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KRS § 273.287 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.287
273.287 Articles of merger or consolidation
Status: in_force

273.287 Articles of merger or consolidation.

Upon such approval, articles of merger or articles of consolidation shall be delivered to

the Secretary of State for filing and shall set forth:

(1) The plan of merger or the plan of consolidation;

(2) If the members of any merging or consolidating corporation are entitled to vote

thereon, then as to each such corporation:

(a) A statement setting forth the date of the meeting of members at which the plan

was adopted, that a quorum was present at such meeting, and that such plan

received at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which members present at such

meeting or represented by proxy were entitled to cast; or

(b) A statement that such amendment was adopted by a consent in writing signed

by all members entitled to vote with respect thereto; and

(c) If any merging or consolidating corporation has no members, or no members

entitled to vote thereon, then as to each such corporation a statement of such

fact, the date of the meeting of the board of directors at which the plan was

adopted and a statement of the fact that such plan received the vote of a

majority of the directors in office.
KRS § 67.270 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.270
67.270 Debts of old counties -- Separate taxes to pay
Status: in_force

67.270 Debts of old counties -- Separate taxes to pay.

The territory formerly embraced within each of the old counties is hereby made into a

separate special taxing district with power to levy and collect taxes, and the separate debt

of each county shall be a first lien on the territory formerly embraced within that county.

The fiscal court of the new county shall fix the rate of tax levy for each of the two (2)

special taxing districts, and the property within each shall be assessed and the taxes

collected by the same county officers of the new county, and in the same manner that the

law provides for the assessment of property and the collection of taxes by counties. The

money collected as taxes for each of the special taxing districts shall be kept separate and

shall be used only in payment of the debts of the old county that formerly embraced the

territory of that specific taxing district.
KRS § 610.100 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 610 / Section 610.100
610.100 Investigation
Status: in_force

610.100 Investigation.

(1) Unless there is a suitable prior disposition investigation report or unless waived by

the child who is represented by counsel, before making disposition of the case of a

child brought before the court under the provisions of KRS Chapters 630 or 635,

whether by complaint pursuant to KRS 610.020, or by reason of having been taken

into custody pursuant to KRS 610.190, the judge shall cause an investigation to be

made concerning the nature of the specific act complained of and any surrounding

circumstances which suggest the future care and guidance which should be given

the child. The investigation shall include an inquiry into the child's age, habits,

school record, general reputation, and everything that may pertain to his or her life,

and character. The investigation shall also include an inquiry into the home

conditions, life, and character of the person having custody of the child. The

investigation shall also include an assessment of the parent or guardian's ability to

pay all or part of the cost of the child's care and treatment should the child be

ordered into a treatment program or placed on supervised probation. The result of

the investigation, including the result of the validated risk and needs assessment,

shall be reported in writing to the court and to counsel for the parties three (3) days

prior to the child's dispositional hearing and shall become a part of the record of the

proceedings. The child may waive the three (3) day requirement. Objections by

counsel at the dispositional hearing to portions of the dispositional report shall be

noted in the record.

(2) The investigation shall be conducted by a suitable public or private agency. The

cabinet and the Department of Juvenile Justice may furnish investigation services

under agreements with the individual juvenile courts. For this purpose, any county

judge/executive or chief executive officer of an urban-county government may enter

into a contract on behalf of his or her county with the Department of Juvenile

Justice or the cabinet for the furnishings of such services.
KRS § 217.177 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 217 / Section 217.177
217.177 Sale and disposal of hypodermic syringes or needles
Status: in_force

217.177 Sale and disposal of hypodermic syringes or needles.

(1) No person engaged in sales at retail shall display hypodermic syringes or needles in

any portion of the place of business which is open or accessible to the public.

(2) Pharmacies offering retail sale of hypodermic syringes or needles shall make

available:

(a) Written or electronic educational materials on safe and proper disposal of

hypodermic needles and syringes;

(b) Written or electronic educational or referral information for syringe exchange

service programs and substance use disorder treatment; and

(c) A verbal, physical, or electronic offer to provide a prescription for an opioid

antagonist as defined in KRS 217.186.

(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the sale of hypodermic syringes or needles

dispensed as a prescription or in conjunction with a prescription medication that

requires reconstitution or administration with a syringe.

