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KRS § 433.753 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 433 / Section 433.753
433.753 Criminal littering on public highway -- Rewards for information
Status: in_force

433.753 Criminal littering on public highway -- Rewards for information.

(1) When any paper, waste material, litter, or other refuse is thrown or dropped from a

motor vehicle, the operator thereof shall be deemed prima facie to be guilty of

criminal littering.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Department of Kentucky State Police, county sheriffs and

police officers, solid waste coordinators appointed by a county or waste

management district, city police officers, and all other law enforcement and peace

officers within their respective jurisdictions, to enforce the criminal littering laws

and the provisions of KRS 224.40-100.

(3) Any city or county may offer and pay rewards for the giving of information leading

to the arrest and conviction of any person, firm, or corporation for commission of

the offense of criminal littering.

(4) Violators may prepay to the Circuit Court clerk if prepayment is so noted on the

citation and if the littering offense is not combined with an offense that is not

prepayable.
KRS § 162.270 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.270
162.270 Additional bonds authorized
Status: in_force

162.270 Additional bonds authorized.

If the governing body of the city finds that the bonds authorized will be insufficient to

accomplish the purpose desired, additional bonds may be authorized and issued subject to

the same procedure.
KRS § 257.495 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 257 / Section 257.495
257.495 Board not to release agricultural or food system information considered part of critical infrastructure -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

257.495 Board not to release agricultural or food system information considered

part of critical infrastructure -- Exceptions.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the board shall not

release any agricultural or food system records, data, or information considered a

part of the critical infrastructure. "Critical infrastructure" shall have the same

meaning as in 42 U.S.C. sec. 5195c(e).

(2) Any records, data, or information excluded under application of subsection (1) of

this section shall be subject to inspection only upon order of a court of competent

jurisdiction.

(3) Nothing in this section shall limit the release of records, data, or information to

another state or federal agency if the release of the information is necessary to

prevent or control disease or to protect public health, safety, or welfare.
KRS § 5.010 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.010
5.010 Explanation of sources -- Official maps
Status: in_force

5.010 Explanation of sources -- Official maps.

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) The boundaries of the legislative districts created by this chapter shall be those

shown on the maps generated by the Legislative Research Commission's geographic

information system to accompany a redistricting plan enacted into law. The official

copies of these maps shall be on file with the State Board of Elections. A duplicate

set of maps and associated population information shall be retained by the

Legislative Research Commission.

(2) (a) Designated precincts are those precincts in existence on January 1, 2020.

Precinct boundaries shown in the maps referred to in subsection (1) of this

section are taken from county precinct maps and verified and corrected by the

Legislative Research Commission staff in consultation with county election

officials.

(b) Census tracts and blocks shown in the maps referred to in subsection (1) of

this section are those utilized for the making of the 2020 United States

Census.

(c) Population data utilized for redistricting is the 2020 United States Census Pub.

L. 94-171 population data that was deemed to be official by the United States

Secretary of Commerce on or before July 15, 2021, and election precinct

population data prepared by the Legislative Research Commission staff from

the official Pub. L. 94-171 population data.
KRS § 11A.015 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 11A / Section 11A.015
11A.015 Agency exempt from chapter if law or administrative regulation creates its code of ethics
Status: in_force

11A.015 Agency exempt from chapter if law or administrative regulation creates its

code of ethics.

An agency that is directed by statute to adopt a code of ethics shall be exempt from KRS

Chapter 11A upon the effective date of an Act of the General Assembly creating the

agency's code of ethics or upon the effective date of an administrative regulation that

creates the agency's code of ethics.
KRS § 363.900 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 363 / Section 363.900
363.900 Definitions for KRS 363.900 to 363.908
Status: in_force

363.900 Definitions for KRS 363.900 to 363.908.

As used in KRS 363.900 to 363.908, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "ASTM International" means the international standards developing organization

that provides a forum for the development and publication of international

voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems, and services;

(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or a departmental

employee designated by the Commissioner to act on his or her behalf for the

purposes of KRS 363.900 to 363.908;

(3) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture;

