Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.230 (2026)

City of the first class or consolidated local government to control

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waterworks. Whenever any city of the first class or consolidated local government owns, through its commissioners of the sinking fund or revenue commission, respectively, all the shares of capital stock in any corporation engaged in supplying water to its inhabitants, the city or consolidated local government shall control, manage, and operate the plant of the corporation, its franchise, and all its other property, in the manner provided in KRS 96.240 to 96.310. The provisions of KRS 96.230 to 96.310 shall not affect the status of the stock as part of the assets of the sinking fund or revenue commission, respectively. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 108, effective July 15, 2002. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3024a-1, 3024a-5.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1951–1989 · leading case: Burkholder v. City of Louisville, 276 S.W.2d 29 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955).
Burkholder v. City of Louisville, 276 S.W.2d 29 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 3× “of the first class owns, through its commissioners of the sinking fund, all the shares of capital stock in any corporation engaged in supplying water to the city and its inhabitants, the city shall control, manage and operate the plant of the corporation, its franchise, and all…”
Bd. of Com'rs v. Yunker, 239 S.W.2d 984 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “230, which reads in part: “Whenever any city of the first class owns, through its commissioners of the sinking fund, all the shares of capital stock in any corporation engaged in supplying water to the city and its inhabitants, the city shall control, manage and operate the…”
Barber v. City of Louisville, 777 S.W.2d 919 (Ky. 1989). “However, KRS 96.230 makes the Louisville Water Company an agent of the City.”
Bd. of Educ. v. Louisville Water Co., 555 S.W.2d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). “The Louisville Water Company was incorporated pursuant to Chapter 507 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1854 and operated as a private corporation until 1906 when the General Assembly adopted an act, now codified as KRS 96.230- 310, which changed its status to an agency of…”
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