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KRS § 344.330 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 344 / Section 344.330
344.330 Additional powers of local commissions
Status: in_force

344.330 Additional powers of local commissions.

A local commission established pursuant to this chapter may:

(1) Enter into cooperative working agreements with the United States Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission created by Section 705 of the Federal Civil

Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 241) in order to achieve the purposes of that act; and

with any federal or state agency in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

(2) In its discretion, or upon request of the commission, refer a matter under its

jurisdiction to the commission for initial action or review.

(3) Refer to the commission for resolution a dispute over jurisdiction or other matter

with another local commission.

(4) Provide a copy of its annual report to the commission.
KRS § 457.090 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 457 / Section 457.090
457.090 When power of attorney effective
Status: in_force

457.090 When power of attorney effective.

(1) A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the

power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon the occurrence

of a future event or contingency.

(2) If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the occurrence of a future event or

contingency, the principal, in the power of attorney, may authorize one (1) or more

persons to determine in a writing or other record that the event or contingency has

occurred.

(3) If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the principal's incapacity and the

principal has not authorized a person to determine whether the principal is

incapacitated, or the person authorized is unable or unwilling to make the

determination, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a determination in a

writing or other record by:

(a) A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a psychologist licensed or

certified under the provisions of KRS Chapter 319, or a person licensed or

certified as a social worker or an employee of the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services who meets the qualifications of KRS 335.080(1)(a), (b), and

(c) or 335.090(1)(a), (b), and (c), that the principal is incapacitated within the

meaning of KRS 457.020(5)(a); or

(b) An attorney-at-law or a judge that the principal is incapacitated within the

meaning of KRS 457.020(5)(b).

(4) A person authorized by the principal in the power of attorney to determine that the

principal is incapacitated may act as the principal's personal representative pursuant

to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Sections 1171 to 1179

of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1320d, as amended, and applicable

regulations, to obtain access to the principal's health-care information and

communicate with the principal's health-care provider for the sole purpose of

determining whether the principal is incapacitated, unless the power of attorney

otherwise provides.
KRS § 7A.150 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 7A / Section 7A.150
7A.150 Legislative Research Commission's responsibility for staffing and operating costs of board
Status: in_force

7A.150 Legislative Research Commission's responsibility for staffing and operating

costs of board.

The Legislative Research Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the

employment of personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 7A.010 to

7A.170. Staff and operating costs of the Capital Planning Advisory Board shall be

provided from the budget of the Legislative Research Commission.
KRS § 273.207 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.207
273.207 Board of directors
Status: in_force

273.207 Board of directors.

The affairs of a corporation shall be managed by a board of directors. Directors need not

be residents of this state or members of the corporation unless the articles of

incorporation or the bylaws so require. The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may

prescribe other qualifications for directors.
KRS § 157.628 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.628
157.628 Reimbursement for bonds previously issued
Status: in_force

157.628 Reimbursement for bonds previously issued.

(1) A school district which has issued revenue bonds according to the provisions of

KRS Chapter 162 shall be eligible to participate in a reimbursement schedule if all

of the following conditions are met:

(a) The district met all criteria for first round financing except that the district had

no unmet needs on its facility survey in effect at that time;

(b) An amended facility survey, approved prior to June 30, 1986, is on file with

the Department of Education; and

(c) Revenue bonds were issued after January 1, 1986, and prior to January 1,

1987.

(2) Annual reimbursement shall be provided for bond debt service equal to the amount

to which the district would have been entitled if the facility survey had been

updated prior to first round funding.
KRS § 72.020 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 72 / Section 72.020
72.020 Duty of person, hospital, or institution finding or possessing dead body -- Duties of coroner, law enforcement officer, embalmer, funeral director, or ambulance service
Status: in_force

72.020 Duty of person, hospital, or institution finding or possessing dead body --

Duties of coroner, law enforcement officer, embalmer, funeral director, or

ambulance service.

(1) Any person, hospital, or institution, finding or having possession of the body of any

person whose death occurred under any of the circumstances defined in subsections

(1) through (12) of KRS 72.025, shall immediately notify the coroner, or his deputy,

and a law enforcement agency, which shall report to the scene within a reasonable

time. No person shall remove the body or remove anything from the body until

directed to do so by the coroner or his deputy, after the law enforcement agency is

present or has failed, within a reasonable period of time, to respond.

(2) The coroner shall take possession of any objects, medical specimens, or articles

which, in his opinion, may be helpful in establishing the cause of death, and he can

make or cause to be made such tests and examinations of said objects as may be

necessary or useful in determining the cause of death. In the event that a criminal

prosecution arises, all such objects and articles together with reports of any

examinations made upon them, shall be retained by the coroner until their

production in evidence is required by the prosecuting authority, unless otherwise

directed by written order of the court in which such prosecution is pending.

