Kentucky Revised Statutes
Includes enactments through the 2024 Regular Session
Chapter titles, centered headings, section catchlines, and explanatory notes are for informational purposes only and do not constitute any part of the law. For general laws governing construction of statutes, see KRS Chapter 446.
The KRS database was last updated on 11/20/2024
.010 Definitions.
.015 Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.
.020 Creation of drainage district.
.030 Repealed, 1984.
.040 Repealed, 1984.
.050 Repealed, 1984.
.060 Repealed, 1984.
.070 Repealed, 1984.
.080 Repealed, 1984.
.090 Drainage directors -- Election.
.100 Board of drainage commissioners created -- Powers.
.110 Officers of board.
.120 Meetings -- Office -- Records -- Reports -- Expenses.
.130 Drainage engineer -- Powers -- Duties -- Assistants -- Survey -- Map -- Report.
.140 Conference as to place and method of crossing railroad right-of-way.
.150 Adoption of engineer's report -- Action of county judge/executive, clerk and viewers.
.160 Viewers' classification of land for assessment -- Rate of assessment.
.170 Report of viewers on classification -- Estimate of cost of improvement.
.180 Cost of construction and assessment of benefits when improvement crosses highway.
.190 Railroad property benefited shall be assessed.
.200 Viewers shall assess damages.
.210 Viewers' final report -- Notice -- Hearing.
.220 Court shall refer proceeding to board.
.230 Drainage record -- Copy filed in any county affected.
.240 Construction contract -- Bond -- Board may construct.
.250 Payment for work in installments -- Warrants.
.260 Contractor's right of access -- Obstructions.
.270 Method of construction when improvement crosses railroad property -- Cost.
.280 Condemnation of land not affected by drainage.
.290 Assessment roll and statement of cost -- What to include.
.300 Hearing on assessment roll and statement -- Notice -- Appeal -- Filing approved roll.
.310 Payment and collection of assessments when average below twenty-five cents ($0.25) per acre.
.320 Bonds authorized when average assessment exceeds twenty-five cents ($0.25) per acre -- Failure to pay assessment is consent to bonds.
.330 Issuance and sale of bonds -- Collection of assessment installments.
.340 Refunding bonds.
.350 Board or court may change assessment -- Relevy.
.360 Liability of successor in title -- Contribution between several owners.
.370 Lien of assessments -- Enforcement.
.380 Validity of proceeding -- Irregularities -- Remedies -- Releases.
.390 Maintenance of improvements -- Maintenance assessments.
.400 Superintendent of drainage -- Duties -- Bond -- Compensation.
.410 Attorney for board -- Agreement -- Duties.
.420 Fees -- Costs -- Expenses -- Compensation of employees and viewers.
.430 Expenses apportioned among districts.
.440 County treasurer's duties as treasurer of district -- Compensation.
.450 Landowner's right to use improvement as an outlet.
.460 Natural drain may become public ditch.
.470 Obstructions -- Landowner liable for damage caused by him.
.480 Damage or obstruction of improvement.
.490 Drainage commissioner and board of supervisors in counties having seventy-five or more districts or operating under KRS 267.495.
.495 Board may elect for county to be subject to provisions of KRS 267.390(3)(b) and 267.490.
.500 Repealed, 1984.
.510 Board for separate district -- Election -- Term -- Vacancies.
.520 Powers and duties of district board.
.530 Amendment of order establishing district.
.540 Enlargement of district.
.550 Fiscal court to control improvements made by general taxation -- Use.
.560 Appropriations to aid district.
.570 Discontinuance of improvements.
.990 Penalties.