Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 106.010 (2026)

Authority of water districts and cities of the home rule class to acquire and

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operate waterworks. Any water district created pursuant to KRS Chapter 74 or any city of the home rule class may, by purchase or by condemnation, acquire, establish, erect, maintain and operate waterworks, together with extensions and necessary appurtenances thereto, and including both real or personal property within or without the corporate limits of the said water district or city, for the purpose of supplying the water district or the city and its inhabitants thereof with water. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 203, effective January 1, 2015. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1955–1986 · leading case: City of Covington v. Sohio Petroleum Co., 279 S.W.2d 746 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955).

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City of Covington v. Sohio Petroleum Co., 279 S.W.2d 746 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). “KRS 106.010. Further, an express power is granted the governing body of the waterworks in KRS 106.”

Embry v. City of Caneyville, 397 S.W.2d 141 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). · cites it 3× “350(1) and KRS 106.010 a sixth-class city may build a reservoir on land it purchases beyond its boundaries.”

Baker v. City of Richmond, 709 S.W.2d 472 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “Appellees point out that the greater part of revenue bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 58 have gone to finance city utilities, and rely on the enabling legislation of KRS 106.010 and a reading together of KRS 58.”

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