(3) Upon final disposition of each criminal prosecution under this section, the court

shall by appropriate written order dispose of all objects retained under the

provisions of this section.

(4) If the law enforcement officer at the scene has probable cause to believe that one of

the conditions in subsection (1) of this section exists and the coroner refuses to

require a post-mortem examination, the officer shall immediately notify the county

or Commonwealth attorney who may proceed pursuant to KRS 72.445.

(5) In all cases listed under KRS 72.025 in which a licensed embalmer, funeral director,

or ambulance service is notified and is the first person at the scene of death other

than private citizens, he shall notify the coroner and if the death appears to fall

within the categories established in subsections (1) through (12) of KRS 72.025, he

shall notify a local law enforcement agency.
KRS § 324.162 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 324 / Section 324.162
324.162 Agent's duty to disclose
Status: in_force

324.162 Agent's duty to disclose.

An agent licensed under this chapter representing a party in the sale, leasing, or exchange

of real property shall have no affirmative duty to disclose to any person who acquires, by

voluntary or involuntary transfer, a legal or equitable interest in real property, including

any leasehold or security interest for an obligation, information not required by this

chapter or applicable federal law.
KRS § 257.360 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 257 / Section 257.360
257.360 Revolving fund for Department of Agriculture
Status: in_force

257.360 Revolving fund for Department of Agriculture.

All money collected under the provisions of KRS 257.330 to 257.350 shall be paid to the

State Treasurer and by him placed in a revolving fund to be used by the Kentucky

Department of Agriculture for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of KRS 257.330 to

257.350.
KRS § 91.440 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91 / Section 91.440
91.440 Enforcement of taxes against fiduciaries, agents and trust estates
Status: in_force

91.440 Enforcement of taxes against fiduciaries, agents and trust estates.

(1) Every fiduciary appointed under the laws of this state or by a deed or will recorded

in any county clerk's office in this state who has the management of any lands or

improvements in the city, every agent of a nonresident owner of property located in

the city who collects the rent thereof, and every person who collects the rent or

income or enjoys by occupation the profits of lands or improvements owned by his

spouse and located in the city, shall, before July 1 of each year, pay out of the net

income of the lands and improvements the city tax assessed upon the same in the

preceding year, with accrued interest, before applying the income to the wants of, or

paying it over to, his beneficiary or employer. In default thereof, he shall be liable

for the tax to the amount of the income that he might have so applied, which

liability may be enforced by equitable proceedings in any court of competent

jurisdiction. In such proceedings it shall not be an answer that the city has a security

in its lien upon the lands and improvements and the right to sell same for taxes.

(2) Tax bills assessed against an administrator, executor or trustee shall be a charge

upon and may be enforced against the whole succession of trust estates, in addition

to other remedies provided for in this chapter.
KRS § 39A.285 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.285
39A.285 Legislative findings
Status: in_force

39A.285 Legislative findings.

The General Assembly hereby finds that:

(1) No government by itself can guarantee perfect security from acts of war or

terrorism.

(2) The security and well-being of the public depend not just on government, but rest in

large measure upon individual citizens of the Commonwealth and their level of

understanding, preparation, and vigilance.

(3) The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from

reliance upon Almighty God as set forth in the public speeches and proclamations

of American Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln's historic March 30, 1863,

Presidential Proclamation urging Americans to pray and fast during one of the most

dangerous hours in American history, and the text of President John F. Kennedy's

November 22, 1963, national security speech which concluded: "For as was written

long ago: 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.' "
KRS § 74.280 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 74 / Section 74.280
74.280 Additions may be acquired
Status: in_force

74.280 Additions may be acquired.

(1) Any water district may construct or acquire, and operate, within or without the

district, additions, extensions, and all necessary appurtenances to the water system,

the cost of which may not be assessed as a local benefit, for the purpose of

supplying the water district with water.

(2) One (1) or more of such additions, extensions, or appurtenances owned by one (1)

or more persons may be acquired as a single enterprise, and the commission may

agree with the owner as to the value thereof and purchase the same at that value.
KRS § 65.956 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.956
65.956 Short title
Status: in_force

65.956 Short title.

KRS 65.940 to 65.956 may be cited as the Governmental Leasing Act.
KRS § 205.629 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.629
205.629 Notification of cabinet in actions seeking recovery for recipient
Status: in_force

205.629 Notification of cabinet in actions seeking recovery for recipient.

In any action seeking to recover damages on behalf of a recipient, the cabinet shall

receive notice from the recipient's attorney in the same manner as provided in KRS

411.188 (2) for notifying parties with subrogation rights.
KRS § 342.262 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.262
342.262 Legislative findings -- Commissioner to give recommendation on new edition of "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" -- Approval of General Assembly required to effectuate
Status: in_force

342.262 Legislative findings -- Commissioner to give recommendation on new

edition of "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" -- Approval

of General Assembly required to effectuate.

