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KRS § 45A.085 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.085
45A.085 Competitive negotiation
Status: in_force

45A.085 Competitive negotiation.

(1) When, under administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary or under KRS

45A.180, the purchasing officer determines in writing that the use of competitive

sealed bidding is not practicable, and except as provided in KRS 45A.095 and

45A.100, a contract may be awarded by competitive negotiation, which may include

the use of a reverse auction.

(2) Adequate public notice of the request for proposals and any reverse auction shall be

given in the same manner and circumstances as provided in KRS 45A.080(3).

(3) Contracts other than contracts for projects utilizing an alternative project delivery

method under KRS 45A.180 may be competitively negotiated when it is determined

in writing by the purchasing officer that the bids received by competitive sealed

bidding either are unreasonable as to all or part of the requirements, or were not

independently reached in open competition, and for which each competitive bidder

has been notified of the intention to negotiate and is given reasonable opportunity to

negotiate.

(4) Contracts for projects utilizing an alternative project delivery method shall be

processed in accordance with KRS 45A.180.

(5) The request for proposals shall indicate the relative importance of price and other

evaluation factors, and any reverse auction procedures.

(6) Award shall be made to the responsible and responsive offeror whose proposal is

determined in writing to be the most advantageous to the Commonwealth, taking

into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth in the request for

proposals and the reciprocal preference for resident bidders required under KRS

45A.494.

(7) Written or oral discussions shall be conducted with all responsible offerors who

submit proposals determined in writing to be reasonably susceptible of being

selected for award. Discussions shall not disclose any information derived from

proposals submitted by competing offerors. Discussions need not be conducted:

(a) With respect to prices, where the prices are fixed by law, reverse auction, or

administrative regulation, except that consideration shall be given to

competitive terms and conditions;

(b) Where time of delivery or performance will not permit discussions; or

(c) Where it can be clearly demonstrated and documented from the existence of

adequate competition or prior experience with the particular supply, service,

or construction item, that acceptance of an initial offer without discussion

would result in fair and reasonable best value procurement, and the request for

proposals notifies all offerors of the possibility that award may be made on the

basis of the initial offers.
KRS § 106.140 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.140
106.140 City to pay charges for waterworks service
Status: in_force

106.140 City to pay charges for waterworks service.

The reasonable cost and value of any service rendered to the city by the waterworks may

be charged against the city and shall be paid for monthly as the service accrues from the

current funds or proceeds of taxes which the city shall levy in an amount sufficient for

that purpose. The funds so paid shall be accounted for in the same manner as other

revenues of the waterworks.
KRS § 342.305 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.305
342.305 Enforcement by Circuit Court of agreement, order, decision, or award
Status: in_force

342.305 Enforcement by Circuit Court of agreement, order, decision, or award.

Any party in interest may file in the Circuit Court of the county in which the injury

occurred a certified copy of a memorandum of agreement approved by the administrative

law judge, or of an order or decision of the administrative law judge or board, or of an

award of the administrative law judge unappealed from, or of an award of the board

rendered upon an appeal whether or not there is a motion to reopen or review pending

under KRS 342.125. The court shall render judgment in accordance therewith and notify

the parties. Such judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation

thereto shall thereafter be the same as though it had been rendered in a suit duly heard and

determined by that court. Any such judgment, unappealed from or affirmed on appeal or

modified in obedience to the mandate of the Court of Appeals, shall be modified to

conform to any decision of the administrative law judge ending, diminishing, or

increasing any weekly payment under the provisions of KRS 342.125 upon a presentation

to it of a certified copy of such decision.
KRS § 74.210 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 74 / Section 74.210
74.210 Lien of assessments
Status: in_force

74.210 Lien of assessments.

The assessment roll and each installment shall be a first lien on the land assessed, subject

only to the lien for state and county taxes.
KRS § 160.6155 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.6155
160.6155 Taxes to be distributed in compliance with KRS 160.613 to 160.617
Status: in_force

160.6155 Taxes to be distributed in compliance with KRS 160.613 to 160.617.

The taxes collected by the department pursuant to KRS 160.613 to 160.617 are remitted

to the department for administrative purposes only and shall remain the property of the

local school districts levying the tax. The amounts so collected shall not be distributed,

allocated, expended, or used in any manner except as provided in KRS 160.613 to

160.617.
KRS § 142.060 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 142 / Section 142.060
142.060 Charitable institutions include organizations owning properties listed in National Register
Status: in_force

142.060 Charitable institutions include organizations owning properties listed in

National Register.