(4) Any physician, other licensed medical person, hospital, or clinic disposing of

hypodermic syringes or needles shall render the instrument incapable of further use.
KRS § 387.185 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.185
387.185 Powers of foreign guardian or conservator
Status: in_force

387.185 Powers of foreign guardian or conservator.

(1) A foreign guardian or conservator of a ward who is not a resident of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky may sue for, collect, receive, and remove from the

Commonwealth the ward's personal property located in the Commonwealth, if the

District Court of the county having venue pursuant to KRS 387.020, after notice

and hearing determines that:

(a) The foreign guardian or conservator was appointed and qualified according to

the law of the state where the ward resides;

(b) The foreign guardian or conservator has given bond in the state where the

foreign guardian or conservator qualified with sufficient surety to account for

all the ward's estate, including the property to be removed from Kentucky;

(c) Neither the ward nor any of the ward's creditors shall be prejudiced by

removal of the ward's property from the Commonwealth.

(2) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given not less than ten (10) days

prior to the hearing to the ward's resident guardian, limited guardian, or conservator,

if any, or to the ward's adult next of kin, if there is no guardian, limited guardian, or

conservator in this Commonwealth. Proof of notice shall be made in accordance

with the provisions of KRS 395.016. Notice may be waived as provided in KRS

395.016.
KRS § 322A.050 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 322A / Section 322A.050
322A.050 Application fees -- Disposition -- Surety bond
Status: in_force

322A.050 Application fees -- Disposition -- Surety bond.

An applicant for registration shall pay a nonrefundable fee established by regulation of

the board. If the board declines to issue registration to any applicant, the initial fee paid

by the applicant shall be retained as an application fee. All fees paid to and collected by

the board under the provisions of this section and KRS 322A.070 shall be deposited in a

revolving trust and agency account under the jurisdiction of the board. The officers or

employees of the board who shall be designated to collect and disburse funds represented

by these fees shall be required to execute a bond, with corporate surety, in an amount to

be determined by the board.
KRS § 382.020 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 382 / Section 382.020
382.020 Deeds of release
Status: in_force

382.020 Deeds of release.

Every deed of release shall be executed as deeds are executed and shall be as effectual for

the purposes therein expressed, without the execution of a lease, as if a lease had been

executed.
KRS § 645.140 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 645 / Section 645.140
645.140 Jurisdictional matters
Status: in_force

645.140 Jurisdictional matters.

(1) The District Court may continue its jurisdiction over a hospitalized child for six (6)

months beyond a child's eighteenth birthday for purposes of continuity of treatment.

At the conclusion of the six (6) months, the cabinet may initiate proceedings under

KRS Chapter 202A.

(2) A finding of jurisdiction under this section shall not necessarily preclude a finding

of jurisdiction under KRS Chapter 620, 625, 630, or 635; however, jurisdiction

under this section shall take precedence. No child shall be released from the

jurisdiction of the court under this chapter if concurrent complaints under KRS

Chapter 620, 625, 630, or 635 are pending.

(3) No child who has been certified to Circuit Court pursuant to KRS Chapter 640 shall

be eligible for hospitalization under this chapter. Petitions for treatment of such

youthful offenders shall be initiated under KRS Chapter 202A or 504.
KRS § 6.601 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.601
6.601 Short title for KRS 6.601 to 6.849
Status: in_force

6.601 Short title for KRS 6.601 to 6.849.

KRS 6.601 to 6.849 may be cited as the "Kentucky Code of Legislative Ethics."
KRS § 260.840 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 260.840
260.840 Kentucky Milk Handlers Advisory Board
Status: in_force

260.840 Kentucky Milk Handlers Advisory Board.

(1) The Kentucky Milk Handlers Advisory Board shall consist of:

(a) The coordinator of the dairy section of the Animal Science Department at the

University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture;

(b) The chair of the dairy committee of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation;

(c) The branch manager of the Milk Safety Branch of the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services;

(d) Three (3) permitted producers or permitted producer representatives;

(e) Two (2) processors or processor representatives;

(f) One (1) sampler-weigher or sampler-weigher representative; and

(g) One (1) tester or tester representative.

The coordinator of the dairy section of the Animal Science Department at the

University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture shall act as chair of the board.

(2) The director, or his designated representative, shall be an ex officio member and

secretary to the board.

(3) (a) Each permitted producer shall be appointed by the director from a list of two

(2) persons nominated by the dairy committee of the Kentucky Farm Bureau

Federation. If a permitted producer becomes chair of the dairy committee of

the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation during his or her term, the dairy

committee shall appoint an alternate to serve the remainder of the term of the

permitted producer.

