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KRS § 119.305 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 119 / Section 119.305
119.305 Report by election officers of violations -- Arrest of offenders
Status: in_force

119.305 Report by election officers of violations -- Arrest of offenders.

Election officers shall give information of all infractions of the election laws to the grand

jury, Commonwealth's attorney, Attorney General and the Registry of Election Finance.

The election officers shall cooperate in any investigation or prosecution of election law

violations. When there is reason to fear that an offender will escape out of the county

before indictment, any election officer may procure his immediate apprehension.
KRS § 350.139 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.139
350.139 Deposit of funds to State Treasury -- Exceptions -- Amount to be transferred to fiscal courts -- Remainder for Division of Mine Permits
Status: in_force

350.139 Deposit of funds to State Treasury -- Exceptions -- Amount to be

transferred to fiscal courts -- Remainder for Division of Mine Permits.

(1) All prior enactments of this General Assembly to the contrary notwithstanding, all

funds received by the Energy and Environment Cabinet through the payment of fees

and civil penalties shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the

general fund, except those fees established in KRS 350.060(11) and (13),

350.070(2) and (4), 350.135(1), and as provided in KRS 350.990(1). All funds from

the forfeiture of bonds shall be placed in the State Treasury in an interest-bearing

account and credited to a special agency account. The interest shall become a

supplemental fund and may be used to supplement forfeited bonds which are

inadequate to complete the reclamation plan. Except as provided in KRS

350.131(1), forfeited bond funds shall be expended upon the lands for which the

bond was given. The interest may be expended upon lands other than those for

which the bond was given. No more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the

supplemental fund may be expended upon any single site, unless a larger

expenditure is necessary to abate an imminent danger to public health or safety.

(2) (a) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Department

for Natural Resources shall, on or before August 1 of each year, transfer to the

fiscal court of the county in which the permitted operation is located, an

amount equal to thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of all funds paid

during the preceding fiscal year as fees for the issuance of any permit for

surface coal mining operations for the general purposes of that fiscal court.

(b) The department shall calculate the amount to be transferred each year under

this subsection as if the fee rates in effect pursuant to this chapter on October

1, 2009, were still in effect during the preceding fiscal year.

(3) Except for the amount of fees paid to fiscal courts pursuant to subsection (2) of this

section, all permit and acreage fees established in KRS 350.060(11) and (13),

350.070(2) and (4), and 350.135(1) shall be held specifically for the use of the

Division of Mine Permits.
KRS § 27A.610 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.610
27A.610 Duties of designated agencies
Status: in_force

27A.610 Duties of designated agencies.

The agency designated pursuant to KRS 27A.600 shall have the following duties in

carrying out the provisions of KRS 27A.600 to 27A.640:

(1) To develop, operate, and administer programs within the judicial district or districts

served to provide free legal services to indigent clients involved in civil matters

within the jurisdiction of the courts or the judicial district or districts.

(2) To report annually to the Supreme Court of Kentucky, through the Administrative

Office of the Courts, on its activities conducted pursuant to KRS 27A.600 to

27A.640.

(3) To maintain an appropriate accounting of all funds received pursuant to KRS

27A.600 to 27A.640, and to prepare and submit to the Administrative Office of the

Courts an annual statement accounting for the use of the funds.

(4) To refund annually all unused or uncommitted funds as provided in KRS

27A.630(4).
KRS § 136.612 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 136 / Section 136.612
136.612 Exception in the case of worthless accounts
Status: in_force

136.612 Exception in the case of worthless accounts.

A provider is authorized to take as a deduction from the tax due under KRS 136.604 the

amount of multichannel video programming excise tax paid in a prior reporting period on

any debt or account receivable arising from the sale of multichannel video programming

service that has become worthless and charged off for income tax purposes. If any

charged-off multichannel video programming excise tax is thereafter in whole or in part

collected by the provider, the amount so collected shall be included in the first return filed

after collection.
KRS § 91A.060 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91A / Section 91A.060
91A.060 Official depositories
Status: in_force

91A.060 Official depositories.

(1) The executive authority shall designate as the city's official depositories one (1) or

more banks, federally insured savings and loan companies or trust companies within

the Commonwealth. The amount of funds on deposit in an official depository shall

be fully insured by deposit insurance or collateralized in accordance with 12 U.S.C.

sec. 1823, to the extent uninsured, by any obligations, including surety bonds

permitted by KRS 41.240(4).

