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KRS § 524.020 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 524 / Section 524.020
524.020 Bribing a witness
Status: in_force

524.020 Bribing a witness.

(1) A person is guilty of bribing a witness when he offers, confers or agrees to confer

any pecuniary benefit upon a witness or a person he believes may be called as a

witness in any official proceeding with intent to:

(a) Influence the testimony of that person; or

(b) Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or

(c) Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he

has been legally summoned.

(2) Bribing a witness is a Class D felony.
KRS § 350.521 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.521
350.521 Forfeiture of bonds for permits covered by fund -- Use of additional moneys when bond insufficient to cover estimated reclamation cost
Status: in_force

350.521 Forfeiture of bonds for permits covered by fund -- Use of additional

moneys when bond insufficient to cover estimated reclamation cost.

(1) Bonds for permits covered by the fund forfeited after January 1, 2014, in accordance

with KRS 350.130(1) shall be placed in the fund. The commission, its members,

and employees shall not be named a party to any forfeiture action.

(2) Whenever the bond for a permit covered by the fund is forfeited to the cabinet, and

a cost estimate prepared by the cabinet indicates the forfeited bond is insufficient to

reclaim the permit to the requirements of this chapter, the cabinet shall first use any

outstanding permit-specific performance bond for reclamation on the forfeited

permit. Any additional moneys necessary to reclaim the permit area to the standards

of this chapter shall be withdrawn from the reclamation guaranty fund upon request

by the cabinet to the extent that moneys exist in the fund.

(3) Within seven (7) days following receipt of a request for payment of funds by the

cabinet, the executive director of the fund shall pay to the cabinet the sum

requested, not to exceed the estimated reclamation cost, subject to the limitations

set forth in subsection (2) of this section.
KRS § 96.919 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.919
96.919 Publication of first ordinance
Status: in_force

96.919 Publication of first ordinance.

The first ordinance shall be published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. A certified copy of

the first ordinance shall be delivered to the county judge/executive or county clerk of each

county in which any area affected by the ordinance outside the city may be situated, and

the county judge/executive, or county clerk, shall, upon receiving the same, cause it to be

posted at the county courthouse door, as in the case of notices of judicial sales of real

property.
KRS § 196.285 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 196 / Section 196.285
196.285 Intensive secured substance abuse recovery program
Status: in_force

196.285 Intensive secured substance abuse recovery program.

(1) The department shall develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery

program utilizing existing resources or by contract to house and care for persons

suffering from substance abuse who have been charged with a felony offense.

(2) The program shall accept persons referred to it under KRS 533.250 and 533.251.

(3) Persons may agree to be ordered into the program for a period of not less than

ninety (90) days and not more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days. No person

shall be involuntarily ordered into the program, a commitment shall not occur

before the court has considered an evaluation of the defendant's treatment needs and

conducted a hearing where the defendant may appear with counsel with an

opportunity to present evidence on his or her own behalf, and persons in the

program may petition the court to review the program's determination as to the

length of time the person is to remain in the program or to issue an order to leave

the program, which the court shall grant upon request, at any time. However, that

departure shall constitute a material breach of any agreement to hold the person's

case in abeyance or of the person's pretrial diversion agreement. The court shall

revoke a defendant's program commitment over the defendant's objection prior to

the expiration of the commitment period only pursuant to an order of the

committing court issued after the court has conducted a hearing on the matter where

the defendant may appear with counsel and present evidence on his or her behalf.

(4) The department shall locate the program in a secure facility with security standards

comparable to those found in a minimum security correctional institution operated

by the department.

(5) The program shall be capable of concurrently housing no fewer than two hundred

(200) persons. The department shall have regulatory authority, when the program is

at or near capacity, to prioritize admissions to the program.

(6) The program's recovery component shall be designed to serve the committed

person's substance abuse condition, and to provide the person with the skills and

training needed to prevent the person from engaging in substance abuse upon

release from the program. The program shall provide each person leaving the

program with an aftercare plan, which shall include a referral to a local substance

abuse provider capable of providing a level of continuing substance abuse care

appropriate to the released person's needs. In designing the program, the department

shall consult with and may contract with the Division of Behavioral Health.
KRS § 56.210 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 56 / Section 56.210
56.210 Lands, how appropriated -- Disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

56.210 Lands, how appropriated -- Disposition of proceeds.

Any person who wishes to appropriate any vacant and unappropriated land may, by

applying to the county judge/executive of the county in which the land lies, and paying

therefor a price fixed by the fiscal court at not less than five dollars ($5) per hundred