(b) Each processor shall be appointed by the director from a list of two (2)

persons nominated by the executive committee of the Dairy Products

Association of Kentucky. If a processor becomes president of the Dairy

Products Association of Kentucky during his or her term, the executive

committee shall appoint an alternate to serve the remainder of the term of the

processor.

(c) The sampler-weigher and tester shall be at-large appointees and shall be

appointed by the director.

(4) Appointments to the board shall be for a term of three (3) years, or until their

successors are appointed, except that the terms of office of the members first

appointed shall be as follows: two (2) members shall be appointed for one (1) year,

two (2) members shall be appointed for two (2) years, and three (3) members shall

be appointed for three (3) years. The respective terms of the first members shall be

designated by the director at the time of their appointment. No appointed board

member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

(5) Board members not already employed by the state shall be compensated at the rate

of one hundred dollars ($100) per day for board service and be reimbursed for any

actual expense incurred while performing board duties.
KRS § 68.540 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 68 / Section 68.540
68.540 Approval by voters -- Levy
Status: in_force

68.540 Approval by voters -- Levy.

(1) If a majority of those voting on the question of any public service program approve

such particular public service program, such particular public service program shall

be adopted. The county clerk shall cause the question to appear before the voters,

and the election results shall be canvassed and certified by the county board of

election commissioners.

(2) If any public service program is approved by the electorate as herein provided, the

specific tax so approved by the qualified voters in respect to such specific public

service program shall be levied by the fiscal court in the manner provided by law,

and such tax revenues shall be devoted solely to the public service program for

which such specific taxes are levied. All such voted taxes shall be in addition to all

other taxes otherwise authorized and provided by law.
KRS § 269.260 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 269 / Section 269.260
269.260 Withdrawal of land from drainage district
Status: in_force

269.260 Withdrawal of land from drainage district.

(1) If at any time any person or persons owning lands within any drainage district

desires to withdraw his lands in whole or in part from the drainage district, such

person or persons upon the approval of a majority of the qualified members of the

drainage board may petition the county judge/executive for a withdrawal of his or

their lands from the district. The county judge/executive shall set a date for a

hearing on the petition not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days after

the petition is filed and issue and cause to be served upon the drainage board notice

of the hearing. Upon proper showing that the lands should be withdrawn from the

drainage district, and if no valid reason is shown against the withdrawal of the lands

from the drainage district, the county judge/executive shall enter an order

withdrawing the lands. After the order of withdrawal is entered, the lands shall

cease to be within the drainage district, but an appeal may be taken from the order

to the Circuit Court, and from the Circuit Court to the Court of Appeals. All costs in

any action filed are to be paid by the petitioner or petitioners regardless of the result

of the action.

(2) The withdrawal of lands from a drainage district as provided for in subsection (1) of

this section shall not relieve land already within a drainage district from the

payment of its proportionate part of any bonds or other outstanding indebtedness

which were issued or incurred in the district, but shall only relieve the land from the

payment of maintenance assessments on the ditches.
KRS § 244.480 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 244 / Section 244.480
244.480 Sales of malt beverages when polls are open permitted in wet or moist territory -- Power of local governments to regulate -- Sunday sales
Status: in_force

244.480 Sales of malt beverages when polls are open permitted in wet or moist

territory -- Power of local governments to regulate -- Sunday sales.

(1) Except as permitted by subsection (4) of this section, no brewer or distributor shall

deliver any malt beverages on Sunday or between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

on any other day.

(2) Except as permitted by subsection (4) of this section, a licensee authorized to sell

malt beverages at retail shall not sell, give away, or deliver any malt beverages

between midnight and 6 a.m. or at any time during the twenty-four (24) hours of a

Sunday.

(3) (a) A licensee authorized to sell malt beverages at retail may sell malt beverages

during the hours the polls are open on a primary, or regular, local option, or

special election day unless the licensee is located where the legislative body

of an urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter

county government, unified local government, city, or county, in which traffic

in malt beverages is permitted by KRS Chapter 242 has adopted an ordinance

after June 25, 2013, that prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages or limits the

hours and times in which alcoholic beverages may be sold within its

jurisdictional boundaries on any primary, or regular, local option, or special

election day.

