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KRS § 131.240 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 131 / Section 131.240
131.240 Taxpayer's records in electronic format -- Requirements -- Satisfaction of requirements
Status: in_force

131.240 Taxpayer's records in electronic format -- Requirements -- Satisfaction of

requirements.

(1) If a taxpayer's required records are maintained as both electronic records and hard

copies, the taxpayer shall make the records available to the department in electronic

record format upon the department's request and in accordance with the following:

(a) Electronic records used to establish tax compliance shall contain sufficient

information so that the details underlying the electronic record can be

identified and made available to the department upon request;

(b) Taxpayers shall not be required to construct electronic records for tax

purposes other than those created in the course of business;

(c) If a taxpayer uses codes to identify some element in an electronic record or

hard copy, the taxpayer shall provide the department with a method to

interpret the coded information; and

(d) The taxpayer's computer hardware or software shall accommodate the

extraction and conversion of retained electronic records.

(2) A taxpayer may create electronic records solely for the department's use if the

taxpayer documents the process that created the record and the relationship between

the electronic record and the original record.

(3) Nothing in this section shall relieve taxpayers of the responsibility to retain hard-

copy records that are created or received in the ordinary course of business as

required by existing law.

(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from requesting, in lieu of

electronic records, any hard-copy printouts that the taxpayer possesses at the time of

examination.

(5) The department's access to electronic records as required in subsection (1) of this

section may be satisfied by:

(a) The taxpayer providing the department with the hardware, software, and

personnel resources to access the electronic records;

(b) The taxpayer arranging for a third party to provide the hardware, software, and

personnel resources necessary to access the electronic records. Contracting

with a third party does not relieve the taxpayer of its responsibilities under this

section; or

(c) The taxpayer converting the electronic records to a standard record format

specified by the department, including copies of files, on a medium to which

the department agrees.
KRS § 218A.230 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 218A / Section 218A.230
218A.230 Controlled substances -- Possession, forfeiture, disposition -- Records, inspection
Status: in_force

218A.230 Controlled substances -- Possession, forfeiture, disposition -- Records,

inspection.

All controlled substances, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to

which cannot be ascertained, which have come into the custody of a peace officer, shall

be forfeited and disposed of as follows:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court having jurisdiction shall

order such controlled substances forfeited and destroyed. A record of the place

where said drugs were seized, of the kinds and quantities of drugs so destroyed, and

of the time, place, and manner of destruction, shall be kept.

(2) The court by whom the forfeiture of controlled substances has been decreed may

order the delivery of same to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for

destruction. Practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals, and nursing homes may

voluntarily surrender controlled substances to the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services for destruction.

(3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall keep a record of all substances

received and of all substances disposed of, showing the exact kinds, quantities, and

forms of such substances, the persons from whom received and the time, place, and

manner of destruction.

(4) Prescriptions, orders, and records, required by this chapter, and stocks of controlled

substances, shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and municipal

officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States

relating to controlled substances.

(5) No pharmacist, practitioner, manufacturer, or wholesaler or other custodian of

records, prescriptions, or orders required by this chapter shall refuse to permit the

inspection thereof by any federal, state, county or municipal officer whose duty it is

to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled

substances.
KRS § 17.574 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 17 / Section 17.574
17.574 Forwarding of relevant information by certain facilities to approved provider for review prior to release -- Confidentiality
Status: in_force

17.574 Forwarding of relevant information by certain facilities to approved

provider for review prior to release -- Confidentiality.

(1) Any statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, all state or local detention or

correctional facilities, hospitals, or institutions shall forward all relevant

information pertaining to a sexual offender to be discharged, paroled, or released to

the approved provider for review prior to the release or discharge for consideration

in making recommendations to the sentencing court. The relevant information shall

include but is not limited to:

(a) The institutional record;

(b) The medical record including all psychological records; and

(c) The treatment record.

(2) All confidential records provided pursuant to this section shall remain confidential,

unless otherwise ordered by a court or by another person duly authorized to release

the information.
KRS § 278.0154 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.0154
278.0154 Water district or water association may assess customer a late payment charge of 10% of amount billed -- How charge assessed and applied -- Commission without power to affect late payment charge -- Waiver of late payment charge
Status: in_force

278.0154 Water district or water association may assess customer a late payment

charge of 10% of amount billed -- How charge assessed and applied --

Commission without power to affect late payment charge -- Waiver of late

payment charge.

(1) Any water district or water association formed for the purpose of furnishing water

or sewer services to the general public for compensation pursuant to KRS Chapter

74 or 273 may assess a customer who fails to pay a bill for rendered services by the

due date shown on the bill a late payment charge of ten percent (10%) of the amount

billed.

