Does the Receiving County Vote on Whether to Accept Territory Stricken from Another County?
In direct answer to the question, no. The statutes do not provide for a county that might receive territory divided or stricken from another county to vote upon Hon. John C. Price whether to accept such territory. The question, however, appears to emanate from what we believe is a misconception that, upon a county’s vote in favor of division or striking a portion of the county, and attaching it to an adjoining county, such transfer occurs automatically. We believe this misconception should be addressed here, for such assistance as it may provide. In our view, counties and their boundaries are creatures of the legislature, and they can only be changed by legislative action. A vote taken pursuant to KRS 67.030 can serve only as an indication to the legislature as to the sense of a county concerning a possible division or striking of a portion of a county’s territory. Such vote does not, in and of itself, result in a division or striking of the territory of a county and its attachment to
