109.115 Districts -- Establishment -- Powers -- Directors. - Kentucky Statutes

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109.115 Districts -- Establishment -- Powers -- Directors. (1) A single county, or two (2) or more counties may create a waste management district in accordance with the procedures of KRS 65.182. Waste management
districts shall have all powers and authority set forth in KRS 109.041. (2) The waste management district shall be controlled and managed by a board of directors. (3) The fiscal court shall determine the composition of the board of directors in one (1) of the following ways:
(a) Appointment of the county judge/executive of every county, or portion of a county, within that district and the mayor of the most populous city in each
county. Appointment of a third member from each county in the district so
that representation on the board shall be in proportion to the urban-rural
population distribution in the county. The county judge/executive and the
mayor may delegate a representative to serve in their stead. (b) Appointment of members by the county judge/executive and confirmed by the respective fiscal court. In the case of multicounty districts, membership on the
board shall be apportioned among the counties in ratio to their population with
each county having at least one (1) member. The mayor of the most populous
city in each county that is a participant in the waste management district shall
be appointed a member. In no case shall the total membership of the board
consist of fewer than three (3) persons. When a county has two (2) or more
members on the board, members shall be selected from urban or rural areas in
the same proportion as the urban-rural population distribution in the county,
except that there shall be at least one (1) member each from a rural and from
an urban area. (4) A member of the board of directors may be removed from office pursuant to KRS 65.007. Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992 . -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 100, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 5,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 10, effective June 17,
1978. Formerly codified as KRS 109.071.
Legislative Research Commission Note. A technical correction has been made in this section by the Reviser of Statutes pursuant to KRS 7.136.