(4) "Diesel" means a refined hydrocarbon suitable for use as a fuel in a compression-

ignition internal combustion engine that may contain fuel additives and up to five

percent (5%) by volume of biodiesel or biomass-based diesel;

(5) "Division" means the Division of Regulation and Inspection in the Kentucky

Department of Agriculture;

(6) "Gasoline" means gasoline as defined in KRS 138.210;

(7) "Gasoline-oxygenate blend" means a fuel consisting primarily of gasoline blended

with more than one percent (1%) by volume oxygenate or more than three-tenths of

one percent (0.3%) by volume methanol. The term "gasoline-oxygenate blend" shall

include gasoline-ethanol blends containing between one percent (1%) and fifteen

percent (15%) ethanol by volume;

(8) "Motor fuel" means any product used for the generation of power in an internal

combustion or turbine engine including but not limited to gasoline, gasoline-

oxygenate blends, diesel fuel, and diesel fuel blended with biodiesel or biomass-

based diesel; and

(9) "Retail facility" means a service station, garage, truck stop, or other outlet selling

motor fuel from a retail dispensing device. The term "retail facility" shall not

include an outlet using such motor fuel dispensers exclusively for company and

fleet use and price contract sales.
KRS § 509.030 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 509 / Section 509.030
509.030 Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree
Status: in_force

509.030 Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree when he

knowingly and unlawfully restrains another person.

(2) Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
KRS § 177.090 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 177 / Section 177.090
177.090 Acquisition of land along federal-aid highways for scenic beauty -- Condemnation
Status: in_force

177.090 Acquisition of land along federal-aid highways for scenic beauty --

Condemnation.

(1) The Department of Highways is hereby authorized to acquire and improve strips of

land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty

within and adjacent to federal-aid highways of this state, including acquisition and

development of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary

and other facilities within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way reasonably

necessary to accommodate the traveling public.

(2) The interest in any land authorized to be acquired and maintained under this section

may be the fee simple or any lesser interest, as determined by the Department of

Highways to be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.

Such acquisition may be by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation.

(3) The acquisition through condemnation shall be in accordance with the provisions of

the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.
KRS § 403.648 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.648
403.648 Proceedings pending before court -- Status report -- Emergency order
Status: in_force

403.648 Proceedings pending before court -- Status report -- Emergency order.

(1) Persons in a proceeding pending before a court may sign a collaborative law

participation agreement to seek to resolve a collaborative matter related to the

proceeding. The parties shall file promptly with the court a notice of the agreement

after it is signed. Subject to subsections (3) and (6) of this section, the filing

operates as an application for a stay of the proceeding.

(2) The parties shall file promptly with the court notice in a record when a collaborative

law process concludes. The stay of the proceeding under subsection (1) of this

section is lifted when the notice is filed. The notice shall not specify any reason for

termination of the process.

(3) A court in which a proceeding is stayed under subsection (1) of this section may

require the parties and collaborative lawyers to provide a status report on the

collaborative law process and the proceeding. A status report may include only

information on whether the process is ongoing or concluded. It may not include a

report, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, finding, or other communication

regarding a collaborative law process or collaborative law matter.

(4) A court may not consider a communication made in violation of subsection (3) of

this section.

(5) A court shall provide parties notice and an opportunity to be heard before

dismissing a proceeding in which a notice of collaborative process is filed based on

delay or failure to prosecute.

(6) During a collaborative law process, a court may issue emergency orders to protect

the health, safety, welfare, or interest of a party or an immediate family member

that resides in the party's home.
KRS § 82.605 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 82 / Section 82.605
82.605 Enactment of parking ordinances by local government
Status: in_force

82.605 Enactment of parking ordinances by local government.

Any local government may enact parking ordinances and impose penalties for the

violation of such ordinances. Such penalties may be enforced as criminal penalties or a

local government may, by ordinance, elect to enforce parking ordinances as civil

violations pursuant to the procedures set forth in KRS 82.600 to 82.640.
KRS § 45A.815 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.815
45A.815 Requirements of procuring agency for selection committee
Status: in_force

45A.815 Requirements of procuring agency for selection committee.

