{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-75a.130","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 75A.130","heading":"Dissolution of consolidated emergency services district.","body":"The method for dissolving a consolidated emergency services district shall be in\naccordance with the following:\n(1) (a) Persons desiring to dissolve a consolidated emergency services district shall\npresent a petition to the fiscal court clerk and to each m ember of the fiscal\ncourt, meeting the criteria of KRS 65.184, and signed by a number of\nregistered voters equal to or greater than twenty -five percent (25%) of an\naverage of the voters living in the proposed taxing district and voting in the\nlast four (4)  general elections. At the time of its submission to fiscal court,\neach petition shall be a form showing justification or information as set out in\nthis paragraph:\n1. Justification for the dissolution of a consolidated emergency services\ndistrict, including but not limited to the location of nearby governmental\nand nongovernmental providers of like services; and\n2. Any additional information, which bears on the necessity of dissolution\nof a consolidated emergency services district.\n(b) A majority of the mem bers of a fiscal court may vote to dissolve a\nconsolidated emergency services district.\n(2) The fiscal court clerk shall notify all planning commissions, cities, and area\ndevelopment districts within whose jurisdiction the consolidated emergency\nservices district is located and any state agencies required by law to be notified of\nthe proposal to dissolve the consolidated emergency services district.\n(3) The fiscal court clerk shall schedule a hearing on the proposal for no earlier than\nthirty (30) nor later than ninety (90) days following receipt of the petition, and shall,\nin accordance with KRS Chapter 424, publish notice of the time and place of the\npublic hearing.\n(4) At the public hearing, the fiscal court shall take testimony of interested parties and\nsolicit the recommendations of any planning commission, area development district,\nor state agency meeting the criteria of subsection (2) of this section.\n(5) The fiscal court may extend the hearing, from time -to-time, for ninety (90) days\nfrom the date of  the initial hearing and shall render a decision within thirty (30)\ndays of the final adjournment of the hearing.\n(6) Following the hearing, the fiscal court shall set forth its written findings of fact and\nshall approve or disapprove the dissolution of th e consolidated emergency services\ndistrict.\n(7) The dissolution of the consolidated emergency services district shall be of legal\neffect only upon the adoption of an ordinance, in accordance with KRS 67.075 and\n67.077, dissolving the consolidated emergency services district, and compliance\nwith the requirements of KRS 65.005.\n(8) A certified copy of the ordinance dissolving the consolidated emergency services\ndistrict shall be filed with the county clerk.\n(9) The territory of the former consolidated emergency services district shall become\nspecial taxing districts until the indebtedness has been relieved.","path":["KRS Chapter 75A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51262","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:35Z","sha256":"366068e750bd696c86fcbaa62b0da8f9a2af59cef56544967c65f6f5d8b2339f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-75a.120","next":"us-ky/krs-75a.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}