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KRS § 148.280 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 148 / Section 148.280
148.280 Functions of commission -- Acquisition, control, disposition, and use of property -- Holding of events -- Contracts
Status: in_force

148.280 Functions of commission -- Acquisition, control, disposition, and use of

property -- Holding of events -- Contracts.

(1) The commission:

(a) Shall have the authority and control of such property as now is under its

custody and control, and of such property as may hereafter be placed under its

control or transferred to it by the State Property and Buildings Commission,

for any purpose mentioned in this section;

(b) May erect and repair buildings on the Kentucky Horse Park and make any and

all necessary or proper improvements, and generally carry on a program of

development and extension of facilities designed to accomplish the objectives

defined in this section; and

(c) Shall promote the progress of the state and stimulate public interest in the

advancement and development of the state by providing the facilities of the

Kentucky Horse Park for exhibitionary, competitive, and other events relative

to various aspects of the horse industry and other functions calculated to

advance and enhance the tourist industry, economy, entertainment, cultural,

and educational interests of the public.

(2) The commission may take, acquire, and hold property, and all interest herein, by

deed, gift, devise, bequest, lease, or by transfer from the state property so acquired

in the manner provided by law, and may dispose of any property so acquired in the

manner provided by law.

(3) The commission may promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with

KRS Chapter 13A to govern the operation, maintenance, or use of property under

its custody and control, as are necessary to:

(a) Maintain decency and good order;

(b) Protect the peace or safety of the general public;

(c) Protect the public interest, convenience, or necessity; and

(d) Govern the operation, maintenance, or use of the Kentucky Horse Park.

(4) The commission may:

(a) Employ or contract with other persons, firms, or corporations the commission

may deem necessary or desirable to accomplish its duties and functions; may

fix the compensation and the terms of employment or contract of those

employed or contracted with; and may assign to them duties and

responsibilities the commission may determine, including the responsibility of

actual operation of any or all of the facilities under the control of the

commission;

(b) Purchase liability insurance for the members and executive officers exempted

from the classified service of the state by KRS 18A.115; and

(c) Operate shows and expositions that support the purpose and function of the

Kentucky Horse Park.
KRS § 353.350 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.350
353.350 Bond of trustee -- Terms of sale of lease
Status: in_force

353.350 Bond of trustee -- Terms of sale of lease.

Should the court appoint a trustee pursuant to KRS 353.300, the court shall, in its decree,

require such trustee to give a bond in favor of the owners of the property which is to be

leased and shall fix the amount of such bond. The decree of the court shall further provide

for all the terms and provisions of the lease which the trustee is authorized to make. It

shall be discretionary with the court as to whether or not the trustee's sale of lease shall be

public or private, and the decree shall provide therefor, and if a public sale be authorized

the court shall, in its decree, fix and determine the notice to be given. Such sale shall be

for cash, payable on confirmation of sale. No appraisement shall be required.
KRS § 31.241 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 31.241
31.241 Protections -- Sanctions
Status: in_force

31.241 Protections -- Sanctions.

The protections provided by this chapter do not exclude any protection or sanction that

the law otherwise provides.
KRS § 162.050 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.050
162.050 Use of schoolhouse by public assembly
Status: in_force

162.050 Use of schoolhouse by public assembly.

The board of education of any school district may permit the use of the schoolhouse,

while school is not in session, by any lawful public assembly of educational, religious,

agricultural, political, civic, or social bodies under rules and regulations which the board

deems proper.
KRS § 65.8834 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.8834
65.8834 Uncollected liens -- Enforcement -- Inclusion on property tax bill
Status: in_force

65.8834 Uncollected liens -- Enforcement -- Inclusion on property tax bill.

(1) (a) Any city that establishes an ordinance pursuant to KRS 91A.070(2) may elect

to include the amount of any unpaid lien that has been recorded pursuant to

KRS 65.8835 on any property tax bill that the city collects.

(b) The amount of the code enforcement lien shall be listed and treated as a

separate item on the property tax bill and shall not be considered a part of the

ad valorem tax liability.

(c) The late payment or nonpayment of a code enforcement lien listed pursuant to

this section shall not be enforced under KRS 91A.070 and shall remain

enforceable pursuant to KRS 65.8835 and subsection (2) of this section.