(1) Before a person joins a selection committee, he or she shall receive an orientation

from the procuring agency whose secretary or commissioner appointed members to

the committee. The orientation shall include, but not be limited to, an explanation of

all statutes and administrative regulations pertaining to the person's service on the

selection committee.

(2) For administrative purposes, a selection committee shall be attached to the

procuring agency whose secretary or commissioner appointed members to the

committee.

(3) A procuring agency shall provide a selection committee with:

(a) Suitable quarters in Frankfort, Kentucky, in which to conduct its business;

(b) An executive secretary and any other staff support necessary for the

expeditious conduct of a selection committee's duties and responsibilities; and

(c) Office supplies.
KRS § 39A.356 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.356
39A.356 Operation of emergency system for advanced registration of volunteer health practitioners -- Relationship between Cabinet for Health and Family Services and other organizations -- Funding
Status: in_force

39A.356 Operation of emergency system for advanced registration of volunteer

health practitioners -- Relationship between Cabinet for Health and Family

Services and other organizations -- Funding.

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall operate the emergency system for

advanced registration of volunteer health practitioners. The system shall:

(a) Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before

or during an emergency;

(b) Include information about the licensure and good standing of health

practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons; and

(c) Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a

health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services are

provided under KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366.

(2) The following organizations may maintain a list consisting of trained and equipped

emergency response, public health, and medical personnel:

(a) Local units formed under Section 300hh of Title 42 of the United States Code;

(b) Disaster relief organizations;

(c) Licensing boards;

(d) National or regional associations of licensing boards of health practitioners;

(e) Health facilities that provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health-

care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital; or

(f) Governmental entities.

(3) The organizations listed in subsection (2) of this section shall develop a

collaborative relationship with the cabinet for the purposes of KRS 39A.350 to

39A.366 and for the purposes of being recognized by the cabinet as a voluntary

response resource.

(4) The cabinet may receive state appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, and any

other public or private funds to establish or maintain the registration system

established in subsection (1) of this section.

(5) While an emergency declaration is in effect, representatives of the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health

practitioners utilized in this state are registered with the registration system that

complies with subsection (1) of this section. Confirmation is limited to obtaining

identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system

indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.

(6) Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (2) of this

section, or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system

located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health

practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
KRS § 605.160 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 605 / Section 605.160
605.160 Provision of information to those caring for committed children -- Show cause hearing
Status: in_force

605.160 Provision of information to those caring for committed children -- Show

cause hearing.

(1) The cabinet, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Kentucky Department of

Education shall provide information to the individuals and entities contracting with

the cabinet and the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide services and care to

children committed to the cabinet or the Department of Juvenile Justice necessary to

provide adequate care and services to the committed children they are serving. The

cabinet, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Kentucky Department of

Education shall develop a process that will result in the provision and transfer of

information as required by KRS 158.137, 605.090, 605.110, 610.120, 620.145, and

this section in a timely and efficient manner, including:

(a) Medical passport or history;

(b) Educational passport;

(c) Treatment history; and

(d) Current case plan.

If action by a court is necessary to obtain or release information that the cabinet or

the Department of Juvenile Justice deems necessary for the provision of care or

services to a committed child, then the cabinet or Department of Juvenile Justice, as

the case may be, shall promptly petition the court for permission to receive or

release the necessary information.

(2) If the cabinet, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a school or educational facility

as defined in KRS 158.137 fails to provide necessary information within the time

frames established by KRS 158.137, 605.090, 605.110, 620.145, and this section,

the person, agency, or entity providing care or services to a child may petition the

court having jurisdiction over the child to hold a hearing, at which time the court, if

the request for hearing is granted, shall require the cabinet, the Department of

Juvenile Justice, or the school or educational facility as defined in KRS 158.137 to

show cause as to why it has not provided the necessary information in a timely

manner.
KRS § 514.100 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 514 / Section 514.100
514.100 Unauthorized use of automobile or other propelled vehicle
Status: in_force

514.100 Unauthorized use of automobile or other propelled vehicle.

(1) A person is guilty of the unauthorized use of an automobile or other propelled

vehicle when he knowingly operates, exercises control over, or otherwise uses such

vehicle without consent of the owner or person having legal possession thereof.

