{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224a.180","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224A.180","heading":"Enforcement powers of authority in the event of default.","body":"(1) In order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and in order to assure the\nprompt and necessary payment to the authority of all monetary requirements arising\nfrom assistance agreements entered into by and between the authority and the\ngovernmental agencies, and thereby assure the financial integrity of the authority,\nand the prompt payment of principal of and interest on revenue bonds and notes\nissued by the authority, the authority is specifically authorized, if any governmental\nagency which is  a party to an assistance agreement fails to promptly and duly\nperform all of the terms and conditions of the assistance agreement, to directly\nimpose, in the authority's name and for the authority's benefit, service charges upon\nall users of the eligible project constructed pursuant to such assistance agreement,\nand to proceed to directly enforce and collect such service charges, together with all\nnecessary costs of the enforcement and collection, in the name of the authority and\nfor the benefit of the authority.\n(2) In addition to the powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section, the authority\nmay, upon the occurrence of any event of default by such governmental agencies,\nmandatorily require the owner, tenant, or occupant of each and every lot or parcel of\nland which abuts upon a street or other public way containing a sanitary sewer or\ndrinking water facility, and upon which lot or parcel of land an improvement exists\nfor residential, commercial, or industrial use, or where a sanitary sewer or drinki ng\nwater facility is reasonably available to serve such improved lot or parcel of land, to\nforthwith connect such improvement to the sanitary sewer or drinking water facility\nand to cease to use any other means for the disposal of sewage, sewage waste, or\nother pollutants.\n(3) In the implementation of its enforcement authority, the authority shall have and\npossess all of the powers of incorporated municipalities which are granted by KRS\n96.930 to 96.943, providing for the termination of water services to an y premises\nwhere the bill for sewer services is delinquent.\n(4) The authority is further expressly authorized and empowered by suit, action,\nmandamus, or other proceedings, to compel performance by governmental agencies\nof all of the terms and conditions o f assistance agreements, including, inter alia, the\nadjustment and increase of service charges as required to meet the needs of any\nassistance agreement, and the enforcement and collection of such service charges.\n(5) In addition to the powers conferred by  subsection (1) of this section, the authority\nmay upon the occurrence of any event of default by such governmental agency, and\nwithout the consent of the governmental agency, place a system in receivership.","path":["KRS Chapter 224A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=10579","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:43Z","sha256":"cff344de0e32eb2eedbd06eede4ad7ea599bd1b89774092189dc24b1809e5f79","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224a.170","next":"us-ky/krs-224a.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}