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KRS § 2.280 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.280
2.280 Official steam locomotive of Kentucky
Status: in_force

2.280 Official steam locomotive of Kentucky.

Steam locomotive #152, a 4-6-2 Light Pacific, formerly of the Louisville and Nashville

Railroad and restored to operation by the volunteer members of the Kentucky Railway

Museum, is named and designated as the official steam locomotive of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky.
KRS § 205.565 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.565
205.565 Cabinet to recognize unique costs of pediatric teaching hospital
Status: in_force

205.565 Cabinet to recognize unique costs of pediatric teaching hospital.

(1) For the purposes of this section, a "pediatric teaching hospital" is defined as an

acute-care hospital as licensed under KRS Chapter 216B and which has designated

and operates no less than one hundred fifty (150) beds for pediatric services and

which is either operated by one (1) of the Commonwealth's schools of medicine and

which has a pediatric teaching program or which has an affiliation agreement for

pediatric services, teaching, and research with a school of medicine for the

Commonwealth.

(2) For purposes of inpatient hospital reimbursement under the Kentucky Medical

Assistance Program, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall recognize the

unique costs of any pediatric teaching hospital.
KRS § 257.105 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 257 / Section 257.105
257.105 Sale of unclaimed animals held by veterinarian
Status: in_force

257.105 Sale of unclaimed animals held by veterinarian.

(1) In addition to KRS 257.100 or any other provision authorized by law, any

unclaimed animal held by a licensed veterinarian for more than ten (10) days of

veterinary care and treatment requested by the owner or lawful possessor of the

animal may be summarily sold by the veterinarian for the reasonable value of the

animal upon compliance with the procedures set forth in this section.

(2) The veterinarian under subsection (1) of this section shall give written notice of the

required payment for services performed and notice of the proposed sale of the

animal to the owner or lawful possessor of the animal and to any lienholders of

record by certified mail. If the whereabouts of the owner or lawful possessor of the

animal cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, a notice of the proposed

sale shall be published in a newspaper, qualified under KRS 424.120, circulated in

the county where the animal is located at least ten (10) days preceding the sale. The

notice shall state the amount due and the date, place and time of sale.

(3) The proceeds of a sale under this section shall first be used to reimburse the

veterinarian for an amount equal to the reasonable value of the veterinary care and

treatment, plus any other care and board given the animal; the excess amount, if

any, from a sale shall be paid to the owner or lawful possessor of the animal or to

other persons legally entitled thereto. If the proceeds from the sale fail to cover the

amount owed the veterinarian, the owner or lawful possessor of the animal shall

remain liable for the unpaid portion.

(4) A sale under this section shall not relieve the owner or lawful possessor of the

animal from any other obligation to the veterinarian.

(5) Any veterinarian making a sale provided for in this section shall make a sworn

statement setting forth the following:

(a) The kind and number of animals sold;

(b) The amount realized from any such sale;

(c) The amount claimed due by the veterinarian;

(d) The name of the former owner or lawful possessor requesting the care and

treatment performed by the veterinarian on the animal or animals sold;

(e) The dates when the treatment was commenced and was completed;

(f) The date or dates when notice of the proposed sale was given the owner or

lawful possessor of the animal or animals sold;

(g) The description or the identification number of the animal or animals sold,

and if branded, the brand thereon;

(h) The name and address of the veterinarian making the sale; and

(i) The name and address of the purchaser of the animal or animals sold.

The record shall be filed within five (5) days of the sale in the office of the county

clerk of the county in which the sale is made.
KRS § 342.765 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.765
342.765 Administration of fund -- Transfer of reimbursement funds -- Reports
Status: in_force

342.765 Administration of fund -- Transfer of reimbursement funds -- Reports.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS Chapter 342 to the contrary, the office

of the Attorney General shall be responsible for the administration of the

uninsured employers' fund and shall be charged with the conservation of the

assets of the fund. Funds to reimburse the Attorney General's office for

expenses incurred in litigation and administration in defense of the uninsured

employers' fund shall be transferred upon request of the Attorney General's

office and approval by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet.

