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KRS § 117A.030 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 117A / Section 117A.030
117A.030 Powers and duties of State Board of Elections
Status: in_force

117A.030 Powers and duties of State Board of Elections.

(1) The State Board of Elections is responsible for implementing this chapter and

the Commonwealth of Kentucky's responsibilities under the Registration and

Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections

for Federal Office Act, 52 U.S.C. secs. 20301 to 20311.

(2) The State Board of Elections shall have the authority to promulgate

administrative regulations necessary to implement this chapter.

(3) The State Board of Elections shall make available to covered voters

information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and

procedures for casting military-overseas ballots.

(4) The State Board of Elections shall establish an electronic transmission system

through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration

materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information authorized under this

chapter.

(5) The State Board of Elections shall:

(a) Develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and

transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, authentication

materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas

ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky; and

(b) To the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states to carry

out this section.

(6) The State Board of Elections shall prescribe the form and content of a

declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific

representations pertaining to the voter's identity, eligibility to vote, status as a

covered voter, and timely and proper completion of a military-overseas ballot.

The declaration shall be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a

federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter.

The State Board of Elections shall ensure that a form for the execution of the

declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration,

is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is

required.
KRS § 523.010 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 523 / Section 523.010
523.010 Definitions
Status: in_force

523.010 Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Material false statement" means any false statement, regardless of its admissibility

under the rules of evidence which could have affected the outcome of the

proceeding. Whether a falsification is material in a given factual situation is a

question of law.

(2) "Oath" means an affirmation or other legally authorized manner of attesting to the

truth of a statement. A written statement shall be treated as if made under oath

when:

(a) The statement was made on or pursuant to a form bearing notice, authorized

by law, that false statements made therein are punishable; or

(b) 1. The document recites that the statement was made under oath, and

2. a. The declarant was aware of such recitation at the time he made the

statement;

b. The declarant intended that the statement be represented as sworn;

and

c. The statement was in fact so represented by its delivery or

utterance with the signed jurat of an officer, authorized to

administer oaths appended thereto.

(3) "Official proceeding" means a proceeding heard before any legislative, judicial,

administrative or other governmental agency or official authorized to hear evidence

under oath, including any referee, hearing examiner, commissioner, notary or other

person taking testimony or depositions in any such proceedings.

(4) "Required or authorized by law" means the oath is provided for by statute,

regulation, court rule, or otherwise by law.

(5) "Statement" means any representation, but includes a representation of opinion,

belief or other state of mind only if the representation clearly relates to state of mind

apart from or in addition to any facts which are the subject of the representation.

(6) "Public servant" means:

(a) Any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision

thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state; or

(b) Any person exercising the functions of any such public officer or employee; or

(c) Any person participating as advisor, consultant or otherwise in performing a

governmental function, but not including witnesses; or

(d) Any person elected, appointed or designated to become a public servant

although not yet occupying that position.
KRS § 434.870 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 434 / Section 434.870
434.870 Definitions for KRS 434.870 to 434.876
Status: in_force

434.870 Definitions for KRS 434.870 to 434.876.

As used in KRS 434.870 to 434.876, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Financial information" includes but is not limited to any of the following

information identifiable to the individual that concerns the amount and conditions

of an individual's assets, liabilities, or credit:

(a) Account numbers and balances;

(b) Transactional information concerning any account;

(c) Codes, passwords, Social Security numbers, tax identification numbers, and

driver's license numbers; and

(d) Information held for the purpose of credit or loan acquisition, account access,

or transaction initiation;

(2) "Financial information repository" means any person engaged in the business of

providing services to customers who have a credit, deposit, trust, stock, or other

financial account or relationship with the person; and

(3) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited

liability company, association, or any entity however organized and whether or not

organized to operate for profit.
KRS § 320.331 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.331
320.331 Appeal to Circuit Court
Status: in_force

320.331 Appeal to Circuit Court.

An optometrist who, by final order of the board has been subjected to any disciplinary

action may file an appeal. The action on appeal shall be filed with the Circuit Court of the

county in which the violation occurred in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. The

commencement of proceedings under this section shall not operate as a stay on the

board's order, unless specifically ordered otherwise by the court.
KRS § 45A.055 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.055
45A.055 State purchasing regulations
Status: in_force

45A.055 State purchasing regulations.

