67.910 Unification plan -- Components -- Deadline for completion -- Dissolution of
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commission.
(1)The unification review commission shall study matters relating to the feasibility of
forming a unified local government and, if unification is proposed, develop a
unification plan consistent with the provisions of the Kentucky Constitution and
KRS 67.900 to 67.940. A unification plan shall include:
(a)The process for establishing the unified local government;
(b)A description of the form, structure, functions, and powers of the proposed
unified local government;
(c)A description of the officers of the proposed unified local government and
their powers and duties;
(d)A procedure for the orderly and timely transition of specified services,
functions, and responsibilities from each affected city and the county to the
unified local government;
(e)A procedure for the orderly transition to the unified local government of the
services, functions, and responsibilities of any special district that will be
eliminated;
(f)A procedure for the orderly transition to the unified local government of the
services, functions, and responsibilities of any board, commission, or authority
that will be eliminated;
(g)The procedures by which the unification plan may be amended by the
subsequently created unified local government;
(h)The procedures by which the unification plan may be amended by the
participating county and city or cities as a result of contingencies arising from
the failure of certain jurisdictions to vote in favor of joining the unification
plan. The contingency plan shall be adopted by the participating county and
city or cities by joint ordinance. The contingency plan shall be adopted by the
participating county and city or cities within sixty
(60)days of the certification
of the election result. The contingency plan shall only address:
1. Issues of revenue;
2. Issues of indebtedness;
3. Issues of service provision, service areas, or service area boundaries;
4. Personnel or administration, but may not infringe upon any pre-existing
collective bargaining agreements in force in participating jurisdictions;
and
5. Any issues directly related to the cost of government or provision of
services within the unification plan.
The contingency plan shall not address issues within the plan related to
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or
(g)of this subsection; and
(i)The procedures by which the unified local government may be dissolved. The
procedures drafted shall include but are not limited to:
1. Requirements for a public petition for the dissolution of the unified local
government;
2. The question to be presented to voters for the dissolution of the unified
local government; and
3. Any administrative measures necessary to settle tax and debt issues
created by the dissolution of the unified local government.
The proposed unification plan shall specify that no petition for the dissolution
of the unified local government shall be valid until a period of five
(5)years
has passed from commencement of the first terms of the duly elected officers
of the unified local government; and
(j)Such other provisions as the commission shall determine.
(2)The unification review commission may propose a unification plan under which the
county and one
(1)or more participating cities unite to form a single unit of local
government.
(3)The unification plan shall be completed within two
(2)years of the commission's
appointment. If a majority of the commission members are unable to agree on a plan
for unification within the two
(2)year period, the unification review commission
shall be dissolved by operation of law.