It is declared to be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that institutions

of purely public charity as referred to in Section 170 of the Constitution of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky include nonprofit corporations, societies, and organizations

that own or maintain properties which are or become listed by the United States

Department of Interior in the National Register as authorized by title 16, United States

Code, section 470(f).

Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 1.
KRS § 153.600 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 153 / Section 153.600
153.600 Appointment of Kentucky state poet laureate or writer laureate
Status: in_force

153.600 Appointment of Kentucky state poet laureate or writer laureate.

(1) Every two (2) years the Governor may appoint a Kentucky state poet laureate or

writer laureate for a maximum term of two (2) years.

(2) The duties of the poet laureate or writer laureate shall be to:

(a) Make a presentation on Kentucky Writers' Day as authorized in KRS 153.620;

(b) Act as a writing consultant to the State Department of Education and

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.

(3) The Kentucky poet laureate or writer laureate shall serve without salary except that

he may be reimbursed for expenses.
KRS § 216B.066 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.066
216B.066 Cabinet to be notified prior to acquiring certain major medical equipment, a health service is offered, or a capital expenditure is made or obligated -- Certificate of need may be required
Status: in_force

216B.066 Cabinet to be notified prior to acquiring certain major medical

equipment, a health service is offered, or a capital expenditure is made or

obligated -- Certificate of need may be required.

(1) Before a health facility acquires major medical equipment to be used solely for

research, offers a health service solely for research, or makes or obligates a capital

expenditure solely for research, which exceeds the prescribed minimum, the health

facility shall notify the cabinet of its intent to do so. The notice shall be in writing

and shall be made sixty (60) days prior to the acquisition, offering, or making or

obligation of the expenditure with respect to which notice is given. The notice shall

state the use to be made of the major medical equipment, health service, or capital

expenditure.

(2) A certificate of need shall be required for the acquisition of major medical

equipment solely for research, the offering of a health service solely for research, or

the making or obligating of a capital expenditure solely for research by a health

facility, only if:

(a) The notice required by this section is not filed; or

(b) The cabinet finds within sixty (60) days after it receives notice that the project

or transaction for which notice is given will affect the charges of the facility

for the provision of medical or other patient care services other than services

which are included in the research, will substantially change the bed capacity

of the facility, or will substantially change the medical or other patient care

services of the facility which were offered before the acquisition, offering,

making or obligation.

(3) If major medical equipment is acquired, a health service is offered, or a capital

expenditure is made or obligated and, pursuant to this section, no certificate of need

is required, the equipment, service, or facilities acquired through the capital

expenditure shall not be used in a manner which would affect the charges of the

facility for the provision of medical or other patient care services other than that

included in the research, substantially change the bed capacity of the facility, or

substantially change the medical or other patient care services of the facility unless a

certificate of need is issued.

(4) For purposes of this section, "solely for research" means patient care provided on an

occasional and irregular basis and not as part of a research project.
KRS § 67.936 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.936
67.936 Ordinances creating boards, commissions, authorities, and interlocal agreements deemed reenacted unless eliminated in plan -- Restructuring powers of council
Status: in_force

67.936 Ordinances creating boards, commissions, authorities, and interlocal

agreements deemed reenacted unless eliminated in plan -- Restructuring

powers of council.

(1) Unless eliminated under the unification plan, all ordinances of a county and

participating city creating boards, commissions, and authorities and interlocal

agreements shall survive and be deemed reenacted by the new legislative council.

All members of boards, commissions, and authorities may serve the balance of the

terms to which they were appointed and until their successors are appointed and

duly qualified according to law. The legislative council shall have the power, by

ordinance, to take such action as it deems necessary to abolish, restructure,

consolidate, or otherwise alter any board, commission, or authority if the action is

consistent with the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

(2) All planning commissions established pursuant to KRS Chapter 100 in existence

within a county upon the adoption of a unified local government shall continue to

exercise all of the powers and functions permitted by the Constitution of Kentucky

and the Kentucky Revised Statutes until dissolved in the same manner prescribed by

law.
KRS § 216A.990 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.990
216A.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

216A.990 Penalties.

Misdemeanors shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
KRS § 273.380 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.380
273.380 Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers
Status: in_force

273.380 Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers.

