{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65a.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65A.010","heading":"Definitions for chapter.          (Effective until July 1, 2027)","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"County\" means any county, consolidated local government, urban -county\ngovernment, unified local government, or charter county;\n(2) \"DLG\" means the Depa rtment for Local Government established by KRS\n147A.002;\n(3) \"Establishing entity\" means the city or county, or any combination of cities and\ncounties, that established a special purpose governmental entity and that has not\nsubsequently withdrawn its affiliation with the special purpose governmental entity\nby ordinance or other official action;\n(4) \"Federally regulated municipal utility\" means a municipal utility governed by the\nprovisions of KRS 96.550 to 96.901, that maintains a wholesale power contract\nwith a federal agency that also serves as its regulatory authority;\n(5) (a) \"Fee\" means any user charge, levy, assessment, fee, schedule of rates, or tax,\nother than an ad valorem tax, imposed by a special purpose governmental\nentity.\n(b) \"Fee\" shall not in clude the following charges imposed by special purpose\ngovernmental entities that provide utility services:\n1. Any fuel cost adjustment that is:\na. Made pursuant to an agreement with a power supplier;\nb. Amended by the power supplier based on the variable cost of fuel;\nand\nc. Passed through to the consumer by the utility pursuant to the\nagreement between the utility and the power supplier;\n2. Any power or energy cost adjustment implemented pursuant to a du ly\nadopted base rate that provides for the periodic adjustment of a\ncomponent of the rate, including any fuel costs or transmission costs, in\naccordance with the formula or conditions set forth in the base rate; or\n3. Any environmental control cost adjustm ents or surcharges implemented\npursuant to a duly adopted base rate that provides for the periodic\nadjustment of a component of the rate in accordance with a formula or\nconditions set forth in the base rate;\n(6) (a) \"Private entity\" means any entity whose sole source of public funds is from\npayments pursuant to a contract with a city, county, or special purpose\ngovernmental entity, including funds received as a grant or as a result of a\ncompetitively bid procurement process.\n(b) \"Private entity\" does not include any entity:\n1. Created, wholly or in part, by a city, county, or combination of cities\nand counties to perform one (1) or more of the types of public services\nlisted in subsection (9)(c) of this section; or\n2. Governed by a board, council, commission , committee, authority, or\ncorporation with any member or members who are appointed by the\nchief executive or governing body of a city, county, or combination of\ncities and counties, or whose voting membership includes governmental\nofficials who serve in an ex officio capacity;\n(7) \"Public funds\" means any funds derived from the levy of a tax, fee, assessment, or\ncharge, or the issuance of bonds by the state or a city, county, or special purpose\ngovernmental entity;\n(8) \"Registry\" means the online central r egistry and reporting portal established\npursuant to KRS 65A.020; and\n(9) (a) \"Special purpose governmental entity\" or \"entity\" means any agency,\nauthority, or entity created or authorized by statute which:\n1. Exercises less than statewide jurisdiction;\n2. Exists for the purpose of providing one (1) or a limited number of\nservices or functions;\n3. Is governed by a board, council, commission, committee, authority, or\ncorporation with policy -making authority that is separate from the state\nand the governing b ody of the city, county, or cities and counties in\nwhich it operates; and\n4. a. Has the independent authority to generate public funds; or\nb. May receive and expend public funds, grants, awards, or\nappropriations from the state, from any agency, or authori ty of the\nstate, from a city or county, or from any other special purpose\ngovernmental entity.\n(b) \"Special purpose governmental entity\" shall include entities meeting the\nrequirements established by paragraph (a) of this subsection, whether the\nentity is formed as a nonprofit corporation under KRS Chapter 273, pursuant\nto an interlocal cooperation agreement under KRS 65.210 to 65.300, or\npursuant to any other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.\n(c) Examples of the types of public services that may be provided by special\npurpose governmental entities include but are not limited to the following:\n1. Ambulance, emergency, and fire protection services;\n2. Flood control, drainage, levee, water, and water conservation services,\nand services provided by wa tershed conservancy districts and soil and\nwater conservation districts;\n3. Area planning, management, community improvement, and community\ndevelopment services;\n4. Library services;\n5. Public health, public mental health, and public hospital services;\n6. Riverport and airport services;\n7. Sanitation, sewer, waste management, and solid waste services;\n8. Industrial and economic development;\n9. Parks and recreation services;\n10. Construction, maintenance, or operation of roads and bridges;\n11. Mass transit services;\n12. Pollution control;\n13. Construction or provision of public housing, except as set out in\nparagraph (d)8. of this subsection;\n14. Tourism and convention services; and\n15. Agricultural extension services.\n(d) \"Special purpose governmental entity\" shall not include:\n1. Cities;\n2. Counties;\n3. School districts;\n4. Private entities;\n5. Chambers of commerce;\n6. Any incorporated entity that:\na. Provides utility services;\nb. Is member-owned; and\nc. Has a governing body whose voting members are all elected by the\nmembership of the entity;\n7. Any entity whose budget, finances, and financial information are fully\nintegrated with and included as a part of the budget, finances, a nd\nfinancial reporting of the city, county, or cities and counties in which it\noperates;\n8. Federally regulated public housing authorities established pursuant to\nKRS Chapter 80 that receive no more than twenty percent (20%) of their\ntotal funding for any fiscal year from nonfederal fees, not including\nrental income; or\n9. a. Any fire protection district or volunteer fire department district\noperating under KRS Chapter 75 with the higher of annual receipts\nfrom all sources or annual expenditures of less tha n one hundred\nthousand dollars ($100,000); or\nb. Any fire department incorporated under KRS Chapter 273.\nEffective: June 27, 2025","path":["KRS Chapter 65A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56486","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:23Z","sha256":"baaf35b693b746f3ce149c33df6b48c6d4f63ea1cc31df464a38113e938e63f0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.956","next":"us-ky/krs-65a.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}