(2) The office of the Attorney General shall report monthly to the Interim Joint

Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, the Interim Joint Committee on

Economic Development and Workforce Investment, and the commissioner the

amount of the agency fund expenditures in each month for the uninsured

employers' fund and the nature of these expenditures. In addition, the Office of

the Attorney General shall report quarterly to the commissioner on the amount

of funds recouped from uninsured employers.
KRS § 16.568 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 16 / Section 16.568
16.568 Excess benefit plan -- Purpose -- Excess benefit fund
Status: in_force

16.568 Excess benefit plan -- Purpose -- Excess benefit fund.

(1) There are created and established:

(a) An excess benefit plan to be known as the State Police Retirement System

Excess Benefit Plan. The plan is created for the purpose of providing the

retirement allowances payable from the retirement system under KRS 16.510

to 16.652 that would otherwise be limited by 26 U.S.C. sec. 415; and

(b) A state fund to be known as the "State Police Retirement System Excess

Benefit Fund" which shall consist of all the assets of the plan.

(2) The administration and assets of the plan shall be as set forth in KRS 61.652.
KRS § 248.353 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 248 / Section 248.353
248.353 Enforcement by Attorney General
Status: in_force

248.353 Enforcement by Attorney General.

(1) Compliance with the provisions of KRS 248.350 shall be monitored by the

department with enforcement assistance provided by the Office of Special

Prosecutions in the Office of the Attorney General.

(2) The Attorney General at the request of the commissioner:

(a) May make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state

as he deems necessary to determine if any person has violated or is about to

violate KRS 248.350 or any administrative regulation or order thereunder, or

to aid in the enforcement of KRS 248.350 or in the prescribing of

administrative regulations and forms thereunder;

(b) May require or permit any person to file a statement in writing, under oath or

otherwise as the Attorney General may determine, as to all the facts and

circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated; and

(c) May publish information concerning any violation of KRS 248.350 or any

administrative regulation or order thereunder.

(3) For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under KRS 248.350, the

Attorney General or any officer designated by him may administer oaths and

affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and

require production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements,

or other documents or records which the Attorney General deems relevant or

material to the inquiry.

(4) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, any

court of competent jurisdiction, upon application by the Attorney General, may

issue to that person an order requiring him to appear before the Attorney General,

or the officer designated by him, there to produce documentary evidence if so

ordered or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question;

and any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a

contempt of court.

(5) No person is excused from attending and testifying or from producing any

document or record before the Attorney General, or in obedience to the subpoena of

the Attorney General or any officer designated by him, or in any proceeding

instituted by the Attorney General, on the ground that the testimony or evidence

(documentary or otherwise) required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject

him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to

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

concerning which he is compelled, after claiming his privilege against self-

incrimination, to testify or produce evidence (documentary or otherwise), except

that the individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and

punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
KRS § 504.080 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 504 / Section 504.080
504.080 Court-ordered examination -- Conditions -- Persons to be present at hearing -- Termination of criminal proceedings not bar to civil proceedings
Status: in_force

504.080 Court-ordered examination -- Conditions -- Persons to be present at

hearing -- Termination of criminal proceedings not bar to civil proceedings.

(1) (a) The court may order a defendant to be examined on an outpatient basis when

the defendant:

1. Is believed to be incompetent to stand trial;

2. Intends to assert a defense of insanity at the time of the commission of

the offense; or

3. Intends to introduce evidence of mental illness or intellectual disability

bearing on the issue of guilt, punishment, or both.

(b) The examination shall be done by an examiner from a treatment facility

designated by the secretary to perform evaluations required by this chapter.

(c) If the examiner concludes that inpatient examination is needed, the court may

order the defendant be:

1. Committed to a forensic psychiatric facility or its designee for no more

than thirty (30) days for further examination; and

2. Treated for his or her mental condition subject to the availability of the

facility, if necessary.

(2) (a) No later than ten (10) days after the examination, the examiner shall issue and

deliver a report prepared under this chapter consistent with the terms of the

referring court order.

(b) The court shall order the report be filed under seal, with notice of filing to all

parties, and shall schedule the case for a status conference or hearing no more

than thirty (30) days after the filing of the report.

(3) The defendant shall be present at any hearing on his or her mental condition unless

he or she waives the right to be present.

(4) The examiner shall appear at any hearing on the defendant's mental condition

unless the defendant waives his or her right to have the examiner appear.

(5) An examiner retained by the defendant shall be permitted to participate in any

examination under this chapter.

(6) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, if the cabinet or its agent or employee

does not provide the examination, shall pay a reasonable fee to any examiner

ordered to examine, treat, or report on a defendant's mental condition.

