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KRS § 150.603 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.603
150.603 Migratory bird/waterfowl permit required -- Exceptions -- Use of revenue generated by sale of migratory bird/waterfowl permit
Status: in_force

150.603 Migratory bird/waterfowl permit required -- Exceptions -- Use of revenue

generated by sale of migratory bird/waterfowl permit.

(1) Any person required to possess a hunting license under the provisions of KRS

150.170, except children under sixteen (16) years of age, taking or attempting to

take waterfowl within the state shall, in addition to the appropriate hunting license,

possess a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit. The permit shall be carried while

hunting waterfowl.

(2) Any person required to possess a hunting license under the provisions of KRS

150.170, except children under sixteen (16) years of age, taking or attempting to

take migratory shore or upland game birds within the state shall, in addition to the

appropriate hunting license, possess a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit. The

permit shall be carried while hunting migratory shore or upland game birds.

(3) The Fish and Wildlife Commission shall administer all revenues generated by the

sale of the permits. The revenue from the sale of current migratory bird/waterfowl

permits shall be expended for waterfowl projects for the purpose of protecting and

propagating migratory waterfowl and for the development, restoration,

maintenance, and preservation of wetlands within the state. The intent of this

section is to expand waterfowl research and management and increase waterfowl

populations in the state without detracting from other programs. The expenditures

of funds generated under the provisions of this section shall be included in the

annual report provided for in KRS 150.061.
KRS § 150.235 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.235
150.235 License or permit required -- To be carried on person -- Nonresidents -- Effect of revocation or suspension of license or permit
Status: in_force

150.235 License or permit required -- To be carried on person -- Nonresidents --

Effect of revocation or suspension of license or permit.

(1) No person shall perform any act authorized to be performed by any of the various

licenses or permits provided for in this chapter without first procuring the type of

license which authorizes the performance of the act and unless at the time of the

performance of the act he has the license on his person, except that in the case of a

fur processor it shall be sufficient if the license is posted in a conspicuous place

upon the licensed premises.

(2) Wherever in this chapter reference is made to the "holder" of a license, or permit, it

means the person in whose name the license or permit was issued. No person to

whom a license or permit has been issued under this chapter may authorize or

permit any other person to carry his license or permit. No person shall present the

license of another person for inspection.

(3) No nonresident shall perform any act under this chapter without first procuring the

proper nonresident license or permit.

(4) No person who has had his privilege to perform an act authorized under this chapter

revoked or suspended shall possess the kind of license or permit that would

otherwise permit the act for the period of the suspension.
KRS § 156.483 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.483
156.483 Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex crimes -- Criminal record check on job applicants
Status: in_force

156.483 Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex

crimes -- Criminal record check on job applicants.

(1) The State Department of Education shall not employ, in a position which involves

supervisory or disciplinary power over a minor, any person who is a violent

offender or has been convicted of a sex crime defined in KRS 17.165 as a felony.

The Department of Education may employ, at its discretion, persons convicted of

sex crimes classified as a misdemeanor. The Department of Education shall request

all conviction information for any applicant for employment from the Justice and

Public Safety Cabinet prior to employing the applicant.

(2) Each application form, provided by the Department of Education to the applicant,

shall conspicuously state the following: "FOR THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT,

STATE LAW REQUIRES A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK AS A CONDITION

OF EMPLOYMENT."

(3) Any request for records under subsection (1) of this section shall be on a form

approved by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the cabinet may charge a fee

to be paid by the applicant in an amount no greater than the actual cost of

processing the request.

(4) The provisions of this section shall apply after July 15, 1988, to all applicants for

initial employment in a position which involves supervisory or disciplinary power

over a minor.
KRS § 194A.001 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 194A / Section 194A.001
194A.001 Use of Kentucky Public Health Improvement Plan
Status: in_force

194A.001 Use of Kentucky Public Health Improvement Plan.

(1) Public health stakeholders can be expected to use the Kentucky Public Health

Improvement Plan in the following ways:

(a) As a guide for public health and local public health departments to plan their

activities and budget their resources.

(b) As a guide for public health to educate the public about the activities and

goals of the Department, its resource needs, and the progress it has made in

achieving public health goals.

(c) As a guide for health-planning purposed by public and private health

providers, such as hospitals, nursing homes, by provider associations, such as

hospital associations, professional associations; and by health and social

service organizations, including funding sources, and nonprofit human

services agencies.

