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KRS § 42.650 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.650
42.650 Division of Geographic Information Systems -- Powers and duties -- Authority for administrative regulations
Status: in_force

42.650 Division of Geographic Information Systems -- Powers and duties --

Authority for administrative regulations.

(1) The Division of Geographic Information Systems is hereby established in the Office

of Architecture and Governance within the Commonwealth Office of Technology in

the Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(2) The Division of Geographic Information Systems shall be headed by a division

director, whose appointment is subject to KRS 12.050. The division director may

employ personnel, pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 18A, as required to

perform the functions of the office.

(3) The division may solicit, receive, and consider proposals for funding from any state

agency, federal agency, local government, university, nonprofit organization, or

private person or corporation. The division may also solicit and accept money by

grant, gift, donation, bequest, legislative appropriation, or other conveyance.

(4) The division shall:

(a) Establish the central statewide geographic information clearinghouse to

maintain map inventories, information on current and planned geographic

information systems applications, information on grants available for the

acquisition or enhancement of geographic information resources, and a

directory of geographic information resources available within the state or

from the federal government;

(b) Make all reasonable efforts to collect and present geographic information in a

manner which meets the needs of all state agencies;

(c) Coordinate multiagency geographic information system projects, including

overseeing the development and maintenance of statewide base maps and

geographic information systems;

(d) Provide access to both consulting and technical assistance, and education and

training, on the application and use of geographic information technologies to

state and local agencies;

(e) Maintain, update, and interpret geographic information and geographic

information systems standards, under the direction of the council;

(f) Provide geographic information system services, as requested, to agencies

wishing to augment their geographic information system capabilities;

(g) In cooperation with other agencies, evaluate, participate in pilot studies, and

make recommendations on geographic information systems hardware and

software;

(h) Assist the council with review of agency information resource plans and

participate in special studies as requested by the council;

(i) Provide staff support and technical assistance to the Geographic Information

Advisory Council; and

(j) Prepare proposed legislation and funding proposals for the General Assembly

which will further solidify coordination and expedite implementation of

geographic information systems.

(5) The division may promulgate necessary administrative regulations for the

furtherance of this section.
KRS § 319A.120 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 319A / Section 319A.120
319A.120 Written or computer-based examination
Status: in_force

319A.120 Written or computer-based examination.

Individuals applying for licensure shall be required to pass a written or computer-based

examination approved by the board, which is designed to test the knowledge and

experience necessary to the safe, effective, and professional practice of occupational

therapy in Kentucky. The examination shall test the applicant's knowledge of the basic

and clinical sciences related to the occupational therapy theory, research, practice, ethics,

and professional behavior, and such other subjects as the board may require to determine

the applicant's fitness to practice.
KRS § 69.360 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 69 / Section 69.360
69.360 Employment of county detectives -- Certification of county detectives appointed after July 1, 2019
Status: in_force

69.360 Employment of county detectives -- Certification of county detectives

appointed after July 1, 2019.

(1) A county attorney may employ one (1) or more county detectives. County detectives

shall have the power of arrest in the county and the right to execute process

statewide. They shall assist the county attorney in all matters pertaining to his office

in the manner he designates and shall assist him in the preparation of all criminal

cases in District Court by investigating the evidence and facts connected with such

cases.

(2) A county detective appointed after July 1, 2019, shall be certified in accordance

with KRS 15.380 to 15.404.
KRS § 67A.380 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.380
67A.380 Purpose of fund
Status: in_force

67A.380 Purpose of fund.

The purpose of the fund is to provide retirement annuities and disability benefits for the

members of the police and fire departments who become aged or otherwise incapacitated,

and widows' annuities and other benefits to the dependents of such members to the end

that such members may accumulate reserves for themselves and their dependents to meet,

without prejudice or hardship, the hazards of old age, disability, death, and termination of

service, thereby encouraging qualified personnel to enter and remain in the service of

such departments.
KRS § 176.5061 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 176 / Section 176.5061
176.5061 Motorcycle safety education program -- Standards -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

176.5061 Motorcycle safety education program -- Standards -- Administrative

regulations.

(1) The Transportation Cabinet shall establish a motorcycle safety education program.