(2) In addition to the enforcement procedures authorized by KRS 65.8835, a city

government may elect to use KRS 91.481 to 91.527 to enforce uncollected liens

arising pursuant to KRS 65.8835 in the same manner as authorized for unpaid tax

bills.
KRS § 107.190 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 107 / Section 107.190
107.190 Action by city where ordinances and proceedings encompass less than all the undertakings contemplated by KRS 107.020, where all are encompassed and city undertakes additional improvements
Status: in_force

107.190 Action by city where ordinances and proceedings encompass less than all

the undertakings contemplated by KRS 107.020, where all are encompassed

and city undertakes additional improvements.

(1) If the ordinances and proceedings authorized by this chapter shall encompass and

include less than all of the undertakings authorized and contemplated by the

definitions set forth in KRS 107.020, (i.e., a street improvement project with or

without sidewalk, curb, gutter, and/or storm or surface water sewers or drains or

sanitary sewers, or sewage treatment facilities or fire hydrant in a city), the city shall

not be precluded from ordaining and requiring the omitted matters and structures to

be constructed at the expense of the benefited properties at any time in the future, in

accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or in accordance with any other

applicable laws.

(2) If the improvement project shall encompass all of the elements included in the

definition of "improvement" or "project" as set forth in this chapter, the city shall

not thereafter undertake any project for any part of the improvements as herein

defined, except:

(a) At the exclusive cost of the city;

(b) At the cost of the benefited properties from and after fifteen (15) years after

completion and acceptance of the project; or

(c) From the proceeds of revenue bonds payable from service charges.
KRS § 316.125 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 316 / Section 316.125
316.125 Funeral establishment license -- Application -- Fee -- Each funeral establishment to be licensed separately -- Supervision
Status: in_force

316.125 Funeral establishment license -- Application -- Fee -- Each funeral

establishment to be licensed separately -- Supervision.

(1) No person shall operate a full-service funeral establishment, a visitation and

ceremonial funeral service establishment, or an embalming service establishment in

the Commonwealth of Kentucky without first obtaining the applicable

establishment license issued by the board.

(2) The board shall issue the appropriate establishment license to an applicant who:

(a) Has paid to the board an establishment license fee as set out in administrative

regulations promulgated by the board; and

(b) Has filed with the board a sworn statement that sets out the following:

1. Name of the funeral establishment;

2. Address of the funeral establishment;

3. Type of funeral establishment;

4. Owners of the funeral establishment, indicating which owners are

licensed by the board; and

5. Name and address of the Kentucky-licensed embalmer or the Kentucky-

licensed funeral director who will supervise the funeral establishment

pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.

(3) Each funeral establishment shall be licensed separately from any other funeral

establishment.

(4) Each funeral establishment, when in use, shall be under the supervision of a

Kentucky-licensed embalmer or a Kentucky-licensed funeral director.

(5) A Kentucky-licensed embalmer or a Kentucky-licensed funeral director shall not

supervise more than one (1) funeral establishment at the same time.

(6) The funeral establishment shall display in a public place in the establishment its

establishment license and the license of the embalmer or funeral director who

supervises the establishment pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.
KRS § 178.170 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 178 / Section 178.170
178.170 Bonds for hard surface roads -- Issuance
Status: in_force

178.170 Bonds for hard surface roads -- Issuance.

(1) The fiscal court, after an election as provided in subsection (2), may issue and sell

bonds for the purpose of constructing or reconstructing public roads and bridges.

The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates or method of determining rates as the

fiscal court determines, be payable at least annually, and shall be in denominations

of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars

($1000). The bonds shall mature within forty (40) years, and may be redeemed

within that time at the pleasure of the court.

(2) Upon the petition of one hundred and fifty (150) legal voters who are freeholders of

the county, the county judge/executive shall make an order on his order book

directing an election to be held in the county at the next regularly-scheduled

November election if the question as it will appear on the ballot is submitted to the

county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular

election. The order shall direct the sheriff to advertise the election and its object by

publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424 and also by printed handbills posted at not

less than four (4) public places in each voting precinct in the county and at the

courthouse door. The election shall be held under the general election laws. The

question shall be: "Are you in favor of issuing .... in bonds for the purpose of

building roads and bridges?"