All persons who assume to act as a corporation without authority so to do shall be jointly

and severally liable for all debts and liabilities incurred or arising as a result thereof.
KRS § 267.570 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 267 / Section 267.570
267.570 Discontinuance of improvements
Status: in_force

267.570 Discontinuance of improvements.

At any time a majority in number and amount of those assessed for the maintenance of

any improvement may petition the county judge/executive for a discontinuance of the

improvement. The petition shall give the names of all persons interested in the

maintenance of the improvement and owning land in the district. The county

judge/executive shall set a hearing date not less than fifteen (15) days after the filing of

the petition, and shall issue notices and cause them to be served upon all parties

interested, notifying them of the date that the county judge/executive will consider the

petition. If no valid reason is shown against the discontinuance of the improvement, the

county judge/executive shall enter an order discontinuing it, after which it shall cease to

be a public improvement. An appeal may be had from the order to the Circuit Court, as

provided in the establishment of improvements.
KRS § 100.212 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.212
100.212 Notice of hearing on proposed map amendment
Status: in_force

100.212 Notice of hearing on proposed map amendment.

When in any planning unit except for a planning unit containing a city of the first class or

a consolidated local government, a hearing is scheduled on a proposal by a property

owner to amend any zoning map, the following notice shall be given in addition to any

other notice required by statute, local regulation, or ordinance:

(1) Notice of the hearing shall be posted conspicuously on the property the

classification of which is proposed to be changed for fourteen (14) consecutive days

immediately prior to the hearing. Posting shall be as follows:

(a) The sign shall state "zoning change" and the proposed classification change in

letters three (3) inches in height. The time, place, and date of hearing shall be

in letters at least one (1) inch in height; and

(b) The sign shall be constructed of durable material and shall state the telephone

number of the appropriate zoning commission; and

(2) Notice of the hearing shall be given at least fourteen (14) days in advance of the

hearing by first-class mail, with certification by the commission secretary or other

officer of the planning commission that the notice was mailed to an owner of every

parcel of property adjoining the property the classification of which is proposed to

be changed. It shall be the duty of the person or persons proposing the map

amendment to furnish to the planning commission the names and addresses of the

owners of all adjoining property. Records maintained by the property valuation

administrator may be relied upon conclusively to determine the identity and address

of the owner. If the property is in condominium or cooperative forms of ownership,

the person notified by mail shall be the president or chairman of the owner group

which administers property commonly owned by the condominium or cooperative

owners. A joint notice may be mailed to two (2) or more co-owners of an adjoining

property who are listed in the property valuation administrator's records as having

the same address.

(3) If the property the classification of which is proposed to be changed adjoins

property in a different planning unit, or property which is not part of any planning

unit, notice of the hearing shall be given at least fourteen (14) days in advance of

the hearing, by first-class mail to certain public officials, as follows:

(a) If the adjoining property is part of a planning unit, notice shall be given to that

unit's planning commission; or

(b) If the adjoining property is not part of a planning unit, notice shall be given to

the mayor of the city in which the property is located or, if the property is in

an unincorporated area, notice shall be given to the judge/executive of the

county in which the property is located.
KRS § 40.100 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.100
40.100 Burden of proof
Status: in_force

40.100 Burden of proof.

The burden of proving to the satisfaction of the administrator that a veterans' bonus is

entitled to be paid shall in all cases be upon the claimant.
KRS § 242.240 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 242 / Section 242.240
242.240 Sale or gift of articles not classed as alcoholic beverages restricted
Status: in_force

242.240 Sale or gift of articles not classed as alcoholic beverages restricted.

A person shall not sell or give any of the articles listed in KRS 241.010(2)(a) to (e) and

(h) as not within the definition of alcoholic beverages, knowing that, or under such

circumstances that, the seller or giver might reasonably deduce that the purchaser or

person to whom the article is given intends to use it for beverage purposes.
KRS § 156.856 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.856
156.856 Tuition and fees in secondary area vocational education and technology centers
Status: in_force

156.856 Tuition and fees in secondary area vocational education and technology

centers.

Tuition and fees for secondary pupils enrolled in the state secondary area vocational

education and technology centers operated by the Office of Career and Technical

Education shall be free to all residents of Kentucky. The Kentucky Board of Education

shall fix the rate of tuition and fees for adults who are enrolled in secondary programs in

the state-operated area vocational education and technology centers under its control.

Adult students enrolled in full-time postsecondary programs under the jurisdiction of the

Kentucky Community and Technical College System that are physically located in an

area vocational education or technology center shall pay the tuition as established by the

Council on Postsecondary Education and fees as established by the board of regents for

the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
KRS § 39C.990 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39C / Section 39C.990
39C.990 Penalty
Status: in_force

39C.990 Penalty.

