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KRS § 311.460 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.460
311.460 Practice under own name -- Titles that may be used
Status: in_force

311.460 Practice under own name -- Titles that may be used.

(1) Any person practicing or offering to practice podiatry shall practice under his own

name only, as his name appears in his license.

(2) No person practicing or offering to practice podiatry shall use any title or

abbreviation thereof except the designation "podiatrist." The term "foot doctor" and

"chiropodist," or either of them, may be used in conjunction with the title

"podiatrist," but not as a substitute therefor and not alone.
KRS § 324.150 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 324 / Section 324.150
324.150 Investigation of licensee -- Disciplinary action against licensee --Investigative powers of commission -- Emergency hearings
Status: in_force

324.150 Investigation of licensee -- Disciplinary action against licensee --

Investigative powers of commission -- Emergency hearings.

(1) (a) The commission or its staff may on its own initiative investigate the actions of

any licensee or any person who acts in that capacity. On the verified written

complaint of any person, the commission shall investigate the actions of any

person who assumes to act in that capacity, if the complaint, together with any

evidence presented in connection with it, alleges a prima facie case that a

violation set out in KRS 324.160 has been committed. After the investigation,

the commission may order a hearing and, in appropriate cases, take

disciplinary action against any licensee who is found in violation of KRS

324.160.

(b) The commission may conduct an emergency hearing when alleged escrow

account violations warrant emergency action. The commission shall

promulgate administrative regulations to describe the specific circumstances

and allegations that authorize emergency action. The emergency hearing shall

be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, as it relates to emergency

orders and emergency hearings.

(2) To investigate allegations of practices violating the provisions of this chapter, the

commission may:

(a) Issue subpoenas to compel attendance of witnesses and the production of

books, papers, documents, or other evidence;

(b) Administer oaths;

(c) Review evidence;

(d) Enter the office or branch office of any principal broker for the purpose of

inspecting all documents required by the commission to be maintained in the

principal broker's office or branch office which relate to the allegations of

practices violating the provisions of this chapter;

(e) Examine witnesses; and

(f) Pay appropriate witness fees.
KRS § 171.800 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.800
171.800 Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission -- Members -- Officers -- Meetings -- Funding -- Program established
Status: in_force

171.800 Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission -- Members -- Officers

-- Meetings -- Funding -- Program established.

(1) The Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission is hereby established to

perform the functions specified in KRS 171.805.

(2) The membership of the commission shall consist of three (3) ex officio members

and seventeen (17) members who derive from geographically diverse areas of the

state and who represent various heritage interests as follows:

(a) The secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, or the secretary's

designee to serve ex officio;

(b) The president of Kentucky State University, or the president's designee to

serve ex officio;

(c) The director of the Kentucky Heritage Council, or the director's designee to

serve ex officio;

(d) Four (4) members from institutions of higher education;

(e) One (1) member from the preservation community;

(f) One (1) member from the arts community; and

(g) Eleven (11) members from the public-at-large.

(3) Appointed members shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve for terms of

four (4) years. Any vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the

remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) Commission members shall receive no compensation for their services but may be

reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their

duties.

(5) From the commission membership, the Governor shall appoint a chairman and a

vice chairman of the commission. The commission may elect by majority vote other

officers deemed necessary.

(6) The commission shall meet at the call of the chairman, but not less often than three

times during each calendar year. A majority of the members appointed to the

commission shall constitute a quorum.

(7) The commission shall be attached to the Kentucky Heritage Council for

administrative purposes.

(8) The commission may accept grants or raise funds from any available source, public

or private, to accomplish its duties and responsibilities. Committees may be formed

at the discretion of the chairman.

(9) The African-American Heritage Program is established as a branch within the

Kentucky Heritage Division, whose responsibilities shall include providing staff

services needed to perform its duties under KRS 171.805.
KRS § 367.200 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.200
367.200 Restoration of property -- Appointment of receiver
Status: in_force

367.200 Restoration of property -- Appointment of receiver.

The court may make such additional orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore

to any person in interest any moneys or property, real or personal, which may have been

paid out as a result of any practice declared to be unlawful by KRS 367.130 to 367.300,

including the appointment of a receiver or the revocation of a license or certificate

authorizing any person to engage in business in the Commonwealth, or both.
KRS § 323.130 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 323 / Section 323.130
323.130 Hearing in disciplinary action -- Appeal
Status: in_force

