<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>76.232 Establishment of joint sewer agency by city of second to sixth class with <br>county or sanitation district. <br>(1) A city of the third to sixth class together with the county in which it is located or <br>together with the sanitation district, or any city of the second class together with the <br>county in which it is located or together with the sanitation district, as an alternative <br>to establishing a metropolitan sewer district under KRS 76.010, may jointly <br>establish a sewer agency for the purpose of providing sewer and drainage facilities <br>within the city and the county or within the city and the sanitation district. <br>(2) In order to establish a joint sewer agency under this section, the legislative body of <br>the city, the fiscal court of the county, or the governing body of the sanitation <br>district may vote to merge any existing agency or sanitation district or any portion <br>thereof into the jointly established sewer agency or into an existing city or county <br>sewer agency. If the legislative body of the city, fiscal court of the county, or <br>governing body of the sanitation district determines to merge an existing agency or <br>sanitation district into the joint sewer agency, it shall determine a method to satisfy <br>any legal obligations of the existing agency or sanitation district which might be <br>affected. <br>(3) A joint sewer agency shall be established upon the enactment of identical <br>agreements establishing and setting out the powers of the sewer agency by all <br>parties establishing the joint sewer agency. Any agreement enacted by a city or <br>county shall be by ordinance. Any agreement enacted by a sanitation district shall be <br>done in the same manner as any other official actions taken by the sanitation <br>district. <br>(4) All the powers granted a metropolitan sewer district and cities of the first class by <br>KRS 76.010 to 76.279 may be granted by ordinance to the joint sewer agency <br>except that such powers may be restricted or qualified in order to conform to the <br>local needs of the county, city, and sanitation district. <br>(5) The joint sewer agency shall be administered as a separate legal entity or by a <br>jointly appointed administrator, joint board, or one of the merging entities, as set out <br>in the ordinance creating the joint sewer agency. <br>(6) The joint sewer agency may be dissolved only by adoption of an ordinance of the <br>legislative body of the city and the fiscal court of the county. The ordinance creating <br>the joint sewer agency shall be amended in the same manner as originally enacted. <br>(7) The legislative body of any city of the third to sixth class may by ordinance elect to <br>be within the jurisdiction of a joint sewer agency established pursuant to this <br>section. <br>Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. <br><br>