Any person violating any provision of this chapter or any administrative regulation

promulgated or order issued pursuant to this chapter for which another penalty is not

specified shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
KRS § 324A.155 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 324A / Section 324A.155
324A.155 Appraisal management company recovery fund -- Purposes -- Lapsing
Status: in_force

324A.155 Appraisal management company recovery fund -- Purposes -- Lapsing.

(1) There is hereby created and established in the State Treasury the appraisal

management company recovery fund. The fund shall be administered by the board

for the purposes set forth in KRS 324A.163.

(2) In addition to the license fees provided for in KRS 324A.154, upon issuance of

every appraisal management company's registration, and every regular annual

renewal date thereafter, the board shall charge each registrant an amount not to

exceed eight hundred dollars ($800) per year to be deposited in the appraisal

management company recovery fund.

(3) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the fund at the close of the

fiscal year shall not lapse, but shall be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal

year. Any interest earnings of the fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not

lapse.
KRS § 205.177 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.177
205.177 Information may be shared by state and local governmental agencies -- Conditions
Status: in_force

205.177 Information may be shared by state and local governmental agencies --

Conditions.

(1) Notwithstanding any existing state statute or regulation to the contrary, any

pertinent information concerning individual clients, patients, or applicants in the

possession of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Cabinet for Health and Family

Services, Department of Education, or any other state or local governmental agency

may be shared with any authorized representative of any other state or local

governmental agency of similar function if the agency has a direct, tangible,

legitimate interest in the individual concerned or his or her immediate family.

(2) Any state agency designated in subsection (1) of this section may share pertinent

information concerning a client, patient, or applicant with any private or quasi-

private agency when such agency has an agreement with that state agency assuring

the confidentiality of all such information, and provided that the private or quasi-

private agency has a direct, tangible, legitimate interest in the individual concerned

or his or her immediate family.
KRS § 156.142 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.142
156.142 Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

156.142 Jurisdiction.

In all actions brought under the provisions of KRS 156.132 to 156.138, jurisdiction shall

be vested in the Circuit Court of the county in which the school district is located.
KRS § 219.400 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 219 / Section 219.400
219.400 Fees deposited in revolving fund to implement KRS 219.310 to 219.410
Status: in_force

219.400 Fees deposited in revolving fund to implement KRS 219.310 to 219.410.

All fees collected under the provisions of KRS 219.310 to 219.410 shall be deposited in

the State Treasury in a revolving fund for the use of the cabinet in carrying out the

provisions of KRS 219.310 to 219.410 and regulations adopted by the secretary. The

balance of said account shall lapse to the general fund at the end of each biennium.
KRS § 269.250 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 269 / Section 269.250
269.250 County engineer to remove obstructions not removed by owner -- Lien for and payment of cost
Status: in_force

269.250 County engineer to remove obstructions not removed by owner -- Lien for

and payment of cost.

The county engineer shall remove any obstruction not removed by the property owner

within sixty (60) days after having been notified. The county engineer shall do this work

in the same manner as road work is done in the county. He or his deputies shall keep an

accurate account of the cost of the work and charge it against the property owner whose

duty it was to do it. This cost shall be a lien upon the land and shall be added to the tax

bill next due to the county.
KRS § 150.410 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.410
150.410 Tagging of traps -- Visiting trap line -- Protection of domestic animals
Status: in_force

150.410 Tagging of traps -- Visiting trap line -- Protection of domestic animals.

(1) No person shall set, use, or maintain a trap for the purpose of taking wildlife unless

there is attached thereto a metal tag giving either the name and address of, or the

wildlife identification number as prescribed in administrative regulation that

corresponds to, the person setting, using, or maintaining the trap.

(2) Each person who sets a trap for the purpose of taking wildlife shall visit the same at

least once every twenty-four (24) hours and remove any wildlife found therein.

(3) No person shall set a trap in such manner as unreasonably to endanger the life or

safety of any domestic animal.
KRS § 118.245 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 118 / Section 118.245
118.245 Number of votes necessary to nominate candidates -- Section not applicable to presidential primaries
Status: in_force

118.245 Number of votes necessary to nominate candidates -- Section not

applicable to presidential primaries.

(1) The candidate for office receiving the highest number of votes in a primary for the

office for which he or she is a candidate shall be the nominee of his or her party for

that office and shall receive the certificate of nomination.

(2) If two (2) or more candidates in a primary are found to have received the highest

and an equal number of votes for nomination to the same office, the election shall

be determined by lot in the manner the board directs, in the presence of not less than

three (3) other persons. This section does not apply to presidential primaries.