(1) Prior to January 1, 1979, the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet

shall publish the initial state purchasing regulations in accordance with current

Finance and Administration Cabinet policies and procedures. The initial regulations

may be promulgated on an interim basis, without regard to the provisions of KRS

Chapter 13A, provided, however, that final regulations shall be promulgated

pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A within two hundred forty (240) days

following the promulgation of the initial regulations.

(2) All additions, deletions, or other modifications of the final purchasing regulations

issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be promulgated by the

secretary in accordance with any applicable provisions of KRS Chapter 13A.

(3) The secretary shall not delegate his power to issue the state purchasing regulations

under subsections (1) and (2) of this section to any other person or agency, and no

state purchasing regulations shall be issued except as approved by the secretary.

(4) No state purchasing regulation shall change in any way a contract commitment by

the Commonwealth nor of a contractor to the Commonwealth, which was in

existence on the effective date of the regulation.

(5) The provisions of state purchasing regulations promulgated as authorized herein

shall be considered to be incorporated by operation of law in all state contracts.
KRS § 403.810 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.810
403.810 Priority
Status: in_force

403.810 Priority.

If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under KRS 403.800 to 403.880 is

raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, shall be given

priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously.
KRS § 230.378 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 230 / Section 230.378
230.378 Wagers at track, at simulcast facility, or through telephone account wagering system -- Commission -- Tax exemption
Status: in_force

230.378 Wagers at track, at simulcast facility, or through telephone account

wagering system -- Commission -- Tax exemption.

(1) A receiving track may accept wagers only at the track where it is licensed to

conduct its race meeting or conduct intertrack wagering. A receiving track may

accept wagers through a telephone account wagering system. Wagers at a receiving

track, simulcast facility, or on telephone account wagering shall form a common

pool with wagers at a host track. This common pool requirement shall not apply to

wagers made in connection with interstate simulcasting pursuant to KRS 230.3771;

however, common pools shall be encouraged.

(2) Except as provided in KRS 230.3771(2), the commission of a receiving track,

simulcast facility, or on telephone account wagering shall be the same as the

commission of the host track as determined in KRS 230.3615 or 230.750.

(3) In the absence of a valid contract with a horsemen's organization, the commission

of a receiving track, after deduction of applicable taxes and other applicable

deductions, shall be split as follows: twenty-two percent (22%) to the host track,

twenty-two percent (22%) to the purse program at the host track, twenty-two

percent (22%) to the receiving track and twenty-two percent (22%) to the purse

program at the receiving track. Twelve percent (12%) of the commission shall be

allocated evenly between the host track and the receiving track to cover the cost of

simulcasting, unless otherwise agreed to by contract.

(4) The deduction for the backside improvement fund, as provided for in KRS

230.3615(4) shall not apply to the commission or pari-mutuel tax of a receiving

track or telephone account wagering.

(5) A receiving track shall be exempt from any license fee imposed by statute or

administrative regulation by the corporation.
KRS § 183.010 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 183 / Section 183.010
183.010 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

183.010 Definitions.

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Federal Aviation Administration" shall mean that agency or board of the United

States government empowered to regulate operation of aircraft; aviation facilities

and persons operating and maintaining aircraft;

(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet;

(3) "Cabinet" means the Transportation Cabinet, the statutory administrative

department of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
KRS § 5.270 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.270
5.270 Seventieth Representative District
Status: in_force

5.270 Seventieth Representative District.

The Seventieth Representative District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Bracken KY

County: Harrison KY

County: Mason KY

County: Robertson KY
KRS § 40.330 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.330
40.330 Authorization to apply for issuance of revenue bonds -- Other financial arrangements
Status: in_force

40.330 Authorization to apply for issuance of revenue bonds -- Other financial

arrangements.

