{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67c.115","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67C.115","heading":"Continued existence of laws of county and of city of the first class after","body":"consolidation -- Resolution of conflicts between existing laws -- Enactment of\nnew laws for consolidated local government -- County attorney to serve as legal\nadviser -- Exceptions -- Meaning given to titles in ordinances.\n(1) Upon the successful passage of the question to consolidate a city of the first class\nand its county, all ordinances and resolutions of the previously existing city of the\nfirst class and all o rdinances and resolutions of the county shall become effective\nordinances and resolutions of the consolidated local government until repealed,\nmodified, or amended in accordance with the following order of precedence:\n(a) If a city ordinance conflicts with  a county ordinance, the county ordinance\nshall prevail and shall become effective countywide;\n(b) If a city ordinance addresses a subject matter not addressed by a county\nordinance, the city ordinance shall become effective countywide; and\n(c) If a county  ordinance addresses a subject matter not addressed by a city\nordinance, the county ordinance shall become effective countywide.\nNotwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection and in the event a uniform land\ndevelopment code has not been jointly adopted  by the city and county prior to the\neffective date of a consolidated local government, the historic preservation and\nlandmarks ordinances, and the zoning regulations of the city adopted pursuant to\nKRS Chapter 100, shall prevail and become effective countywide.\n(2) Ordinances and resolutions of either the city of the first class or its county in\nexistence on the effective date of a local government consolidation which conflict\nwith other provisions of this chapter shall be void. Except as provided in KRS\n67C.123(3), any ordinance, resolution, or order in effect in a city of the first class or\nits county on the date a consolidated local government takes effect shall expire five\n(5) years from that date unless amended or reenacted by the consolidated local\ngovernment.\n(3) All ordinances of the city and county creating agencies and boards and interlocal\nagreements shall survive and be deemed reenacted by the council. All members\nmay serve the balance of the terms to which they were appointed and until their\nsuccessors are appointed and duly qualified according to law.\n(4) For purposes of this section, a conflict shall be deemed to exist between ordinances\nor resolutions, or the provisions of this chapter, where any rights, remedies,\nentitlements, or the enforcement thereof cannot reasonably be reconciled.\n(5) (a) The county attorney shall serve as the legal advisor and representative to the\nconsolidated local government, except for those duties pertaining to fiscal\ncourt and as provided in KRS 67C.103(14).\n(b) The county attorney shall retain and exercise all other duties, powers, and\nrights delegated to that office by law, excluding the power to approve\nlegislation prior to its consideration by the legislative body of the consolidated\nlocal government. The county attorney may provide an opinion on the legality\nor constitutionality of any legislative action, but that opinion shall only be an\nadvisory opinion. This subsection does not prevent the consolidated local\ngovernment council from retaining its own leg al counsel for advice and\nconsultation should it choose to do so.\n(6) Wherever the words \"county judge\" or \"county judge/executive\" appear in any\nresolution or ordinance in existence in a city of the first class or in a county\ncontaining a city of the firs t class as of the effective date of the establishment of a\nconsolidated local government, they shall be deemed to mean the mayor of the\nconsolidated local government.","path":["KRS Chapter 67C"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57993","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:29Z","sha256":"3d81646743292396938e4a4c3cb194c30f51f5a30f22384dcbfdbca87c4c79d8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67c.113","next":"us-ky/krs-67c.116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}