The program shall provide for instructor training courses, instructor approval, and

rider training courses for novice riders that shall be held at locations accessible to

Kentucky residents. The program may provide for the following:

(a) Rider training courses for novice and experienced riders;

(b) Activities to increase the awareness of a motorcyclist's knowledge of the

effects of alcohol and drug use;

(c) Driver improvement efforts;

(d) Licensing improvement efforts;

(e) Program promotion activities;

(f) Enhancement of the public's awareness of motorcycles; and

(g) Enhancement of motorcycle safety through education.

(2) The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations, pursuant to

KRS Chapter 13A, governing the development of standards for, and the

administration of, a motorcycle safety education program. Standards for the

motorcycle rider training courses shall include standards for course content,

delivery, curriculum, materials, student evaluation, and the training and approval of

instructors. Standards shall meet or exceed established national standards for

motorcycle rider training courses prescribed by the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.
KRS § 67A.894 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.894
67A.894 Return of funds if project not completed
Status: in_force

67A.894 Return of funds if project not completed.

If an urban-county government has taken any steps under KRS 67A.871 to 67A.893 to

provide for, construct or finance any project, and for any reason the project cannot be

completed according to the provisions of KRS 67A.871 to 67A.893, the government shall

return all improvement benefit assessments paid in full by owners of benefited property

on a lump-sum basis to the owners of such benefited properties, as determined at the date

the ordinance determining the project cannot be completed is adopted. Any interest

earned on such prepayments shall be applied by the government to the payment of any

costs resulting from effort to carry out the project, and any remainder shall be returned,

pro rata, to such owners of benefited property. Thereafter, such urban-county government

may proceed to finance and construct the project in any other manner authorized by law.
KRS § 36.081 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 36 / Section 36.081
36.081 Restriction of application of KRS 36.080 (3)
Status: in_force

36.081 Restriction of application of KRS 36.080 (3).

Subsection (3) of KRS 36.080 shall not apply to armories constructed by or rented from

the Commonwealth of Kentucky Military Department Armory Corporation, organized

under the laws of Kentucky, July 10, 1939.
KRS § 311.7739 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.7739
311.7739 Legal actions upon failure to comply with KRS 311.7731 to 311.7739
Status: in_force

311.7739 Legal actions upon failure to comply with KRS 311.7731 to 311.7739.

(1) In addition to the remedies available under the laws in this state, failure to

comply with KRS 311.7731 to 311.7739 shall:

(a) Provide a basis for a civil malpractice action for actual and punitive

damages;

(b) Provide a basis for a professional disciplinary action under KRS 411.167;

and

(c) Provide a basis for recovery for a pregnant patient's survivors for the

wrongful death of the patient under KRS 411.130.

(2) When requested, the court shall allow a patient to proceed using only the

patient's initials or a pseudonym and may close any proceedings in the case

and enter other protective orders to preserve the privacy of the patient upon

whom the drug-induced abortion was attempted, induced, or performed.

(3) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff, the court shall also render

judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the plaintiff against the

defendant.

(4) If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and the court finds that the

plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court may render

judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the defendant against the

plaintiff.
KRS § 314.109 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 314 / Section 314.109
314.109 Notification of board of any criminal conviction
Status: in_force

314.109 Notification of board of any criminal conviction.

Any person under the jurisdiction of the board shall, within ninety (90) days of entry of an

order or judgment, notify the board in writing of any misdemeanor or felony criminal

conviction, except traffic-related misdemeanors other than operating a motor vehicle

under the influence of drugs or alcohol, in this or any other jurisdiction. The person shall

submit a certified or attested copy of the order and a letter of explanation.
KRS § 176.140 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 176 / Section 176.140
176.140 Determination of eligibility to bid
Status: in_force

176.140 Determination of eligibility to bid.

(1) The department shall determine who shall be eligible to bid upon any contract with

the department for the construction or maintenance of any public road or section

thereof. The department may adopt rules and regulations and make investigations

and examinations to determine the financial status, experience, responsibility,

business ability, previous record, sufficiency of plant and equipment, and any other

pertinent facts necessary to determine the eligibility of the proposed bidder.

