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KRS § 376.135 — KY Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 376 / Section 376.135
376.135 Lien on farm crop for service by custom operator
Status: in_force

376.135 Lien on farm crop for service by custom operator.

(1) Any custom operator who performs a service on a farm, including but not limited to

filling of silos, hay baling and crop spraying, by contract with, or by the written

consent of the owner or manager of the farm, shall have a lien upon the farm crop

involved to secure the cost of the service furnished.

(2) The recording provisions of KRS 376.010 and 376.080 to 376.130 shall apply to the

lien provided in subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 216.541 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216 / Section 216.541
216.541 Willful interference with representatives of Office of the Long-Term-Care Ombudsman prohibited -- Retaliation against complainant prohibited -- Penalty -- Liability insurance for representatives of the ombudsman program
Status: in_force

216.541 Willful interference with representatives of Office of the Long-Term-Care

Ombudsman prohibited -- Retaliation against complainant prohibited --

Penalty -- Liability insurance for representatives of the ombudsman program.

(1) Willful interference, as defined in KRS 216.535, with representatives of the Office

of the Long-Term-Care Ombudsman in the lawful performance of official duties, as

set forth in the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. secs. 3001 et seq., shall be

unlawful.

(2) Retaliation and reprisals by a long-term-care facility or other entity against any

employee or resident for having filed a complaint or having provided information to

the long-term care ombudsman shall be unlawful.

(3) A violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall result in a fine of one

hundred dollars ($100) to five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. Each day

the violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. The manner in which

appeals are presented for violations of this section shall be in accordance with

administrative regulations prescribed by the secretary for determining the rights of

the parties. All fines collected pursuant to this section shall be used for programs

administered by the Department for Aging and Independent Living.

(4) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall authorize the acquisition of

liability insurance for the protection of representatives of the Long-Term-Care

Ombudsman Program who are not employed by the state, to ensure compliance with

the federal mandate that no representative of the office shall be liable under state

law for the good faith performance of official duties.
KRS § 406.101 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 406 / Section 406.101
406.101 Compensation of expert witnesses
Status: in_force

406.101 Compensation of expert witnesses.

The compensation of each expert witness appointed by the court shall be fixed at a

reasonable amount. It shall be paid as the court shall order. The court may order that it be

paid by the parties in such proportions and at such times as it shall prescribe. The fee of

an expert witness called by a party but not appointed by the court shall be paid by the

party calling him but shall not be taxed as costs in the action.
KRS § 164A.130 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164A / Section 164A.130
164A.130 Obligations issued under chapter are negotiable instruments
Status: in_force

164A.130 Obligations issued under chapter are negotiable instruments.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any

obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter, all such obligations and interest

coupons appertaining thereto shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments under

the laws of this state, subject only to any applicable provisions for registration.
KRS § 439.551 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.551
439.551 Graduated sanctions for probation violations -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

439.551 Graduated sanctions for probation violations -- Administrative

regulations.

(1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations to develop a system of

graduated sanctions for responding to technical violations of probation. The

department shall consult with the Supreme Court when promulgating these

administrative regulations.

(2) The administrative regulations shall create a system of graduated sanctions with the

following objectives:

(a) Responding quickly and consistently to violations of probation, based on the

nature of the violation and the risk level of the supervised individual;

(b) Reducing the time and resources expended by the department and the courts to

respond to violations; and

(c) Reducing the commission of new crimes and revocation rates.
KRS § 18A.260 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.260
18A.260 Regulations of investments
Status: in_force

18A.260 Regulations of investments.

Assets held for the state public employees deferred compensation trust fund shall be

invested as permitted by KRS 18A.230 to 18A.275. However, investments by

participants in self-directed brokerage accounts shall be limited to securities registered

with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission only.
KRS § 205.170 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.170
205.170 Powers of secretary
Status: in_force

205.170 Powers of secretary.

(1) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter the secretary or his duly

authorized representative may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions,

certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and

production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records

considered necessary and relevant as evidence in connection with the administration

of the cabinet. Such subpoena shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena

issued out of a Circuit Court.

(2) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books,

papers, correspondence, memoranda or other records in response to such subpoena

on the grounds that the evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or

subject him to a penalty, or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to

any suit, penalty, or forfeiture on account of any transaction, matter, or thing

concerning which he or his agent or worker is compelled, after having claimed

privilege against self-incrimination, to give evidence except that such witness so

testifying shall not be exempt from punishment for perjury.
KRS § 212.750 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 212 / Section 212.750
212.750 Public health taxing district created in counties not electing to create same -- Officers
Status: in_force

212.750 Public health taxing district created in counties not electing to create same

-- Officers.