(d) As a guide for local groups and coalitions of health and health-related

providers, and by local human services and other agencies, as for example,

public schools, in the development of innovative efforts to provide community

assessment, policy development, and assurance.

(e) As a resource for health policy analysts and academicians to devise and

evaluate innovative health programs and services.

(2) The Kentucky Public Health Improvement Plan will be considered in health budget

decisions.

(3) The Kentucky Public Health Improvement Plan will be used as a measure of the

adequacy of funding available for public health purposes.
KRS § 335.155 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.155
335.155 Administrative hearings prior to sanctions -- Appeals
Status: in_force

335.155 Administrative hearings prior to sanctions -- Appeals.

(1) Before revoking, suspending, imposing probationary or supervisory conditions

upon, imposing an administrative fine, issuing a written reprimand, or any

combination of these actions regarding any license or licensee under the provisions

of KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and 335.990, the board shall set the matter for hearing

as provided by KRS Chapter 13B.

(2) After denying an application, refusing to renew a license, or issuing a written

admonishment regarding any applicant, license, or licensee under the provisions of

KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and 335.990, the board shall set the matter for hearing

upon written request filed by the applicant or licensee within thirty (30) days of the

date of the letter advising of the denial, refusal, or admonishment.

(3) Any party aggrieved by a final order of the board may appeal to Franklin Circuit

Court as provided by KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 40.327 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.327
40.327 Loan repayment program for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses employed by Department of Veterans' Affairs -- KHEAA to administer program -- Funding
Status: in_force

40.327 Loan repayment program for registered nurses and licensed practical

nurses employed by Department of Veterans' Affairs -- KHEAA to administer

program -- Funding.

(1) The Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs shall create a loan repayment

program for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses within their employ.

(2) The loan repayment program shall apply to any existing student loan incurred by the

employee as a result of that employee's academic or technical studies leading to

becoming a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.

(3) The loan repayment program shall not apply to loans previously repaid.

(4) Recipients of the loan repayment program shall sign a contract stipulating:

(a) The recipient's existing student loan debt shall be repaid up to twenty-five

percent (25%) of the loan's principal and interest up to a maximum of ten

thousand dollars ($10,000) after satisfactory completion of one (1) year of

employment at the state veterans' nursing home assigned;

(b) The recipient's student loan shall be repaid up to twenty-five percent (25%) of

the loan's principal and interest up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars

($10,000) after satisfactory completion of a second consecutive full year of

employment at the state veterans' nursing home assigned;

(c) The recipient's student loan shall be repaid up to twenty-five percent (25%) of

the loan's principal and interest up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars

($10,000) after satisfactory completion of a third consecutive full year of

employment at the state veterans' nursing home assigned;

(d) The recipient's student loan shall be repaid up to twenty-five percent (25%) of

the loan's principal and interest up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars

($10,000) after satisfactory completion of a fourth consecutive full year of

employment at the state veterans' nursing home assigned; and

(e) The total amount paid by the loan repayment program shall not exceed forty

thousand dollars ($40,000) for a maximum of four (4) consecutive full years

of employment per person.

(5) The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority shall administer this program

from funds provided by the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs as funds are

available.

(6) The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Kentucky

Department of Veterans' Affairs shall promulgate administrative regulations

necessary for the effectuation of this section, including limits on the amount of any

loan that will be repaid.
KRS § 147A.158 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.158
147A.158 Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program fund -- Report -- Funds remaining after June 30, 2024, transferred to Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024 fund
Status: in_force

147A.158 Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program

fund -- Report -- Funds remaining after June 30, 2024, transferred to

Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024

fund.

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be

known as the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program

fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received from state appropriations, gifts,

grants, and federal funds.

(2) The fund shall be administered and maintained by the department.

(3) Amounts deposited in the fund shall be used for:

(a) Awarding matching fund grants to applicants of the Government Resources

Accelerating Needed Transformation Program upon notification of award of

the federal grant requiring matching funds; and

(b) Administration of the program.

(4) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, moneys in the account not expended at the close of a

fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year.

(5) Any interest earnings of the fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not

lapse.

(6) Moneys deposited in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in

this section and shall not be appropriated or transferred by the General Assembly

for any other purposes.

