{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-212.840","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 212.840","heading":"District health departments -- Boundaries -- Costs.","body":"(1) The cabinet shall delineate and define geographical boundaries within which district\nhealth departments may be established. The fiscal courts of all counties within the\nboundaries delineated by the cabinet may, by resolution of each respective court,\nduly passed by a majority vote of the members present, unite all the counties into a\ndistrict for the purpose of creating, establishing, maintaining, and operating a\ndistrict health department. The resolution of each court shall be in effect for two (2)\nyears awaiting the action of other fiscal courts to unite in the formation of a district\nhealth department. Each court, at the time of passing the resolution, shall provide\nfor its proportion of the cost of the creation, establishment, maintenance and\noperation of the department, to be paid for by the county.\n(2) The cost of creating and establishing the district health department shall be paid by\nthe counties comprising the district in proportion to the taxable property of each\ncounty as shown by their respective  county assessments. The annual expense of\nmaintaining and operating the district health department shall be borne by each\ncounty reasonably and equitably in proportion to the amount of the taxable property\nin each county, in amounts determined by the standards of the cabinet.","path":["KRS Chapter 212"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8688","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:16Z","sha256":"9922aafe133416e05bf2bc912d0f95f8020c0498c4661e7a78252df6ffacd1fa","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-212.830","next":"us-ky/krs-212.850"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}