(7) The termination of criminal proceedings under this chapter is not a bar to the

institution of civil commitment proceedings.
KRS § 393A.180 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393A / Section 393A.180
393A.180 Holder domiciled in this state
Status: in_force

393A.180 Holder domiciled in this state.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section or KRS 393A.160 or 393A.170,

the administrator may take custody of property presumed abandoned, whether

located in this state, another state, or a foreign country, if the holder is domiciled in

this state or is this state or a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of

this state, and:

(a) Another state or foreign country shall not be entitled to the property because

there is no last-known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled

to the property in the records of the holder; or

(b) The state or foreign country of the last-known address of the apparent owner

or other person entitled to the property does not provide for custodial taking of

the property.

(2) Property shall not be subject to the custody of the administrator under subsection (1)

of this section if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the

law of this state or the state or foreign country of the last-known address of the

apparent owner.

(3) If a holder's state of domicile has changed since the time property was presumed

abandoned, the holder's state of domicile in this section shall be deemed to be the

state where the holder was domiciled at the time the property was presumed

abandoned.
KRS § 427.990 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 427 / Section 427.990
427.990 Penalty
Status: in_force

427.990 Penalty.

Whoever willfully violates KRS 427.140 shall be fined not more than $1,000, or

imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both.
KRS § 80.020 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 80 / Section 80.020
80.020 Housing developments and authorities -- Purposes -- Powers
Status: in_force

80.020 Housing developments and authorities -- Purposes -- Powers.

(1) Cities of all classes may acquire, establish, and operate, within their limits, housing,

under the provisions of this chapter, for the purpose of providing adequate and

sanitary living quarters for individuals or families, such housing to be for

individuals or families with low or moderate income or for individuals or families

having income in excess of low or moderate if such housing is acquired, established

and operated in conjunction with, and located within one (1) mile of housing for

individuals or families with low or moderate income. They may create city housing

authorities, and they and the authorities created by them shall have all powers

necessary and appropriate to engage in such housing and slum clearance projects,

including, without limitation, all power specified in KRS 80.500 and the power in

connection with the use of federal funds, with the approval of the federal funding

agency, if applicable, to mortgage, encumber, pledge, assign, or otherwise grant or

consent to a lien or security interest in, any real or personal property, or any interest

therein, owned or held by the authority, to provide security for:

(a) The repayment of borrowed funds;

(b) Any guarantee of this repayment or any other performance of the authority or;

(c) Any payment or guarantee of performance of any subsidiary or affiliate of the

authority, or of any business arrangement into which the authority shall have

entered in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

The conditions of any mortgage or other instrument granting or consenting to a

security interest in property of a local housing authority may include any provisions

that are customary in mortgages and other security interests used in commercial

transactions.

(2) Housing authorities may engage in the maintenance and enhancement of adequate

housing stock for low-income and moderate-income persons as set forth in this

chapter.

(3) Housing authorities may loan moneys on the terms they deem advisable, subject to

the approval of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,

if that agency's funds are used, to other governments or their agencies or to other

owners of housing or of housing to be constructed or reconstructed, if the authority

determines that the loans will result in the creation of housing.

(4) Housing authorities may lease or convey real property to other governments or

agencies thereof or to nongovernmental owners or developers of housing for a

consideration less than fair market value, if the housing authority determines that

the action facilitates housing.
KRS § 48.210 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 48 / Section 48.210
48.210 Assistance to General Assembly by representatives of each branch of government
Status: in_force

48.210 Assistance to General Assembly by representatives of each branch of

government.

From the time of the submission of the budget recommendation of each branch of

government to the General Assembly until the enactment of all branch budget bills,

representatives of each branch of government shall be at the disposal of the General

Assembly and its appropriations committees and shall devote as much of their time as

may be required to the work of those committees, under the direction of their respective

chairmen. The Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Office of State Budget

Director shall provide such additional assistance to each branch of government as may be

required.
KRS § 247.710 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.710
247.710 Promotion of burley tobacco and burley tobacco products
Status: in_force

247.710 Promotion of burley tobacco and burley tobacco products.

It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that Kentucky farmers who are

producers of burley tobacco shall be permitted and encouraged to act jointly and in

cooperation with all producers, handlers, dealers, and processors of burley tobacco in

promoting and stimulating, by research, market development, and education, the

increased production, use and sale, domestic and foreign, of burley tobacco and burley

tobacco products.
KRS § 43.071 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 43 / Section 43.071
43.071 Annual audit of county clerk's motor vehicle and motorboat tax receipts
Status: in_force

43.071 Annual audit of county clerk's motor vehicle and motorboat tax receipts.

(1) The Auditor of Public Accounts shall annually audit each county clerk concerning:

(a) All receipts due from the collection of motor vehicle and motorboat

registration fees, motor vehicle and motorboat licenses and other receipts due

the clerk pertaining to motor vehicles and motorboats as prescribed in KRS

Chapters 186, 186A and 235;

(b) All receipts due from the collection of motor vehicle usage tax as prescribed

by KRS 138.460; and

(c) All receipts due from the collection of the ad valorem tax on motor vehicles

and motorboats as prescribed by KRS 134.800.