(2) The department shall establish rules and regulations governing the application for

the certificate of eligibility, the means and methods of obtaining information

relative to the applicant, and the granting of, or refusal to grant, a certificate of

eligibility, and may require a financial statement of the applicant, verified by the

applicant or, in the case of a corporation, by an authorized official thereof, as often

as the department deems it necessary, and at least once in every twelve (12) months.
KRS § 407.5305 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 407 / Section 407.5305
407.5305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal
Status: in_force

407.5305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal.

(1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading

from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to KRS 407.5301, it shall cause the

petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(2) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do

one (1) or more of the following:

(a) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine

the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child;

(b) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and

the manner of compliance;

(c) Order income withholding;

(d) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;

(e) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(f) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(g) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(h) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current

residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer,

address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(i) Issue a bench warrant or writ of arrest for an obligor who has failed after

proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the

bench warrant or writ of arrest in any local and state computer systems for

criminal warrants;

(j) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;

(k) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and

(l) Grant any other available remedy.

(3) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under

KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902, or in the documents accompanying the order, the

calculations on which the support order is based.

(4) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order

issued under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 upon compliance by a party with

provisions for visitation.

(5) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under KRS 407.5101 to

407.5902, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the

respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

(6) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support

order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert

the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under

the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
KRS § 99.070 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 99 / Section 99.070
99.070 Approval of amendments to plan
Status: in_force

99.070 Approval of amendments to plan.

The planning commission and the supervising agency may approve an amendment or

amendments to a development plan, but no such amendment to a development plan which

has theretofore been approved by the planning commission and the supervising agency

shall be approved unless and until an application therefor has been filed with the planning

commission or the supervising agency by the redevelopment corporation containing that

part of the material required by KRS 99.030 which shall be relevant to the proposed

amendment, and unless and until the planning commission or the supervising agency, as

the case may be, shall make the findings required by KRS 99.050 or 99.060 which shall

be relevant to the proposed amendment.
KRS § 45A.510 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.510
45A.510 Nonrecyclable materials may be purchased, when
Status: in_force

45A.510 Nonrecyclable materials may be purchased, when.

Nothing in KRS 45A.500 to 45A.540 shall prohibit a state agency from purchasing

goods, supplies, equipment, materials, and printing for which a recycled material content

substitute is not available or when the state agency can justify specifications for goods,

supplies, equipment, materials, and printing which cannot be met by recycled material

content substitutes.
KRS § 335B.010 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335B / Section 335B.010
335B.010 Definitions for KRS 335B.020 to 335B.070
Status: in_force

335B.010 Definitions for KRS 335B.020 to 335B.070.

As used in KRS 335B.020 to 335B.070, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Occupation" includes all occupations, trades, vocations, professions, businesses, or

employment of any kind for which a license is required to be issued by the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, its agencies, or political subdivisions;

(2) "License" includes all licenses, permits, certificates, registrations, or other means

required to engage in an occupation which are granted or issued by the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, its agents or political subdivisions before a person

can pursue, practice, or engage in any occupation;

(3) "Public employment" includes all employment with the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, its agencies, or political subdivisions;

(4) "Conviction of a crime" shall be limited to convictions of felonies or

misdemeanors;

(5) "Hiring or licensing authority" shall mean the person, board, commission, or

department of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its agencies or political

subdivisions, responsible by law for the hiring of persons for public employment or

the licensing of persons for occupations;

(6) "Diversity, equity, and inclusion training" has the same meaning as in KRS

164.2894; and

(7) "Licensing authority" means the person, board, commission, department, or other

entity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its agencies, or political subdivisions,

responsible by law for the licensing of persons for occupations.
KRS § 162.080 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.080
162.080 Bond issues for school sites and buildings -- Authorization -- Election
Status: in_force

162.080 Bond issues for school sites and buildings -- Authorization -- Election.

(1) Whenever a board of education deems it necessary for the proper accommodation of

the schools of its district to enlarge sites for school buildings, to purchase new sites,

which in the case of independent districts may be not more than two (2) miles

without the boundary lines of the district, to improve, remodel, or restore school

buildings, to erect or equip new school buildings, or for any or all of these purposes,

and the annual funds raised from other sources are not sufficient to accomplish the

purpose, the board shall make a careful estimate of the amount of money required

for the purpose and shall determine the amount of money for which bonds shall be

issued and the purpose to which the proceeds shall be applied. Upon request of the

board of education of any district, the county clerk shall submit to the qualified

voters of the district, the question as to whether bonds shall be issued for the

purpose. The question shall be so framed that the voter may by his vote answer

"for" or "against."