(3) All the money raised by the sale of bonds under this section shall be used solely for

the construction of hard surface roads.
KRS § 381.020 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 381 / Section 381.020
381.020 Titles allodial and subject to escheat -- Right of eminent domain
Status: in_force

381.020 Titles allodial and subject to escheat -- Right of eminent domain.

All land titles in this state are allodial, and, subject to escheat, the entire and absolute

property in all land in this state is vested in the owners, according to the nature of their

respective estates; except that the Commonwealth retains the right of eminent domain in

and to all real estate.
KRS § 162.030 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.030
162.030 Condemnation of property for school purposes
Status: in_force

162.030 Condemnation of property for school purposes.

Each board of education may, when unable to make a contract satisfactory to the board

with the owner for the purchase of real estate to be used for school purposes, initiate

condemnation proceedings pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky (KRS

416.540 to 416.670), and the title to land so obtained shall be vested in fee simple.
KRS § 5.204 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.204
5.204 Fourth Representative District
Status: in_force

5.204 Fourth Representative District.

The Fourth Representative District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Hopkins KY
KRS § 367.660 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.660
367.660 Exempt solicitations
Status: in_force

367.660 Exempt solicitations.

The following solicitations are exempt from the provisions of KRS 367.650 to 367.670:

(1) Solicitations by an organization of contributions from its members and their

families only, if membership is not included in a solicitation to avoid the provisions

of KRS 367.650 to 367.670, is not granted upon the basis of contributions alone,

and is within the exception of KRS 367.650(3).

(2) Solicitations by a religious organization for funds for religious purposes such as

maintenance of a house of worship, conduct of services, and propagation of its faith

and tenets as distinguished from other charitable and civic purposes employed by

nonreligious organizations.

(3) Solicitations by a publicly-owned or nonprofit privately-endowed educational

institution regulated by the Kentucky Board of Education, the Council on

Postsecondary Education, or an equivalent public authority of the jurisdiction where

the institution is located, from the alumni, faculty members, student body of the

institution and their families, and from corporations, for the continuance of an

established educational program.

(4) Local solicitations by a student group or parent-teacher association for its campus or

group connected activities with the approval of the administration of the educational

institution.
KRS § 157.921 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.921
157.921 Kentucky Geographic Education Board -- Purpose -- Membership -- Bylaws
Status: in_force

157.921 Kentucky Geographic Education Board -- Purpose -- Membership --

Bylaws.

(1) The Kentucky Geographic Education Board is established to provide

leadership and planning for geography education for the population of

Kentucky through the efforts of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary

educators, government agencies, and public interests. The board shall be an

independent agency and be attached to the Education and Labor Cabinet for

administrative purposes.

(2) The twelve (12) member board shall be appointed to two (2) year terms,

initially appointed by the Governor, and composed of the following members:

(a) Three (3) representatives from postsecondary institutions;

(b) One (1) representative from the Council for Social Sciences;

(c) Six (6) representatives from elementary and secondary schools;

(d) One (1) representative of the Department of Education; and

(e) One (1) representative of the Council on Postsecondary Education.

(3) The board shall select from its membership a chair and establish bylaws,

including bylaws governing board membership and length of terms. Upon

expiration of the initial appointments and adoption of bylaws governing

membership and length of terms by the board, the board shall be

self-perpetuating, and the appointment and length of terms shall be made in

accordance with the board's bylaws. Vacancies that occur before the expiration

of the initial appointments shall be filled by the Governor for the remaining term

of the vacancy.

(4) The board members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for

actual expenses incurred in accordance with state procedures and policies.
KRS § 216.308 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216 / Section 216.308
216.308 Revocation of license of health care professional assisting in a suicide
Status: in_force

216.308 Revocation of license of health care professional assisting in a suicide.

The licensing agency which issued a license or certification to a licensed health care

professional who assists in a suicide in violation of KRS 216.302 may revoke license or

certification of that person upon receipt of:

(1) A copy of the record of the criminal conviction or plea of guilty for a felony in

violation of KRS 216.302; or

(2) A copy of the record of a judgment of contempt of court for violating an injunction

issued pursuant to KRS 216.306.
KRS § 65.135 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.135
65.135 Legislative intention to occupy field regarding violations of KRS 439.3401 and KRS 17.500
Status: in_force

65.135 Legislative intention to occupy field regarding violations of KRS 439.3401

and KRS 17.500.

(1) It is the intent of the General Assembly to occupy the entire field of legislation

relating to:

(a) Any person who has committed or is charged with the commission of a

violent offense as specified in KRS 439.3401; and

(b) Any person who has committed or is charged with commission of a sex crime

as specified in KRS 17.500.

(2) No city, county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, or

other unit or instrumentality of local government shall enact an ordinance or other

rule or regulation relating to the control, management, registration, monitoring, or

housing of, or other matter relating to, a person specified in subsection (1) of this

section.

(3) The fact that the General Assembly has not regulated a particular subject relating to

a person specified in subsection (1) of this section does not grant a city, county,

urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, or other unit or

instrumentality of local government the authority to enact an ordinance, rule, or

regulation relating to that subject.

