary for the public health, safety or welfare in

which event the rejecting city may be required to pay to the county the costs of such

services rendered.

(4) The city of the first class shall be bound for all the debts and liabilities and shall be

the owner of all corporate property, franchises and rights of any city included within

its boundaries extended as hereinabove provided and becoming a part thereof; thirty

(30) days after the certification of the approval of the plan by the vo ters any such

city shall cease to exist.