{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-96.045","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 96.045","heading":"Rights of existing facilities.","body":"(1) No municipality, in which there is located an existing electric, water or gas public\nutility plant or facility shall construct or cause to be constructed any similar utility\nplant or any similar public utility facility duplicating such existing plant or fa cility\nor to obtain or acquire any similar public utility plant or facility other than by the\npurchase of the existing plant or facility or by the acquisition of such existing plant\nor facility by the exercise of the power of eminent domain.\n(2) \"Municipality\" means any county, city, and municipal corporation in the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky, and any board, commission or agency thereof.\n(3) All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith to the extent of such conflict are\nrepealed.","path":["KRS Chapter 96"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48685","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:57Z","sha256":"a186dc749873f5f18e4749bc52fc5a2e56f3ee766527094c95d7a68c0370581f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-96.040","next":"us-ky/krs-96.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}