(b) This subsection shall only apply in a wet or moist territory.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to the

contrary, the fiscal court of a county shall not by ordinance or any other

means:

1. Supersede, reverse, or modify any decision made pursuant to this

subsection by the legislative body of a city within that county; or

2. Impose an action upon a city within that county when that city has taken

no formal action pursuant to this subsection.

(4) (a) A licensee may sell or deliver malt beverages on Sunday and during the times

and hours as permitted by a local ordinance of the legislative body of an

urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county

government, unified local government, city, or county with local jurisdiction.

The ordinance shall not prohibit the sale, gift, or delivery of any malt

beverages between 6 a.m. and midnight during any day, except Sunday.

(b) A licensee authorized to sell malt beverages by the drink at retail may sell

malt beverages by the drink on Sunday and during the times and hours as

permitted by a local ordinance of the legislative body of an urban-county

government, consolidated local government, charter county government,

unified local government, city, or county with local jurisdiction. The

ordinance shall not prohibit the sale or gift of any malt beverages by the drink

between 6 a.m. and midnight during any day, except Sunday.
KRS § 220.320 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 220 / Section 220.320
220.320 Regulations as to use and construction of works and improvements -- Enforcement -- Penalties and damages
Status: in_force

220.320 Regulations as to use and construction of works and improvements --

Enforcement -- Penalties and damages.

Where necessary in order to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and

maintenance of the works and improvements of the district or construction subdistricts

and to prevent their damage from misuse, the board of directors may make and enforce

regulations pertaining to the use by persons and public corporations of the works and

improvements of the district or construction subdistricts. Such regulations may prescribe

the design, construction and use of sewers within the district or construction subdistricts

and the manner in which connections to laterals, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers and to

other works of the district or construction subdistricts shall be made, may prevent the

unnecessary pollution of any watercourse or supply within the district or construction

subdistricts and may prohibit the discharge into such sewers of any wastes deemed

detrimental to the works and improvements of the district or construction subdistricts.

Such regulations shall have no effect until approved by the Energy and Environment

Cabinet. The board may recover by civil action from any person or public corporation

violating such regulations, a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than

one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense, together with costs. The directors may

enforce by mandamus or otherwise all necessary and authorized regulations made by

them, and may remove any improper construction or close any connections made

improperly or in violation of the regulations. Any person or public corporation willfully

failing to comply with the regulations shall be liable for damages caused by such failure

and for the cost of renewing any construction damaged or destroyed.
KRS § 152.055 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 152 / Section 152.055
152.055 Administration and coordination of development programs by Department for Local Government
Status: in_force

152.055 Administration and coordination of development programs by Department

for Local Government.

The Department for Local Government shall have responsibility for the administration

and coordination of Appalachian regional development programs and economic

development administration programs.
KRS § 218A.100 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 218A / Section 218A.100
218A.100 Criteria for classification under Schedule IV
Status: in_force

218A.100 Criteria for classification under Schedule IV.

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall place a substance in Schedule IV if it

finds that:

(1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III;

(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States;

and

(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological

dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.
KRS § 26A.210 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 26A / Section 26A.210
26A.210 Utilization of technical assistance and services of Department for Libraries and Archives -- Records no longer needed may be offered to department
Status: in_force

26A.210 Utilization of technical assistance and services of Department for

Libraries and Archives -- Records no longer needed may be offered to

department.

(1) The Supreme Court or the Administrative Office of the Courts may, upon

appropriate agreement, utilize the technical assistance and services of the

Department for Libraries and Archives.

(2) When there is no further need for a record of the Court of Justice, the Supreme

Court may offer the record to the Department for Libraries and Archives.
KRS § 97.740 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 97 / Section 97.740
97.740 Operation of memorial -- Charges for use
Status: in_force

97.740 Operation of memorial -- Charges for use.

The commission may use and permit the use of the memorial for conventions, theatrical

and musical performances, public entertainments and other like meetings or assemblages,

and may collect reasonable charges therefor, except where such use is for purposes of

such a distinct civic character or purely public benefit as shall, in the discretion of the

commission, render any charge for such use undesirable. All revenues thus derived shall

be held and used by the commission to the extent necessary to maintain and operate the

memorial, and to provide for a replacement and improvement fund as provided for in

KRS 97.770, with balances to be covered with the city treasury under certain

circumstances as provided in KRS 97.630 to 97.780.