{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-96.120","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 96.120","heading":"City may acquire franchise to furnish water and light to another city --","body":"Powers to contract with other city and construct and maintain apparatus.\n(1) Any city that owns and operates its own water or light plant may acquire a franchise\nto furnish  water and light to any other city, in the same manner that any private\ncorporation or individual may acquire such a franchise.\n(2) Any city that owns and operates its own water or light plant may contract with any\nother city to furnish water and light to that other city. Those contracts may be\nentered into by the legislative bodies of the cities, and the legislative bodies are\ngiven full power to so contract in regard to the furnishing of water or light. Each\ncontract shall be specific in its terms. Any city may pay to any other city a rental for\nwater and light from year to year, or for a term of years.\n(3) Any city may construct, lay, or maintain mains, pipes, lines, or other necessary\napparatus to convey water or light from any city that owns and operate s its own\nwater or light plant, or may contract with the other city to do these things, and the\nother city shall have the same power. For this purpose, any city may acquire rights\nand rights-of-way in the same manner that private corporations or individual s may\nacquire rights and rights-of-way, and may do any other things in carrying into effect\nthe provisions of this section that any individual or corporation may do.","path":["KRS Chapter 96"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48686","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:57Z","sha256":"2745850d89ccc814e3fbbb7cfe00a9454be7d7c76352d546f093ce896746b22d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-96.110","next":"us-ky/krs-96.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}