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KRS § 157.390 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.390
157.390 Determination of teachers' salaries and other required public school funding components -- Additional compensation expenses
Status: in_force

157.390 Determination of teachers' salaries and other required public school

funding components -- Additional compensation expenses.

(1) For purposes of the state teacher salary schedule, teachers shall be placed on the

schedule based on certification rank as established by the Education Professional

Standards Board under KRS 161.1211 and by their years of experience as follows:

1. Zero (0) to three (3) years;

2. Four (4) to nine (9) years;

3. Ten (10) to fourteen (14) years;

4. Fifteen (15) to nineteen (19) years; and

5. Twenty (20) or more years.

(2) The rank and experience of the teacher shall be determined on September 15 of

each year.

(3) The amount to be included in the base funding level for capital outlay shall be

determined by multiplying the average daily attendance by the amounts set forth in

the biennial budget.

(4) The amount to be included in the public school fund of each district for

transportation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of KRS

157.370.

(5) The total amount of money distributable to each district from the public school fund

shall include the base funding per pupil in average daily attendance, an amount for

at-risk students, an amount for the types and numbers of students with disabilities,

an amount for students served in home and hospital settings, and the allotments in

subsections (3) and (4) of this section, less the amount of local tax revenues

generated for school purposes, up to a maximum equivalent local rate of thirty cents

($0.30) as defined by KRS 157.615(6).

(6) A classroom teacher or administrator may be provided additional compensation,

funds for instructional and program materials, and other related costs for serving as

a classroom mentor, teaching partner, or professional development leader in core

discipline areas including reading, and other subject areas as appropriate to other

education professionals in a state approved program or state approved activities.

The Kentucky Department of Education shall administer the funds appropriated for

these purposes. The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative

regulations to define the guidelines for programs and activities that qualify for

funds including the application and approval process, the individual participant

requirements, the amount of compensation, the timelines, and reporting

requirements. The board shall solicit recommendations from the Education

Professional Standards Board and staff of the Kentucky Department of Education in

developing its administrative regulations.

(7) A school district may provide monetary compensation in addition to that provided

through the single salary schedule, as defined in KRS 157.320, to all classroom

teachers employed in a school that is identified by the Kentucky Department of

Education as being in targeted or comprehensive support and improvement status as

described in KRS 160.346.
KRS § 336.210 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 336 / Section 336.210
336.210 Employees' representatives to select plant physician or surgeon
Status: in_force

336.210 Employees' representatives to select plant physician or surgeon.

(1) If a plan or custom exists in any industry under which the employees contribute to

the payment of any physician or surgeon for furnishing treatment, by deductions

from their wages through the office of the employer, a meeting of such employees

may be called by any ten (10) of them, as they consider best to bring to the notice of

all employees affected that the meeting is to be held. Those at the meeting, by a

majority determination, shall authorize two (2) of their number to represent all

employees in that plant so affected, and when the management of the plant is

notified by the employees of their action, it shall forthwith select two (2) persons to

represent it.

(2) The persons selected shall meet and select a physician or surgeon for the plant. If no

selection is made within three (3) days, all questions before them shall be referred to

the secretary, who shall act as umpire. His or her decision shall be final. No

physician or surgeon shall be employed and paid by deductions from the wages of

employees except as provided in this section.

(3) Any physician or surgeon selected under this section shall be employed for a

definite term, not to exceed four (4) years, and may be removed at any time for

gross inefficiency or misconduct in the same manner in which he or she was

selected.
KRS § 387.816 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.816
387.816 Communication between courts
Status: in_force

387.816 Communication between courts.

(1) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a

proceeding arising under KRS 387.810 to 387.854. The court may allow the parties

to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2)

of this section, the court shall make a record of the communication. The record may

be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.

(2) Courts may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records, and other

administrative matters without making a record.
KRS § 211.903 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.903
211.903 Testing for lead poisoning
Status: in_force

211.903 Testing for lead poisoning.

(1) Testing for lead poisoning shall be an eligible benefit for recipients of the

Commonwealth's Medical Assistance Program. In addition, testing for lead

poisoning shall be made available as part of the regular immunization program

offered by the cabinet and shall be provided without charge by the cabinet and by

local health departments.

