65.8903 Definitions for KRS 65.8901 to 65.8923 and 69.8925.

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As used in KRS 65.8901 to 65.8923 and 65.8925, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)"Commission" means a regional wastewater commission established pursuant to

KRS 65.8905;

(2)"Member entity" means any of the following entities located in the counties of

Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, or Oldham, that are participating in or that are

eligible to participate in a regional wastewater commission:

(a)A city that owns a wastewater system;

(b)An urban-county government that owns a wastewater system;

(c)A sanitation district created pursuant to KRS Chapters 67 and 220;

(d)A metropolitan sewer district or a joint sewer agency established under KRS

Chapter 76;

(e)A water district that owns a wastewater system established under KRS

Chapter 74; and

(f)An agency of the federal, state, or local government owning a wastewater

system subject to regulation by the Kentucky Division of Water;

(3)"Organizing official" means the chief elected official of the unit of general purpose

local government elected by a majority vote of the member entities. The organizing

official may be a county judge/executive, a city mayor, or a mayor of an urban-

county government or a consolidated local government; and

(4)"Wastewater" means raw, untreated, or partially treated sewage and other polluted

waters collected by lateral and main lines from residential, commercial, and

industrial customers of wastewater systems owned by or under contract with a

member entity of a commission and properly conveyed to designated receiving

points for further transportation or treatment. "Wastewater" includes stormwater.