{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-76.080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 76.080","heading":"General powers of district.","body":"The district created under the provisions of KRS 76.010 to 76.210 is empowered:\n(1) To have jurisdiction, control, possession, and supervision of the existing sewer and\ndrainage system of the city forming a district pursuant to KRS 76.010; to maintain,\noperate, reconstruct, and improve the same as a comprehensive sewer and drainage\nsystem; to make additions, betterments, and extensions thereto within the district\narea; and to have all the rights, privileges, and jurisdiction necessary or proper for\ncarrying such powers into execution. No enumeration of powers in KRS 76.010 to\n76.210 shall operate to restrict the meaning of this general grant of power or to\nexclude other powers comprehended within this general grant.\n(2) To prepare or cause to be prepared and  to be thereafter revised and adopted, plans,\ndesigns, and estimates of costs, of a system of trunk, intercepting, connecting,\nlateral, and outlet sewers, storm water drains, pumping and ventilating stations,\ndisposal and treatment plants and works, and al l other appliances and structures\nwhich in the judgment of the board will provide an effective and advantageous\nmeans for relieving the district area from inadequate sanitary and storm water\ndrainage and from inadequate sanitary disposal and treatment of the sewage thereof,\nor such sections or parts of such system of the district area as the board may from\ntime to time deem proper or convenient to construct, consistent with the plans and\npurposes of KRS 76.010 to 76.210, and may take all steps the board dee ms proper\nand necessary to effect the purposes of KRS 76.010 to 76.210.\n(3) To construct any additions, betterments and extensions to the facilities of the\ndistrict, within or without the district area, and to construct any construction\nsubdistrict facilit ies or additions, betterments and extensions thereto, within or\nwithout the district area, by contract or under, through, or by means of its own\nofficers, agents and employees. No construction or extensions shall be started\nwithin the city forming a distri ct pursuant to KRS 76.010 until, firstly, the city's\ndirector of works, and secondly, its board of aldermen have approved the plans. No\nconstruction or extensions shall be started in any city with a population greater than\nthree thousand (3,000) but less t han one hundred thousand (100,000) based upon\nthe most recent federal decennial census until the governing authorities of such city\nor cities have approved the plans. No construction or extensions shall be started in\nany other part of the county until the plans have been approved, firstly, by the\ncounty engineer and, secondly, by the fiscal court.\n(4) To establish, construct, operate, and maintain, as a part of the sewer and drainage\nsystem of the district, sewage treatment and disposal plants and systems a nd all the\nappurtenances and appliances thereunto belonging. The sewage treatment and\ndisposal plants may be located in the city, or beyond the limits of the city in the\ncounty in which the city is located, as the board deems expedient.\n(5) To acquire and hold the personal property the board deems necessary and proper for\ncarrying out the corporate purposes of the district and to dispose of personal\nproperty when the district has no further need therefor.\n(6) To acquire by purchase, gift, lease, or by conde mnation, real property or any\ninterest, right, easement, or privilege therein, as the board determines necessary,\nproper and convenient for the corporate purposes of the district, and to use the same\nso long as its corporate existence continues, and same i s necessary or useful for the\ncorporate purposes of the district. Condemnation proceedings may be instituted in\nthe name of the district pursuant to a resolution of the board declaring the necessity\nfor the taking, and the method of condemnation shall be t he same as provided in the\nEminent Domain Act of Kentucky. When the board by resolution declares that any\nreal property which it has acquired, or any interest therein, is no longer necessary or\nuseful for the corporate purposes of the district, the real property and interest therein\nmay be disposed of.\n(7) To make bylaws and agreements for the management and regulation of its affairs\nand for the regulation of the use of property under its control and for the\nestablishment and collection of sewer rates, rent als and charges, which sewer rates,\nrentals and charges, applicable within the limits of a city forming a district pursuant\nto KRS 76.010, shall be subject to the approval, supervision and control of the\nlegislative body of the city as hereinafter provided.\n(8) To make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the\npremises.\n(9) To borrow money and to issue negotiable bonds and to provide for the rights of the\nholders thereof.\n(10) To fix and collect sewer rates, rentals, and other cha rges, for services rendered by\nthe facilities of the district, which sewer rates, rentals, and other charges, applicable\nwithin the limits of a city forming a district pursuant to KRS 76.010, shall be\nsubject to the approval, supervision and control of the  legislative body of such city\nas hereinafter provided.\n(11) To enter on any lands, waters and premises for the purpose of making surveys, and\nsoundings and examinations.\n(12) To approve or revise the plans and designs of all trunk, intercepting, connectin g,\nlateral and outlet sewers, storm water drains, pumping and ventilating stations,\ndisposal and treatment plants and works proposed to be constructed, altered or\nreconstructed by any other person or corporation, private or public, in the whole\ncounty, in order to insure that such proposed construction, alteration or\nreconstruction shall conform to and be a part of a comprehensive sewer and\ndrainage system for the said county. No sewers, drains, pumping and ventilating\nstations, or disposal and treatment pl ants or works shall be constructed, altered or\nreconstructed without approval by the board of the district. Any such work shall be\nsubject to inspection and supervision of the district.\n(13) To enter into agreements with another entity or entities to acqui re by purchase or\nlease, any real or personal property, or any interest, right, easement, or privilege\ntherein, outside of the district's jurisdictional boundaries, in connection with the\nacquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance of any sewage,\nwastewater, or storm water facilities, notwithstanding any other provision of the\nKentucky Revised Statutes restricting, qualifying, or limiting their authority to do\nso, except as set forth in KRS Chapter 278.","path":["KRS Chapter 76"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48313","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:35Z","sha256":"08138b82069a886cd66c1f1ccee37335d17c4a104e0b05784cf69f8c28459f89","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-76.070","next":"us-ky/krs-76.085"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}