KRS 96.120: City may acquire franchise to furnish water and light to another city --

Powers to contract with other city and construct and maintain apparatus.

(1) Any city that owns and operates its own water or light plant may acquire a franchise

to furnish water and light to any other city, in the same manner that any private

corporation or individual may acquire such a franchise.

(2) Any city that owns and operates its own water or light plant may contract with any

other city to furnish water and light to that other city. Those contracts may be

entered into by the legislative bodies of the cities, and the legislative bodies are

given full power to so contract in regard to the furnishing of water or light. Each

contract shall be specific in its terms. Any city may pay to any other city a rental for

water and light from year to year, or for a term of years.

(3) Any city may construct, lay, or maintain mains, pipes, lines, or other necessary

apparatus to convey water or light from any city that owns and operate s its own

water or light plant, or may contract with the other city to do these things, and the

other city shall have the same power. For this purpose, any city may acquire rights

and rights-of-way in the same manner that private corporations or individual s may

acquire rights and rights-of-way, and may do any other things in carrying into effect

the provisions of this section that any individual or corporation may do.