Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 81A.420 to require a city to provide written notice to a county of annexation; eliminate the election in opposition to annexation but allow a petition to defeat annexation proposal; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to make interlocal agreements concerning the sharing of occupational or insurance premium tax revenue between a city and a county terminable only with the consent of both parties; amend KRS 65.250 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A that allow a county subject to occupational tax crediting to have standing to challenge a proposed annexation; require cities that annex territory in counties subject to occupational tax crediting to remit payments to a county or negotiate with a county for investment in a project associated with the annexation in certain circumstances; allow counties to establish designated county industrial districts; define terms; prohibit annexation by a city of territory within a district without consent of the county; provide method to establish a new district or dissolve an existing district; require certain uses within a district; set a maximum number and size of districts within a county; provide landowners and cities with standing to bring suit against a county concerning a district.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 81A.412 to require a city located in a county subject to occupational tax crediting to provide written notice to the county in the case of a voluntary annexation; include exception for corridor annexations that would be subject to certain provisions where a city was providing water and sewer services in the area and the county has not made prior investment in the area; state that cost-sharing and hold harmless provisions do not apply when a city and county have an existing interlocal agreement that would cover the annexation; include a requirement that the city submit information to the Department for Local Government regarding any annexation that would be subject to the Act.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 81A.420, 65.250
Acts Chapter 158: 81A.412, 81A.420, 65.250
House Committee Substitute 1: 81A.412, 81A.420, 65.250
Current: 81A.412, 81A.420, 65.250