(2) Unauthorized use of an automobile or other propelled vehicle is a Class A

misdemeanor unless the defendant has previously been convicted of this offense, or

of violation of KRS 514.030 for having stolen an automobile or other propelled

vehicle in which case it shall be a Class D felony.
KRS § 196.165 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 196 / Section 196.165
196.165 Purchase of liability insurance for department's health care professionals
Status: in_force

196.165 Purchase of liability insurance for department's health care professionals.

(1) The commissioner of the Department of Corrections may, with the approval of the

Finance and Administration Cabinet, purchase liability insurance for the protection

of health care professionals employed by or serving the department to protect them

from liability for acts, omissions, and claims of medical and professional

malpractice arising in the course and scope of their employment or service to the

department.

(2) The commissioner may purchase the type and amount of liability coverage deemed

appropriate to best serve the department's interest.
KRS § 164.2804 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.2804
164.2804 Nuclear-ready community designation -- Criteria -- Application process -- Award by the authority
Status: in_force

164.2804 Nuclear-ready community designation -- Criteria -- Application process --

Award by the authority.

(1) The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, with the approval of its

advisory board, shall develop and adopt criteria for awarding a nuclear-ready

community designation to demonstrate a community's readiness to welcome nuclear

energy-related development. The criteria to attain the designation shall include but

not be limited to:

(a) The holding of local public educational meetings to educate the community

on advanced nuclear energy technologies, the nuclear ecosystem, and the role

that nuclear energy-related development could play in the community;

(b) The availability of sites within the community that have been recognized by

the Cabinet for Economic Development as being suitable for nuclear energy-

related projects; and

(c) The adoption of resolutions from the county and all cities in the county or a

successful county ballot initiative declaring the community's readiness for

nuclear energy-related projects to be developed and sited there.

(2) Communities may voluntarily apply to the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development

Authority for a nuclear-ready community designation in the form and manner as the

authority may require, and the authority shall evaluate the application and award the

designation based on the criteria established under subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 162.350 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.350
162.350 Method of erection of buildings by state educational institutions
Status: in_force

162.350 Method of erection of buildings by state educational institutions.

The governing body of a state educational institution erecting a building or buildings

pursuant to KRS 162.340 is subject to the provisions of KRS 162.170 to 162.240, KRS

162.260, 162.270, and 162.290, except that part of KRS 162.190 that provides that the

bonds shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the particular building or

buildings erected. When so applied these sections shall be so read that:

(1) "City" means "state educational institution";

(2) "Ordinance" means "resolution";

(3) "Governing body of the city" means "governing body of the institution";

(4) "School buildings" means the type of buildings contemplated by KRS 162.340;

(5) "Thirty (30) years" in KRS 162.180 means "forty (40) years";

(6) "KRS 162.230" in KRS 162.190 and 162.220, means "KRS 162.230, 162.360, and

162.370";

(7) "KRS 162.150 to KRS 162.280" means "KRS 162.350 to 162.380."
KRS § 431.531 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 431 / Section 431.531
431.531 Statement of collections to be filed -- Funds to be sent to State Treasury -- Certification of amounts and publication of annual audit by administrative office of the courts
Status: in_force

431.531 Statement of collections to be filed -- Funds to be sent to State Treasury --

Certification of amounts and publication of annual audit by administrative

office of the courts.

(1) Each Circuit Court clerk shall, on the first day of each month, send to the Finance

and Administration Cabinet, a statement, subscribed and sworn to by him, showing

the amount of money received or collected by or for him the preceding month

pursuant to KRS 431.530(3) and shall, with such statements, send to the State

Treasury the amount so collected for deposit to the credit of the general fund.

(2) The Circuit Court clerk shall send to the State Treasury for credit to the general

fund all balances from fees collected pursuant to KRS 431.530.

(3) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall certify to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet on an annual basis that all funds collected have been duly

reported by the circuit clerk in accordance with KRS 30A.120.

(4) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall cause to be published an annual audit

of the funds collected pursuant to KRS 30A.120 no later than December 1 for the

preceding fiscal year receipts.