(100) acres, obtain an order authorizing him to enter and survey any number of acres of

such land in the county, not to exceed two hundred (200). The party obtaining the order

may, by an entry in the surveyor's book of the county, describing the land, appropriate the

quantity of land it calls for in one (1) or more parcels; but no one (1) person shall enter,

survey or cause to be patented more than two hundred (200) acres of land in any one (1)

county. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the county treasury.
KRS § 350.240 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.240
350.240 Clay mining regulations
Status: in_force

350.240 Clay mining regulations.

The Energy and Environment Cabinet may adopt reasonable regulations for the

reclamation of land disturbed or removed in the mining of clay. Such regulations

shall encourage water impoundments and shall follow the standards established in

Article III of the Interstate Mining Compact. The cabinet shall have the authority to

adopt such regulations prior to the effective date of the Interstate Mining Compact

and irrespective of whether the state becomes a member or withdraws from

membership in the Interstate Mining Compact.
KRS § 396.105 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 396 / Section 396.105
396.105 Payment of secured claim
Status: in_force

396.105 Payment of secured claim.

Payment of a secured claim shall be upon the basis of the amount allowed if the creditor

surrenders his security; otherwise payment shall be upon the basis of one (1) of the

following:

(1) If the creditor exhausts his security before receiving payment, unless precluded by

other law, upon the amount of the claim allowed less than the fair value of the

security; or

(2) If the creditor does not have the right to exhaust his security or has not done so,

upon the amount of the claim allowed less the value of the security determined by

converting it into money according to the terms of the agreement pursuant to which

the security was delivered to the creditor, or by the creditor and personal

representative by agreement, arbitration, compromise or litigation.
KRS § 161.607 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 161 / Section 161.607
161.607 Employment in position covered by other Kentucky retirement system
Status: in_force

161.607 Employment in position covered by other Kentucky retirement system.

(1) Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who enters employment covered

by the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement

System, or the County Employees Retirement System, prior to July 1, 1976, may

retain membership in the Teachers' Retirement System instead of joining the new

system.

(2) Retention of membership in the Teachers' Retirement System by any member of the

General Assembly who upon election is a contributing member of the Teachers'

Retirement System shall be effected by conforming with KRS 61.680(4)(c).

Members of the General Assembly who retain membership shall make retirement

contributions based upon their annual compensation as defined under KRS 161.220

or on their creditable compensation as defined under KRS 61.510, whichever is the

larger amount. Service as a member of the General Assembly may be used to meet

the service requirements of KRS 61.680(2)(a) regardless of the system to which

contributions are made by the member.

(3) Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System entering employment as described

in subsection (1) of this section must exercise the option within ninety (90) days of

the beginning of such employment.

(4) Persons who enter service covered by the Teachers' Retirement System prior to July

1, 1976, and who hold membership in a Kentucky retirement system financed in

whole or part with public funds may retain membership in that system providing the

statutes and regulations governing said system make continued membership

possible.

(5) Any person who has elected an option provided in this section may cancel such

election and gain membership in the system which normally covers the position in

which currently employed, provided that such cancellation of option election must

be completed prior to January 1, 1977.
KRS § 310.021 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 310 / Section 310.021
310.021 Licensure as a dietitian
Status: in_force

310.021 Licensure as a dietitian.

(1) An applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall file a written application on forms

provided by the board.

(2) An applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall meet the standards of professional

responsibility and practice consistent with those standards of professional

responsibility and practice adopted by the American Dietetic Association.

(3) An applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall be a graduate of a baccalaureate or

post-baccalaureate degree program, approved by the board, from a United States

regionally-accredited college or university with a major course of study in human

nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, food systems management, or an equivalent

major course of study.

(4) An applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall have successfully completed a

documented supervised practice experience under the supervision of a registered

dietitian who is accredited by the American Dietetic Association.