323.130 Hearing in disciplinary action -- Appeal.

(1) In any action taken pursuant to KRS 323.120, the board shall conduct a hearing in

accordance with the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapter 13B. The hearing

may be conducted by the full board or at its designation, a member thereof, a panel

of the board, a hearing officer, or a combination of the foregoing;

(2) If the hearing is conducted by less than a majority of the full board, or by a hearing

officer, the board members or hearing officer, as the case may be, may only issue a

recommended order, and the recommended order shall be subject to review by a

majority of the full board, which shall issue a final order; and

(3) The board may proceed against a licensee on its own initiative, on the basis of either

information contained in its own records or information obtained through its

informal investigation. If a formal complaint verified by affidavit is filed with the

board by a responsible citizen or organization, containing allegations that if true

would warrant action pursuant to KRS 323.120, the board may proceed against the

licensee.

(4) Any final order of the board may be appealed to Franklin Circuit Court in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 261.300 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 261.300
261.300 Payment of fees into revolving fund
Status: in_force

261.300 Payment of fees into revolving fund.

All license fees and all other fees collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State

Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund for the use of the department in defraying the

expense of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and in conjunction with other funds

made available for the enforcement of the provisions outlined in KRS Chapter 257.
KRS § 56.520 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 56 / Section 56.520
56.520 Revenue bonds -- Investment of proceeds of authorized bonds
Status: in_force

56.520 Revenue bonds -- Investment of proceeds of authorized bonds.

(1) The commission may issue and sell revenue or other authorized bonds, in carrying

out the provisions of this chapter, in denominations and amounts, as is deemed to be

for the best interest of the Commonwealth, for any of the following purposes:

(a) To acquire real estate for state governmental use;

(b) To pay all or any part of the expense or cost of or incidental to a building

project for state governmental use;

(c) To defray the cost of plans, specifications, blueprints, architectural fees, and

other expenses authorized to be incurred for state governmental use.

(2) The payment of bonds issued, together with the interest thereon, may be secured by

a pledge and a first lien on all of the receipts and revenue derived, or to be derived,

from the rental or operation of the property involved. Neither the payment of any

bond, nor the interest thereon issued under the authority of this chapter, shall

constitute an indebtedness of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, nor shall any bond

or interest thereon be payable out of any fund except funds derived from rentals or

other revenues derived from the operation of the properties or from revenues as are

available for the purpose by law.

(3) All competitive bids for the sale of revenue bonds shall be opened and read publicly

by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the secretary's

representative at a designated place, day, and hour, all of which shall be indicated in

the notice made relative thereto.

(4) If the commission issues and sells bonds for a building project as authorized by this

chapter, insurance, including fire and windstorm, casualty, catastrophe, use and

occupancy, and such other insurance as the commission may deem advisable, shall

be carried in connection with the building project, and it may so obligate and bind

itself in a trust indenture securing the payment of the bonds. Any insurance shall be

paid for out of funds available for the project.

(5) The commission may invest proceeds from the sale of its revenue or other

authorized bonds in financial instruments and investments as provided in KRS

42.500 for the State Investment Commission.
KRS § 236.100 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 236 / Section 236.100
236.100 Suspension or revocation of appointment or commission -- Notice and hearing -- Reinstatement -- Penalty for falsification of application or inspection report
Status: in_force

236.100 Suspension or revocation of appointment or commission -- Notice and

hearing -- Reinstatement -- Penalty for falsification of application or inspection

report.

(1) Any boiler inspector's, special inspector's, owner-user inspector's, or owner's piping

inspector's appointment or commission may be suspended or revoked by the

department, after due investigation and hearing thereon, for the incompetence or

untrustworthiness of the holder thereof, or for willful falsification of any matter or

statement contained in his or her application or in a report of any inspection made

by him or her. Written notice of and an opportunity for a hearing on any suspension

or revocation under this subsection shall be given by the department to the

inspector, and in the case of a special boiler inspector, also to his or her employer in

accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B.

(2) A person whose appointment or commission has been suspended shall be entitled to

apply to the commissioner, after ninety (90) days from the date of the suspension,

for reinstatement of the appointment or commission.

