▁b our bon ▁whis key , ▁and ▁also ▁use ▁the ▁Lincoln ▁County ▁Process . ▁The ▁law ▁specifically ▁allowed ▁Benjamin ▁Pr ich ard ' s ▁Tennessee ▁Wh is key , ▁which ▁does ▁not ▁use ▁the ▁Lincoln ▁County ▁Process , ▁to ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁l abeled ▁as ▁such . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Kentucky ▁rad ically ▁simplified ▁its ▁classification ▁of ▁cities , ▁with ▁the ▁previous ▁system ▁of ▁six ▁population - based ▁classes ▁being ▁replaced ▁by ▁a ▁two - class ▁system ▁based ▁sole ly ▁on ▁the ▁type ▁of ▁government ▁effective ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁In ▁the ▁old ▁classification ▁system , ▁many ▁cities ▁had ▁special ▁privileges ▁( not ably ▁in ▁alco hol ic ▁be verage ▁control , ▁tax ing ▁powers , ▁certain ▁labor ▁laws , ▁and ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁operate ▁its ▁own ▁school ▁system ) ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁class ; ▁the ▁new ▁legisl ation ▁contained ▁elaborate ▁prov isions ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁no ▁city ▁lost ▁a ▁privile ge ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁rec lass ification . ▁ ▁Stand ards ▁comp liance ▁ ▁Str ict ▁building ▁codes ▁to ▁with stand ▁frequent ▁se ism ic ▁activity ▁were ▁implemented ▁in ▁Japan ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁These ▁codes ▁applied ▁only ▁to ▁new ▁buildings , ▁and ▁existing ▁buildings ▁were ▁not ▁required ▁to ▁upgrade ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁codes . ▁One ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁was ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁great ▁K obe ▁earth qu ake , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁pre - 1 9 8 1 ▁buildings ▁were ▁destroyed ▁or ▁written ▁off , ▁whereas ▁most