{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67a.921","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67A.921","heading":"Submission of authority's budgets, fees, and rates to governing body of","body":"urban-county government -- Approval or disapproval -- Interpretation.\n(1) No budget, budget amendment, fee, or rate of the authority shall be effective before\nthe authority submits that budget, budget amendment, fee, or rate to the governing\nbody of the urban-county government as set out in this section.\n(2) The authority shall submit its budget, or any budget amendment, to the legislative\nbody of the urban-county government no later than forty -five (45) days prior to the\nimplementation of the budget or the budget amendment. No budget or budget\namendment shall be implemented without the approval of the legislative body of the\nurban-county government.\n(3) (a) If the authorit y proposes the imposition of a new fee or rate or a fee or rate\nthat is higher than a fee or rate in effect at the time, then the authority shall\nsubmit the proposed fee or rate to the legislative body of the urban -county\ngovernment no later than forty -five (45) days prior to the scheduled\nimplementation of that fee or rate.\n(b) The governing body of the urban -county government shall have thirty (30)\ndays from the date of submission to:\n1. Approve or fail to act on the proposed fee, in which case the propos ed\nfee or rate may be implemented by the authority;\n2. Approve a fee in an amount less than the amount of the proposed fee or\nrate, in which case the approved fee or rate amount may be implemented\nby the authority; or\n3. Disapprove the entire proposed fee by a majority vote of the governing\nbody, in which case:\na. If a proposed increase of an existing fee or rate is disapproved, any\nfee then in existence shall remain unchanged, and the authority\nshall not seek to increase the fee again for at least one (1) year\nfrom the date of the submission of the disapproved fee or rate\nincrease; and\nb. If a proposed initial rate or fee is disapproved, the authority shall\nnot seek to impose the fee or rate again for at least one (1) year\nfrom the date of the submission of the disapproved initial rate or\nfee.\n(4) This section shall not be interpreted:\n(a) As transferring any fee or rate-levying authority granted to the authority under\nany other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to the urban -county\ngovernment charged with reviewing fee or rates under this section; or\n(b) To grant any fee or rate-levying power on behalf of the authority to the urban-\ncounty government reviewing fees or rates proposed by the authority and\nsubject to review under this section.\n(5) This section shall apply independently of and in addition to any o ther statutory\nrequirements and provisions or ordinances of the urban -county government relating\nto the levying of a fee or rate, or the submission of a budget of the authority,\nincluding any rate limits and public hearing requirements. This section shall not be\ninterpreted to circumvent, supplant, or otherwise replace those requirements and\nprovisions.\n(6) This section shall not be interpreted as limiting the ability of any urban -county\ngovernment to impose reporting or submission requirements that are mor e stringent\nthan those established in this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 67A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53994","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:29Z","sha256":"cd7c3fb02f7dfe9224cb5376643eecc8a3e55d8305b0da403a1708e461f004e3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67a.920","next":"us-ky/krs-67a.922"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}