Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 80.030 (2026)

City housing authority, composition -- Acceptance by authority of another

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city's public housing program. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a city housing authority shall consist of the mayor, ex officio, or his designee, and four (4) persons appointed by him with the approval of the city legislative body. (2) If a city housing authority has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, the housing authority shall consist of the mayor, ex officio, or the mayor's designee; four (4) persons appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city legislative body; and one (1) additional person appointed by each mayor of a city divesting itself of its authority, with the approval of that city's legislative body. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. --Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 34. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 927a-2, 2741x-2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: Salisbury v. Hous. Auth. of City of Newport, 615 F. Supp. 1433 (E.D. Ky. 1985).

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Salisbury v. Hous. Auth. of City of Newport, 615 F. Supp. 1433 (E.D. Ky. 1985). “KRS 80.030. Defendants argue that its actions are not actions of a public agency and, therefore, the requisite "state action" element for a claim under § 1983 is lacking.”

Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. v. Burns Ex Rel. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005). “KRS 80.030 prescribes the composition of city housing authorities as consisting of “the mayor, ex officio, or his designee, and four (4) persons appointed by him with the approval of the city legislative body.”

Hornsby v. Hous. Auth. of Dry Ridge, 566 S.W.3d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “050 sets forth that, [t]he persons appointed as provided in KRS 80.030 and 80.040 shall constitute a body corporate in the name of Housing Authority of.”

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Hornsby v. Hous. Auth. of Dry Ridge, 566 S.W.3d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018). “050 sets forth that, [t]he persons appointed as provided in KRS 80.030 and 80.040 shall constitute a body corporate in the name of Housing Authority of.”

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