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<br><br>81A.470 Map and certified copy of ordinance of annexed, transferred, or severed <br>area to be recorded -- Preparation of map and description -- Taxation of <br>residents or property in new territory by annexing city prohibited prior to <br>compliance. <br>(1) If the limits of a city are enlarged or reduced, the city shall, within sixty (60) days of <br>the enlargement or reduction, cause an accurate map and description of the annexed, <br>transferred, or severed area, together with a copy of the ordinance duly certified, to <br>be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties in which the <br>city is located, in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the Department for <br>Local Government. The map and description shall be prepared by a professional <br>land surveyor. The documents shall depict the parcel annexed, transferred, or <br>severed as a closed geometric figure on a plat annotated with bearings and distances <br>or sufficient curve data to describe each line. The professional land surveyor shall <br>clearly state on the documents the location of the existing municipal boundary, any <br>physical feature with which the proposed municipal boundary coincides, and a <br>statement of the recorded deeds, plats, right-of-way plans, or other resources used to <br>develop the documents depicting the municipal boundary. <br>(2) No city which has annexed unincorporated or accepted transfer of incorporated <br>territory may levy any tax upon the residents or property within the annexed or <br>transferred area until the city has complied with the provisions of subsection (1) of <br>this section, and of KRS 81A.475. <br>Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010; and ch. 117, <br>sec. 64, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 58, effective <br>June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- <br>Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 33, sec. 1, effective July 14, <br>1992. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 416, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created <br>1980 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1980. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). This section was amended by <br>2010 Ky. Acts chs. 10 and 117, which are in conflict. Under KRS 446.250, Acts <br>ch. 117, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails. <br><br>