For the purpose of financing the costs of the construction or renovation of Kentucky state

veterans' nursing homes and all proper costs necessary or incidental thereto, the

Department of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized to apply to the State Property and

Buildings Commission for the issuance of revenue bonds and to enter into any leases or

other financing agreements in respect of the Kentucky state veterans' nursing homes

necessary or desirable to provide revenues to amortize and secure the revenue bonds.
KRS § 341.100 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.100
341.100 Suitable work
Status: in_force

341.100 Suitable work.

(1) In determining for any purpose under this chapter whether or not any work is

suitable for a worker the secretary shall consider, among other pertinent conditions,

the degree of risk involved to his or her health, safety and morals; his or her

physical fitness and prior training; his or her experience and prior earnings; his or

her length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in his or her

customary occupation; and the distance of the available work from his or her

residence. The secretary shall consider any employment offer to be suitable work:

(a) That is offered to a worker who has received at least six (6) weeks of benefits

during his or her present period of unemployment;

(b) For which the worker will be paid one hundred twenty percent (120%) of his

or her weekly benefit amount;

(c) That is located within a distance of thirty (30) miles of the worker's residence,

or is work that can be completed remotely on a permanent basis; and

(d) That the worker is able and qualified to perform, regardless of whether or not

he or she has related experience or training.

(2) For the purpose of this chapter, no work shall be suitable nor shall benefits be

denied under this chapter to any otherwise eligible worker for refusing to accept

new work or new conditions of work under one (1) or more of the following:

(a) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lock-out or other labor

dispute;

(b) If the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially

less favorable than those prevailing for similar work in the locality;

(c) If, as a condition of being employed, the worker would be required to join a

company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor

organization; and

(d) If the acceptance of such work would be prejudicial to the continuance of an

established employer-employee relationship to which the worker is a party.
KRS § 211.930 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.930
211.930 Prohibition
Status: in_force

211.930 Prohibition.

No person responsible for the supervision or maintenance of a state confinement facility

shall knowingly cause or permit such facility to be operated in violation of rules,

regulations, or standards promulgated by the cabinet pursuant to KRS 211.920 to

211.945.
KRS § 223.435 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 223 / Section 223.435
223.435 Regulations
Status: in_force

223.435 Regulations.

The secretary, upon recommendation of the board, shall promulgate administrative

regulations establishing standards of practice for water well construction. The secretary

shall utilize the manual of water well construction practices as the guidance document in

the development of standards and regulations. These standards and regulations shall be

proposed within one (1) year of July 13, 1984, and shall be included as a component of

the certification program.
KRS § 393A.380 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393A / Section 393A.380
393A.380 Disposition of property having no substantial value -- Immunity from liability
Status: in_force

393A.380 Disposition of property having no substantial value -- Immunity from

liability.

(1) If the administrator takes custody of property delivered under this chapter and later

determines that the property has no substantial commercial value or that the cost of

disposing of the property will exceed the value of the property, the administrator

may return the property to the holder or destroy or otherwise dispose of the

property.

(2) In disposing of property under subsection (1) of this section, the administrator may

deliver the property to the Kentucky Historical Society, or any other museum,

historical society, or organization approved by the administrator, and on such terms

as the administrator deems appropriate. Upon delivery of the property to a third

party described in this subsection, the administrator shall no longer be responsible

for the safekeeping of the property.

(3) An action or proceeding shall not be commenced against the state, an agency of the

state, the administrator, another officer, employee, or agent of the state, or a holder

for or because of an act of the administrator under this section, except for

intentional misconduct or malfeasance.
KRS § 353.130 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.130
353.130 Alternative methods that may be used when strata shot
Status: in_force

353.130 Alternative methods that may be used when strata shot.

If any of the strata in the well have been shot, creating cavities that cannot readily be

filled in the manner described in KRS 353.120, the well operator shall follow either of the

following methods:

(1) If the stratum that has been shot is the lowest one in the well, there shall be placed,

at the nearest suitable point but not less than twenty (20) feet above the stratum, a

plug of cement or other suitable material that will completely seal the hole; but if

the shooting has been done above one (1) or more oil or gas-bearing strata in the

well, plugging in the manner specified shall be done at the nearest suitable point,

but not less than twenty (20) feet below and above the stratum shot.

