117.0551 Boundaries of precincts.

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(1)A county board of elections shall establish election precincts so that each boundary

of each precinct follows:

(a)A boundary described in KRS 117.055(1);

(b)The boundary of an incorporated city;

(c)A boundary of an urban-county legislative district established under KRS

Chapter 67A;

(d)A boundary of a school district or school district division established under

KRS Chapter 160; or

(e)A boundary of a census tract or census block established by the United States

Bureau of the Census for the most recent decennial census of population and

appearing on census block boundary maps.

(2)If a county board of elections cannot establish a precinct that complies with KRS

117.055 by using the boundaries permitted under subsection

(1)of this section, the

county board of elections may either:

(a)Establish the precinct boundary by using a boundary following a visible

feature, including but not limited to a highway, railroad, or stream centerline,

and an extension of that visible feature to, but not across, another visible

feature, nor across an extension of another feature that is used as a precinct

boundary; or

(b)Request an exemption under KRS 117.0553 and 117.0554.

(3)For purposes of this section, a "visible feature" is a physical feature shown on

official maps or in geographic information system

(GIS)layers that are solely or

both prepared and maintained by:

(a)The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet;

(b)The United States Geological Survey;

(c)The United States Bureau of the Census;

(d)The Kentucky Department of Revenue; or

(e)The Commonwealth Office of Technology.