(7) Any amounts obligated under subsection (3)(a) of this section shall be canceled

upon denial of the federal award.

(8) By December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter until December 1, 2024, the

department shall prepare an annual report detailing the expenditures for the

administration of the program from the fund, which shall be included in the annual

report submitted under KRS 147A.164.

(9) Any moneys in the fund on or after June 30, 2024, shall be transferred to the

Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024 fund

administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development created in KRS 154.14-

060.
KRS § 247.854 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.854
247.854 Application for assessment referendum -- Contents of form -- Publication
Status: in_force

247.854 Application for assessment referendum -- Contents of form -- Publication.

(1) Any existing association which is fairly representative of the handlers of eggs in the

state, such as the Kentucky Poultry Federation, Inc., may at any time after the

enactment of KRS 247.850 to 247.865 make application to the State Board of

Agriculture on forms prescribed by the board for certification and approval for the

purpose of conducting a referendum among the handlers of eggs upon the question

of levying an assessment under the provisions of KRS 247.850 to 247.865 and

collecting and utilizing the same for the purpose stated in the referendum. Such

application forms shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Applicant's name;

(b) Applicant's address;

(c) Date;

(d) Program to be undertaken for producers, retailers, and handlers;

(e) Brief statement of how the program is to be implemented;

(f) Referendum to be conducted on a statewide or an area basis;

(g) Proposed effective date of the program;

(h) Geographic area, by counties, of handlers to be affected by the program; and

(i) Signature of the applicant.

(2) Upon receipt of the application, the commissioner shall publish the application

through the medium of the public press in the state within ten (10) days of receipt

thereof.
KRS § 353.575 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.575
353.575 Duty of applicant to meet and confer with permittee if drilling will disturb permitted area
Status: in_force

353.575 Duty of applicant to meet and confer with permittee if drilling will disturb

permitted area.

Prior to the issuance of a permit to drill an oil or gas well on land which is permitted or

bonded under the provisions of KRS Chapter 350, the applicant shall certify that he has

met and conferred with, or offered to meet and confer with, the permittee as to any

activity that will disturb the permitted area.
KRS § 158.807 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.807
158.807 Data research initiative -- Purposes -- Implementation
Status: in_force

158.807 Data research initiative -- Purposes -- Implementation.

(1) There is hereby created the Kentucky data research initiative, a partnership between

elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary education research institutions

to maximize research capabilities through computer resources. The initiative shall

be jointly facilitated by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Council on

Postsecondary Education.

(2) The purposes of the data research initiative are to expand the availability of

computing resources not available at the research institutions at a relatively low

cost, to do education outreach to students and teachers in Kentucky's K-12 system,

to expand the research institutions' presence throughout the state, and to maximize

the use of computer assets that have already been purchased in K-12 systems but are

often underused.

(3) By December 1, 2005, the commissioner of the Department of Education and the

president of the Council on Postsecondary Education shall convene appropriate

postsecondary education and elementary and secondary educators and

administrators to determine how this initiative might be developed, funded, and

utilized to enhance research capabilities in the sciences and health-related fields or

other appropriate fields of research.
KRS § 5.234 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.234
5.234 Thirty-fourth Representative District
Status: in_force

5.234 Thirty-fourth Representative District.

The Thirty-fourth Representative District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Jefferson KY (part)

