{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65.260","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65.260","heading":"Limitations upon agreements -- Approval by Attorney General or","body":"Department for Local Government -- Exemptions.\n(1) No agreement made pursuant to KRS 65.210 to 65.300 shall relieve any public\nagency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law, except that to the\nextent of actual and timely performance thereof by an interlocal agency, that\nperformance may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.\n(2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section , every agreement made\npursuant to KRS 65.210 to 65.300 shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its\nentry into force, be submitted to the Attorney General who shall determine whether\nthe agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of t his state. The\nAttorney General shall approve any agreement submitted to his or her office under\nthis subsection unless he or she finds that it does not meet the requirements set forth\nin KRS 65.210 to 65.300. If the agreement does not meet these requireme nts, the\nAttorney General shall detail in writing, addressed to the public agencies concerned,\nthe specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements\nof law. The failure of the Attorney General to disapprove an agreement submi tted\nunder this subsection within thirty (30) days of its submission shall constitute\napproval thereof.\n(3) (a) In lieu of the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, agreements\ninvolving only local governments, an agency, board, instrumentality, o r\ncommission created exclusively by one (1) or more local governments, or any\ncombination thereof, shall prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry\ninto force, be submitted to the Department for Local Government. The\ndepartment shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and shall\napprove any agreement submitted to it under this subsection unless it finds\nthat the agreement does not meet the requirements set out in KRS 65.210 to\n65.300. If the agreement does not meet these requirements, the department\nshall detail, in writing, addressed to the public agencies concerned, the\nspecific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the\nrequirements of KRS 65.210 to 65.300. The failure of the department to\ndisapprove an agreement subm itted under this subsection within thirty (30)\ndays of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.\n(b) The approval of an agreement by the Department for Local Government under\nparagraph (a) of this subsection shall be deemed final and conclusive tha t the\nagreement meets the requirements of KRS 65.210 to 65.300, and the\nagreement shall not thereafter be subject to challenge as to the validity of its\nformation.\n(4) The submission of an interlocal cooperative agreement to the Attorney General or\nthe Department for Local Government as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this\nsection shall not be required for any cooperative agreement which involves:\n(a) Only the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of a municipal road or\nbridge, provided a writ ten agreement is approved by each of the affected\ngoverning bodies of the public agencies, or the administrative head of a public\nagency if there is no governing body; or\n(b) Interlocal cooperative agreements between school boards and local\ngovernments.","path":["KRS Chapter 65"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50380","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:21Z","sha256":"0959e9b71bd0d1dabe493352f15c4faa4ebbd3606a33483823b321fbe7e42a2b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.255","next":"us-ky/krs-65.270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}