(2) All receipts from any source of city money or money for which the city is

responsible, which has not been otherwise invested or deposited in a manner

authorized by law, shall be deposited in official depositories. All city funds shall be

disbursed by written authorization approved by the executive authority which shall

state the name of the person to whom funds are payable, the purpose of the payment

and the fund out of which the funds are payable. Each authorization shall be

numbered and recorded.
KRS § 202A.261 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 202A / Section 202A.261
202A.261 Certain hospitals not to be required to provide services
Status: in_force

202A.261 Certain hospitals not to be required to provide services.

No public or private hospital, other than a state-operated or contracted mental

hospital or institution, shall be required to provide services under KRS 202A.008,

202A.011, 202A.028, 202A.041, 202A.051, 202A.071, 202A.081, 202A.0811 to

202A.0831, 202A.101, 202A.141, 202A.241, 202A.251, 202A.261, 202A.271,

202B.170, 202B.200, 387.540, 504.085, 600.020, 645.020, 645.120, and 645.280

unless the hospital agrees to provide the services. Any hospital shall make every

reasonable attempt to cooperate with the implementation of KRS 202A.008,

202A.011, 202A.028, 202A.041, 202A.051, 202A.071, 202A.081, 202A.101,

202A.141, 202A.241, 202A.251, 202A.261, 202A.271, 202B.170, 202B.200,

387.540, 504.085, 600.020, 645.020, 645.120, and 645.280.
KRS § 95A.057 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95A / Section 95A.057
95A.057 Commission may initiate consideration of dissolution of a fire protection district or volunteer fire department -- Conditions -- Procedures
Status: in_force

95A.057 Commission may initiate consideration of dissolution of a fire protection

district or volunteer fire department -- Conditions -- Procedures.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of KRS 65.166, the commission may initiate

consideration of a dissolution of a fire protection district or volunteer fire

department district providing fire protection services at any time that the

requirements of this section are satisfied and without the petition required under

KRS 65.166.

(2) Upon receipt of a written affidavit from a resident, property owner, or local

government that a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district

formed for the purpose of providing fire protection services has failed to provide

those services or that all or a portion of the services are being provided by another

entity other than the district, the commission may:

(a) Refer the affidavit and any other supporting evidence that it has to the

judge/executive of the county or counties for the county or counties to

consider action to dissolve the special district or to alter its boundaries in

accordance with KRS 65.166(4) to (6); or

(b) Initiate an investigation to be conducted by commission personnel under the

direction of the executive director to determine the validity of the alleged

complaint.

(3) If the commission undertakes an investigation under subsection (2)(b) of this

section, it shall forward its findings in writing to the county or counties forming the

fire protection district or volunteer fire department district and to any party

submitting a written affidavit as set out in subsection (2) of this section. If, after

investigation, the commission finds that the fire protection district or volunteer fire

department district has failed to provide services, or that all or part of the services

are being provided by another entity, the findings shall be considered by the fiscal

court or courts, which may elect to:

(a) Initiate the procedure for dissolution or alteration of the boundaries of the fire

protection district or volunteer fire department district in accordance with

KRS 65.166(4) to (6); or

(b) Vote by a majority of the entire fiscal court membership to permit the

commission to conduct the hearing in accordance with KRS 65.166(4) and

permit the commission to make the written determination for action to either

dissolve or alter the boundaries of the fire protection district or volunteer fire

department district in accordance with KRS 65.166(5). Any decision to

dissolve or alter the boundaries of the fire protection district or volunteer fire

department district shall be ratified by the fiscal court within thirty (30) days

following the issuance of the final written determination of the commission. If

the fiscal court takes no action to ratify the decision of the commission, then

the decision of the commission shall be deemed ratified.
KRS § 610.342 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 610 / Section 610.342
610.342 Full access to all records relating to a child for that child's attorney -- Enforcement by court order
Status: in_force

610.342 Full access to all records relating to a child for that child's attorney --

Enforcement by court order.

(1) Any statute to the contrary notwithstanding, an attorney representing a child in any

proceeding under KRS Chapters 600 to 645 or in any adult criminal proceeding

shall have full access to all records, including juvenile records, held by law

enforcement, courts, social work agencies, or any other record, public or private,

relating to that child which the attorney believes is necessary to the representation

of that child.

(2) All courts shall enforce the provisions of subsection (1) of this section through

appropriate orders, upon request of an attorney representing a child in any

proceeding specified in subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 189.190 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189 / Section 189.190
189.190 Chains and lugs on wheels -- Thickness of solid rubber tires
Status: in_force

189.190 Chains and lugs on wheels -- Thickness of solid rubber tires.

(1) No person shall use on a highway not covered with ice, a vehicle with a chained

wheel, unless the wheel rests upon an ice shoe at least six (6) inches wide.