(2) A late payment charge or fee shall not be assessed more than once per billing cycle

or on any part of the late payment charge.

(3) Any payment received by a water district or water association shall first be applied

to the portion of the bill for service rendered.

(4) The commission shall not modify, reject, discontinue, abolish, or suspend the

operation of a late payment charge that is provided for currently, or has been

provided for in the past, in a water district or water association tariff.

(5) A water district or water association shall not be required to demonstrate to the

commission that the late payment charge is required to recover customer-specific

costs incurred that would otherwise result in a monetary loss to the utility or

increased rates to other customers to whom no benefits accrue from the service

provided or actions taken.

(6) Any late payment charge imposed by a water district or water association shall be

waived for any bill or portion of a bill for which a customer has received third-party

billing assistance through the Low-Income Household Drinking Water and

Wastewater Emergency Assistance Program or from another public or charitable

source.
KRS § 65.4931 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.4931
65.4931 Extension of pilot program period for not more than 25 years -- Conditions -- Reports
Status: in_force

65.4931 Extension of pilot program period for not more than 25 years --

Conditions -- Reports.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Borrower" means the entity receiving the proceeds from a new bond

issued because of an extended tax increment financing agreement

allowed under KRS 65.490(10);

(b) "Excess revenues" means all moneys which exceed the costs associated

with the borrower's operating expenses, capital expenditures, and the

regularly scheduled debt service on the bond; and

(c) "Term of the bond" shall begin on the date any current bonds are

refinanced, reissued, or restructured and shall end upon the earlier of the

stated maturity date of the bond or the payment in full of the bond.

(2) A pilot program may be extended for a period not to exceed an additional

twenty-five (25) years in connection with the issuance of a new bond by the

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority if the pilot program

agreement contains provisions requiring that:

(a) The borrower use all excess revenues to redeem the bond prior to the

stated maturity date;

(b) 1. Once the bond is callable, the borrower apply all excess revenues to

the redemption of the bond prior to the stated maturity date at least

every thirty-six (36) months; and

2. If it is the position of the borrower that the application of all excess

revenues to the redemption of the bond prior to the stated maturity

date jeopardizes the project, the borrower shall present an

alternative payment plan for that thirty-six (36) month period to the

Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee for approval; and

(c) No further revenues under the pilot program be remitted to the borrower

following the end of the term of the bond.

(3) The borrower shall submit a report to the Governor and the Capital Projects

and Bond Oversight Committee on or before November 1, 2018, and annually

thereafter regarding the operations and financial condition of the borrower.
KRS § 241.220 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 241 / Section 241.220
241.220 Urban-county administrator
Status: in_force

241.220 Urban-county administrator.

The legislative body of any urban-county government in which traffic in alcoholic

beverages is not forbidden by KRS Chapter 242 shall by ordinance create the office of

urban-county alcoholic beverage control administrator.
KRS § 150.255 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.255
150.255 Wetland or stream compensatory mitigation projects -- Mitigation fund -- Purposes
Status: in_force

150.255 Wetland or stream compensatory mitigation projects -- Mitigation fund --

Purposes.

(1) Upon request of any state agency or any other entity, the department may contract

with the agency or party to undertake any compensatory mitigation project,

including, but not limited to, wetland or stream mitigation.

(2) The department may establish and manage wetland or stream compensatory

mitigation banks, the purpose of which shall be to restore, create, or enhance

wetlands and streams as compensatory mitigation where a state agency or other

party is required to provide compensatory mitigation, and where the use of banked

mitigation is approved by the agency requiring mitigation. The department may

create the bank in advance of requests for banked mitigation credits.

(3) There is established and created in the State Treasury the "Kentucky Wetland and

Stream Mitigation Fund" for the purpose of restoring, creating, enhancing, or

preserving the Commonwealth's wetlands or streams that may be damaged or

destroyed due to any project, recovering costs associated with performing these

projects, and administering these programs. The fund shall be deemed a trust and

agency fund account and made available solely for the purposes and benefits of the

Kentucky wetland and stream mitigation projects. The fund may receive state

appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, revolving funds, and any other funds

both public and private. Money deposited in the fund shall be disbursed by the State

Treasurer upon the request of the commissioner with the approval of the

commission. Any unallocated or unencumbered balance in the fund shall be

invested as provided in KRS 42.500(9), and any income earned from the

investments, along with the unallocated or unencumbered balance in the fund, shall

not lapse.
KRS § 83.500 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 83 / Section 83.500
83.500 Ordinances -- How passed -- Amendment -- Repeal -- Veto
Status: repealed

83.500 Ordinances -- How passed -- Amendment -- Repeal -- Veto.

(1) No ordinance shall embrace more than one (1) subject, and that subject shall be

expressed in its title.

