67.910 Unification plan -- Components -- Deadline for completion -- Dissolution of commission.

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Page 1 of 1 67.910 Unification plan -- Components -- Deadline for completion -- Dissolution of commission. (1) The unification review commission shall study matters relating to the feasibility of forming a unified local government and, if unification is proposed, develop a unification plan consistent with the provisions of the Kentucky Constitution and KRS 67.900 to 67.940. A unification plan shall include: (a) The process for establishing the unified local government; (b) A description of the form, structure, functions, and powers of the proposed unified local government; (c) A description of the officers of the proposed unified local government and their powers and duties; (d) A procedure for the orderly and timely transition of specified services, functions, and responsibilities from each affected city and the county to the unified local government; (e) A procedure for the orderly transition to the unified local government of the services, functions, and responsibilities of any special district that will be eliminated; (f) A procedure for the orderly transition to the unified local government of the services, functions, and responsibilities of any board, commission, or authority that will be eliminated; (g) The procedures by which the unification plan may be amended; and (h) Such other provisions as the commission shall determine. (2) The unification review commission may propose a unification plan under which the county and one (1) or more participating cities unite to form a single unit of local government. (3) The unification plan shall be completed within two (2) years of the commission's appointment. If a majority of the commission members are unable to agree on a plan for unification within the two (2) year period, the unification review commission shall be dissolved by operation of law. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006.