These annual audits shall be completed by April 15 of the year following the year to

be audited.

(2) The provisions of KRS 43.070 shall not apply to the separate and distinct duties

imposed on the Auditor of Public Accounts pursuant to subsection (1) of this

section. The audits specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be conducted

prior to the audits mandated by KRS 43.070.

(3) Immediately upon completion of each audit, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall

prepare a report of his findings noting any indebtedness to the Commonwealth. He

shall furnish one (1) copy to the county clerk, one (1) copy to the secretary of the

Transportation Cabinet, one (1) copy to the secretary of the Finance and

Administration Cabinet and one (1) copy to the secretary of the Energy and

Environment Cabinet. If the county clerk objects to any findings of indebtedness in

the Auditor's report, he shall file a written response with the Auditor within ten (10)

days of his receipt of the report. The Auditor shall consider the written response and

within thirty (30) days of its receipt issue a final report. If the county clerk wishes to

object to any findings of indebtedness contained in the final report, he shall file a

request within ten (10) days of his receipt of the final report for a hearing before a

three (3) member panel composed of the secretary of transportation or his designee,

the commissioner of the Department of Revenue or his designee, and the president

of the Kentucky County Clerks Association or his designee. The hearing shall be

conducted in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B. The majority

decision of this panel shall be determinative of any indebtedness to the

Commonwealth. If the county clerk wishes to appeal the decision of this panel, he

shall file the appeal in the Circuit Court for the county where he serves in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 171.3961 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.3961
171.3961 Credit against individual, corporate, and limited liability tax for certified rehabilitation to a qualifying certified historic structure within jurisdiction of consolidated local government or urban-county government
Status: in_force

171.3961 Credit against individual, corporate, and limited liability tax for certified

rehabilitation to a qualifying certified historic structure within jurisdiction of

consolidated local government or urban-county government.

(1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, a taxpayer completing a

certified rehabilitation to a certified historic structure shall be allowed a credit

against the taxes imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and 141.0401, with the

ordering of credits as provided in KRS 141.0205, or KRS 136.505 if:

(a) The certified historic structure is located within the jurisdiction of a

consolidated local government or urban-county government;

(b) The amount of qualified rehabilitation expenses exceeds fifteen million

dollars ($15,000,000);

(c) The certified historic structure is located within one-half (1/2) mile of a tax

increment financing development area which has received at least preliminary

approval under KRS 65.490 or 154.30-050; and

(d) Substantial rehabilitation of the certified historic structure begins prior to July

1, 2015.

(2) (a) The credit shall:

1. Equal the percentage of qualified rehabilitation expenses as provided in

KRS 171.397(1)(a);

2. Only apply to the first thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of qualified

rehabilitation expenses; and

3. Be refundable and transferable.

(b) Any projects approved for a credit under this section shall not be subject to

any caps established by KRS 171.397 and shall not be considered in

determining whether the certified rehabilitation credit cap has been met in any

year.

(3) The taxpayer seeking the credit shall file the applications for preliminary

determination and final determination as provided by KRS 171.397(2).

(4) The total approved credit shall be available over a four (4) year period and the

maximum credit which may be claimed in a taxable year shall not exceed twenty-

five percent (25%) of the total approved credit.

(5) The provisions of KRS 171.397(9) to (14) shall also apply to this section.
KRS § 67.900 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.900
67.900 Authorization to form unified local government
Status: in_force

67.900 Authorization to form unified local government.

In order to promote efficient and economical management of the affairs of local

government and prevent the duplication of services, the voters of any county, except a

county containing a consolidated local government, an urban-county government, or a

charter county government, may vote to unite the county government with one (1) or

more cities within the county to form a unified local government. The creation and

implementation of a unified local government shall take place only after compliance with

the procedures set forth in KRS 67.900 to 67.940.