{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-269.260","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 269.260","heading":"Withdrawal of land from drainage district.","body":"(1) If at any time any person or persons owning lands within any drainage district\ndesires to withdraw his lands in whole or in part from the drainage district, such\nperson or persons upon the approval of a majority of the qualified members of the\ndrainage board may petition the county judge/executive for a withdrawal of his or\ntheir lands from the district. The county judge/executive shall set a date for a\nhearing on the petition not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days after\nthe petition is filed and issue and cause to be served upon the drainage board notice\nof the hearing. Upon proper showing that the lands should be withdrawn from the\ndrainage district, and if no valid reason is shown against the withdrawal of the lands\nfrom the drainage di strict, the county judge/executive shall enter an order\nwithdrawing the lands. After the order of withdrawal is entered, the lands shall\ncease to be within the drainage district, but an appeal may be taken from the order\nto the Circuit Court, and from the Circuit Court to the Court of Appeals. All costs in\nany action filed are to be paid by the petitioner or petitioners regardless of the result\nof the action.\n(2) The withdrawal of lands from a drainage district as provided for in subsection (1) of\nthis sect ion shall not relieve land already within a drainage district from the\npayment of its proportionate part of any bonds or other outstanding indebtedness\nwhich were issued or incurred in the district, but shall only relieve the land from the\npayment of maintenance assessments on the ditches.","path":["KRS Chapter 269"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=13016","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:14Z","sha256":"d2d038379322c938e29d65e4b4d57ab147ca99b3dec26357b6f90318896b4a07","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-269.250","next":"us-ky/krs-269.270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}