(2) The secretary shall establish programs throughout the Commonwealth, with priority

given to high-risk areas, for the voluntary screening and diagnosis of at-risk

persons. Such programs shall systematically test for elevated lead blood levels in all

at-risk persons seventy-two (72) months of age and younger and shall include an

outreach program if necessary. Priority shall be given to at-risk persons who are one

(1) year of age through three (3) years of age. Such programs shall not apply to

those persons having religious objections to such testing. Such testing shall be made

by such means and at such intervals as the secretary shall by regulation determine

may be medically necessary and proper.

(3) The secretary shall be responsible for providing follow-up screening and diagnostic

programs for those persons who were previously diagnosed and treated for lead

poisoning or were previously diagnosed as having an elevated lead blood level. The

frequency with which follow-up shall be performed shall be determined by the

secretary.
KRS § 62.070 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 62 / Section 62.070
62.070 Action and recovery on bond
Status: in_force

62.070 Action and recovery on bond.

Actions may be brought from time to time on any bond required by law for the discharge

or performance of any public or fiducial office, trust or employment, in the name of the

Commonwealth, for its benefit or for that of any person injured by a breach of the

covenant or condition, at the proper costs of the party suing, against the parties jointly or

severally, together with the personal representatives, heirs and devisees or distributees of

such of them as may be dead. Recovery against the surety shall be limited to the amount

of the penalty fixed in the bond, but recovery against the principal shall not be limited by

the amount of the penalty fixed in the bond. Recovery on the bond shall not be restricted

to duties or responsibilities belonging to the office, trust or employment at the date the

bond is executed, but may include any duties or responsibilities thereafter imposed by law

or lawfully assumed.
KRS § 278.380 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.380
278.380 Delivery of orders by electronic transmission or mail
Status: in_force

278.380 Delivery of orders by electronic transmission or mail.

The commission shall deliver a certified copy of any order issued by it to each party to the

proceeding in which the order was made, and to an officer or agent of the utility affected

thereby. Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, the commission may deliver its

orders by means of electronic transmission rather than by mail. The commission,

however, shall deliver its orders by mail to any party that requests and demonstrates good

cause for that means of delivery. When service of a commission order is by electronic

transmission, mailing shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the transmission of

the order is completed. For purposes of this section, electronic transmission of a

commission order includes the sending of an electronic mail message that contains an

electronic version of the commission order or a hyperlink that enables the recipient to

access, view, and download an electronic copy of the commission order from the

commission's Web site.
KRS § 258.505 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 258 / Section 258.505
258.505 Use of gunshot as euthanasia
Status: in_force

258.505 Use of gunshot as euthanasia.

Gunshot shall not be used as a routine method of euthanasia in animal shelter settings.

This prohibition shall not apply in animal shelter settings if an animal presents a threat to

the health or safety of anyone lawfully on the premises of the shelter. The prohibition

against gunshot shall also not apply to peace officers or animal control officers outside

animal shelter situations if an animal:

(1) Cannot be seized;

(2) Presents a threat to the health or safety of the general public; or

(3) Has an injury or physical condition which causes the animal to suffer.
KRS § 7.550 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.550
7.550 Role of Legislative Research Commission in development of population data for redistricting -- Computerized map -- Review of precinct establishment orders and requests for exemption
Status: in_force

7.550 Role of Legislative Research Commission in development of population data

for redistricting -- Computerized map -- Review of precinct establishment

orders and requests for exemption.

(1) The Legislative Research Commission shall serve as the legislative department's

liaison with the United States Bureau of the Census for purposes of Kentucky's

participation in and receipt of census maps and data under programs implementing

United States Public Law 94-171, relating to the development of population data for

redistricting.

(2) The Legislative Research Commission shall maintain and continuously update a

computerized map of Kentucky containing census geography and election precinct

boundaries.

