Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.150 (2026)

Extending water supply or sanitary sewer system outside city limits --

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Limitation -- Consideration of installation of fire hydrants on extended lines. (1) Any city that owns or operates a water supply or sanitary sewer system may extend the system into, and furnish and sell water and provide sanitary sewers to any person within, any territory contiguous to the city, and may install within that territory necessary apparatus; provided, however, that the extension of a water supply or sanitary sewer system shall not enter into any territory served by an existing water supply or sanitary sewer district unless such district requests the extension of water or sewer services from a city. For these purposes the city or sanitation authority established by an interlocal agreement may condemn or otherwise acquire franchises, rights, and rights-of-way, as private corporations may do. (2) When extending the system to any person, water district, or water association, the city may consider the installation of fire hydrants on the extended lines. The city may extend water lines which are incapable of servicing fire hydrants only if the city determines that servicing hydrants is not feasible. The determination shall include consideration of the incremental costs of adequately sized pipe and associated pumps and towers, and the benefits of real estate development, water sales, the availability of fire protection insurance, and the reduction in fire insurance premiums which may result from the installation of hydrants at specified intervals. When extending lines to a water district or water association, the determination may be made in consultation with the district or association, taking into consideration their fiscal capacity. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2741a-4.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1958–2025 · leading case: City of Cold Spring v. Campbell Cnty. Water Dist., 334 S.W.2d 269 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960).

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City of Cold Spring v. Campbell Cnty. Water Dist., 334 S.W.2d 269 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). · cites it 6× “On the other hand, statutory law (KRS 96.150) grants to the City the unrestricted authority to furnish this service within five miles of its city limits (which includes the area here involved).”

Madison Cnty. Utils. Dist. v. City of Richmond (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 17× “538 and KRS 96.150 together and according to their plain meaning in its view.”

Louisville Water Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 318 S.W.2d 537 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 4× “The argument is, that when the legislature amended the Public Service Commission Act, in 1936, so as to exempt municipally owned utilities, the legislature must have had in mind the provision of KRS 96.”

Hamrick v. City of Ashland, 321 S.W.2d 401 (Ky. Ct. App. 1959). · cites it 2× “” The City of Ashland claims authority to purchase the water system under KRS 96.150, enacted several years after the above statute.”

City of Flemingsburg v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 411 S.W.2d 920 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “The City was not made party to that proceeding before the Commission, although much of the territory sought to be served lay within the territory contiguous to the City and potentially within its water service orbit as permitted by KRS 96.150. After a hearing on February 24,…”

City of Georgetown v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 516 S.W.2d 842 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 4× “The city of Georgetown undertook to extend its water supply system into territory contiguous to the city and within fifteen miles of the city pursuant to KRS 96.150. Kentucky American Water Company filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission in which it sought a cease…”

Kentucky Bluegrass Experience Resort v. Woodford Cnty. Bd. of Adjustments (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 5× “1954) (“A municipally owned water company may extend its distribution system beyond the city limits, KRS 96.150, but in the case at bar it did not do so.”

Foley v. Kinnett, 486 S.W.2d 705 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972). “It is provided by KRS 96.150: “Any city that owns or operates a water supply system may extend the system into, and furnish and sell water to any person within, any territory contiguous to the city that lies within fifteen miles of the corporate limits, and may install within…”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.150(1) — 2 cases

Madison Cnty. Utils. Dist. v. City of Richmond (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). “538 and KRS 96.150 together and according to their plain meaning in its view.”

Kentucky Bluegrass Experience Resort v. Woodford Cnty. Bd. of Adjustments (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). “1954) (“A municipally owned water company may extend its distribution system beyond the city limits, KRS 96.150, but in the case at bar it did not do so.”

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