(5) An applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall have passed the national examination

administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
KRS § 118.445 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 118 / Section 118.445
118.445 Meeting of presidential electors -- Filling vacancy if elector fails to attend
Status: in_force

118.445 Meeting of presidential electors -- Filling vacancy if elector fails to attend.

The electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall convene at the

State Capitol, or other location publicly designated by the Secretary of State on his or her

official website, at 11:45 a.m. on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in

December next after their election, give their votes at or after 12 noon, and make return

thereof according to law. If any elector fails to attend by 12 noon, on the day of the

meeting, those in attendance shall fill his or her place by the election of another person,

who shall have the same powers as if originally elected by the people.
KRS § 69.013 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 69 / Section 69.013
69.013 Duties as special prosecutor -- Services outside of judicial circuit
Status: in_force

69.013 Duties as special prosecutor -- Services outside of judicial circuit.

Each regular Commonwealth's attorney shall be, ex officio, a special prosecutor of the

Commonwealth, and as such shall perform such duties and render such services, at such

time and places, coextensive with the Commonwealth as may be required by the Attorney

General. The duties and services may include, but are not limited to, prosecution of or

participation in action outside of his judicial circuit when directed by the Attorney

General and assisting the Attorney General in preparation and presentation of the

Commonwealth's position in the appeal of criminal cases.
KRS § 209.190 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 209 / Section 209.190
209.190 Prosecutor's manual
Status: in_force

209.190 Prosecutor's manual.

The Attorney General, in consultation with legal, victim services, victim advocacy, and

mental health professionals with an expertise in crimes against the elderly, shall develop a

prosecutor's manual for Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys establishing the

policies and procedures for the prosecution of crimes against the elderly. The manual

shall be completed no later than January 1, 2006, and shall be revised by July 31 of every

even-numbered year after 2007. The Attorney General shall distribute a copy of the

manual to every Commonwealth's attorney and county attorney.
KRS § 371.240 — KY Code / Title XXX / Chapter 371 / Section 371.240
371.240 Contracts made by mail
Status: in_force

371.240 Contracts made by mail.

(1) Retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail without personal

solicitation by salesmen or other representatives of the seller and based upon a

catalog of the seller, or other printed solicitation of business, if such catalog or other

printed solicitation clearly sets forth the cash sale prices and other terms of sales to

be made through such medium, may be made as provided in this section. The

provisions of KRS 371.210 to 371.330 with respect to retail installment contracts

shall be applicable to such sales, except that:

(a) The designation and notice provisions of subsection (2) of KRS 371.220 shall

not be applicable to such contract; and

(b) The retail installment contract, when completed by the buyer, need not contain

the items required by subsection (5) of KRS 371.220.

(2) When the contract is received from the retail buyer, the seller shall prepare a written

memorandum containing all of the information required by subsection (5) of KRS

371.220 to be included in a retail installment contract. In lieu of delivering a copy of

the contract to the retail buyer as provided in subsection (3) of KRS 371.220, the

seller shall deliver to the buyer a copy of such memorandum prior to the due date of

the first installment payable under the contract.
KRS § 42.4582 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.4582
42.4582 Local government economic development fund -- Adjustment for quarterly transfers -- Schedule of transfers from general fund
Status: in_force

42.4582 Local government economic development fund -- Adjustment for quarterly

transfers -- Schedule of transfers from general fund.

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a fund entitled "Local Government

Economic Development Fund." The fund may receive state appropriations, gifts,

grants, and federal funds and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer upon the

warrant of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet. Any unallotted

or unencumbered balances in the fund shall be invested as provided for in KRS

42.500(9). Income earned from the investments shall be prorated for grants to

counties according to the allotment schedule set out in KRS 42.4592.

(2) (a) Moneys shall be transferred from the general fund in an amount equal to fifty

percent (50%) of the severance and processing taxes on coal collected

annually, unless otherwise amended by the budget bill.

(b) The transfers shall be made quarterly, based upon the revenue estimates

prevailing at the time each quarterly transfer is due. Each quarterly transfer

shall be adjusted to account for refunds by determining the total amount of

refunds paid in the prior fiscal year, dividing that amount by four (4), and

reducing each transfer by this amount. The last quarterly transfer shall be

made after the close of the fiscal year accounting records, and shall be

adjusted to provide the balance of the annual transfer required by this

subsection.

(c) The quarterly calculation and transfer of funds pursuant to this section shall be

made only after distribution of the quarterly installment of the annual amount

from the prior calendar year allowed as an incentive to an approved company

under KRS 143.024 and 154.27-060.
KRS § 45.456 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45 / Section 45.456
45.456 Warrant for payment
Status: in_force

45.456 Warrant for payment.

The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall transmit a warrant for payment to the State

Treasurer within ten (10) working days of receipt of the authorization for payment

documentation from the purchasing agency. When the Finance and Administration

Cabinet is the purchasing agency, the cabinet shall transmit a warrant for payment to the

State Treasurer within twenty (20) working days of receipt of the authorization for

payment documentation.
KRS § 6.793 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.793
6.793 Time schedule for filing statements of financial interests
Status: in_force

6.793 Time schedule for filing statements of financial interests.

(1) The statement of financial interests required by KRS 6.781 shall be filed with the

commission for the preceding calendar year by no later than February 15 of each

year, complete through December 31 of the preceding year, except that:

(a) A candidate for nomination or election to the General Assembly shall file his

statement no later than twenty-one (21) days after the filing deadline as set by

the law or within ten (10) days of the filing deadline if it is a special election

date he became a candidate as defined in KRS 6.611; and

(b) An individual appointed to a position listed in KRS 6.781(3) shall file his

initial statement no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of his

appointment.

