Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 83A.010 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the board of commissioners in any city organized and governed under the city manager plan. (2) "Code of ordinances" means a reenactment of the body of positive municipal law, read and interpreted as a whole, with the text arranged by subject matter and properly indexed. (3) "Commission" means the city commission in any city organized and governed under the commission plan. (4) "Composite index" means a loose-leaf compilation of all ordinances listed by date of passage, arranged by subject matter of the contents and indexed alphabetically. (5) "Council" means the city legislative body in any city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan. (6) "Executive authority" means the mayor in any city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan or the mayor-alderman plan as provided in KRS Chapter 83, the commission in any city organized and governed under the commission plan, or the board of commissioners in any city organized under the city manager plan. (7) "Executive order" means an order issued by the executive authority of a municipality which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality and any governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction. (8) "Legislative body member" means a city councilman in any city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan, a city commissioner in any city organized and governed under the commission plan, or city manager plan, or a city alderman in any city of the first class organized under the mayor-alderman plan provided by KRS Chapter 83. (9) "Municipal order" means an official act of the legislative body of a municipality which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality and any governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction. (10) "Officer" means any person elected to a position by the voters or any person appointed to a position which (a) is created by the Constitution, the General Assembly, or a city; (b) possesses a delegation of a portion of the sovereign power of government; (c) has powers and duties to be discharged which are conferred directly or by implication by the city; (d) has duties performed independently and without control of a superior power other than law; (e) has some permanency; (f) requires an official oath; (g) is assigned by a commission or other written authority; and (h) provides for an official bond if required by proper authority. (11) "Ordinance" means an official action of a city legislative body, which is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law or is an appropriation of money. (12) "Summary" means a brief narrative prepared under the supervision of an attorney succinctly covering the main points of an official statement, ordinance, or rule in a way reasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable manner as to its meaning. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 435, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2023 · leading case: McCloud v. Whitt, 639 S.W.2d 375 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982).

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McCloud v. Whitt, 639 S.W.2d 375 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982). “The judgment of the circuit court is reversed and the cause is remanded for entry of a judgment consistent with this opinion. All concur. . Although the record is sparse as to the authorization and the requirements for the police chief and the volunteer fire chief for the City…”

Williams v. City of London, 252 F. Supp. 2d 388 (E.D. Ky. 2003). “All ordinances and resolutions presently in force in each city not in conflict with the provisions of KRS 83A.010 to 83A.170 shall remain in force until changed.”

Preston v. Floyd/Johnson Cnty. Pilots Ass'n, 867 S.W.2d 474 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “After hearing oral arguments on the plaintiffs’ motion, the court found that KRS 83A.010 requires council approval. Mayor Preston appeals from that judgment.”

Clark Cnty. Attorney v. Travis Thompson (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 7× “Instead, Winchester Ordinance 2-83 broadly 3 KRS 83A.010 was amended in 1992, but those amendments did not substantively alter the definition of an officer.”

Hal Snowden, Jr., D/B/A Roseglade Farm v. City of Wilmore, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “On July 20, 2020, the circuit court denied his motion, finding that under KRS 83A.010, a conservation easement is not an “ordinance.”

Thornsberry v. W. Sur. Co., 738 F. Supp. 209 (E.D. Ky. 1990). · cites it 2× “*211 § 83A.010 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, without specifying or defining “policeman,” defines “officer” and provides for an official bond “if required by proper authority.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 83A.010(10) — 2 cases

Preston v. Floyd/Johnson Cnty. Pilots Ass'n, 867 S.W.2d 474 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). “After hearing oral arguments on the plaintiffs’ motion, the court found that KRS 83A.010 requires council approval. Mayor Preston appeals from that judgment.”

Clark Cnty. Attorney v. Travis Thompson (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “Instead, Winchester Ordinance 2-83 broadly 3 KRS 83A.010 was amended in 1992, but those amendments did not substantively alter the definition of an officer.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 83A.010(11) — 1 case

Hal Snowden, Jr., D/B/A Roseglade Farm v. City of Wilmore, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “On July 20, 2020, the circuit court denied his motion, finding that under KRS 83A.010, a conservation easement is not an “ordinance.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 83A.010(9) — 1 case

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 83A.010(9)(d) — 1 case

Thornsberry v. W. Sur. Co., 738 F. Supp. 209 (E.D. Ky. 1990). “*211 § 83A.010 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, without specifying or defining “policeman,” defines “officer” and provides for an official bond “if required by proper authority.”

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