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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 89.590 (2026)

Repealed, 1980

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Ordinances relating to public works and franchises to remain on file -- Effective date -- Letting of contracts in city of first or second class. History: Repealed 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 2. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 285, sec. 14. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 59. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 76, secs. 1 and 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3235dd-42, 3480c-43, 3606c-27.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1944–1969 · leading case: Kohler v. Benckart, 252 S.W.2d 854 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952).
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Kohler v. Benckart, 252 S.W.2d 854 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). · cites it 2× “600 refers only to those kinds of ordinances that are enumerated in KRS 89.590. It is equally clear that' the ordinance here in question does not come within KRS 89.”
Seaton, Mayor v. Lackey, 182 S.W.2d 336 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “KRS 89.590 provides, among other things, that an ordinance granting any franchise of the right to use or occupy the streets, highways, bridges, or public places of a city operating under the City Manager form of government shall, after its introduction and before its adoption,…”
Katter, Inc. v. Brockman, 349 S.W.2d 838 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). · cites it 11× “One is that paragraph (1) of KRS 89.590, which provides for a referendum on ordinances of cities of the second and third classes, had been repealed.”
City of Owensboro v. Evansville & Ohio Valley Transit Co., 448 S.W.2d 375 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 3× “The initial contention of the city, on this appeal, is that the contract in question is invalid because it was let without bids in violation of KRS 89.590(2). That statute requires, as to cities such as Owens-boro, that before the city shall enter into any contract involving the…”
City of Henderson v. Thomy, 212 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “2d 336 ; KRS 89.590 and 89.600. The chancellor correctly declared the rights of the parties, and the judgment is affirmed.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 89.590(1) — 1 case
Katter, Inc. v. Brockman, 349 S.W.2d 838 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). “One is that paragraph (1) of KRS 89.590, which provides for a referendum on ordinances of cities of the second and third classes, had been repealed.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 89.590(2) — 1 case
City of Owensboro v. Evansville & Ohio Valley Transit Co., 448 S.W.2d 375 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “The initial contention of the city, on this appeal, is that the contract in question is invalid because it was let without bids in violation of KRS 89.590(2). That statute requires, as to cities such as Owens-boro, that before the city shall enter into any contract involving the…”
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