(2) The commission may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing a statement of

financial interests for good cause shown.
KRS § 38.010 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.010
38.010 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

38.010 Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Kentucky National Guard" includes the Army National Guard and Air National

Guard;

(2) "Active Army National Guard and active Air National Guard" includes those

organizations, officers, and enlisted personnel, both male and female, of the

federally recognized Kentucky National Guard authorized to receive federal pay,

arms, and equipment;

(3) "Inactive Army National Guard and inactive Air National Guard" includes those

organizations, officers, and enlisted personnel, both male and female, of the

Kentucky National Guard not entitled to receive federal pay, arms, and equipment;

(4) "State active duty" is:

(a) The ordering by the Governor of personnel or units of the Kentucky National

Guard to perform any duty authorized by KRS 38.030(1)(a);

(b) Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel employed under orders of

the Governor in making tours of inspection, mustering in or mustering out

troops, making surveys of military property, sitting on courts-martial,

summary courts, efficiency boards, courts of inquiry or boards of officers, or

performance of any other duty directed by the Governor or adjutant general;

(c) The participation of any unit or units of the Kentucky National Guard in

gunnery competition or other training or military exercise anywhere within or

without the United States.

(5) Words importing the masculine gender only shall extend to and be applied to

females as well as males.
KRS § 99.635 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 99 / Section 99.635
99.635 Powers vested in commissioners -- Removal procedure
Status: in_force

99.635 Powers vested in commissioners -- Removal procedure.

The powers of the agency shall be vested in the commissioners appointed as members of

the board of commissioners. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a

commissioner may be removed by the governing board of the city, but only after he shall

have been given a copy of the charges made against him at least ten (10) days prior to a

public hearing thereon, if such a public hearing is requested within two (2) days after

notice of charges.
KRS § 96.189 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.189
96.189 Acquisition of transportation system by city
Status: in_force

96.189 Acquisition of transportation system by city.

(1) Any city may, pursuant to an ordinance so providing, acquire any streetcar system

existing in the city, with all its appliances, or may establish and install a streetcar

system, and may operate within and not more than ten (10) air miles beyond the

corporate limits of the city, improve and extend a system so acquired or installed

upon the terms and conditions as may be provided by ordinance and by the terms of

the contract by which the system is acquired or installed. Any city may acquire,

establish, and install a street omnibus or taxicab system, and operate it upon the

terms and conditions as are prescribed by ordinance.

(2) To provide for the financing of the streetcar system or street omnibus or taxicab

line, the city may issue bonds at not less than par and accrued interest, to bear

interest at a rate or rates or method of determining rates as the city determines,

payable at least annually, and to mature at any time not exceeding twenty (20) years

after their date, and may provide for a sinking fund to meet the bonds at their

maturity. No bonds shall be issued except in compliance with the general law in

reference to the amount of indebtedness that may be incurred by the city, nor until

after a vote is taken as required by law to authorize the incurring of indebtedness.
KRS § 407.5902 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 407 / Section 407.5902
407.5902 Short title
Status: in_force

407.5902 Short title.

KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 shall be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
KRS § 100.325 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.325
100.325 Unlawful restrictions on federally licensed firearms manufacturer, importer, or dealer
Status: in_force

100.325 Unlawful restrictions on federally licensed firearms manufacturer,

importer, or dealer.

No city, county, urban-county government, charter county, or consolidated local

government shall utilize the zoning process to prohibit a federally licensed firearms

manufacturer, importer, or dealer from locating at any place within the jurisdiction at

which any other business may locate. This section shall not prohibit local jurisdictions

from subjecting the businesses of federally licensed firearms manufacturers, importers,

and dealers to the same restrictions related to the exterior appearance of the property and

number of paid employees applied to other commercial uses in residential zones. No

restrictions shall be enacted that could be reasonably construed to solely affect federally

licensed firearms manufacturers, importers, or dealers.