D101 - Precinct 101 31 District

D104 - Precinct 104 31 District

D106 - Precinct 106 31 District

D108 - Precinct 108 31 District

D109 - Precinct 109 31 District

D115 - Precinct 115 31 District

D129 - Precinct 129 31 District

E158 - Precinct 158 32 District

E159 - Precinct 159 32 District

G140 - Precinct 140 34 District

G141 - Precinct 141 34 District

G142 - Precinct 142 34 District

G143 - Precinct 143 34 District

G144 - Precinct 144 34 District

G145 - Precinct 145 34 District

G146 - Precinct 146 34 District

G150 - Precinct 150 34 District

G156 - Precinct 156 34 District

G157 - Precinct 157 34 District

G158 - Precinct 158 34 District

G159 - Precinct 159 34 District

G160 - Precinct 160 34 District

G161 - Precinct 161 34 District

G162 - Precinct 162 34 District

G163 - Precinct 163 34 District

G164 - Precinct 164 34 District

G165 - Precinct 165 34 District

G168 - Precinct 168 34 District

G169 - Precinct 169 34 District

L117 - Precinct 117 41 District

L118 - Precinct 118 41 District

L119 - Precinct 119 41 District

L134 - Precinct 134 41 District

L135 - Precinct 135 41 District

L136 - Precinct 136 41 District

L138 - Precinct 138 41 District

L139 - Precinct 139 41 District

L146 - Precinct 146 41 District

L151 - Precinct 151 41 District

L152 - Precinct 152 41 District

M137 - Precinct 137 42 District

M138 - Precinct 138 42 District

M164 - Precinct 164 42 District

N125 - Precinct 125 43 District

N142 - Precinct 142 43 District

N146 - Precinct 146 43 District
KRS § 363.620 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 363 / Section 363.620
363.620 Director's investigations
Status: in_force

363.620 Director's investigations.

The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the

provisions of KRS 363.510 to 363.850, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such

investigations as he deems appropriate and advisable to develop information on

prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of

the provisions of KRS 363.510 to 363.850 and to promote the general objective of

accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.
KRS § 65.920 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.920
65.920 Effects of failure of local government to comply with certain specified statutory provisions
Status: in_force

65.920 Effects of failure of local government to comply with certain specified

statutory provisions.

(1) Any local government that fails to submit annually a uniform financial information

report to the Department for Local Government shall be ineligible to receive county

or municipal road aid moneys in accordance with KRS 177.360 or 177.366. Any

local government receiving road aid moneys in accordance with KRS 177.365 to

177.369 or KRS 177.320 and 177.360 that fails to comply with the provisions of

KRS 65.900 to 65.925 shall immediately have all road aid payments suspended

until the local government submits the uniform financial information report to the

Department for Local Government.

(2) If a local government receives payments of money from the Commonwealth and

fails to comply with the provisions of KRS 65.900 to 65.925 or KRS 92.280(1), the

state local finance officer may notify those agencies making payments to the local

government of noncompliance, and those agencies shall immediately suspend

delivery of all payments to the local government except those payments made

pursuant to KRS Chapter 154 or KRS 42.4588, until the state local finance officer

determines that the local government has complied with the requirements of KRS

65.900 to 65.925 or KRS 92.280(1). This subsection shall not be interpreted or

construed to permit the state to withhold any nondiscretionary payments to a city

that are due the city for the provision of services by the city to the state or any of its

agencies, including for the use of city utilities.
KRS § 521.010 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 521 / Section 521.010
521.010 Definitions
Status: in_force

521.010 Definitions.

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

(1) "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.

(2) "Pecuniary benefit" means benefit in the form of money, property, commercial

interests or anything else the primary significance of which is economic gain.
KRS § 216.703 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216 / Section 216.703
216.703 Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish guidelines for developing workplace safety assessment -- Cabinet to audit health facilities for compliance -- Standards for compliance
Status: in_force

216.703 Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish guidelines for

developing workplace safety assessment -- Cabinet to audit health facilities for

compliance -- Standards for compliance.

(1) By January 1, 2024, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall develop and

disperse the following information to health facilities:

(a) Guidelines for developing a workplace safety assessment;

(b) Examples of a workplace safety plan; and

(c) Examples of workplace safety standards specific to preventing workplace

violence against health care workers.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, the cabinet shall annually audit health facilities for

compliance with the provisions of KRS 216.701 to 216.709.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the cabinet shall accept

that a health facility is in compliance with KRS 216.701 to 216.709 if the health

facility:

(a) Is accredited by the Joint Commission or another nationally recognized

accrediting organization with comparable standards and survey processes, that

is approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

(b) Is recognized by the United States Office of the Inspector General as a health

facility certified to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the

United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

(c) Is licensed as an assisted living community pursuant to KRS Chapter 194A; or

(d) Is any provider that accepts payment for services from an individual receiving

state supplementation pursuant to KRS 205.245.

(4) The cabinet shall promulgate the necessary administrative regulations to effectuate

the provisions of KRS 216.701 to 216.709.
KRS § 198A.710 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198A / Section 198A.710
198A.710 Affordable housing trust fund
Status: in_force

198A.710 Affordable housing trust fund.

There is hereby established in the State Treasury a separate, revolving, nonlapsing fund

known as the affordable housing trust fund.