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212.840   District health departments -- Boundaries -- Costs. (1)  The cabinet shall delineate and define geographical boundaries within which district health departments may be established. The fiscal courts of all counties within the 
boundaries  delineated  by  the  cabinet,  may  by  resolution  of  each  respective  court, 
duly passed by a majority vote of the members present, unite all the counties into a 
district  for  the  purpose  of  creating,  establishing,  maintaining,  and  operating  a 
district health department. The resolution of each court shall be in effect for two (2) 
years awaiting the action of other fiscal courts to unite in the formation of a district 
health department.  Each court, at  the time of passing the resolution, shall provide 
for  its  proportion  of  the  cost  of  the  creation,  establishment,  maintenance  and 
operation of the department, to be paid for by the county. (2)  The cost of creating and establishing the district health department shall be paid by the  counties  comprising  the  district  in  proportion  to  the  taxable  property  of  each 
county  as  shown  by  their  respective  county  assessments.  The  annual  expense  of 
maintaining  and  operating  the  district  health  department  shall  be  borne  by  each 
county reasonably and equitably in proportion to the amount of the taxable property 
in each county, in amounts determined by the standards of the cabinet. History:  Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 4.