Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.076 (2026)

Use of county ordinance and resolution -- Form -- Amendment

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(1) No action embraced in the term "county ordinance" may be taken except by passage of a county ordinance. Other official actions, including but not limited to approvals required by the fiscal court, may be taken by resolution, order, or motion; (2) All ordinances shall be introduced in writing; (3) No county ordinance shall relate to more than one (1) subject, and each ordinance shall be prefaced in the following manner by a title which expresses that subject: "AN ORDINANCE relating to (the subject of the ordinance):"; (4) There shall be inserted between the title and the body of each county ordinance an enacting clause written in the following manner: "Be it ordained by the fiscal court of county of.........., Commonwealth of Kentucky:"; (5) County ordinances shall be amended by ordinance and only by setting out in full each amended section; (6) No action of a fiscal court shall be invalidated because of improper denomination of a county ordinance or other written document, if the procedures required for taking the action have otherwise been observed. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 4, effective June 17, 1978.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: Doug Daniel v. Henry Cnty. Fiscal Court.

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Doug Daniel v. Henry Cnty. Fiscal Court (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 6× “Appellant next asserts that the Fiscal Court failed to introduce and pass a written ordinance after two readings, in violation of KRS 67.076 and 67.077(1). Both statutes are within a section governing fiscal courts.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.076(6) — 1 case

Doug Daniel v. Henry Cnty. Fiscal Court (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “Appellant next asserts that the Fiscal Court failed to introduce and pass a written ordinance after two readings, in violation of KRS 67.076 and 67.077(1). Both statutes are within a section governing fiscal courts.”

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