(2) No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting of the board of aldermen at which it is

introduced, nor shall it be passed at any succeeding meeting until it has been read in

full at that meeting and free discussion allowed thereon. Any ordinance may be

amended or repealed by another ordinance.

(3) Every ordinance or resolution, except a resolution to adjourn, that has passed the

board of aldermen shall immediately be presented to the mayor for his approval or

disapproval. The mayor may disapprove any item or items of an appropriation

measure; the parts approved shall be in force and the item or items disapproved

shall be void, unless repassed in the same manner required for passage of

ordinances over the mayor's veto. If the mayor approves the ordinance or resolution,

he shall sign it and it shall then be in force. If he disapproves the ordinance or

resolution, or any item of an appropriation measure, he shall return it, with his

objections, to the board of aldermen, which shall enter his objections in full upon its

journal and proceed at its next or at its second regular meeting thereafter to consider

it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of

aldermen agree to its passage, the ordinance shall be in force, but in such cases the

votes shall be taken by yeas and nays and recorded in the journal.

(4) If the mayor does not sign an ordinance or resolution presented to him, and does not

return it on or before the day on which the board of aldermen holds its regular

meeting next after the meeting at which the ordinance or resolution was passed, and

three (3) days have intervened between the presentation to the mayor and the

meeting, the ordinance or resolution shall be in force as if he had signed it.
KRS § 320.360 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.360
320.360 Agency fund for administration
Status: in_force

320.360 Agency fund for administration.

All fees imposed and collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the

board for the use of the board, and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of

an agency fund for the use of the board. The board may make such expenditures from the

fund as may, in the opinion of the board, serve to further the purposes of this chapter,

including payment for professional services.
KRS § 181.520 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 181 / Section 181.520
181.520 Disposition of proceeds of bridge under contract -- Payment of repairs and maintenance
Status: in_force

181.520 Disposition of proceeds of bridge under contract -- Payment of repairs and

maintenance.

(1) Before applying the revenues of the bridge to the amortization of the cost of the

bridge as provided in KRS 181.510, the person contracting with the city may deduct

the reasonable expense of operation, repair and maintenance and a reasonable return

to itself, not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of the revenues after deducting the

expense.

(2) The contract shall provide that if alterations or improvements are necessitated by

law, or by order of a governmental department, or are necessitated by casualty or

other necessity, and are not in the nature of ordinary repairs or maintenance, all of

the revenues, after deducting the reasonable expense of operation, repair and

maintenance, shall be applied to the amortization of the cost of the bridge and the

cost of the alterations and improvements. All such costs shall be deemed to include

reasonable interest and financing cost.
KRS § 367.515 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.515
367.515 Registration fee -- Display of registration receipt -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

367.515 Registration fee -- Display of registration receipt -- Exceptions.

(1) Upon registration, every solicitor shall pay the county clerk a fee pursuant to KRS

64.012, and the county clerk shall issue the solicitor a numbered receipt to be

effective for a period of one (1) year from the date of registration.

(2) Prior to actual solicitation, the solicitor shall display to the potential purchaser the

registration receipt issued by the county clerk if soliciting in person or cite to the

potential purchaser the number of the registration receipt if soliciting by telephone.

(3) The provisions of KRS 367.513 to 367.530 shall not apply to minors soliciting

orders for articles mentioned in KRS 367.510 when such sales are made for the sole

purpose of obtaining funds for a school band, club or other organization and such

sales are approved in writing by the superintendent of the school system at which

the minors are students. The written approval of the superintendent shall identify

the product or products being sold, the solicitors to be involved and the duration of

sales and shall be filed with the county clerk.
KRS § 423.420 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 423 / Section 423.420
423.420 Commission in effect on January 1, 2020 -- Renewal -- Registration as online notary public
Status: in_force

423.420 Commission in effect on January 1, 2020 -- Renewal -- Registration as

online notary public.

(1) A commission as a notary public in effect on January 1, 2020, shall continue until

its date of expiration. A notary public who applies to renew a commission as a

notary public on or after January 1, 2020, shall be subject to and comply with KRS

423.300 to 423.455. A notary public, in performing notarial acts after January 1,

2020, shall comply with KRS 423.300 to 423.455.

