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§ 67c-147

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67C.147 Taxes and services in area of former city of the first class -- Imposition of different tax rates -- Urban service tax district -- Reporting requirements -- Modification of boundaries -- Reimbursement to fire districts operating into the area of the urban service tax district. (1) In order to maintain the tax structure, tax rates, or level of services in the area of the consolidated local government formerly comprising the city of the first class, the legislative council of a consolidated local government may provide in the manner described in this chapter for taxes and services within the area comprising the former city of the first class which are different from the taxes and services which are applicable in the remainder of the county. T hese differences may include differences in tax rates upon the class of property which includes the surface of the land, differences in ad valorem tax rates upon personal property, and differences in tax rates upon insurance premiums. (2) Any difference in the ad valorem tax rate on the class of property which includes the surface of the land in the portion of the county formerly comprising the city of the first class and in the portion

y difference in the ad valorem tax rate on the class of property which includes the surface of the land in the portion of the county formerly comprising the city of the first class and in the portion of the county other than that formerly comprising the city of the first class may be imposed directly by the consolidated local government council. Any change in these ad valorem tax rates shall comply with KRS 68.245, 132.010, 132.017, and 132.027 and shall be used for services as provided by KRS 82.085. (3) If the consolida ted local government council determines to provide for tax rates applicable to health insurance premiums and personal property which are different in the area formerly comprising the city of the first class than the rates applicable in the remainder of the county, it shall do so in the following manner. The consolidated local government council shall by ordinance create a tax district to be known as the 'urban service tax district' bounded by the former boundaries of the former city of the first class. The ordinance shall designate the number of members of the board of this tax district and the manner in which they shall be appointed.

by the former boundaries of the former city of the first class. The ordinance shall designate the number of members of the board of this tax district and the manner in which they shall be appointed. The ordinance shall provide that the board of the tax district shall receive the income derived from the differential tax rat e applicable in the area formerly comprising the city of the first class with respect to personal property, health insurance premiums, or both, and shall contract with the consolidated local government to pay all sums collected to the consolidated local go vernment, in return for the provision of services performed by the consolidated local government within the area formerly comprising the city of the first class which services are in addition to services performed by the consolidated local government in th e remainder of the county. The consolidated local government shall provide at least an annual reporting to the urban service tax district board and the legislative body of the consolidated local government containing but not limited to detailed operating a nd capital expenditures of each service performed by the consolidated local government.

nd the legislative body of the consolidated local government containing but not limited to detailed operating a nd capital expenditures of each service performed by the consolidated local government. (4) After the initial formation of an urban service tax district in a consolidated local government, the boundaries of the district may be modified in the following manner. The proposal to alter the boundaries of the urban service tax district within a consolidated local government may be initiated by: (a) A resolution enacted by the consolidated local government describing the boundaries of the area to be added to or de leted from the tax district and duly passed and signed by the mayor not less than one hundred twenty (120) days before the next regularly scheduled election day within the county; or (b) A petition signed by a number of qualified voters living within preci ncts within the area to be added to or deleted from the tax district equal to ten percent (10%) of the votes cast within each precinct in the last general election for President of the United States and delivered to the clerk of the legislative council mor e than one hundred twenty (120) days next preceding the next

in each precinct in the last general election for President of the United States and delivered to the clerk of the legislative council mor e than one hundred twenty (120) days next preceding the next regularly scheduled election day within the county. The boundaries so described in either case shall not cross precinct lines. The question of whether the area bounded as described should be add ed to or deleted from, as the case may be, the urban service tax district shall then be placed upon the ballot in the precincts in the area to be added or deleted at the next regular election and the question stated on the ballot shall be so phrased that a 'Yes' vote shall be cast in favor of making the proposed change and a 'No' vote shall be cast to oppose the proposed change. If a majority of those voting in those precincts support the change, then the change in the boundaries of the urban service tax di strict shall be implemented. (5) (a) No later than July 1, 2025, the consolidated local government shall reimburse a fire district operating under KRS Chapter 75 for expenses related to each emergency medical response made by the fire district operating un der KRS Chapter 75 into the area

vernment shall reimburse a fire district operating under KRS Chapter 75 for expenses related to each emergency medical response made by the fire district operating un der KRS Chapter 75 into the area of the urban service tax district. A fire district so responding shall receive from the consolidated local government three hundred dollars ($300) for transporting a person and one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for arriving at person's location when no person is transported. (b) The payment established in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be in addition to any insurance moneys the fire district may be eligible to receive resulting from the response. (c) The payment established in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be adj usted on July 1 of each year by the percentage increase in the nonseasonally adjusted annual average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI -U), U.S. City Average, All Items, between the two (2) most recent calendar years available, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (d) The consolidated local government shall not charge a fire district operating under KRS Chapter 75 for any expenses or services that the consolidated local

nited States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (d) The consolidated local government shall not charge a fire district operating under KRS Chapter 75 for any expenses or services that the consolidated local government was not charging the fire district p rior to January 1, 2024. (6) (a) From July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028, the differential tax received by the urban service tax district shall fund no less than eighty -five percent (85%) of all costs related to the services provided, including capital expendi tures related to the services, within the urban service tax district by the consolidated local government as set out in this section that are in addition to the services performed by the consolidated local government in the remainder of the county. (b) From July 1, 2028, to June 30, 2031, the differential tax received by the urban service tax district shall fund no less than ninety percent (90%) of all costs related to the services provided, including capital expenditures related to the services, within the urban service tax district by the consolidated local government as set out in this section that are in addition to the services performed by the consolidated local government in

services, within the urban service tax district by the consolidated local government as set out in this section that are in addition to the services performed by the consolidated local government in the remainder of the county. (c) From July 1, 2031, to June 30, 2034, the dif ferential tax received by the urban service tax district shall fund no less than ninety -five percent (95%) of all costs related to the services provided, including capital expenditures related to the services, within the urban service tax district by the c onsolidated local government as set out in this section that are in addition to the services performed by the consolidated local government in the remainder of the county. (d) After June 30, 2034, the differential tax received by the urban service tax district shall fund no less than one hundred percent (100%) of all costs related to the services provided, including capital expenditures related to the services, within the urban service tax district by the consolidated local government as set out in this sec tion that are in addition to the services performed by the consolidated local government in the remainder of the county.

rvice tax district by the consolidated local government as set out in this sec tion that are in addition to the services performed by the consolidated local government in the remainder of the county. Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2024. -- Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec . 7, effective July 14, 2022. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002.