{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-268.480","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 268.480","heading":"Owners may maintain improvements -- Credit slip for work done -- Terms","body":"-- Use.\n(1) Owners in a district may be employed on maintenance work and their work credited\nagainst their maintenance assessments, within the discretion of the board or the\ndrainage commissioners. In part or full payment for the work, printed credit slips\nshall be issued by the president of the board, the drainage commissioner and the\ntreasurer of the district, each slip showing to whom issued, the date and hours of\nwork, whether d ay labor, teams or otherwise, materials supplied, location of work\nand any other information the board considers proper. Before becoming valid, the\ncredit slips shall be approved by the board and made a part of its records. Rates of\npay shall not be greater than current for similar work in the locality. The work shall\nbe distributed among the landowners as equitably as is economically possible, but\neconomy shall be the first consideration, and only satisfactory workers shall be\nemployed.\n(2) At least twenty (20) days before the maintenance assessments are due all credit slips\nshall be sent to the treasurer and proper deductions made for them from the\nmaintenance assessments. The board shall report to the sheriff the deductions to be\nmade, and a copy of the report shall be retained in the minutes. The board may\nauthorize the treasurer to receive money payments to make up the balance due on\nmaintenance assessments. The sheriff shall collect the remainder of the assessments\nin the regular way. The board may, at  its discretion, permit transfer of credit slips\nfrom one (1) owner to another, and the use of credit slips in other than the year in\nwhich the work was done. Otherwise the credit slips shall be valid only in the year\nin which the work is done. Credit slip s shall not be used in payment of other than\nmaintenance assessments.","path":["KRS Chapter 268"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12971","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:14Z","sha256":"40224a3f069670d754199b5d7832bd53a1fccb1b4329f2b443ce7cd34fc0a38c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-268.470","next":"us-ky/krs-268.490"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}