KRS 83A.010: Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the board of commissioners in any city organized and governed

under the city manager plan.

(2) "Code of ordinances" means a reenactment of the body of positive municipal law,

read and interpreted as a whole, with the text arranged by subject matter and

properly indexed.

(3) "Commission" means the city commission in any city organized and governed under

the commission plan.

(4) "Composite index" means a loose -leaf compilation o f all ordinances listed by date

of passage, arranged by subject matter of the contents and indexed alphabetically.

(5) "Council" means the city legislative body in any city organized and governed under

the mayor-council plan.

(6) "Executive authority" mean s the mayor in any city organized and governed under

the mayor-council plan or the mayor-alderman plan as provided in KRS Chapter 83,

the commission in any city organized and governed under the commission plan, or

the board of commissioners in any city organized under the city manager plan.

(7) "Executive order" means an order issued by the executive authority of a

municipality which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality

and any governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction.

(8) "Legislative body member" means a city councilman in any city organized and

governed under the mayor -council plan, a city commissioner in any city organized

and governed under the commission plan, or city manager plan, or a city alderman

in any city of the first class organized under the mayor -alderman plan provided by

KRS Chapter 83.

(9) "Municipal order" means an official act of the legislative body of a municipality

which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality and any

governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction.

(10) "Officer" means any person elected to a position by the voters or any person

appointed to a position which (a) is created by the Constitution, the General

Assembly, or a city; (b) p ossesses a delegation of a portion of the sovereign power

of government; (c) has powers and duties to be discharged which are conferred

directly or by implication by the city; (d) has duties performed independently and

without control of a superior power o ther than law; (e) has some permanency; (f)

requires an official oath; (g) is assigned by a commission or other written authority;

and (h) provides for an official bond if required by proper authority.

(11) "Ordinance" means an official action of a city legislative body, which is a regulation

of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law or is an

appropriation of money.

(12) "Summary" means a brief narrative prepared under the supervision of an attorney

succinctly covering the main points of an official statement, ordinance, or rule in a

way reasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable

manner as to its meaning.