(2) When the cavity is in the lowest oil or gas-bearing stratum in the well, a liner shall

be placed which shall extend from below the stratum to a suitable point, but not less

than twenty (20) feet above the stratum in which the shooting has been done; but if

the shooting has been done above one (1) or more oil or gas-bearing strata in the

well, the liner shall be so placed that it will extend not less than twenty (20) feet

above or less than twenty (20) feet below the stratum in which shooting has been

done. After the liner is placed, it shall be compactly filled with cement, clay or other

nonporous sealing material.
KRS § 231.040 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 231 / Section 231.040
231.040 Application for permit
Status: in_force

231.040 Application for permit.

Any person who desires a permit to operate a place of entertainment outside the corporate

limits of a city shall file an application with the county clerk. The application shall set

forth the true name of the owner of the place of entertainment, the exact location of the

proposed place of entertainment and the occupation of the owner or manager of the

proposed place of entertainment for five (5) years immediately preceding the date on

which the application is filed.
KRS § 91.650 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91 / Section 91.650
91.650 Notice of assessment -- Application for change of valuation
Status: in_force

91.650 Notice of assessment -- Application for change of valuation.

The city assessor, immediately after fixing the value of the capital stock of any company

or individual under KRS 91.640, shall notify the company or individual of that fact. The

company or individual shall have at least ten (10) days from the time of receiving the

notice to go before the board of equalization of the city and ask for a change of the

valuation, and may introduce evidence. The chairman of the board of equalization may

summon and swear witnesses. After hearing the evidence the board may change the

valuation as it deems proper, and its action shall be final.
KRS § 198B.4035 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198B / Section 198B.4035
198B.4035 Reapplication after revocation of license
Status: in_force

198B.4035 Reapplication after revocation of license.

If the license of an elevator contractor or elevator mechanic is revoked for any reason, the

former licensee may, at the conclusion of the revocation period, reapply for his or her

license.
KRS § 247.7918 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.7918
247.7918 Preparation of question -- Poll holders -- Canvass and declaration of results
Status: in_force

247.7918 Preparation of question -- Poll holders -- Canvass and declaration of

results.

The Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum the question

to be presented to the voters and shall arrange for the necessary poll holders for

conducting the referendum. Within ten (10) days following the referendum, the

Commissioner shall canvass and publicly declare the result of the referendum.
KRS § 211.123 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.123
211.123 Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program -- Hotline -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

211.123 Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program -- Hotline --

Administrative regulations.

(1) The Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program, also known as the Kentucky

Lifeline for Moms, is hereby established. The purpose of the program shall be to

help health care practitioners in the Commonwealth meet the needs of a mother

with mental illness or an intellectual disability.

(2) The program shall be operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,

Department for Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health.

(3) The program shall, at a minimum, employ a psychiatrist licensed pursuant to KRS

Chapter 311 and a psychologist licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 319.

(4) The program shall operate a dedicated hotline phone number Monday through

Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time that serves as the entry point to the program

for health care practitioners to be able to get services for a mother with mental

illness or with an intellectual disability. Services shall include:

(a) An immediate clinical consultation over the telephone;

(b) An expedited face-to-face mental health consultation;

(c) Care coordination for assistance with referrals to community behavioral

health services; and

(d) Continuing professional education specifically designed for health care

practitioners.

(5) The department shall, within sixty (60) days of July 15, 2024, promulgate

administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement the

provisions of this section.
KRS § 77.165 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 77 / Section 77.165
77.165 Right of entry and inspection powers of air pollution control officer, assistants and deputies
Status: in_force

77.165 Right of entry and inspection powers of air pollution control officer,

assistants and deputies.

The air pollution control officer, his deputies and assistants, during reasonable hours, for

the purpose of enforcing or administering this chapter or of any order, regulation or rule

prescribed pursuant thereto, may enter every building, premises, or other place, except a

building designed for and used exclusively as a private residence and may stop, detain

and inspect any vehicles whether designed for and used on a public highway, rails, or in

any other manner. No person shall in any way deny, obstruct, or hamper such entrance, or

such stopping, detaining or inspection of such vehicle, or refuse to stop such a vehicle

upon the lawful order of the air pollution control officer, his deputy or assistant.
KRS § 81A.481 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 81A / Section 81A.481
81A.481 Standing of county to challenge proposed annexation -- Appropriate forum
Status: in_force

81A.481 Standing of county to challenge proposed annexation -- Appropriate

forum.

A county subject to the crediting provisions set forth in KRS 68.197 shall have standing

to challenge a proposed annexation on the basis that a city has failed to comply with the

provisions of this chapter. The county may bring suit in the Circuit Court of the county in

which the territory to be annexed is located. Any suit brought pursuant to this section

shall be brought prior to or within sixty (60) days after the enactment of the ordinance

finally annexing the territory into the city.