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UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 313/GA
1 AN ACT relating to city franchises.
2 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
3 Section 1. KRS 96.010 is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) At least six (6)[eighteen (18)] months before the expiration of any franchise
5 acquired under or prior to the present Constitution, the legislative body of each city
6 shall provide for the sale of a new franchise to the highest and best bidder on terms
7 that are fair and reasonable to the city, to the purchaser of the franchise and to the
8 patrons of the utility. The terms shall specify the quality of service to be rendered
9 and, in cities of the first class, the price that shall be charged for the service.
10 (2) If there is no public necessity for the kind of public utility in question and if the city
11 desires to discontinue entirely the kind of service in question, or if, in the case of
12 cities other than those of the first class, the city owns or desires to own and operate
13 a municipal plant to render the required service, this section shall not apply.
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