KRS § 100.133 Planning commission -- Members, appointment -- Qualifications.
AI-assisted research summary: This section sets the size and membership rules for planning commissions and gives limited appointment powers to the Governor and certain county judge/executives.
100.133 Planning commission -- Members, appointment -- Qualifications. (1) Before a planning unit may engage in planning operations, a planning commission shall be appointed for the unit in conformance with an adopted agreement. (2) A planning commission shall consist of at least five (5), but not more than twenty (20) members. (3) The Governor shall have the privilege of appointing a member to the commission to which the capital city belongs in addition to the number of members specified for that planning commission. (4) Where extraterritorial jurisdiction is exercised for subdivision regulations or other regulations, the county judge/executive of each affected county may appoint a member to the planning commission of the planning unit exercising such jurisdiction in addition to the number of members specified for that planning commission. (5) At least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of every planning commission shall be citizen members. (6) A regional planning commission shall include at least one (1) citizen member from each joint planning unit who is also a member of the joint planning commission. (7) If one (1) city only joins with one (1) county, then each shall have equal representation. (8) Except as provided in KRS 100.137, at least one (1) of the county representatives of the planning commission of a joint planning unit containing a county with an unincorporated area population exceeding one thousand (1,000) persons shall be a resident of the unincorporated area of that county. (9) Whenever this chapter requires a city without its consent to belong to a joint planning unit, then KRS 100.137 shall apply. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 268, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 172, secs. 8 and 9.