When a petition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the registered legal voters of any county, and no petition shall be signed by less than two hundred (200) legal voters of any county, shall be filed with the county judge/executive, asking that said county be consolidated with a named adjoining county, it shall be the duty of the county judge/executive to notify the county judge/executive of the adjoining county. If within six

1. (6) months from the time of said notice of the first county to the second county a petition, similarly signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the registered legal voters of any county, and no petition shall be signed by less than two hundred (200) legal voters of any county, has been filed, for the consolidation of the two (2) counties, the county judge/executive of the second county shall notify the county judge/executive of the first county of such action.

Effective: June 17, 1978

History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 147, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1.