(4) Cities, counties, urban-counties, charter counties, consolidated local governments,

and units and instrumentalities of local government shall enforce the provisions of

state law with regard to persons specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(5) On July 12, 2006, any local ordinance, resolution, or rule relating to any topic

specified in this section shall be null, void, and unenforceable.
KRS § 64.355 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 64 / Section 64.355
64.355 Fees in counties of 70,000 or more are property of respective county -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000
Status: in_force

64.355 Fees in counties of 70,000 or more are property of respective county --

Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000.

(1) It is hereby declared to be the intent of the General Assembly that all fees of the

office of county clerk and sheriff in counties having a population of seventy

thousand (70,000) or more that are paid into the State Treasury pursuant to the

provisions of Section 106 of the Constitution of Kentucky are the property of the

respective county, and these fees along with those collected by the circuit clerk shall

be computed as part of the county's total tax effort for the purpose of determining

credit for any federally funded program.

(2) If a county's population that equaled or exceeded seventy thousand (70,000) is less

than seventy thousand (70,000) after the most recent federal decennial census, then

the provisions of KRS 64.368 shall apply.
KRS § 216B.106 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.106
216B.106 Ambulance service investigations and hearings -- Procedures -- Appeals
Status: in_force

216B.106 Ambulance service investigations and hearings -- Procedures -- Appeals.

(1) The cabinet shall investigate complaints pertaining to ambulance services licensed

under KRS 311A.030 that are transferred to the cabinet by the Kentucky Board of

Emergency Medical Services as required by KRS 311A.055 if the cabinet

determines a hearing is needed.

(2) The hearing shall be before a person designated to serve as hearing officer by the

Office of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Law.

(3) Within thirty (30) days from the conclusion of the hearing, the findings and

recommendations of the hearing officer shall be transmitted to the cabinet, with a

synopsis of the evidence contained in the record and a statement of the basis of the

hearing officer's findings. The applicant or licensee shall be entitled to be

represented at the hearing in person or by counsel, or both, and shall be entitled to

introduce testimony by witnesses or, if the cabinet so permits, by depositions. A full

and complete record shall be kept of all hearings, and all testimony shall be

reported but need not be transcribed unless the decision is appealed pursuant to this

chapter. The cabinet shall immediately submit the hearing officer's findings and

recommendations or the prepared written findings of fact and statement of the basis

for its decision, which shall become part of the record of the proceedings, to the

Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services.

(4) The Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services may deny, revoke, modify, or

suspend a license in any case in which the cabinet finds that there has been a

substantial failure to comply with the provisions of KRS 311A.030 or the

administrative regulations promulgated hereunder. The denial, revocation,

modification, or suspension shall be effected by mailing to the applicant or licensee,

by certified mail or other method of delivery which may include electronic service,

a notice setting forth the particular reasons for the action. The board shall notify the

cabinet within five (5) days of its action in response to the cabinet's findings and

recommendations in writing.

(5) The denial, revocation, modification, or suspension shall become final and

conclusive thirty (30) days after notice is given, unless the applicant or licensee,

within the thirty (30) day period, files a request in writing for a hearing with the

cabinet. The cabinet shall notify the board of its actions within five (5) days of

receiving a hearing request. All decisions revoking, suspending, modifying, or

denying licenses shall be made by the board in writing. The board shall notify the

applicant or licensee of the decision.

(6) The decision of the board shall be final for purposes of judicial appeal upon notice

of the board's decision.
KRS § 150.270 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.270
150.270 Consent to acquisition by United States of migratory bird reservations
Status: in_force

150.270 Consent to acquisition by United States of migratory bird reservations.

(1) Kentucky consents to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise

or lease of such areas in Kentucky as the United States may deem necessary for the

establishment of migratory bird reservations in accordance with the Migratory Bird

Conservation Act, approved February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222).

(2) Kentucky reserves complete jurisdiction and authority in and over all such areas not

incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control thereof

by the United States under the terms of Acts of Congress. This section shall in no

wise deprive the courts of Kentucky of jurisdiction to try and punish all violations

of any of the criminal or penal statutes of Kentucky in such areas.
KRS § 157.060 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.060
157.060 Reports of funds received and spent by school districts
Status: in_force

157.060 Reports of funds received and spent by school districts.

The officials of each educational institution and each school district supported in whole

or in part from taxation shall make a report to the Kentucky Board of Education or the

Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board established in KRS 156.840 at the close

of each scholastic year, showing in detail all funds received from the state and from all

other sources during the year, and a detailed statement of all expenditures for the year.