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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.170 (2026)

Power of city to furnish utility services

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The legislative body of any city may, by ordinance, provide the city and its inhabitants with water, light, power, and heat, by contract or by works of its own, located either within or beyond the boundaries of the city, make regulations for the management thereof, and fix and regulate the prices to private consumers and customers. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 155, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3290, 3290- 5.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1943–2020 · leading case: Cawood v. Coleman, Mayor, 172 S.W.2d 548 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).
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Cawood v. Coleman, Mayor, 172 S.W.2d 548 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “KRS 96.170, provides that the “legislative body of any city of the third class may, by ordinance, provide the city and its inhabitants with water, light, * * * by contract or by works of its own * * *; make regulations for the management thereof, and fix and regulate the prices…”
Haney v. City of Somerset, 530 S.W.2d 377 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 5× “KRS 96.170, while granting cities of the third class power to furnish utility services including heat, is nothing more than a basic grant of authority.”
City of Stanford, Kentucky Acting Through the Stanford Water & Sewer Comm'n v. Lincoln Cnty., Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 5× “Appellants argue that the ordinance violates KRS 96.170, which states: The legislative body of any city may, by ordinance, provide the city and its inhabitants with water, light, power, and heat, by contract or by works of its own, located either within or beyond the boundaries…”
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