KRS 95A.522: Share of fire department aid for merged departments for mergers on or

after July 14, 2022.

(1) For volunteer fire departments merging on or after July 14, 2022, the Kentucky Fire

Commission shall pay to the resulting merged district the numbe r of qualified

shares of volunteer fire department aid allotted under KRS 95A.262 equal to the

total number of qualified shares that each merging department would have received

prior to merger.

(2) If the resulting merged district does not remain qualifie d to receive the volunteer

fire department aid allotted under KRS 95A.262, then the Kentucky Fire

Commission shall suspend all payments calculated under subsection (1) of this

section. The merged district shall have ninety (90) days to come into compliance

with the requirements for qualification. If the merged district does so, then the

commission shall resume payments as calculated under subsection (1) of this

section. If the merged district does not come into compliance within ninety (90)

days of the loss of qualification, then the commission shall not resume payments as

calculated under subsection (1) of this section. Should the merged district come into

compliance after ninety (90) days, it shall receive only one (1) qualified share of the

volunteer fire department aid under KRS 95A.262.