<br><br>81.096 Defense -- Criteria for judgment of dissolution -- Certification to Secretary <br>of State. <br>(1) Defense to the petition for dissolution may be made by any voter or resident of the <br>city. <br>(2) Judgment dissolving a city may not be entered until: <br>(a) Notice has been published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424 by order of the court <br>fixing a date by which motion for intervention may be filed; and <br>(b) Provision for equitable disposition of all assets of the city and discharge of all <br>obligations of the city has been made and approved by the court. <br>(3) Whenever any city is dissolved the judgment shall direct the clerk of the Circuit <br>Court wherein such judgment is rendered to certify a copy of said judgment not later <br>than ten (10) days thereafter to the Secretary of State whose duty it shall be to <br>properly index and file the same as a permanent record in that office. <br>Effective: July 15, 1980 <br>History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1980. <br><br>