KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XII
MUNICIPALITIES
§157 | MAXIMUM TAX RATE FOR CITIES, COUNTIES, AND TAXING DISTRICTS
For all cities having a population of fifteen thousand or more, one dollar and fifty cents on the hundred dollars; for all cities having less than fifteen thousand and not less than ten thousand, one dollar on the hundred dollars; for all cities having less than ten thousand, seventy-five cents on the hundred dollars; and for counties and taxing districts, fifty cents on the hundred dollars.
§157a | CREDIT OF COMMONWEALTH MAY BE LOANED OR GIVEN TO COUNTY FOR ROADS – COUNTY MAY VOTE TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS AND LEVY ADDITIONAL TAX FOR ROADS
§157b | ADOPTION OF BUDGET REQUIRED FOR CITIES, COUNTIES, AND TAXING DISTRICTS – EXPENDITURES NOT TO EXCEED REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR
No city, county, or taxing district shall expend any funds in any fiscal year in excess of the revenues for that fiscal year. A city, county, or taxing district may amend its budget for a fiscal year, but the revised expenditures may not exceed the revised revenues. As used in this section, “revenues” shall mean all income from every source, including unencumbered reserves carried over from the previous fiscal year, and “expenditures” shall mean all funds to be paid out for expenses of the city, county, or taxing district due during the fiscal year, including amounts necessary to pay the principal and interest due during the fiscal year on any debt.
§158 | MAXIMUM INDEBTEDNESS OF CITIES, COUNTIES, AND TAXING DISTRICTS – GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZED TO SET ADDITIONAL LIMITS AND CONDITIONS
Subject to the limits and conditions set forth in this section and elsewhere in this Constitution, the General Assembly shall have the power to establish additional limits on indebtedness and conditions under which debt may be incurred by cities, counties, and taxing districts.
§159 | TAX TO PAY INDEBTEDNESS IN NOT MORE THAN FORTY YEARS MUST BE LEVIED
§160 | MUNICIPAL OFFICERS – ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE – OFFICERS INELIGIBLE – FISCAL OFFICERS
Provided, The Mayor or Chief Executive and Police Judges of the towns of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes may be appointed or elected as provided by law. The terms of office of Mayors or Chief Executives and Police Judges shall be four years, and until their successors shall be qualified, and of members of legislative boards, two years. When any city of the first or second class is divided into wards or districts, members of legislative boards shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of said city, but so selected that an equal proportion thereof shall reside in each of the said wards or districts; but when in any city of the first, second or third class, there are two legislative boards, the less numerous shall be selected from and elected by the voters at large of said city; but other officers of towns or cities shall be elected by the qualified voters therein, or appointed by the local authorities thereof, as the General Assembly may, by a general law, provide; but when elected by the voters of a town or city, their terms of office shall be four years, and until their successors shall be qualified. No Mayor or Chief Executive of any city of the first or second class, after the expiration of three successive terms of office to which he has been elected under this Constitution shall be eligible for the succeeding term.
No fiscal officer of any city of the first or second class, after the expiration of the term of office to which he has been elected under this Constitution, shall be eligible for the succeeding term. “Fiscal officer” shall not include an Auditor or Assessor, or any other officer whose chief duty is not the collection or holding of public moneys. The General Assembly shall prescribe the qualifications of all officers of towns and cities, the manner in and causes for which they may be removed from office, and how vacancies in such offices may be filled.
§161 | COMPENSATION OF CITY, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL OFFICER NOT TO BE CHANGED AFTER ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OR DURING TERM, NOR TERM EXTENDED
§162 | UNAUTHORIZED CONTRACTS OF CITIES, COUNTIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE VOID
§163 | PUBLIC UTILITIES MUST OBTAIN FRANCHISE TO USE STREETS
§164 | TERM OF FRANCHISES LIMITED – ADVERTISEMENT AND BIDS
§165 | INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENT’S
§166 | EXPIRATION OF CITY CHARTERS GRANTED PRIOR TO CONSTITUTION
§167 | TIME OF ELECTION OF CITY, URBAN-COUNTY, AND TOWN OFFICERS
§168 | ORDINANCE NOT TO FIX LESS PENALTY THAN STATUTE FOR SAME OFFENSE – PROSECUTION UNDER ONE A BAR
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