{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-83a.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 83A.050","heading":"General election laws to govern election of city officers unless changed by","body":"ordinance.\n(1) Election of city officers shall be governed by general election laws as provided in\nKRS Chapters 116 through 121 unless the city legislative body prescribes b y\nordinance that election of city officers shall be under nonpartisan city election laws\nas provided in KRS 83A.045, 83A.170, 83A.175 and 83A.047. The ordinance shall\nbecome effective not later than twenty -three (23) days prior to the date prescribed\nby the election law generally for filing notification and declaration forms with the\ncounty clerk in a year in which a regular election is to be held in which any city\noffice is to be filled. Immediately subsequent to publication of any ordinance\nprescribing that election of city officers be under nonpartisan city election laws, a\ncopy of that ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the\ncity is located.\n(2) A city may change the manner of election of city officers within the provisi ons of\nsubsection (1) of this section by ordinance, except that no change shall be made\nearlier than five (5) years from the last change.\n(3) The city shall pay the costs of city elections only if city elections are held at a time\nother than prescribed by KRS Chapters 116 to 121.","path":["KRS Chapter 83A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43601","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:44Z","sha256":"6eace6e2194479bac45d08019b243ec4ea3f34df08722203a919923b6d388e75","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-83a.047","next":"us-ky/krs-83a.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}