(2) An existing commission as a notary public does not constitute authority to act as an

online notary public. Registration pursuant to KRS 423.390, and compliance with

KRS 423.300 to 423.455, is required before a notary public with an existing

commission may act as an online notary public.
KRS § 205.5518 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.5518
205.5518 Required and prohibited actions by pharmacy benefit manager -- Penalty for violation
Status: in_force

205.5518 Required and prohibited actions by pharmacy benefit manager -- Penalty

for violation.

(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, beginning on March 27,

2020, and continuing until December 31, 2020, a pharmacy benefit manager

contracted with a managed care organization to administer Medicaid benefits shall

not:

(a) Adjust, modify, change, or amend reimbursement methodologies, dispensing

fees, and any other fees paid by the pharmacy benefit manager to pharmacies

licensed in the Commonwealth;

(b) Create, modify, implement, or indirectly establish any fee on a pharmacy,

pharmacist, or a Medicaid recipient in the Commonwealth; and

(c) Make any adjustments, modifications, or changes to a pharmacy network for

the managed care organization with whom the pharmacy benefit manager has

contracted to administer Medicaid benefits.

(2) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, beginning on March 27,

2020, and continuing until December 31, 2020, a pharmacy benefit manager

contracted with a managed care organization to administer Medicaid benefits shall:

(a) Administer, adjudicate, and, when appropriate, reimburse any pharmacy

benefit claim submitted to the managed care organization prior to the

termination of the contract between the pharmacy benefit manager and the

managed care organization in accordance with the contract between the

pharmacy benefit manager and the managed care organization; and

(b) Not be released from its obligation to make any payments owed to a pharmacy

licensed in the Commonwealth for pharmacy services rendered prior to the

termination of the contract between the pharmacy benefit manager and the

managed care organization.

(3) The department shall impose a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per

day per separate violation on a pharmacy benefit manager who violates subsection

(1) or (2) of this section.
KRS § 189.565 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189 / Section 189.565
189.565 Operator of motor vehicle used in transporting inflammable liquids or explosives to stop vehicle at railroad crossings -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

189.565 Operator of motor vehicle used in transporting inflammable liquids or

explosives to stop vehicle at railroad crossings -- Exceptions.

The operator of any motor vehicle used in the transportation of inflammable liquids or

explosives shall stop such motor vehicle before crossing at grade the main track of any

railroad or interurban electric railway, except where the crossing is a guarded crossing

protected by gates or a flag controlled crossing or operated by an employee of the railroad

or interurban company. The stop shall be made no closer than a marked stop line or

fifteen (15) feet, nor more than thirty (30) feet, from the nearest track to be crossed. After

making the stop, the operator shall look carefully in each direction and shall not start his

vehicle until he has ascertained that no cars, trains, or other on-track equipment are

approaching in either direction.
KRS § 13A.331 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.331
13A.331 Adoption and effective date of ordinary administrative regulation that has been referred to a legislative committee
Status: in_force

13A.331 Adoption and effective date of ordinary administrative regulation

that has been referred to a legislative committee.

A filed ordinary administrative regulation that has not been deferred or found

deficient and has been referred by the Commission to a legislative committee shall

be considered as adopted and shall become effective:

(1) Upon adjournment of a meeting of a legislative committee other than the

subcommittee if:

(a) The administrative regulation was on the meeting agenda; and

(b) A quorum was present;

(2) Upon adjournment of a meeting of a House or Senate standing committee if:

(a) The administrative regulation was on its meeting agenda;

(b) A quorum was present; and

(c) The administrative regulation has previously been on a meeting agenda

of the other standing committee when a quorum was present; or

(3) At the expiration of the review period established in KRS 13A.290(7), if within

the review period a legislative committee has failed to meet or failed to place a

filed administrative regulation on a meeting agenda.
KRS § 164.284 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.284
164.284 Waiver of tuition and fees for person sixty-five or older -- Conditions
Status: in_force

164.284 Waiver of tuition and fees for person sixty-five or older -- Conditions.

(1) When any person sixty-five (65) years of age or older, who is a resident of the

Commonwealth, is admitted and enrolls as a student in any state-supported

institution of higher learning in this Commonwealth, the board of trustees of the

institution or other appropriate institution officials shall waive all tuition charges

and fees for such student, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) In the event that classes are full or the granting of free admission requires additional

units, the institution may deny admission under this section.
KRS § 153.640 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 153 / Section 153.640
153.640 Fund established
Status: in_force

153.640 Fund established.

(1) There is hereby established a fund to carry out the purposes of KRS 153.600,

153.620, and 153.630.

(2) The fund shall consist of all revenues derived from donations, grants from

governmental or private sources, or state appropriations.