(1) It is the intent of this section and KRS 212.755, inter alia, to create a public health

taxing district via operation of law in every county of the Commonwealth that has

not heretofore created same except in counties containing cities of the first class or a

consolidated local government.

(2) In all counties where a county or city-county health department or urban-county

department of health has been established, except in counties containing a city of

the first class or a consolidated local government, and a public health taxing district

has not been established pursuant to the provisions of KRS 212.720, 212.722, and

KRS 212.725, a public health taxing district is hereby declared to be created upon

June 13, 1968, or upon the creation of an urban-county department of health. The

members of the county or city-county board of health or urban-county department of

health shall, by virtue of their office, constitute and be the governing body of the

public health taxing district and shall perform the duties attendant thereto in

addition to their duties as members of the county or city-county board of health or

urban-county department of health. The officers of the county or city-county board

of health or urban-county department of health shall be the officers of the public

health taxing district.

(3) Nothing in this section and KRS 212.755 shall in any way abridge the rights of two

(2) or more counties from establishing a district health department.
KRS § 267.230 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 267 / Section 267.230
267.230 Drainage record -- Copy filed in any county affected
Status: in_force

267.230 Drainage record -- Copy filed in any county affected.

The county clerk of each county shall provide a suitable record book to be known as the

"drainage record," in which he shall enter or copy every order, report, judgment or finding

concerning the district. When land in any other county is affected, copies of all such

records shall be made by the clerk, and they, together with a copy of all maps and

profiles, shall be certified by him to the county clerk of the other county, where they shall

be recorded in like manner.
KRS § 5.102 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.102
5.102 Second Senatorial District
Status: in_force

5.102 Second Senatorial District.

The Second Senatorial District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Ballard KY

County: Carlisle KY

County: Livingston KY

County: Marshall KY

County: McCracken KY
KRS § 386.540 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 386 / Section 386.540
386.540 Regulation of investments
Status: in_force

386.540 Regulation of investments.

Trust institutions and foreign trust institutions, as defined by KRS 386.510, acting in a

fiduciary capacity and for fiduciary purposes, may, if exercising due care as a prudent

investor, and with the consent of any co-fiduciary, invest and reinvest funds held in such

fiduciary capacity in the shares of stock of one (1) or more fiduciary investment

companies, except where the will, trust indenture or other instrument under which such

trust institution or foreign trust institution acts, prohibits such investment, provided the

fiduciary investment company shall by its articles of incorporation issued and granted in

conformity with the Kentucky Business Corporation Act have and possess the corporate

powers required by KRS 386.510 to 386.590 and be subject to the limitations set forth by

KRS 386.510 to 386.590; provided, further, that no such trust institution or foreign trust

institution shall invest in the stock of a fiduciary investment company on behalf of any

estate, trust or fund administered by such trust institution or foreign trust institution a sum

or amount which would result in such estate, trust or fund having a total investment in

such stock in excess of the maximum amount or percentage that might be invested by

such estate, trust or fund, under the regulations of the federal or state agency charged with

supervising such trust institution or foreign trust institution, in any common trust fund

having total assets equal to the total assets of the fiduciary investment company as

increased by the proposed investment. No trust institution or foreign trust institution shall

invest in the stock of a fiduciary investment company if, immediately after such

investment and as a consequence thereof, it would own more than 25 percent of the

voting securities of such fiduciary investment company which would then be outstanding.
KRS § 248.766 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 248 / Section 248.766
248.766 Injunctive relief for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754
Status: in_force

248.766 Injunctive relief for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754.

Any person who sells, distributes, or manufactures cigarettes and sustains direct

economic or commercial injury as a result of a violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 may

bring an action in good faith for appropriate injunctive relief.
KRS § 45A.735 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.735
45A.735 Authorization for local public agency to adopt KRS 45A.740, 45A.745, and 45A.750 -- Effect of adoption -- Qualification statements
Status: in_force

45A.735 Authorization for local public agency to adopt KRS 45A.740, 45A.745,

and 45A.750 -- Effect of adoption -- Qualification statements.

