to be exempted from taxation.
The consolidated local government shall have, through its board of waterworks, the use
free of charge of all the water necessary for its fire department, police department, public
buildings principally occupied by its employees, parks, parkways, its property principally
used for public purposes, all of its agencies, and any waterfront parks located within the
boundaries of the consolidated local government. It shall in turn exempt from taxation for
consolidated local government purposes all the property of which it has the control
through its board of waterworks. Nothing in this section shall affect the right and duty of
the board of waterworks to fix and collect reasonable rates for the use of water furnished
to any other person, whether by assessment or meter measurement.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 111, effective July 15, 2002. --
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 3024a-6.
Notes of Decisions
Bd. of Educ. v. Louisville Water Co., 555 S.W.2d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977).
· cites it 5× “Concerning free water, KRS 96.270 provides: The city shall have, through its board of waterworks, the use free of charge of all the water necessary for its fire department, police department, public buildings and school board, and for sprinkling its public highways, parks and…”
Commonwealth, Dep't of Highways v. Louisville Water Co., 479 S.W.2d 626 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972).
· cites it 3× “KRS 96.270. In order to provide an abundant supply of water at an adequate pressure for fire protection it is necessary for the company to maintain what are called grid systems, in which the mains are so interconnected that if one or more are cut off the others will insure a…”
Elec. Plant Bd., Etc. v. City of Mayfield, 185 S.W.2d 411 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945).
“KRS 96.270, cited by appellants, providing for the city’s free use of water for its fire department, police departments, public buildings, public highways, parks and schools and exempting the property of the water board from taxation for city purposes, has no application to the…”
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