(3) The Legislative Research Commission shall review any proposed precinct

establishment order and request for an exemption made under KRS 117.0552 to

117.0554 to determine the effect of the proposed order or exemption upon the

Commonwealth's participation in programs to implement United States Public Law

94-171. If the Commission determines that the proposed order or exemption would

have an adverse effect upon the Commonwealth's ability to participate in the

programs, it shall so advise the State Board of Elections.

(4) The Legislative Research Commission may direct its interim joint subcommittee of

appropriate jurisdiction to perform or oversee the performance of the

responsibilities assigned to the Commission by this section.
KRS § 395.550 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 395 / Section 395.550
395.550 Creditors actions may be enjoined while action for settlement pending
Status: in_force

395.550 Creditors actions may be enjoined while action for settlement pending.

Upon the institution of the action mentioned in KRS 395.510, an order may be made

enjoining the prosecution of actions against the representatives of a decedent, by

creditors, for their demands. But such enjoining shall not be made, unless the action for

the settlement of the estate be commenced within three (3) years after the qualification of

the personal representative.
KRS § 140.300 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 140 / Section 140.300
140.300 Definitions for KRS 140.310 to 140.360
Status: in_force

140.300 Definitions for KRS 140.310 to 140.360.

As used in KRS 140.310 to 140.360, these words shall have the following meaning:

(1) "Agricultural land" means that real estate which is defined in KRS 132.010(9).

(2) "Horticultural land" means that real estate which is defined in KRS 132.010(10).

(3) "Agricultural or horticultural value" means the value as defined in KRS

132.010(11).

(4) "Qualified real estate" means real property which:

(a) Is either horticultural or agricultural land;

(b) Has been used for agricultural or horticultural purposes for five (5) years prior

to the death of the owner of the real estate or a joint owner thereof; and

(c) Fair cash value exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the gross taxable estate of

decedent for Kentucky inheritance tax purposes.

(5) "Qualified person" means the spouse of a deceased owner of agricultural or

horticultural land; the children, adopted children, and stepchildren of that deceased

owner; the spouses and issue of that deceased owner's children, adopted children,

and stepchildren, and is a person who proposes to devote the real property to

agricultural or horticultural purposes for at least five (5) years after the death of the

decedent in whose estate the agricultural or horticultural land is subject to

assessment.
KRS § 171.125 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.125
171.125 Definitions for KRS 171.130 to 171.306
Status: in_force

171.125 Definitions for KRS 171.130 to 171.306.

As used in KRS 171.130 to 171.306, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Department" means the Department for Libraries and Archives;

(2) "Public library" means a library which is established as the countywide library

system by any of the methods provided by KRS Chapter 173; and

(3) "Library materials" means those print, audiovisual, graphic, cartographic, machine

readable, and manuscript materials provided by a library for its users.
KRS § 226.090 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 226 / Section 226.090
226.090 Receipts for payments
Status: in_force

226.090 Receipts for payments.

Every pawnbroker, upon receiving any payment of money from a borrower, shall give to

such person a plain and complete receipt for such payment, specifying separately the

amount applied to principal and the amount applied to interest. In a case where the

pawnbroker has purchased personal property under an agreement to sell it back at a

stipulated price, the pawnbroker shall, on receiving any payment of money from the

person from whom the property was purchased, give such person a receipt stating the

original purchase price, the stipulated resale price, and the amount received.
KRS § 6.950 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.950
6.950 Definitions
Status: in_force

6.950 Definitions.

As used in KRS 6.955 to 6.975, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Fiscal note" means a realistic statement of the estimated effect on expenditures or

revenue of local government in implementing or complying with any proposed act

of the General Assembly whether filed in regular session or prefiled during the

interim, order, or administrative law.

(2) "Local government" means cities, counties or urban-county governments.

