KRS 83A.022: Powers and duties of city's established population criteria not lost because

of subsequent census population change or court judgment.

Once a city meets the population criteria established in KRS 67.750, 82.095, 92.281,

96.060, 96.189, 97.1 20, 99.615, 100.137, 100.209, 100.217, 100.253, 241.160, 243.230,

244.290, 244.540, or 281.014, and prior to July 14, 2022, KRS 242.1292, under the most

recent federal decennial census and has exercised the powers and duties pursuant to the

section, the ci ty shall not thereafter lose the ability to exercise the powers and duties

provided in those sections because of an increase or decrease in population in a

subsequent federal decennial census, or because of a judgment of a court pursuant to a

petition to c ertify a city's population as different than the federal decennial census made

under KRS 81.006. The city shall be permitted to continue to exercise the powers and

duties under the applicable section as if it still meets the population requirements

provided by the section. However, if there is a conflict between a power or privilege

established under a lower population limit and a higher population limit, then the city

shall follow the provisions required by the higher population limit.