(2) Where chains are used on rubber-tired vehicles, the cross chains shall be not more

than three-fourths (3/4) of an inch in thickness or diameter, and shall be spaced not

more than ten (10) inches apart, around the circumference of the tires.

(3) Any machinery, utensils or implements used solely for agricultural, farming or

manufacturing purposes may be operated on the highways under present equipment

except as is provided in subsection (4).

(4) No tractor, traction engine, hauling engine or other similar power vehicle having

any projections on the face of the tires or rims of the wheels in contact with the

pavement shall be operated on any highway, the top surface of which is either

composed of or treated with bituminous materials or concrete except that the

driving wheels may be fitted with flat lugs extending diagonally across the entire

width of the tire or rim. Those lugs shall be not less than one (1) inch in width at the

bearing surface in contact with the pavement, but those lugs shall be so spaced that

not less than two (2) lugs on each driving wheel shall be in contact with the

highway surface at all times. The front or nondriving wheels may be fitted with flat

steering rings, if those rings are at least two (2) inches in width and not more than

one and one-half (1-1/2) inches in height, but there shall be no bolt head, rivet heads

or other projections beyond the face of the tire or rim. The narrow angle iron lugs

used for plowing or on soft ground shall not be permitted, nor shall any tractor or

other vehicles of the caterpillar or track laying type having such projections on the

faces of the shoes or treads of the track in contact with the roadway be permitted

unless fitted with the flat lugs, in a way that will prevent any injury to the highway

by either the narrow angle lugs or the projections on any tractor or other vehicle

named in this section.

(5) No solid rubber or rubber compounded tire on any vehicle, other than a vehicle

being actually used in the construction or maintenance of a highway, shall be less

than one (1) inch thick, measured from the steel flange of the rim. Any person

violating this subsection shall be civilly liable for any damage done to any state or

county highway. The county attorney of the county in which the damage is done

shall institute actions necessary to reimburse the state or county for the damage

suffered.
KRS § 281A.270 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281A / Section 281A.270
281A.270 Adoption of requirements in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383
Status: in_force

281A.270 Adoption of requirements in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383.

The Transportation Cabinet may adopt those federally mandated requirements set forth in

49 C.F.R. pt. 383, notwithstanding the fact that the provisions may conflict with other

provisions of this chapter.
KRS § 35.630 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.630
35.630 Misconduct as prisoner
Status: in_force

35.630 Misconduct as prisoner.

Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who,

while in the hands of the enemy in time of war:

(1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his or her captors, acts without

proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulation, to the detriment

of others of whatever nationality held by the enemy as civilian or military prisoners;

or

(2) While in a position of authority over such persons maltreats them without justifiable

cause.
KRS § 407.5310 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 407 / Section 407.5310
407.5310 Duties of Office of the Attorney General as state information agency
Status: in_force

407.5310 Duties of Office of the Attorney General as state information agency.

(1) The Office of the Attorney General is the state information agency under KRS

407.5101 to 407.5902.

(2) The state information agency shall:

(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in

this state which have jurisdiction under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 and any

support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state

information agency of every other state;

(b) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support

enforcement agencies received from other states;

(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the

obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's

property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding

under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 received from another state or foreign

country; and

(d) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's

property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal

verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone

directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and

examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited

by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement,

taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and Social Security.
KRS § 67A.780 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.780
67A.780 Assessment ratio -- Special assessment
Status: in_force

67A.780 Assessment ratio -- Special assessment.

The sum necessary to be raised annually for the sinking fund shall be assessed against the

property benefited in the proportion that the assessed value of each lot or parcel for

urban-county government taxation shall bear to the whole assessed value of the benefited

properties, as shown by the records upon which urban-county government taxation is

based at the time of the adoption of the Third Ordinance. Where there is no such record,

as in the case of public property, or property owned by religious, charitable, or

educational institutions, the same (except that owned by the United States government)

shall be specially assessed by the proper assessing officers, and for such special

assessment reasonable compensation may be made. Any such special assessment shall be

subject to all procedures for equalization and judicial review as may be provided by law

in connection with ordinary assessments.
KRS § 339.205 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 339 / Section 339.205
339.205 "Commissioner" defined
Status: in_force

339.205 "Commissioner" defined.

