{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67a.847","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67A.847","heading":"Procedure for referendum -- Application of general election law --","body":"Combined proposal with public parks purchase and maintenance program.\nThe procedure for a referendum authorized by KRS 67A.843 shall be as follows:\n(1) A purchase of development rights  program proposal authorized by KRS 67A.843\nand 67A.845 may be submitted to the voters of an urban -county by either a\nresolution of the legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this\nsection. The resolution or petition shall set out the ma tters specified in KRS\n67A.843(1). The proposal shall be drafted in such a way that a vote in favor of\nadoption shall be a vote in favor of the proposal.\n(2) Petitions shall be signed by registered voters of the urban -county government equal\nin number to a t least ten percent (10%) of the total number of votes cast in the\nurban-county in the last regular mayoral election of the urban-county government.\n(3) If, not later than ninety (90) days preceding the day established for a regular\nelection, the county cl erk receives a resolution adopted by a three -fifths (3/5) vote\nof the legislative body of the urban -county government requesting that the question\nbe submitted to the voters or determines that a petition submitted in accordance\nwith this section is suffici ent, the legal department of the urban -county government\nshall prepare to place before the voters of the urban -county government at the next\nregular election the question, which shall appear on the ballot in the following form:\n\"(  ) FOR RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)\n(  ) AGAINST RATIFICATION OF (summary of proposed program)\".\nThe county clerk shall cause to be published, not fewer than three (3) times within\nthe thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the election in a newspaper hav ing\na general circulation in the territory of the urban -county government, notice of the\nreferendum, the exact language of the proposal, and a map prepared by the urban -\ncounty government showing the general location of the properties from which\ndevelopment rights may be purchased under the program.\n(4) The provisions of general election law shall apply to a referendum conducted under\nthis section. The certificate of the body authorized by law to canvass election\nreturns shall be delivered to the mayor of th e urban -county government and the\ncertificate shall be entered upon the records of the urban -county government during\nthe next regular meeting of the urban -county government legislative body. If a\nproposed program is approved, it shall become effective at the time specified in the\nproposal, but the effective date shall not be before the first day of January following\nthe election.\n(5) After compliance with the provisions of this section and KRS 67A.160, a purchase\nof development rights program authorized by  KRS 67A.843 and 67A.845 may be\ncombined with a public parks purchase and maintenance program proposal\nauthorized by KRS 97.590. In the case of a combined proposal, the urban -county\ngovernment shall place before the voters a single ballot proposal that com bines the\npurchase of development rights program proposal and the parks purchase and\nmaintenance program proposal. In that event, the proposal shall specify which tax\nlevy or portion thereof shall provide funding for the purchase of development rights\nprogram proposal and which will provide funding for the parks purchase and\nmaintenance program proposal.","path":["KRS Chapter 67A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23950","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:28Z","sha256":"e3135da4027a740be81d23b1b283471eafef0c5271b6eaf7ebb7f3b70cfa6a34","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67a.845","next":"us-ky/krs-67a.849"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}