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75.080 Erection of fire hydrants. The trustees of any fire protection district wherein water pipes have been constructed and <br>are maintained in the public ways thereof may by resolution duly adopted cause the <br>erection of fire hydrants and attachments to the water pipes in the public ways, after the <br>trustees have made a written contract for water to be furnished for use in the hydrants. <br>The cost of such erection and attachments shall be apportioned by the trustees against the <br>owners of the property fronting the public ways in which the fire hydrants are erected, by <br>any equitable mode of apportionment which the board of trustees prescribes in the <br>resolution ordering the erection of the fire hydrants and a lien shall exist against the <br>property against which the apportionment runs for the cost of such improvement in the <br>amount of such apportionment and interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per <br>annum. The lien is enforceable by proceedings in court. The erection and installation of <br>fire hydrants may be under contract let to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement <br>by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 26. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 7. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 8.

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75.080 Erection of fire hydrants. The trustees of any fire protection district wherein water pipes have been constructed and <br>are maintained in the public ways thereof may by resolution duly adopted cause the <br>erection of fire hydrants and attachments to the water pipes in the public ways, after the <br>trustees have made a written contract for water to be furnished for use in the hydrants. <br>The cost of such erection and attachments shall be apportioned by the trustees against the <br>owners of the property fronting the public ways in which the fire hydrants are erected, by <br>any equitable mode of apportionment which the board of trustees prescribes in the <br>resolution ordering the erection of the fire hydrants and a lien shall exist against the <br>property against which the apportionment runs for the cost of such improvement in the <br>amount of such apportionment and interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per <br>annum. The lien is enforceable by proceedings in court. The erection and installation of <br>fire hydrants may be under contract let to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement <br>by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 26. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 7. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 8.

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Kentucky > 075-00 > 080

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75.080 Erection of fire hydrants. The trustees of any fire protection district wherein water pipes have been constructed and <br>are maintained in the public ways thereof may by resolution duly adopted cause the <br>erection of fire hydrants and attachments to the water pipes in the public ways, after the <br>trustees have made a written contract for water to be furnished for use in the hydrants. <br>The cost of such erection and attachments shall be apportioned by the trustees against the <br>owners of the property fronting the public ways in which the fire hydrants are erected, by <br>any equitable mode of apportionment which the board of trustees prescribes in the <br>resolution ordering the erection of the fire hydrants and a lien shall exist against the <br>property against which the apportionment runs for the cost of such improvement in the <br>amount of such apportionment and interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per <br>annum. The lien is enforceable by proceedings in court. The erection and installation of <br>fire hydrants may be under contract let to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement <br>by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 26. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 7. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 8.