Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 220.010 (2026)

Definitions for KRS 220.010 to 220.540

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As used in KRS 220.010 to 220.540, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Sanitary works," "improvements," "sanitary system" or "sanitary sewers," means any works constructed by a sanitation district in accordance with the purposes of KRS 220.010 to 220.540, as set forth in KRS 220.030. (2) "Person" means any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation other than a public corporation. (3) "Public corporation" means any county, city, school district, water district or drainage district, and any other governmental agency or political subdivision clothed with the power of levying general or special taxes or issuing bonds payable from special funds. (4) "Land" or "property" means real property. (5) "Board of directors," "directors" or "board" means the governing body of a sanitation district. (6) "Sanitation commissioner" or "commissioner" means the commissioner of sanitation districts, as provided for in KRS 220.020. (7) "District" means a sanitation district authorized by KRS 220.010 to 220.540. (8) "District area," "within the district," "corporate limits of the district" and similar terms mean that area established to be within the district in accordance with KRS 220.020 to 220.540. No construction subdistrict shall be construed to be within the district area. (9) "Construction subdistrict bonds and obligations" and like phrases mean any obligation whatsoever that has been incurred by the district because of some function or activity of a construction subdistrict. Such debts are not obligations of the district, and such debts may be paid only from moneys received by the district on account of the construction subdistrict, or from the funds, if any, in the construction subdistrict, or from the funds, if any, in the construction subdistrict reserve fund. (10) "Construction subdistrict facilities" are all sewage facilities within a construction subdistrict, and all sewage facilities outside the district area which join together two (2) or more construction subdistricts or lead from a construction subdistrict to the district area or lead from a construction subdistrict to a disposal plant or a treatment plant outside the construction subdistrict and outside the district area, and which are not a part of a sewer system of a municipal corporation or a sewer system of a water district organized pursuant to KRS 74.010 to 74.415. (11) "District facilities" are all facilities of the district as provided for in KRS 220.020 to 220.540. Effective: July 15, 2008 History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 16, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 126. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2062g-1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1948–2015 · leading case: Coppage Constr. Co. v. Sanitation Dist. No. 1, 459 S.W.3d 855 (Ky. 2015).

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Coppage Constr. Co. v. Sanitation Dist. No. 1, 459 S.W.3d 855 (Ky. 2015). · cites it 2× “KRS 220.010. In analyzing SDl’s origin, the Court of Appeals failed to consider the import of KRS 220.”

Sanitation Dist. No. 1 of Jeff. Co. v. City of Lville., 213 S.W.2d 995 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions-of KRS 220.010 to 220.520, and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the district within the meaning' of the Constitution.”

Wessels Co., LLC v. Sanitation Dist. No. 1, 238 S.W.3d 673 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Reference to the definitions set out in KRS 220.010 dispels appellants’ construction of the term “sanitation” as being limited to “sewage and other liquid waste”: 1) “Sanitary works,” “improvements,” “sanitary system” or “sanitary sewers,” means any works constructed by a…”

City of Covington v. Sanitation Dist. No. 1 of Campbell & Kenton Counties, 459 S.W.2d 85 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “1 of Campbell and Kenton Counties, pursuant to the authority of KRS 220.010 to 220.520. In 1960, both the city and the district were adverse parties in an action in circuit court wherein the judgment that is the real basis of this dispute was entered.”

City of South Hills v. Sanitation Dist. No. 1 of Kenton, 318 S.W.2d 873 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 3× “The two cities are embraced in the sanitation district, which was organized and operates under KRS 220.010 to 220.540. The district has been in existence for a number of years, and has constructed a treatment plant and sewer lines to serve various parts of the district, but…”

Sanitation Dist. No. 1 of Campbell & Kenton Counties v. City of Newport, 335 S.W.2d 908 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “1 of Campbell and Kenton Counties, which is a public sanitation district organized and operating under KRS 220.010 to 220.540, adopted a resolution increasing the sewer service rates charged to the users of its system.”

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