(1) In the procurement of architectural and engineering services, each local public

agency may adopt the provisions of KRS 45A.740, 45A.745, and 45A.750. Upon

adoption of these provisions, each local public agency shall:

(a) Establish a monetary limit; and

(b) Use the process set out in KRS 45A.740, 45A.745, and 45A.750 to procure

architectural or engineering services for projects whose costs exceed this

limit.

(2) If any agency adopts the provisions of KRS 45A.740, 45A.745, and 45A.750, then

it shall accept qualification statements from firms engaged in the lawful practice of

their professions. These qualification statements shall remain on file for one (1) year

from the date they are submitted.
KRS § 438.210 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 438 / Section 438.210
438.210 Interfering with communications
Status: in_force

438.210 Interfering with communications.

Any person who willfully and maliciously prevents, obstructs or delays the sending,

transmission, conveyance or delivery in this state of any message, communication or

report through any telegraph or telephone line, wire or cable shall be fined not less than

fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned for not more

than one (1) year, or both.
KRS § 211.200 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.200
211.200 Assignment of cabinet personnel to a county in case of public health emergency or when county lacks adequate local health department
Status: in_force

211.200 Assignment of cabinet personnel to a county in case of public health

emergency or when county lacks adequate local health department.

Whenever, in the opinion of the secretary for health and family services, a public health

emergency exists in any county, or whenever any county fails to establish, maintain, and

operate a local health department therein meeting the standards prescribed by the cabinet,

the cabinet may assign to said county such of its own personnel as may be designated by

the secretary for health and family services. Such personnel so assigned shall have the full

power and authority of local health department employees in addition to their power and

authority as representatives of the cabinet. Whenever such assignment results by reason of

the lack of a local health department or of a local health department meeting the standards

prescribed by the cabinet, any funds appropriated or allocated to the local health

department by either the Commonwealth or the federal government may be used to

reimburse the cabinet.
KRS § 160.190 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.190
160.190 Process to fill vacancy
Status: in_force

160.190 Process to fill vacancy.

(1) Any vacancy in any board of education shall be filled by a majority vote of the

remaining members of the local board within sixty (60) days after the vacancy

occurs. Within thirty (30) days of the vacancy, the local board shall, for two (2)

weeks, have solicited applications by posting a notice announcing the vacancy on

the district's website and by placing an advertisement in the newspaper of the

largest general circulation in the county. An applicant shall file a letter of intent

with the local board affirming that the applicant meets the eligibility requirements

as established by KRS 160.180 and shall submit with the application a transcript

evidencing completion of the twelfth grade or results of a twelfth grade equivalency

examination. After the two (2) weeks of advertisement on the district's website and

in the newspaper, the local board shall select from the applicants under this

subsection to fill the vacancy.

(2) If the local board fails to make an appointment under subsection (1) of this section,

then the chief state school officer shall fill the vacancy within sixty (60) days of the

failure.

(3) The member chosen under this section shall meet the eligibility requirements as

established by KRS 160.180 and shall hold office until his or her successor is

elected or appointed, and has qualified.

(4) Any vacancy having an unexpired term of one (1) year or more on August 1 after

the vacancy occurs shall be filled for the unexpired term by an election to be held at

the next regular election after the vacancy occurs. The elected member shall

succeed the member chosen under subsection (1) or (2) of this section to fill the

vacancy. Nominating petitions shall be filed with the county clerk not later than the

second Tuesday in August preceding the day for holding the regular election for the

unexpired term. Declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be filed with

the county clerk in accordance with KRS 117.265.

(5) (a) If no candidate files a petition of nomination or declaration of intent to be a

write-in candidate to fill an unexpired term on a local board of education

under subsection (4) of this section, then a new vacancy shall exist on

November 1 and the vacancy shall be filled according to subsection (1) of this

section.

(b) If no candidate files a petition of nomination or declaration of intent to be a

write-in candidate for a new term on a local board of education opening

pursuant to KRS 118.315 and 118.365, then a vacancy shall exist on January 1

and the vacancy shall be filled according to subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 223.415 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 223 / Section 223.415
223.415 Appointments to board -- Meetings -- Payment of expenses
Status: in_force

223.415 Appointments to board -- Meetings -- Payment of expenses.

(1) The board shall be appointed by the Governor upon the advice of the secretary after

soliciting recommendations of interested parties. All members of the board shall be

residents of the Commonwealth. The board shall be composed of the following:

