Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 160.603 (2026)

Notice and hearing before levy

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No school district board of education shall levy any of the school taxes authorized by KRS 160.593 to 160.597, 160.601 to 160.633, and 160.635 to 160.648, except the levy required by KRS 160.614(3) and (6), until after compliance with the following: (1) The school district board of education desiring to levy any one (1) of these taxes shall give notice of any proposed levy of one (1) of the school taxes. Notwithstanding any statutory provisions to the contrary, notice shall be given by causing to be published, at least one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or by posting at the courthouse door if there be no such newspaper, the fact that such levy is being proposed. The advertisement shall state that the district board of education will meet at a place and on a day fixed in the advertisement, not earlier than one (1) week and not later than two (2) weeks from the date of the advertisement, for the purpose of hearing comments and complaints regarding the proposed increase and explaining the reasons for such proposal. (2) The school district board of education shall conduct a public hearing at the place and on the date advertised for the purpose of hearing comments and complaints regarding the proposed levy and explaining the reasons for such proposal. (3) In the event that a combined taxing district desires to levy any one (1) of these taxes, the boards of education shall make a joint advertisement and hold a joint hearing in the manner prescribed heretofore for an individual school district. Effective: July 1, 2009 History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 2, effective July 1, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 128, effective March 18, 2005. -- Repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 458, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 11. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 2. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 23. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 24, Part III, sec. 5.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1969–1993 · leading case: Storer Commc'ns of Jefferson Cnty., Inc. v. Oldham Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 850 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993).

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Storer Commc'ns of Jefferson Cnty., Inc. v. Oldham Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 850 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). “— (1) Any board of education of a school district may, after compliance with the public hearing requirement contained in KRS 160.603, levy school taxes authorized by KRS *341 160.”

Owensboro Cablevision, Inc. v. Libs, 863 S.W.2d 331 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “613, if the school district board of education repeats the notice and hearing requirements of KRS 160.603, but only as to the levy of the tax on the *332 gross receipts derived from the furnishing of cable television services.”

Turrell v. Bd. of Educ. of Marshall Cnty., 441 S.W.2d 767 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “KRS 160.603, a part of that act, provided as follows: “No school district board of education shall request the fiscal court to levy * * * the school taxes authorized by * * * (KRS 160.”

Bd. of Educ. v. Indep. Bd. of Educ., 681 S.W.2d 429 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “593, which is of primary importance in resolving the issue before us, as enacted in 1966, read as follows: One or more boards of education of school districts which contain at least ninety per cent (90%) of the county’s inhabitants may, after compliance with the public hearing…”

Flincheum v. Hickman Cnty. Kentucky Bd. of Educ., 503 S.W.2d 752 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “Appellants alleged that the notice given by the board of education of the time and place of its meeting, when it resolved to request the levy, did not meet the requirements of KRS 160.603. They charged that the resolution of the board therefore was void.”

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