As used in this chapter, "commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the

Department of Workplace Standards, under the direction and supervision of the

secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet.
KRS § 342.390 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.390
342.390 Employer's election to operate under chapter
Status: in_force

342.390 Employer's election to operate under chapter

Election to operate under this chapter if an employer is not mandatorily subject to the

chapter shall be effected by the employer purchasing workers' compensation insurance or

qualifying as a self insured. The proof of election shall be the proof of insurance coverage

provided for in KRS 342.340(2).
KRS § 165A.380 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 165A / Section 165A.380
165A.380 Disposition of fees -- Trust and agency account
Status: in_force

165A.380 Disposition of fees -- Trust and agency account.

(1) All fees collected pursuant to this chapter, except those collected pursuant to KRS

165A.450, shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a trust and agency account of

the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education and shall be used by the

commission to defray the cost of administering and enforcing this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the account at the end of

the fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

(3) Any interest earnings of the account shall become a part of the account and shall not

lapse.
KRS § 148.242 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 148 / Section 148.242
148.242 Lieutenant Governor to be member of board
Status: in_force

148.242 Lieutenant Governor to be member of board.

One (1) of the three (3) members of the Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission

appointed by the Governor pursuant to Article II of the compact set forth in KRS 148.241

shall be the Lieutenant Governor.
KRS § 219.370 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 219 / Section 219.370
219.370 Regulation of community operations
Status: in_force

219.370 Regulation of community operations.

The secretary shall promulgate administrative regulations for the effective administration

and enforcement of KRS 219.310 to 219.410, which may include but are not limited to,

standards for community construction and layout, service buildings, watering stations,

sanitary stations, sanitation, site planning, lot size, water supply, sewage disposal,

lighting, refuse handling, insect and rodent control, inspections, hearings, issuance,

suspension, and revocation of permits, and such other matters as may be necessary to

insure a safe and sanitary community operation. All building construction regulations

shall conform to the uniform state building code. The secretary is empowered to establish

separate rules and regulations for manufactured home, mobile home, and recreational

vehicle communities.
KRS § 61.251 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.251
61.251 Definitions for KRS 61.252
Status: in_force

61.251 Definitions for KRS 61.252.

As used in KRS 61.252:

(1) "City agency" means any board, commission, authority, nonstock corporation, or

other entity created by a city, either individually or jointly with any other unit of

local government;

(2) "Contract" means any agreement for the sale, lease, or purchase of any interest in

real or personal property or the provision of any service; and

(3) "Officer" means any person, whether compensated or not, and whether full-time or

part-time, who is an elected or appointed officer of a city, or who is a member of the

governing board of any city agency.
KRS § 434.680 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 434 / Section 434.680
434.680 Unauthorized production or reproduction of credit or debit card -- Definition -- Presumption as to possession of incomplete card
Status: in_force

434.680 Unauthorized production or reproduction of credit or debit card --

Definition -- Presumption as to possession of incomplete card.

(1) A person other than the cardholder possessing an incomplete credit or debit card, or

possessing a purported distinctive element of a credit or debit card, with intent to

complete such incomplete credit or debit card or to utilize such purported

distinctive element in the production or reproduction of any credit or debit card

without the consent of the issuer, or a person possessing, with knowledge of its

character, a distinctive element of any credit or debit card or any machinery, plates,

or any contrivance designed to produce or reproduce instruments purporting to be

the credit or debit cards, or a distinctive element of the credit or debit cards, of an

issuer or of any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element

or elements in credit or debit cards issued by all members of such group, who has

not consented to the production or reproduction of such card, is guilty of a Class D

felony. A credit or debit card is "incomplete" if part of the matter other than the

signature of the cardholder, which an issuer or any issuer in a group of issuers

utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards issued by

all members of such group, requires to appear on the credit or debit card before it

can be used by the cardholder has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted, or

written on it. A "distinctive element" of a credit or debit card is any material or

component used in the fabrication of credit or debit cards which, by virtue of such

element's chemical or physical composition, color, or design, is unique to the credit

or debit cards issued by a particular issuer or group of issuers utilizing a common

distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards issued by all members of

such group.

(2) A person other than the cardholder or issuer who possesses two (2) or more

incomplete credit or debit cards is presumed to possess the same without the

consent of the issuer and with the intent to complete them.
KRS § 226.030 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 226 / Section 226.030
226.030 Pawnbroker not to receive article from minor or during night
Status: in_force

226.030 Pawnbroker not to receive article from minor or during night.

No pawnbroker shall receive, by way of pledge or pawn, any article whatever from a

minor at any time, nor from any person between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.