(a) A driller who is an active member of both the National Water Well

Association and the Kentucky Water Well Association and whose business is

actively involved in drilling water wells. This member shall serve for an initial

term of three (3) years;

(b) A member who is a representative of the cabinet who shall serve as the

executive secretary and treasurer of the board and shall be responsible for

maintaining records, to serve for an initial term of three (3) years;

(c) A member who is a hydrogeologist or hydrologist from the Kentucky

Geological Survey to serve for an initial term of two (2) years;

(d) Three (3) members who are water well drillers and who are presently in the

business of drilling wells, each representing a different geographic region

within the Commonwealth, to serve for an initial term of two (2) years; and

(e) A member from the public at large, who shall not be in any way connected

with a water well business, to serve for an initial term of two (2) years.

(2) Upon the expiration of the respective terms, each successor shall be appointed in the

same manner as the predecessor for a term of three (3) years.

(3) At the first meeting of the board held in each calendar year, the board shall elect a

chairperson who shall serve for one (1) year. A majority of members shall decide

upon rules of procedure.

(4) The board shall hold as many meetings a year as are necessary to effectuate the

purpose of KRS 223.405 to 223.460, but the board must hold at least quarterly

meetings. Notice of a meeting shall be sent to each member at least ten (10) days

prior to the meeting. Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum. Rules of

procedure adopted by the board may provide for such additional meetings as are

necessary.

(5) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed

for all actual and necessary expenses incurred while discharging their official duties.
KRS § 72.460 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 72 / Section 72.460
72.460 Cost of autopsies
Status: in_force

72.460 Cost of autopsies.

The cost of autopsies shall be paid for by the fiscal court; provided, however, that the

Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner, may

contract with pathologists and toxicologists and chemists and pay for such autopsies

within the budgetary limitations of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for this

purpose.
KRS § 164.340 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.340
164.340 Meetings of boards -- Quorum
Status: in_force

164.340 Meetings of boards -- Quorum.

The governing board shall meet quarterly at the institution or at such other place as is

agreed upon. Upon written request of the president of the institution or of two (2)

members of the board, the chairman of the board shall call a special meeting at a place

designated by him, and the board may at such special meeting transact any or all business

that it may transact at a regular meeting. A majority of the members of the board shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no appropriation of money shall

be made nor any contract that requires a disbursement of money shall be authorized, and

no teacher employed or dismissed, unless a majority of all the members of the board vote

for it.
KRS § 96A.110 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96A / Section 96A.110
96A.110 Responsibility for planning, coordination
Status: in_force

96A.110 Responsibility for planning, coordination.

An authority shall be responsible for over-all planning of mass transit in its transit area.

An authority must consult, cooperate and coordinate with any other state, local or federal

planning agency or department, having responsibilities and/or authority in the same

transit area according to federal and state laws. The ultimate goal of such planning shall

be improvement of mass transit service. In carrying out its purposes, the authority shall

consider its highway, road and street systems on federal, state and local levels.
KRS § 7A.289 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 7A / Section 7A.289
7A.289 Legislative Research Commission to have exclusive jurisdiction over employment of necessary personnel to carry out KRS 7A.270 to 7A.290
Status: in_force

7A.289 Legislative Research Commission to have exclusive jurisdiction over

employment of necessary personnel to carry out KRS 7A.270 to 7A.290.

The Legislative Research Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the

employment of personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 7A.270 to

7A.290. Staff and operating costs of the board shall be provided from the budget of the

Legislative Research Commission.
KRS § 263.990 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 263 / Section 263.990
263.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

263.990 Penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than ten

dollars ($10), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
KRS § 150.370 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.370
150.370 Open season for wildlife -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

150.370 Open season for wildlife -- Exceptions.

(1) No person shall take any wildlife except during the open season for the particular

species as prescribed by the department.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to persons who hunt red fox at night

with dogs for sport and not to kill; and who during daylight or night hours exercise

and train rabbit dogs, raccoon dogs, bird dogs, and retrievers, but not to kill. The

department may, however:

(a) Regulate training seasons for rabbit dogs, raccoon dogs, bird dogs, and

retrievers in such manner as not to discriminate against one (1) type of animal

over any other nor as to unduly limit such activities; and

(b) Permit rabbit dog, raccoon dog, bird dog, fox dog, and retriever meets held by

organized clubs, regardless of any hunting season, with the prior approval of

the department provided said approval was requested at least thirty (30) days

prior to the meet.