(2) The request shall be accompanied by an ordinance or resolution which shall fix the

time the bonds shall run and, if a serial issue, the amount to mature at each time. It

shall limit the rate of interest to be permitted on the bonds, which shall not exceed

the amount permitted by law, and the total amount of bonds to be issued, and shall

provide for the levy of a tax to pay the interest and to create a sinking fund to retire

them at their maturity.

(3) The election shall be held not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days

from the time the request of the board of education is filed with the county clerk,

and reasonable notice of the election shall be given. The election shall be conducted

and carried out in the school district in all respects as required by the general

election laws, and shall be held by the same officers as required by the general

election laws. The expense of the election shall be borne by the school district.
KRS § 91A.210 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91A / Section 91A.210
91A.210 Definitions for KRS 91A.200 to 91A.290
Status: in_force

91A.210 Definitions for KRS 91A.200 to 91A.290.

As used in KRS 91A.200 to 91A.290, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Improvement" means construction of any facility for public use or services or any

addition thereto, which is of special benefit to specific properties in the area served

by such facility;

(2) "Property" means any real property benefited by an improvement;

(3) "Special assessment" or "assessment" means a special charge fixed on property to

finance an improvement in whole or in part;

(4) "Fair basis" means assessed value basis, front foot basis, square foot basis or

benefits received basis;

(5) "Assessed value basis" means the apportionment of cost of an improvement

according to the ratio the assessed value of individual parcels of property bears to

the total assessed value of all such properties;

(6) "Front foot basis" means the apportionment of cost of an improvement according to

the ratio the front footage on the improvement of individual parcels of property

bears to such front footage of all such properties;

(7) "Square foot basis" means the apportionment of cost of an improvement according

to the ratio the square footage of individual parcels of property bears to the square

footage of all such property;

(8) "Benefits received basis" means the apportionment of cost of an improvement

according to equitable determination by the city legislative body of the special

benefit received by property from the improvement, including assessed value basis,

front foot basis, and square foot basis, or any combination thereof, and may include

consideration of assessed value of land only, graduation for different classes of

property based on nature and extent of special benefits received, and other factors

affecting benefits received; and

(9) "Cost" means all costs related to an improvement, including planning, design,

property or easement acquisition and construction costs, fiscal and legal fees,

financing costs, and publication expenses.
KRS § 367.93115 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.93115
367.93115 Failure of person to timely assume obligation in a declaration -- Authority to make arrangements in absence of declaration
Status: in_force

367.93115 Failure of person to timely assume obligation in a declaration --

Authority to make arrangements in absence of declaration.

(1) If any designee, alternate designee, or person described in KRS 367.93117

fails to assume an obligation set forth in the declaration, within five (5) days of

notification of the declarant's death, the authority to make arrangements shall

devolve pursuant to the terms of the declaration or KRS 367.93117.

(2) In the absence of a declaration, if a person described in KRS 367.93117 fails

to assume responsibility for a decedent's remains within five (5) days of

notification of the decedent's death, the authority to make arrangements shall

devolve pursuant to KRS 367.93117.
KRS § 431.545 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 431 / Section 431.545
431.545 Forfeiture of bail; Prosecution
Status: in_force

431.545 Forfeiture of bail; Prosecution.

If a defendant shall willfully fail to appear or shall willfully fail to comply with the

conditions of his release:

(1) The court may order a forfeiture of the bail, serving a copy thereof upon the

defendant and his surety or sureties at their last known addresses; if the defendant or

his surety or sureties do not appear within twenty (20) days after service of the order

or a return of not found and satisfy the court that appearance or compliance by the

defendant was impossible and without his fault, the court may enter judgment

against the defendant and his surety or sureties for the amount of the bail and the

costs of the proceedings for all of which execution may issue; and

(2) The defendant shall be subject to prosecution for the offenses prescribed in KRS

520.070 and 520.080.
KRS § 367.4772 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.4772
367.4772 Waiver or surrender of cancellation rights prohibited
Status: in_force

367.4772 Waiver or surrender of cancellation rights prohibited.

Rights of cancellation may not be waived or otherwise surrendered.