(3) Any willful falsification of an application or inspection report shall constitute a

misdemeanor and shall subject the inspector or special inspector to the penalties

provided in KRS 236.990.
KRS § 65.464 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.464
65.464 Covenant against cutting of trees
Status: in_force

65.464 Covenant against cutting of trees.

An instrument described in KRS 65.410(4) shall contain a covenant against the cutting of

timber, trees and other natural growth, except as may be required for fire prevention,

thinning, elimination of diseased growth and similar protective measures, or for the

harvest of trees in a manner compatible with scenic purposes.
KRS § 217.320 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 217 / Section 217.320
217.320 Toilets and lavatories
Status: in_force

217.320 Toilets and lavatories.

Every place of the kind mentioned in KRS 217.280 shall have adequate and convenient

toilet rooms and lavatories. The toilet rooms shall be separate and apart from any room

where the process of preparation, manufacture, packing, storing, selling or distributing is

conducted. The floors of the toilet rooms shall be of cement, tile, wood, brick or other

nonabsorbent material, and shall be washed and scoured daily. Each toilet shall be

furnished with separate ventilating flues and pipes discharging into soil pipes, or shall be

outside of and well removed from the building. Lavatories and washrooms shall be

adjacent to toilet rooms, or when the toilet is outside of the building the washroom shall

be near the exit to the toilet, and shall be supplied with soap, running water and towels

and maintained in a sanitary condition.
KRS § 61.692 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.692
61.692 Benefits not to be reduced or impaired for members who began participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits and rights
Status: in_force

61.692 Benefits not to be reduced or impaired for members who began

participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits

and rights.

(1) For members who begin participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement

System prior to January 1, 2014, it is hereby declared that in consideration of the

contributions by the members and in further consideration of benefits received by

the state from the member's employment, KRS 61.510 to 61.705 shall, except as

provided in KRS 6.696, constitute an inviolable contract of the Commonwealth, and

the benefits provided therein shall not be subject to reduction or impairment by

alteration, amendment, or repeal.

(2) (a) For members who begin participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement

System on or after January 1, 2014, the General Assembly reserves the right

to amend, suspend, or reduce the benefits and rights provided under KRS

61.510 to 61.705 if, in its judgment, the welfare of the Commonwealth so

demands, except that the amount of benefits the member has accrued at the

time of amendment, suspension, or reduction shall not be affected.

(b) For purposes of this subsection, the amount of benefits the member has

accrued at the time of amendment, suspension, or reduction shall be limited to

the accumulated account balance the member has accrued at the time of

amendment, suspension, or reduction.

(c) The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to limit the General

Assembly's authority to change any other benefit or right specified by KRS

61.510 to 61.705, except the benefits specified by paragraph (b) of this

subsection, for members who begin participating in the Kentucky Employees

Retirement System on or after January 1, 2014.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the General Assembly's

authority to amend, reduce, or suspend the benefits and rights of members of the

Kentucky Employees Retirement System as provided by KRS 61.510 to 61.705 that

the General Assembly had the authority to amend, reduce, or suspend, prior to July

1, 2013.
KRS § 81A.420 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 81A / Section 81A.420
81A.420 Ordinance declaring intent to annex -- Petition on proposed annexation -- When city may enact ordinance
Status: in_force

81A.420 Ordinance declaring intent to annex -- Petition on proposed annexation --

When city may enact ordinance.

(1) When a city desires to annex unincorporated territory, the legislative body of the

city proposing to annex shall enact an ordinance stating the intention of the city to

annex. The ordinance shall accurately define the boundary of the unincorporated

territory proposed to be annexed, and declare it desirable to annex the

unincorporated territory. The city shall provide written notice to the fiscal court of

the county in which the territory is located regarding the proposed annexation that

includes a map and a description of the area to be annexed.

(2) If following the publication of the annexation ordinance pursuant to subsection (1)

of this section and within sixty (60) days thereof, fifty-one percent (51%) or more

of the resident voters or owners of real property within the limits of the territory

proposed to be annexed petition the mayor in opposition to the proposal, the

ordinance proposing annexation shall become ineffectual for any purpose.

