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KRS § 224A.316 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 224A / Section 224A.316
224A.316 Legislative findings -- Program implementation -- Priority to regional projects
Status: in_force

224A.316 Legislative findings -- Program implementation -- Priority to regional

projects.

(1) In furtherance of the goal of making access to public water and wastewater systems

more resilient and available to the public, the General Assembly finds and declares

that governmental agencies should provide to water and wastewater systems the

requisite financial resources to:

(a) Develop the technical, managerial, and operational expertise needed to

properly operate and maintain their drinking water and wastewater systems;

(b) Conserve, protect, and maximize the resources needed to offer drinking water

and wastewater systems and services;

(c) Upgrade drinking water and wastewater systems and services to prevent water

loss and inflow and infiltration from degrading infrastructure; and

(d) Leverage existing finance with anticipated federal dollars or with other

sources as may be available from time to time to create a larger pool of

finance for water and wastewater systems to make improvements while

keeping customer rates affordable.

(2) The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority shall implement a program to assist

governmental agencies that provide drinking water and wastewater services with

the financial resources for both capital and non-capital expenses, including but not

limited to:

(a) Developing technical, operational, and maintenance resources and expertise;

(b) Improving utility infrastructure planning, repair, maintenance, renovation, and

management of plants and assets;

(c) Obtaining technical expertise in areas of rate-setting, cost-of-service, and

proper utility accounting standards for the utility type;

(d) Performing and correcting deficiencies from drinking water, wastewater, and

financial audits;

(e) Providing finance for financial inadequacies, including debt service coverage

through relief or refinance of the drinking water or wastewater system's debt;

(f) Payment assistance for other financial inadequacies such as excessive

maintenance costs, fines and penalties from past violations, or consultants;

and

(g) Extending finance for inadequately maintained distribution, collection, or

treatment works, including service extensions to unserved or underserved

areas and the renovation of treatment works to conserve resources.

(3) The authority shall give priority for projects that are regional in nature and achieve

the purposes set out in KRS 224A.300, including but not limited to projects

designed to correct state or federal deficiencies of a public water or wastewater

system that is being acquired as described in KRS 65.058, but only during the

forbearance period granted to the acquired public water or wastewater system under

that section.
KRS § 77.040 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 77 / Section 77.040
77.040 Form and sufficiency of resolution and ordinance
Status: in_force

77.040 Form and sufficiency of resolution and ordinance.

(1) A resolution of the fiscal court declaring that there is need for an air pollution

control district to function is sufficient if it finds that there is need for an air

pollution control district to function, and finds in substantially the wording of KRS

77.030 that both the conditions enumerated therein exist. No further detail is

necessary.

(2) An ordinance of the legislative body of the largest city within the county declaring

that there is need for an air pollution control district to function is sufficient if it

finds that there is need for an air pollution control district to function, and finds in

substantially the wording of KRS 77.035 that both the conditions enumerated

therein exist. No further detail is necessary.
KRS § 27A.020 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.020
27A.020 Chief Justice -- Delegation of functions
Status: in_force

27A.020 Chief Justice -- Delegation of functions.

The Chief Justice in his sole discretion may delegate the following functions to the

administrative director of the courts or to his administrative assistants:

(1) Perform administrative services for the Court of Justice and supervise its clerical

and administrative personnel, and its accommodations;

(2) Act as fiscal officer of the Court of Justice and in so doing shall:

(a) Maintain fiscal controls and accounts of funds appropriated for the Court of

Justice;

(b) Review and audit expense vouchers of justices, judges, and employees of the

Court of Justice. Upon approval, the Chief Justice shall submit the vouchers to

the Finance and Administration Cabinet, which shall certify the same to the

State Treasurer for payment;

(c) Prepare all requisitions for the payment of state moneys appropriated for the

maintenance and operation of the Court of Justice;

(d) Prepare budget estimates of state appropriations necessary for the maintenance

and operation of the Court of Justice and make recommendations in respect

thereto;

(e) Collect statistical and other data and make report to the Supreme Court

relating to the expenditure of public moneys for the maintenance and

operation of the Court of Justice and the offices connected therewith;

(3) Ascertain the necessity for assignment of justices and judges as contemplated by

Section 110(5)(b) of the Constitution, make reports concerning their performance of

duties and certify the compensation payable to them;

(4) Carry on a continuous survey and study of the organization, operation, condition of

business, practice and procedure of the Court of Justice;

(5) Collect and compile statistical and other data concerning the operations of the

courts, and to this end may require all necessary reports from the courts and clerks

thereof of this Commonwealth relating to rules, dockets, and business dispatched or

pending in such courts;

(6) Formulate and submit to the Supreme Court recommendations of policies for the

improvement of the Court of Justice;

