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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.171 (2026)

Adoption of provisions of KRS 96.172 to 96.188 by city

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The governing body of any municipality now or hereafter owning an electric and water system and operating them as one (1) combined system or plant may elect to operate under the provisions of KRS 96.172 to 96.188, in which case, from the time of the exercise of such election and the appointment of a board under said sections, the electric and water system of such municipality shall be operated under the provisions of KRS 96.172 to 96.188 as an electric and water plant. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 156, effective January 1, 2015. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1947–1960 · leading case: Brown v. City of Harrodsburg, 252 S.W.2d 44 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952).
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Brown v. City of Harrodsburg, 252 S.W.2d 44 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “540 to read as ‘follows and to be effective June 19, 1952: “(1) Except as provided in KRS 96.171 to 96.188, inclusive no city of the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth class that owns a waterworks system or lighting system -by gas or electricity, shall sell, convey, lease or…”
Settle v. Jones, 206 S.W.2d 59 (Ky. Ct. App. 1947). “other members of that body, the Mayor and the members of the electric and water plant board of the city (hereinafter referred to as the Board) wherein they attacked the constitutionality of Senate Bill 172, Chapter 212, Acts of 1946, now KRS 96.171 to 96.188, 1946 Ed. Also, they…”
Perkins v. City of Frankfort, 276 S.W.2d 449 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). “At the 1946 session of the General Assembly there was enacted KRS 96.171 to KRS 96.188 which gave specific statutory authority' to the operation of combined utilities and it is these sections under which the Board now operates.”
City of Henderson v. Thomy, 212 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “2d 59 , in which Chapter 212, Acts of 1946, now KRS 96.171 to 96.188, was held constitutional.”
Cumberland Valley Rural Elec. Coop. Corp. v. Cox, 332 S.W.2d 534 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “186 that “No board operating an electric and water plant under the provisions of KRS 96.171 to 96.188 (as does the City of Corbin) shall construct any facilities or extend its existing facilities in competition with any existing facilities of any rural electric cooperative…”
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