{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-76.231","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 76.231","heading":"Joint sewer agency established -- Powers -- Administration -- Dissolution.","body":"(1) As an alternative to establishing a metropolitan sewer district pursuant to KRS\n76.010, any city with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000)\nbut less than one hundred thousand (100,000) based upon the most recent federal\ndecennial census, together with the county in which it is located, may jointly\nestablish a sewer agency for the purpose of providing sewer and drainage facilities\nwithin the city and the county.\n(2) A joint sewer agency shall be established upon the enactment of identical\nordinances establishing and setting out the powers of the agency by both the\nlegislative body of the city and the fiscal court of the county.\n(3) All the powe rs granted a metropolitan sewer district in cities of the first class by\nKRS 76.010 to 76.279 may be granted by ordinance to the sewer agency except that\nthese powers may be restricted or qualified in order to conform to the local needs of\nthe county and the city.\n(4) The legislative body of the city and the fiscal court of the county shall establish a\nschedule of rates, rentals and charges to be collected from all real property served\nby the facilities of the sewer agency in the manner provided by KRS 76.0 90. If the\ncity, county, and sewer agency find that local needs warrant, uniformity of rates for\nall residential property shall not be required for a period of no more than ten (10)\nyears from the date the sewer agency is established under subsection (2) o f this\nsection. If for whatever reason the city and county cannot agree to amendments to a\nrate schedule, the current schedule shall remain in effect until such time as an\nagreement can be reached.\n(5) For purposes of establishing a schedule of rates, rentals, and charges to be collected,\nthe legislative body of the city and the fiscal court of the county may prescribe by\njoint ordinance for the creation of a rate adjustment board that shall be comprised of\nthe members of both legislative bodies, sitting as  a single body. Upon the creation\nof a rate adjustment board, a simple majority of the combined membership of the\nrate adjustment board shall be required to establish rates, rentals, and charges to be\ncollected.\n(6) The joint sewer agency shall be administ ered as a separate legal entity or by a\njointly appointed administrator or joint board as set out in the establishing\nordinances.\n(7) The joint sewer agency may be dissolved only by a joint action of the legislative\nbody of the city and the fiscal court of  the county. The establishing ordinance may\nbe amended in the same manner as originally enacted.\n(8) The legislative body of any city with a population of less than twenty thousand\n(20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census may by ordinan ce\nelect to be within the jurisdiction of a joint sewer agency established pursuant to\nthis section.\n(9) The joint sewer agency may enter into agreements with another entity or entities to\nacquire by purchase or lease, any real or personal property, or any  interest, right,\neasement, or privilege therein, outside of the agency's jurisdictional boundaries, in\nconnection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance of\nany sewage, wastewater, or storm water facilities, notwithstanding a ny other\nprovision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes restricting, qualifying, or limiting their\nauthority to do so, except as set forth in KRS Chapter 278.","path":["KRS Chapter 76"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48314","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:36Z","sha256":"f8fe9b78bc96d365a5c59acb5026acd70fe3bc72049e3fde8f854c23487b7288","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-76.230","next":"us-ky/krs-76.232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}