{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-76.030","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 76.030","heading":"Board of district -- Membership, appointment, qualifications, term,","body":"vacancies, removal, compensation -- Effect of compact -- Membership of board\nupon establishment of consolidated local government.\n(1) Except in counties containing a consolidated local  government, the business,\nactivities, and affairs of such district shall be managed, controlled, and conducted\nby a board composed of seven (7) members, four (4) of whom shall be appointed by\nthe mayor of such city subject to the approval of the city legi slative body, and three\n(3) of whom shall be appointed by the county judge/executive of such county\nsubject to the approval of the fiscal court, and which seven (7) members thus\nappointed shall constitute the board of such district. Not more than four (4)\nmembers of a seven (7) member board nor more than five (5) members of an eight\n(8) member board shall be affiliated with the same political party. After March 19,\n1977, members shall be so selected and appointed so that no more than one (1)\nmember resides in any one (1) state senatorial district. In a county containing a city\nof the first class, the county judge/executive, with approval of the fiscal court, shall\nappoint one (1) additional member to the board of such district who may be a\nresident of any state senatorial district in the county.\n(2) Each such member shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age; each appointed by\nthe mayor shall be a resident of such city and wherein he shall have actually resided\ncontinuously for at least three (3) years n ext prior to appointment; each appointed\nby the county judge/executive shall be a resident of such county and wherein he\nshall have actually resided continuously for at least three (3) years next prior to\nappointment. No officer or employee of such city or  county, whether holding a paid\nor unpaid position, shall be eligible for appointment as a member of such board.\n(3) The term of each of such members shall be four (4) years, ending on July first. A\nmember is eligible to succeed himself and shall continue in office until his\nsuccessor has been appointed and qualified. Vacancies in the membership shall be\nfilled for the unexpired portion of the term by the mayor or the county\njudge/executive as the case may be, subject to the same approval.\n(4) Any member of  the board appointed by the mayor may be removed by the mayor,\nfor cause, after hearing by the mayor, and after at least ten (10) days' notice in\nwriting shall have been given to the member, which notice shall embrace the\ncharges preferred against him. At the hearing he may be represented by counsel.\nThe finding of the mayor shall be final and removal results in vacancy in such\noffice. Any member of the board appointed by the county judge/executive may be\nremoved by the county judge/executive, for cause, af ter hearing by the county\njudge/executive, and after at least ten (10) days' notice in writing shall have been\ngiven to the member, which notice shall embrace the charges preferred against him.\nAt the hearing he may be represented by counsel. The finding o f the county\njudge/executive shall be final and removal results in vacancy in such office.\n(5) The members of the board shall be paid seventy -five dollars ($75) for each meeting\nof the board attended by such member, and fifty dollars ($50) for attendance a t any\nmeeting of a committee which has been authorized or duly appointed by the board.\nBut in no instance shall any member of said board be paid for more than one (1)\nmeeting per day, nor more than one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) during\nany fiscal year of the board, nor for more than twenty -four (24) board meetings and\ntwenty-eight (28) committee meetings held during any fiscal year of said board.\n(6) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, when a city of the first class and a\ncounty containing such city have in effect a compact under KRS 79.310 to 79.330,\nthe terms of the members of the board shall be for three (3) years and until their\nsuccessors are appointed and qualified. Upon the effective date of the compact, the\nmayor shall adjust the terms of the sitting members appointed by the mayor so that\nthe terms of two (2) members expire in one (1) year, the term of one (1) member\nexpires in two (2) years, and the term of one (1) member expires in three (3) years;\nthe county judge/executive  with the approval of the fiscal court shall adjust the\nterms of the sitting members appointed by the county judge/executive so that the\nterm of one (1) member expires in one (1) year, the term of one (1) member expires\nin two (2) years, and the term of on e (1) member expires in three (3) years. Upon\nexpiration of these staggered terms, successors shall be appointed for a term of three\n(3) years.\n(7) Upon the establishment of a consolidated local government in a county where a city\nof the first class and a county containing that city have had in effect a cooperative\ncompact pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, all members of the board shall be\nappointed by the mayor of the consolidated local government pursuant to the\nprovisions of KRS 67C.139 for a term of thr ee (3) years. Incumbent members upon\nthe establishment of the consolidated local government shall continue to serve as\nmembers of the board for the time remaining on their current term of appointment.","path":["KRS Chapter 76"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24475","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:35Z","sha256":"4327addeda2a2c2cdb0c58906a898b91923827a06ba1f3ff952ed1bc17566d41","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-76.020","next":"us-ky/krs-76.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}