(7) Provide for educational programs for the members of the Court of Justice;

(8) Report to the General Assembly concerning the work of the Court of Justice and

make such recommendations for the improvement of administration of justice as

deemed necessary and proper;

(9) Supervise, operate, and administer all pretrial release programs and personnel which

come within the purview of the Court of Justice, or which are related thereto;

(10) Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Chief Justice.
KRS § 56.280 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 56 / Section 56.280
56.280 Incomplete records, how perfected
Status: in_force

56.280 Incomplete records, how perfected.

(1) The Secretary of State shall supply upon his records the omission of the Governor's

name from a patent, when the original patent, with the Governor's signature thereto,

is produced to him, showing the omission, or when it appears from official

indorsements on papers in the Office of the Secretary of State or by official

marginal notes that the patent was regularly issued and was delivered to the proper

person.

(2) Where any former officer in charge of the land office has omitted to affix his seal of

office to an official deed, the Secretary of State may supply the omission on the

original deed with the same effect as if the seal had been originally affixed.
KRS § 179.310 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 179 / Section 179.310
179.310 Payment of damages for engineer's entry upon private lands
Status: in_force

179.310 Payment of damages for engineer's entry upon private lands.

(1) When lands are entered upon under the provisions of KRS 179.300, the county

engineer may agree with the owner of the lands subject to the approval of the fiscal

court, as to the amount of damages sustained by the owner because of the entry, and

the amount of damages shall be paid by the fiscal court out of the county road fund.

(2) If the county engineer is unable to agree with the owner upon the amount of the

damages, the amount shall be determined and paid in the manner provided in KRS

178.110.
KRS § 48.710 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 48 / Section 48.710
48.710 Road fund -- Surplus fund account
Status: in_force

48.710 Road fund -- Surplus fund account.

There is hereby created in the road fund of the State Treasury a surplus fund account

subject to the following terms and conditions:

(1) It shall contain all surplus tax receipts accruing to the road fund as provided by

KRS 48.140(3);

(2) It shall contain all funds lapsed from moneys originating from road fund receipts;

(3) It shall contain all receipts from the sale of surplus property purchased with road

fund receipts;

(4) It shall contain all road fund receipts in excess of estimates;

(5) It shall contain all moneys saved as a result of a reorganization of state government

operations funded by the road fund;

(6) Funds in the account shall be invested at interest and the interest shall also accrue to

this account;

(7) It shall contain any other funds which are required by law or regulation to accrue to

the surplus account of the road fund; and

(8) No expenditures shall be made from this account unless appropriated by the

General Assembly or unless required by budget reduction provisions of a branch

budget bill, or as provided by KRS 48.130.
KRS § 342.912 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.912
342.912 Annual audit -- Annual report -- Deadline for establishment -- Events causing fund's liability for payment of benefits
Status: in_force

342.912 Annual audit -- Annual report -- Deadline for establishment -- Events

causing fund's liability for payment of benefits.

(1) The directors of each guaranty fund shall annually contract for an independent

certified audit of the financial activities of the guaranty fund. An annual report on

the financial status of the guaranty fund as of June 30 of each year shall be

submitted to the commissioner and to each member.

(2) Each guaranty fund shall be established on March 1, 1997.

(3) The individual guaranty fund shall be liable for payment of benefits only for

members where there has been a declaration of bankruptcy or insolvency by a court

of competent jurisdiction after the date on which the guaranty fund is established, or

where the commissioner has issued a certificate of default which has occurred after

the date on which the guaranty fund is established.
KRS § 246.260 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 246 / Section 246.260
246.260 State aid for promotion of sheep industry
Status: in_force

246.260 State aid for promotion of sheep industry.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Department" means the department of agriculture;

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture;

(c) "Show, exhibition and sale" shall not include those held as a part of or in

connection with any county or other local fair.

(2) It shall be the duty of the department to aid, encourage, foster and promote the

development and improvement of the sheep industry in Kentucky. To that end, it

shall be the duty of the department to promote, and assist in the promotion of shows

and sales of sheep in Kentucky with the object and purpose of maintaining

Kentucky's national recognition as a sheep state for breeding, producing, raising,

exhibition, showing and sale of sheep and for said purposes there hereby is

appropriated out of the general fund to the department the sum of three thousand

dollars ($3,000) for each of the fiscal years 1951-1952 and 1952-1953.

