{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-75.080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 75.080","heading":"Erection of fire hydrants.","body":"The trustees of any fire protection district wherein water pipes have been constructed and\nare maintained in the public ways thereof may by resolution duly adopted cause the\nerection of fire hydrants and attachments to the water pipes in the public ways, a fter the\ntrustees have made a written contract for water to be furnished for use in the hydrants.\nThe cost of such erection and attachments shall be apportioned by the trustees against the\nowners of the property fronting the public ways in which the fire h ydrants are erected, by\nany equitable mode of apportionment which the board of trustees prescribes in the\nresolution ordering the erection of the fire hydrants and a lien shall exist against the\nproperty against which the apportionment runs for the cost of  such improvement in the\namount of such apportionment and interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per\nannum. The lien is enforceable by proceedings in court. The erection and installation of\nfire hydrants may be under contract let to the lowest an d best bidder after advertisement\nby publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.","path":["KRS Chapter 75"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24444","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:35Z","sha256":"5ddd6da5ad1ef6bf6ff7e4ba81ffa290ca4aaea99b15ebab1b820f49c43bf412","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-75.070","next":"us-ky/krs-75.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}