Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95A.522

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 95A.522 - Share of fire department aid for merged departments for mergers on or after July 14, 2022
(1) For volunteer fire departments merging on or after July 14, 2022, the Kentucky Fire Commission shall pay to the resulting merged district the number of qualified shares of volunteer fire department aid allotted under KRS 95A.262 equal to the total number of qualified shares that each merging department would have received prior to merger.
(2) If the resulting merged district does not remain qualified to receive the volunteer fire department aid allotted under KRS 95A.262, then the Kentucky Fire Commission shall suspend all payments calculated under subsection (1) of this section. The merged district shall have ninety (90) days to come into compliance with the requirements for qualification. If the merged district does so, then the commission shall resume payments as calculated under subsection (1) of this section. If the merged district does not come into compliance within ninety (90) days of the loss of qualification, then the commission shall not resume payments as calculated under subsection (1) of this section. Should the merged district come into compliance after ninety (90) days, it shall receive only one (1) qualified share of the volunteer fire department aid under KRS 95A.262.

KRS 95A.522

Added by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 57,§ 3, eff. 7/13/2022.