83A.010 Definitions for chapter.

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83A.010 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) &quot;Board&quot; means the board of commissioners in any city organized and governed under the city manager plan. (2) &quot;Code of ordinances&quot; means a reenactment of the body of positive municipal law, read and interpreted as a whole, with the text arranged by subject matter and <br>properly indexed. (3) &quot;Commission&quot; means the city commission in any city organized and governed under the commission plan. (4) &quot;Composite index&quot; means a loose-leaf compilation of all ordinances listed by date of passage, arranged by subject matter of the contents and indexed alphabetically. (5) &quot;Council&quot; means the city legislative body in any city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan. (6) &quot;Executive authority&quot; means the mayor in any city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan or the mayor-alderman plan as provided in KRS Chapter 83, <br>the commission in any city organized and governed under the commission plan, or <br>the board of commissioners in any city organized under the city manager plan. (7) &quot;Executive order&quot; means an order issued by the executive authority of a municipality which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality <br>and any governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction. (8) &quot;Legislative body member&quot; means a city councilman in any city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan, a city commissioner in any city organized <br>and governed under the commission plan, or city manager plan, or a city alderman <br>in any city of the first class organized under the mayor-alderman plan provided by <br>KRS Chapter 83. (9) &quot;Municipal order&quot; means an official act of the legislative body of a municipality which is binding upon the officers and employees of the municipality and any <br>governmental agency over which the municipality has jurisdiction. (10) &quot;Officer&quot; means any person elected to a position by the voters or any person appointed to a position which (a) is created by the Constitution, the General <br>Assembly, or a city; (b) possesses a delegation of a portion of the sovereign power <br>of government; (c) has powers and duties to be discharged which are conferred <br>directly or by implication by the city; (d) has duties performed independently and <br>without control of a superior power other than law; (e) has some permanency; (f) <br>requires an official oath; (g) is assigned by a commission or other written authority; <br>and (h) provides for an official bond if required by proper authority. (11) &quot;Ordinance&quot; means an official action of a city legislative body, which is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law or is an <br>appropriation of money. (12) &quot;Summary&quot; means a brief narrative prepared under the supervision of an attorney succinctly covering the main points of an official statement, ordinance, or rule in a way reasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable <br>manner as to its meaning. Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 435, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.