KLC 2020 Legislative Update

6) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES
House Bill 570
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
Sponsor: Representative Michael Meredith (R-Oakland)
HB 570 amends several provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, KRS 65.210 to 65.300, to give
public agencies more flexibility to enter into agreements with one another to combine services and
functions.
A new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 is created to require a public agency interested in entering
into an interlocal agreement to provide the following to the governing body of each of its establishing local
governments: (1) a written description and purpose of the proposed agreement; (2) copy of the proposed
agreement; (3) a statement that the governing body of the establishing local government may either
approve or disapprove the public agency’s entry into the proposed agreement by sending a written
response of its approval or disapproval within 30 days of receipt of the notification; and (4) a statement
that if the governing body of an establishing local government does not respond within 30 days, the
establishing local government shall be deemed to have approved the proposed entry into the agreement.
KLC Executive Director/CEO J.D. Chaney,
Representative Michael Meredith (R-Oakland)
and Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo)
Director of Governmental Relations Shellie
Hampton testify on HB 570.
“Public agency” is defined to mean: (1) any local government; (2) any political subdivision of
the state or of another state; (3) any agency, board, instrumentality, or commission created by a local
government; (4) any taxing district; (5) any special purpose governmental entity; (6) any interlocal agency;
(7) the Commonwealth or any agency or instrumentality of state government or of the United States,
including but not limited to a state-supported institution of higher education; (8) any county or
independent school district; and (9) any private institution of higher education entering into an agreement
with another public agency. “Interlocal agency” is defined to mean a separate legal or administrative
entity with a governing board that is created in an agreement entered into by public agencies pursuant to
the provisions of KRS 65.210 to 65.300.
KRS 65.240 is amended to establish that any two or more public agencies may enter into
agreements with one another for joint or cooperative action pursuant to the provisions of KRS 65.210
to 65.300, including but not limited to for the sharing of revenues and physical assets. KRS 65.240 is
additionally amended to permit a private institution of higher education and one or more county school
districts or independent districts to enter into agreements under KRS 65.210 to 65.300 for the purpose of
establishing and operating a program or facility, including a center for child learning and study, designed
to help one or more schools meet educational improvement goals set out in KRS 158.6451, or for the
investment of funds if determined by the attorney general to be compatible with state and federal law
upon review pursuant to KRS 65.260.
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