{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-96.539","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 96.539","heading":"Development of rules to govern extension of water and sewer service by city.","body":"Any water or sewer utility owned by a city shall develop rules to govern extensions of\nservice to unserved customers and areas. These rules may require that the applicant or\napplicants for new service pay to the utility all or part of the cost of extendin g utility\nlines. Where such payment is required, however, the cost of any extension greater than\none hundred (100) feet per applicant shall be subject to refund by the utility on a prorated\nbasis for each additional customer whose service line is directly connected to the\nextension line paid for by the initial applicant or applicants. The refund period shall\nextend at least ten (10) years, and in no case shall the refund amounts exceed the amount\npaid. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a  water or sewer utility from\nadopting extension or refund policies which are more lenient to customers than are herein\nspecified.","path":["KRS Chapter 96"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26250","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:58Z","sha256":"eb5bb1d59d5eaaeb1ca2548800a99151e4ced9e2ac0bc0fc0e125a125bd2407d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-96.538","next":"us-ky/krs-96.5395"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}