{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-220.140","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 220.140","heading":"Board of directors -- Management of district -- Qualifications --","body":"Appointment -- Terms -- Vacancies.\nWithin twenty (20) days after the commissioner certifies to the county clerk of each\ncounty in which the district is located that the district is inco rporated, there shall be\nappointed a board of directors for the district, consisting of three (3) members, which\nshall control and manage the affairs of the district. If the district lies wholly within a\nsingle county, the county judge/executive of that co unty shall appoint all of the directors.\nIf the district lies within two (2) counties, the county judge/executive of the county in\nwhich the greater portion of the population of the district resides may appoint two (2)\ndirectors and the county judge/executive of the other county shall appoint the third. If the\ndistrict lies within more than two (2) counties, the county judges/executive of all the\ncounties shall jointly select the directors, but each one so appointed must reside in a\ndifferent county. Not less than two (2) of the directors shall be freeholders, and not more\nthan two (2) of them shall belong to or be affiliated with the same political party. If the\ndistrict is coextensive with the boundaries of two (2) or more counties, four (4) directors\nshall be appointed by the county judge/executive of the most populous county and two (2)\nshall be appointed by the county judge/executive of each remaining county. All\nappointments by county judges/executive shall be subject to the approval of the respective\nfiscal courts. In a district which is coextensive with the boundaries of two (2) or more\ncounties, not less than two -thirds (2/3) of the directors shall be freeholders. No director\nshall be in any way associated or connected with the ownership, operation or  control of\nany privately owned public utility operating within the district. The terms of office of the\nfirst board of directors shall be two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, respectively, from\nthe date of their appointment, the length of the term of o ffice of each member to be\ndetermined by lot at their first meeting, but the individual holding such office shall do so\nat the pleasure of the county judge/executive by whom he is appointed, and he may be\nremoved without cause, with the approval of the res pective fiscal court, by the county\njudge/executive by whom he was appointed and his unexpired term filled by another\nappointee of such county judge/executive. After the expiration of the respective terms of\noffice of the first board, each director shall b e appointed for a term of four (4) years,\nsubject to the will of the county judge/executive making the appointment. Vacancies\nresulting from any cause other than expiration of term shall be filled only for the\nunexpired term. The county judge/executive of the county whose director has completed\nhis term of office or whose office has otherwise been vacated shall fill the vacant office,\nexcept that when the district lies within more than three (3) counties, if each county is not\nrepresented, vacancies resulting from expiration of term shall be filled in rotation by the\ncounty judges/executive of those counties not represented by a director at the time a\nvacancy occurs. The directors shall at all times be residents of the district, and the office\nof any directo r who moves his residence outside the district shall automatically be\nvacated.","path":["KRS Chapter 220"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=9783","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:32Z","sha256":"3abe7ff5d3665bb1257e3b176ede9301026492a3046cf4121b698197b587373e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-220.135","next":"us-ky/krs-220.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}