RELATES TO: KRS 65.182, 95A.530
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 95A.530 requires the
commission to promulgate an administrative regulation describing the manner in
which volunteer fire districts shall notify the commission of a merger or
splitting of a volunteer fire district. This administrative regulation
establishes the manner in which volunteer fire districts shall notify the
commission of a merger or splitting of a volunteer fire district.
Section 1. Definition. "Volunteer fire
district" means a fire protection district or a volunteer fire department
district created in accordance with the procedures of KRS 65.182.
Section 2. Notification Procedure.
(1) Prior to the merger or split of two (2)
or more volunteer fire departments, each volunteer fire district involved in
the merger or split shall submit to the division director of the commission:
(a) A letter of agreement between the two (2)
or more volunteer fire districts involved in the merger or split to either
merge or split, as applicable;
(b)
A detailed description and map of the new volunteer fire district boundaries
created as a result of the merger or split;
(c) A letter of agreement from or between
each county judge executive of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions of the
departments involved in the merger or split;
(d) A completed Application for Fire
Department Merger and Separation;
(e) A list of the operational apparatus owned
by each fire department;
(f) Each
fire department's verified tax identification number;
(g) Inactivation letters for firefighters, if
applicable; and
(h) Each
department's mission statement.
(2) The merger or split shall not be
effective until approved in writing by the commission. The eligibility
committee of the commission shall review and report to the commission on the
fire department's Application for Fire Department Merger and Separation and
other documentation submitted pursuant to this administrative regulation. The
commission shall approve the application if each department created as a result
of the merger complies with this administrative regulation.
Section 3. Incorporation by
Reference.
(1) "Application for Fire
Department Merger and Separation", 2016, is incorporated by
reference.
(2) This material may be
inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the
Office of the Kentucky Fire Commission, 118 James Ct., Suite 50, Lexington,
Kentucky 40505, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
