KRS 81.420: Election whether to merge.

(1) Elections shall be held at the next regular election if the ordinances of the legislative

bodies of the cities desiring merger or consolidation have been filed with the county

clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election .

The qualifications of voters and all other matters in regard to the election shall be

governed by the general election laws. The question shall be submitted in

substantially the following form:

"Are you in favor of merging or consolidating the city of _ ____ and the city of

_____ into one city, to be known as the city of _____"?

yes ____

no ____

(2) If a majority of the legal votes cast at the election in all of the cities, each city being

a separate unit in the elections, proposing to merge or consolid ate shall favor the

merger or consolidation, then thirty (30) days after the certification of the results of

the election the cities shall become one (1) city of the class and organizational

structure of the largest of the old cities, but if a majority of the legal voters in either

city vote "No," the merger or consolidation shall fail.

(3) In addition to other public notice requirements, a merged or consolidated city shall

comply with the provisions of KRS 81A.470, but shall not be required to comply

with the provisions of KRS 81A.475.