Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 80.050 (2026)

Corporate powers -- Officers

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The persons appointed as provided in KRS 80.030 and 80.040 shall constitute a body corporate in the name of Housing Authority of ...., with power to contract and be contracted with, to sue or be sued, and to adopt a seal and alter it at will. Each authority may establish bylaws, rules and regulations for its own government. Each authority shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from its members and a secretary and treasurer who need not be a member of the authority. The duties of the offices of secretary and treasurer may be performed by the same person. History: Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 1. -- 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 4 cases, 1993–2019 · leading case: Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. v. Burns Ex Rel. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005).
Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. v. Burns Ex Rel. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “” Most importantly perhaps, is the fact that unlike the legislation setting out the corporate powers of the board of waterworks, we find nothing in KRS 80.050, which sets out the corporate powers of housing authorities, that could be construed as prohibiting the Authority from…”
Waldon v. Hous. Auth. of Paducah, 854 S.W.2d 777 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). “KRS 80.050 provides that such an entity has “the power to contract and be contracted with, to sue or be sued, and to adopt a seal and alter it at will.”
Hornsby v. Hous. Auth. of Dry Ridge, 566 S.W.3d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Therein, the circuit court found that " KRS 80.050 specifically vests the power to 'sue and be sued' to the .”
Rodericka Bryant v. Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. (Ky. 2019). “Specifically, she cites to KRS 80.050, which states that a housing authority constituted under the chapter is “a body corporate .”
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