(3) From the appropriation made in subsection (2) of this section, one thousand dollars

($1,000) shall be used and applied in each of said fiscal years for the payment of

premiums for district shows and sales which may be held in Kentucky in each of the

fiscal years, 1951-1952 and 1952-1953 which is open on equal terms and conditions

to all Kentucky 4-H club members with a sheep project. One thousand dollars

($1,000) shall be used and applied in each fiscal year for the payment of premiums

for district shows and sales which may be held in Kentucky in each of the fiscal

years, 1951-1952 and 1952-1953 which is open on equal terms and conditions to all

Kentucky future farmer members with a sheep project. One thousand dollars

($1,000) shall be used and applied in each of the fiscal years for the payment of

premiums for district shows and sales which may be held in Kentucky in each of the

fiscal years, 1951-1952 and 1952-1953 which is open on equal terms and conditions

to all Kentucky adult sheep raisers in Kentucky. No Kentucky adult sheep raiser

may show, exhibit or sell in more than one district show.

(4) Any show, exhibition and sale of sheep to be eligible to receive the aforesaid

appropriations must provide that the entries in all classes must be open upon equal

terms to all breeders of such sheep in Kentucky. The commissioner shall determine

with respect to the aforesaid sheep which shows, exhibitions and sales in each year

shall receive assistance and, in making such determination, he may consider such

shows, exhibitions and sales as may have been held in Kentucky in any previous

year and in any previous two (2) year period.
KRS § 43.990 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 43 / Section 43.990
43.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

43.990 Penalties.

(1) Any officer, employee, or contractor who prevents, attempts to prevent, or obstructs

an audit, examination, or review by the Auditor or his or her agents, under the

provisions of this chapter, into his or her official conduct, or the conduct or

condition of the office in his or her charge or with which he or she is connected is

guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, upon conviction on indictment in the Franklin

Circuit Court, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and removed by the

Governor. Any person, other than an officer, who prevents, attempts to prevent or

obstructs such an examination shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(2) If the Auditor fails or refuses without good cause to perform the duties imposed

upon him or her by KRS 43.060, he or she shall be fined not less than two hundred

and fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each

offense.

(3) Any county officer who prevents, attempts to prevent or obstructs an examination

by the Auditor, under KRS 43.070, into his official conduct, or the conduct or

condition of the office in his charge or with which he is connected, is guilty of a

high misdemeanor, and shall, upon indictment and conviction in the Franklin

Circuit Court, be fined five hundred dollars ($500). Any person, other than a county

officer, who prevents, attempts to prevent or obstructs such an examination shall be

fined one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(4) Any officer or other person who fails or refuses to permit the access and

examination provided for in KRS 43.080, or who interferes with such examination,

shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned in the county

jail for not less than one (1) month nor more than twelve (12) months, or both. Each

refusal by an officer or other person shall constitute a separate offense.

(5) Any person who has custody of any papers, books or records of an asylum, prison,

institution for the intellectually disabled or eleemosynary institution or public

works, other than a state agency, that the Auditor and his or her agents are

authorized to audit, examine, or review under this chapter who fails or refuses,

when called upon by the Auditor or his or her agents for that purpose, to permit him

or her to inspect any of such papers, books or records, shall, upon conviction on

indictment in the Franklin Circuit Court, be fined not more than five hundred

dollars ($500) and be subject to removal by the Governor.

(6) Any person who refuses to be sworn when required to be sworn for the purpose

mentioned in KRS 43.080(3) shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars

($100).

(7) Any witness called pursuant to KRS 43.080(4) who fails, without legal excuse, to

attend or testify shall be fined not more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250).
KRS § 439.580 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.580
439.580 Definitions for KRS 439.590 to 439.630
Status: in_force

439.580 Definitions for KRS 439.590 to 439.630.

As used in KRS 439.590 to 439.630, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Corrections;

(3) "Department" means the Department of Corrections;

(4) "Facility" means the community correctional center; and

(5) "Relative" means a spouse; child, including stepchild, adopted child, or child as to

whom the prisoner, though not a biological parent, has acted in the place of a

parent; parent including a person who, though not a biological parent, has acted in

the place of a parent; brother; sister; or grandparents.
KRS § 15.846 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.846
15.846 Wage reporting and financial institution match systems -- Agreements
Status: in_force

15.846 Wage reporting and financial institution match systems -- Agreements.

(1) The Office of the Attorney General shall use the wage reporting and financial

institution match system formerly designed, developed, implemented, and operated

by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the purpose of identifying the

financial assets of individuals as identified by cabinet agencies, for the purpose of

administering the child support enforcement program of the Commonwealth. The

office may promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section.