(3) In not less than sixty (60) days after the enactment of the ordinance, if no petition

containing the signatures of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the resident voters

or owners of real property within the limits of the territory proposed to be annexed

in opposition to the proposal has been received by the mayor as set forth in

subsection (2) of this section, and if the city has provided the written notice

described in subsection (1) of this section at least forty-five (45) days prior, the

legislative body may enact an ordinance annexing to the city the territory described

in the ordinance. If the city has elected to establish the zoning for the new territory

prior to the completion of the annexation pursuant to KRS 100.209, the ordinance

shall include a map showing the zoning. Upon the enactment of this ordinance, the

territory shall become part of the city for all purposes.
KRS § 38.020 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.020
38.020 National Guard, how composed -- Acceptance or rejection of unit allotments by Department of Defense
Status: in_force

38.020 National Guard, how composed -- Acceptance or rejection of unit allotments

by Department of Defense.

(1) The Kentucky National Guard shall consist of the officers, warrant officers, enlisted

men and units as prescribed in tables of organization of the Department of the Army

for the Army National Guard, and the officers, warrant officers, enlisted men and

units as prescribed in the tables of organization of the Department of the Air Force,

Air National Guard and the inactive Army and inactive Air National Guard.

(2) The Governor may accept or reject any or all organizations allotted to Kentucky by

the United States Department of Defense. He may recommend to the United States

Department of Defense the type of organizations both Army and Air Force, which

he considers to be best suited to the performance of Kentucky's internal defense and

security missions.
KRS § 11A.231 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 11A / Section 11A.231
11A.231 Activities excepted from KRS 11A.211 and 11A.216
Status: in_force

11A.231 Activities excepted from KRS 11A.211 and 11A.216.

(1) KRS 11A.211 and 11A.216 do not apply to efforts to influence executive agency

decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity by any of the following:

(a) Appearances at public hearings of the committees or interim committees of

the General Assembly, at court proceedings, at rule-making or adjudication

proceedings, or at other public meetings;

(b) News, editorial, and advertising statements published in newspapers, journals,

or magazines, or broadcast over radio or television;

(c) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters,

correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in subsection (1)(b)

of this section; or

(d) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of associations

or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations.

(2) Nothing in KRS 11A.201 to 11A.246 requires the reporting of, or prohibits an

elected executive official from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or an

expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in

accordance with KRS Chapter 121.
KRS § 234.310 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 234 / Section 234.310
234.310 Definitions for KRS 234.310 to 234.440
Status: in_force

234.310 Definitions for KRS 234.310 to 234.440.

As used in KRS 234.310 to 234.440, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Revenue;

(2) "Person" includes every natural person, fiduciary, association, state, or political

subdivision, or corporation. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing

imprisonment the term "person" as applied to an association means and includes the

partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof;

(3) "Liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel" means and includes all combustible gases and

liquids as described in KRS 234.100 used for the generation of power in an internal

combustion engine to propel vehicles of any kind upon the public highways;

(4) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, machine or mechanical contrivance propelled

by an internal combustion engine and licensed for operation and operated upon the

public highways and any trailer or semitrailer attached to or having its front end

supported by such motor vehicle;

(5) "Public highways" means every way or place generally open to the use of the public

as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, notwithstanding that they

may be temporarily closed or travel thereon restricted for the purpose of

construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction;

(6) "Liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel dealer" means any person who imports or

causes to be imported into this state for resale or use, or any person making sales in

this state, of liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel for resale or use in this state by a

licensed liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel user-seller;

(7) "Liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel user-seller" means any person, not licensed as

a liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel dealer, who dispenses liquefied petroleum gas

motor fuel into the fuel tanks of, or attached to, motor vehicles for the propulsion of

such motor vehicles on the public highways, and shall include any such person who

so dispenses liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel for consumption in such motor

vehicles owned, leased, or operated by him.
KRS § 405.991 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 405 / Section 405.991
405.991 Penalties
Status: in_force

405.991 Penalties.

(1) Any person or corporation violating the provisions of KRS 405.465 or 405.467

shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned in the

county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both.

(2) A person who violates KRS 405.490(2) shall pay the Office of the Attorney General

the value of the property ordered to be held or the delinquent child support,

whichever is less, plus interest at the legal rate for judgments, court costs, and

reasonable attorney's fees.

(3) A person who violates KRS 405.430(12) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor

and, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall be responsible for

payment of any difference between the amount of child support calculated using the

correct information and the prior calculation using the false information.