{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-83a.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 83A.060","heading":"Enactment of ordinances.","body":"(1) Each ordinance shall embrace only one (1) subject and shall have a title that shall\nclearly state the subject.\n(2) Each ordinance shall be introduced in writing and shall have an enacting clause\nstyled \"Be it ordained by the City of ________:\".\n(3) No ordi nance shall be amended by reference to its title only, and ordinances to\namend shall set out in full the amended ordinance or section indicating any text\nbeing added by a single solid line drawn underneath it. Text that is intended to be\nremoved shall be m arked at the beginning with an opening bracket and at the end\nwith a closing bracket. The text between the brackets shall be stricken through with\na single solid line.\n(4) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, no ordinance shall be enacted\nuntil it has been read on two (2) separate days. The reading of an ordinance may be\nsatisfied by stating the title and reading a summary rather than the full text.\n(5) A city legislative body may adopt the provisions of any local, statewide, or\nnationally recognized standard code and codifications of entire bodies of local\nlegislation by an ordinance that identifies the subject matter by title, source, and\ndate and incorporates the adopted provisions by reference without setting them out\nin full, if a copy accompanies the adopting ordinance and is made a part of the\npermanent records of the city.\n(6) Unless otherwise provided by statute, a majority of a legislative body shall\nconstitute a quorum and a vote of a majority of a quorum shall be sufficient to tak e\naction.\n(7) In an emergency, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership, a\ncity legislative body may suspend the requirements of second reading and\npublication to provide for an ordinance to become effective by naming and\ndescribing the emergency in the ordinance. Publication requirements of subsection\n(9) of this section shall be complied with within ten (10) days of the enactment of\nthe emergency ordinance.\n(8) Every action of the city legislative body shall be made a part of the pe rmanent\nrecords of the city and on passage of an ordinance the vote of each member of the\ncity legislative body shall be entered on the official record of the meeting. The\nlegislative body shall provide by ordinance for the maintenance and safekeeping of\nthe permanent records of the city. The person assigned this responsibility and the\npresiding officer shall sign the official record of each meeting. All ordinances\nadopted in a city shall, at the end of each month, be indexed and maintained in the\nfollowing manner:\n(a) The city budget, appropriations of money, and tax levies shall be maintained\nand indexed so that each fiscal year is kept separate from other years.\n(b) All other city ordinances shall be kept in the minute book or an ordinance\nbook in the order adopted and indexed in a composite index or maintained in a\ncode of ordinances.\n(9) Except in cities of the first class, a charter county government, and as provided in\nsubsection (7) of this section, no ordinance shall be enforceable until published\npursuant to KRS Chapter 424. Ordinances may be published in full or in summary\nas designa ted by the legislative body. If the legislative body elects to publish an\nordinance in summary, the summary shall be prepared or certified by an attorney\nlicensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and shall include the\nfollowing:\n(a) The title of the ordinance;\n(b) A brief narrative setting forth the main points of the ordinance in a way\nreasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable\nmanner of the meaning of the ordinance; and\n(c) The full text of each section that imposes taxes or fees.\nOrdinances that include descriptions of real property may include a sketch,\ndrawing, or map, including common landmarks, such as streets or roads in lieu of\nmetes and bounds descriptions.\n(10) A city may specify by ordinance additional requirements for adoption of ordinances\nin greater detail than contained herein, but a city shall not lessen or reduce the\nsubstantial requirements of this section or any other statute relating to adoption of\nordinances.\n(11) At least once every five (5)  years, each city shall cause all ordinances in the\ncomposite index or code of ordinances to be examined for consistency with state\nlaw and with one another and to be revised to eliminate redundant, obsolete,\ninconsistent, and invalid provisions.\n(12) The legislative body may adopt municipal orders. Orders shall be in writing and\nmay be adopted only at an official meeting. Orders may be amended by a\nsubsequent municipal order or ordinance. All orders adopted shall be maintained in\nan official order book.\n(13) In lieu of an ordinance, a municipal order may be used for matters relating to the\ninternal operation and functions of the municipality and to appoint or remove or\napprove appointment or removal of members of boards, commissions, and other\nagencies over which the city has control.\n(14) All ordinances, and orders of the city may be proved by the signature of the city\nclerk; and when the ordinances are placed in a printed composite index or code of\nordinances by authority of the city, the printed copy shal l be received in evidence\nby any state court without further proof of the ordinances.\n(15) For anything said in debate, legislative body members shall be entitled to the same\nimmunities and protections allowed to members of the General Assembly.","path":["KRS Chapter 83A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50324","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:44Z","sha256":"70e70ee03577bb1b2f3322650c7723b9c1347ba1686a809fb667091b472c47f8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-83a.050","next":"us-ky/krs-83a.065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}