(2) Each financial institution in the Commonwealth shall enter into an agreement with

the Office of the Attorney General to develop and operate a data match system to

facilitate identification of financial assets of individuals identified by cabinet

agencies for the purpose of administering the child support enforcement programs

of the Commonwealth.
KRS § 78.445 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 78 / Section 78.445
78.445 Disciplinary action by chief
Status: in_force

78.445 Disciplinary action by chief.

(1) Any officer or employee may be removed, suspended, laid-off, reduced in grade, or

fined by the chief for any cause which will promote the efficiency of the service, but

before any such action is taken by the chief against any officer or employee, the

chief shall furnish the officer or employee concerned with a written statement of the

reasons why the described action is taken. The officer or employee may be reduced,

removed, suspended, laid-off or fined from the date when such written statement of

reasons is served upon him. Each officer or employee removed, suspended, laid-off,

reduced in grade, or fined, shall be allowed a period of ten (10) days within which

he may file written answer to the charges and reasons which caused his suspension,

removal, reduction or fine, which shall be made a part of the official records of the

police department. No trial or examination of witnesses shall be required in any

such case except in the discretion of the chief. The chief shall likewise furnish a

copy of the written charges and reasons for his action to the board.

(2) Any citizen who makes written charges of misconduct, under oath, concerning the

actions of any police officer hereunder shall present the charges to the chief of

police, who shall investigate said charges. The chief of police shall determine what

action, if any, shall be taken against the officer, subject to the limitations set out in

this chapter. The citizen may appeal the determination of the chief of police to the

board.
KRS § 199.500 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 199 / Section 199.500
199.500 Consent to adoption
Status: in_force

199.500 Consent to adoption.

(1) An adoption shall not be granted without the voluntary and informed consent,

as defined in KRS 199.011, of the living parent or parents of a child born in

lawful wedlock or the mother of the child born out of wedlock, or the father of

the child born out of wedlock if paternity is established in a legal action or if an

affidavit is filed stating that the affiant is the father of the child, except that the

consent of the living parent or parents shall not be required if:

(a) The parent or parents have been adjudged mentally disabled and the

judgment shall have been in effect for not less than one (1) year prior to

the filing of the petition for adoption;

(b) The parental rights of the parents have been terminated under KRS

Chapter 625;

(c) The living parents are divorced and the parental rights of one (1) parent

have been terminated under KRS Chapter 625 and consent has been

given by the parent having custody and control of the child; or

(d) The biological parent has not established parental rights as required by

KRS 625.065.

(2) A minor parent who is a party defendant may consent to an adoption but a

guardian ad litem for the parent shall be appointed.

(3) In the case of a child twelve (12) years of age or older, the consent of the child

shall be given in court. The court in its discretion may waive this requirement.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, an adoption

may be granted without the consent of the biological living parents of a child if it

is pleaded and proved as a part of the adoption proceedings that any of the

provisions of KRS 625.090 exist with respect to the child.

(5) An adoption shall not be granted or a consent for adoption be held valid if the

consent for adoption is given prior to seventy-two (72) hours after the birth of

the child. A voluntary and informed consent may be taken at seventy-two (72)

hours after the birth of the child and shall become final and irrevocable

seventy-two (72) hours after it is signed.
KRS § 423.170 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 423 / Section 423.170
423.170 Acknowledgments not affected by KRS 423.110 to 423.190
Status: in_force

423.170 Acknowledgments not affected by KRS 423.110 to 423.190.

A notarial act performed prior to July 1, 1970, is not affected by KRS 423.110 to

423.190. KRS 423.110 to 423.190 provide an additional method of proving notarial acts.

Nothing in KRS 423.110 to 423.190 diminishes or invalidates the recognition accorded to

notarial acts by other laws or regulations of this state.
KRS § 223.070 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 223 / Section 223.070
223.070 Grounds for revocation of certificate -- Hearings
Status: in_force

223.070 Grounds for revocation of certificate -- Hearings.

The cabinet shall have the power to revoke the certificate of registration of any registrant

for unprofessional conduct or the practice of any fraud or deceit in obtaining registration,

or any gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of environmental

health sanitation. Administrative hearings conducted under authority of this section shall

be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 454.135 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 454 / Section 454.135
454.135 When defendant exempt from service of process
Status: in_force

454.135 When defendant exempt from service of process.

Subject to the provisions of KRS 421.180, the defendant shall have no privilege of

exemption from the service of the process on a holiday or Sunday, except from an arrest,

by reason of his attendance at any muster, election, or order of survey, or as a witness at

any court or other place.
KRS § 455.170 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.170
455.170 Electronic application for and issuance of search warrant -- Conditions
Status: in_force

455.170 Electronic application for and issuance of search warrant -- Conditions.

The Supreme Court of Kentucky may, by rule, authorize a process allowing a search

warrant to be applied for and issued electronically if the process meets the requirements

of Section 10 of the Kentucky Constitution, requires the production of a paper copy of the

warrant at the time it is served, and otherwise complies with any other requirements for

search warrants generally, including those pertaining to their filing, execution, and return.