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160.603 Notice and hearing before levy. No school district board of education shall levy any of the school taxes authorized by <br>KRS 160.593 to 160.597, 160.601 to 160.633, and 160.635 to 160.648, except the levy <br>required by KRS 160.614(3) and (6), until after compliance with the following: <br>(1) The school district board of education desiring to levy any one (1) of these taxes shall give notice of any proposed levy of one (1) of the school taxes. <br>Notwithstanding any statutory provisions to the contrary, notice shall be given by <br>causing to be published, at least one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation <br>published in the county or by posting at the courthouse door if there be no such <br>newspaper, the fact that such levy is being proposed. The advertisement shall state <br>that the district board of education will meet at a place and on a day fixed in the <br>advertisement, not earlier than one (1) week and not later than two (2) weeks from <br>the date of the advertisement, for the purpose of hearing comments and complaints <br>regarding the proposed increase and explaining the reasons for such proposal. (2) The school district board of education shall conduct a public hearing at the place and on the date advertised for the purpose of hearing comments and complaints <br>regarding the proposed levy and explaining the reasons for such proposal. (3) In the event that a combined taxing district desires to levy any one (1) of these taxes, the boards of education shall make a joint advertisement and hold a joint <br>hearing in the manner prescribed heretofore for an individual school district. Effective: July 1, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 2, effective July 1, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 128, effective March 18, 2005. -- Repealed and <br>reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 458, effective July 13, 1990. -- <br>Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 11. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 2. <br>-- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 23. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 24, Part III, <br>sec. 5.