(3) "State mandate" means any state constitutional, legislative, or executive law or

order which requires any local government to establish, expand, or modify its

activities, programs, or structure in such a way as to affect expenditures from local

revenues.
KRS § 82.160 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 82 / Section 82.160
82.160 Security for revenue bonds through trust indenture
Status: in_force

82.160 Security for revenue bonds through trust indenture.

In the discretion of the city any bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 82.140 to

82.165 may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the city and a corporate

trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company

within or without the Commonwealth. Such trust indenture or the proceedings providing

for the issuance of such bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received; but shall

not convey or mortgage any project or any part thereof, except in the case of bonds issued

through the agency and instrumentality of a nonprofit corporation organized under the

general corporation laws of the Commonwealth, in which case there may be a conveyance

or mortgage if such corporation be thereunto authorized by the governing body of the

city. Such trust indenture or proceedings may contain such provisions for protecting and

enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper

and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the city in

relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance,

repair, operation and insurance of the project or projects in connection with which such

bonds shall have been authorized, the rates of the rentals to be charged, and the custody,

safeguarding and application of all moneys, if such covenants shall be appropriate to the

issue. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the

Commonwealth which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to

furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the

city. Any such trust indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders

and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In

addition to the foregoing, any such trust indenture or proceedings may contain such other

provisions as the city may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the

bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust indenture

or proceedings may be treated as a part of the cost of the project or projects.
KRS § 76.243 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 76 / Section 76.243
76.243 Engineering survey of construction subdistrict -- Assessment of benefits -- Notice
Status: in_force

76.243 Engineering survey of construction subdistrict -- Assessment of benefits --

Notice.

(1) The board shall, before entering upon any construction work in any construction

subdistrict or any contracts therefor, have an engineering survey made of the

territory within the construction subdistrict and report to the district board as to

plans for sewer or drainage construction or both and as to the estimated cost thereof,

with recommendations as to whether or not such construction is technically and

economically feasible.

(2) The district shall add to the engineering report a classification of benefit to property

to permit assessment of real estate pursuant to KRS 76.251, 76.253, 76.257 and

76.258 if the district seeks to finance construction under one (1) of those sections.

The district shall cause notice of the proposed assessment to be mailed by first class

mail to every affected freeholder at his last known address prior to publication

under subsection (1) of KRS 76.246.
KRS § 168.015 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 168 / Section 168.015
168.015 Legislative recognition of importance of education technology
Status: in_force

168.015 Legislative recognition of importance of education technology.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky recognizes that technology

plays an important role in enlarging and enriching the school experiences of students and

is vital to an efficient system of public schools.
KRS § 369.118 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 369 / Section 369.118
369.118 Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies
Status: in_force

369.118 Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental

agencies.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 369.112(6), each governmental agency of this

state, in compliance with standards established by the Commonwealth Office of

Technology, shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send and

accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and

otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon

electronic records and electronic signatures.

(2) To the extent that a governmental agency uses electronic records and electronic

signatures under subsection (1) of this section:

(a) The Commonwealth Office of Technology, giving due consideration to

security, may specify the manner and format in which the electronic records

must be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the

systems established for those purposes;

(b) If electronic records must be signed by electronic means, each governmental

agency, giving due consideration to security, may specify the type of

electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic

signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or

criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document

to facilitate the process;

(c) The Commonwealth Office of Technology and the Department for Libraries

and Archives, giving due consideration to security, may specify control

processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation,

disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic

records; and

(d) Each governmental agency, giving due consideration to security, may specify

any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for

corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the

circumstances.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 369.112(6), KRS 369.101 to 369.120 does

not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic

records or electronic signatures.
KRS § 367.93107 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.93107
367.93107 Most recent declaration of preferences prevails
Status: in_force

367.93107 Most recent declaration of preferences prevails.

(1) The provisions of the declarant's most recent declaration shall prevail over any other

document executed by the declarant concerning any preferences described in KRS

367.93105.

(2) The invalidity of any specific preference or direction shall not affect the validity of

the declaration.

(3) This section shall not be construed to enable a legal representative to revoke a

properly executed declaration or to invalidate a properly executed power of attorney

with respect to any power or duty belonging to the legal representative that is not

related to the declaration.