{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-220.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 220.040","heading":"Petition necessary to establish district -- Requisites.","body":"(1) Before the commissioner of sanitation districts shall establish a district, a petition,\napproved as to propriety and necessity by the county board of health of each county\naffected, shall be filed with the commissioner, containing valid signatures of sixty\npercent (60%) of those in possession claiming as freeholders within the limits of the\nterritory proposed to be organized into a district.\n(2) In determining when sixty percent (60%) of the landowners have signed the\npetition, the commissioner shall consul t with the landowners whose names appear\nupon the county tax duplicate, which for all purposes of KRS 220.010 to 220.520\nshall be prima facie evidence of such ownership. The commissioner shall further\nrequire evidence to determine the fact that all signatures on the petition are genuine,\nand a notification by ordinary mail sent to the respective addresses shown on the\npetition shall be deemed satisfactory by the commissioner if the petitioner so\nnotified fails to report in writing within ten (10) days that he did not sign the\npetition. When authorized by ordinance, such a petition may be signed by the\ngoverning body of any municipality lying wholly or partly within the proposed\ndistrict. When so signed by such governing body a petition on the part of the\ngoverning body shall fill all requirements of representation upon the petition of the\nfreeholders of the municipality as they appear upon the assessment roll of the\nmunicipality, and individuals within the municipality shall not sign the petition.\nSuch a peti tion may also be filed by any municipality interested in some degree in\nthe improvement, upon proper action by its governing body, except as provided in\nKRS 220.520.","path":["KRS Chapter 220"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=9771","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:32Z","sha256":"5b34635cdc280ea23fa58e473fc82c4800e255cb9cb9a7ab20cd65c1e3ea8877","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-220.035","next":"us-ky/krs-220.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}