(1) The General Assembly hereby declares it to be the policy of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky that the most recent and valid scientific and technological advancements

in medicine be considered in evaluating the nature and extent of an injured worker's

impairment.

(2) (a) Therefore, within one hundred eighty (180) days of publication by the

American Medical Association of a new edition of the "Guides to the

Evaluation of Permanent Impairment," the commissioner shall recommend to

the General Assembly whether all or a portion of the new edition should be

enacted by the General Assembly in order to produce more equitable and

accurate ratings of permanent impairment resulting from work-related injuries.

(b) Prior to making the recommendation required in paragraph (a) of this

subsection, the commissioner shall:

1. Consult with medical providers, representatives of injured workers,

employers and representatives of employers, insurance carriers, and

legal representatives of employers and injured workers; and

2. Consider studies and analyses conducted by workers' compensation

rating organizations, including the National Council on Compensation

Insurance (NCCI).

(3) The recommendation of the commissioner shall not become effective unless the

General Assembly approves and adopts the recommendation.
KRS § 27A.055 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.055
27A.055 Court of Justice reserve account
Status: in_force

27A.055 Court of Justice reserve account.

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

known as the Court of Justice reserve account. The fund shall consist of moneys

appropriated by the General Assembly.

(2) The fund shall be administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

(3) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of the fiscal

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

(4) Notwithstanding KRS 48.630, no expenditures shall be made from this account

unless appropriated by the General Assembly.
KRS § 224A.325 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 224A / Section 224A.325
224A.325 Emergency Kentucky water and wastewater assistance for troubled or economically restrained systems fund
Status: in_force

224A.325 Emergency Kentucky water and wastewater assistance for troubled or

economically restrained systems fund.

(1) The emergency Kentucky water and wastewater assistance for troubled or

economically restrained systems fund is hereby established in the State Treasury

and shall be administered by the authority.

(2) The fund shall be a dedicated revolving fund, and all moneys in the fund shall be

dedicated to providing funding for both capital and non-capital expenses relating

solely to restoring or avoiding imminent interruption of utility service provided by a

public water or wastewater system after a statewide state of emergency has been

declared pursuant to KRS Chapter 39A or a local state of emergency has been

declared for the jurisdiction where the public water or wastewater system is located

pursuant to KRS Chapter 39B.

(3) The authority may require a public water or wastewater system to include with its

application for funding under this section a corrective action plan detailing how the

applicant plans to address any performance deficiencies that may have given rise to

the need for the requested funding.

(4) Interest rates for loans awarded pursuant to this section shall be set using the same

criteria to set the interest rates for loans from the federally-assisted water supply

revolving fund administered by the authority under KRS 224A.1115 and the

federally-assisted wastewater revolving fund administered by the authority under

KRS 224A.111.

(5) (a) The fund may receive donations, gifts, state appropriations, repayments from

the funding provided under subsection (2) of this section, and revenues or

proceeds from the sale of bonds or from other financial instruments.

(b) The fund may receive proceeds from the authority's infrastructure revolving

fund under KRS 224A.304, as available, if:

1. Not contrary to the requirements which establish and govern the

management and use of those funds; and

2. The proceeds do not contain any federal moneys.

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

lapse.

(6) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, moneys in the fund shall not lapse but shall be

carried forward to the next fiscal year and used solely for the stated purposes in this

section.
KRS § 224A.308 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 224A / Section 224A.308
224A.308 Establishment of program to detect water loss from distribution lines or develop or maintain asset management plans -- Loans forgiven
Status: in_force

224A.308 Establishment of program to detect water loss from distribution lines or

develop or maintain asset management plans -- Loans forgiven.

(1) The authority shall establish a program to assist governmental agencies in detecting

water loss from distribution lines or develop or maintain asset management plans.

This may include contracting with third parties to conduct water loss audits, the

creation of asset management plans, and leak detection. The assistance may include

giving low interest loans, on a priority basis established by the authority consistent

with the findings and purposes set out in KRS 224A.300, for the repair or

replacement of distribution facilities, deemed reasonable by the authority,

undertaken as a result of the water loss audit.

(2) The authority may forgive any amount of a distribution facility repair or

replacement loan from the authority remaining unpaid if:

(a) Within five (5) years of entering into the loan agreement the governmental

agency merges with or consolidates with at least one (1) other public or

private water system; and

(b) The merger or consolidation is consistent with a water management planning

council plan as reviewed and prioritized under KRS 151.607.
KRS § 299.170 — KY Code / Title XXV / Chapter 299 / Section 299.170
299.170 Examination of policyholder claiming benefits
Status: in_force

299.170 Examination of policyholder claiming benefits.

A company shall have the right and shall be afforded the opportunity to have any

policyholder claiming to be sick or injured examined by its physician as often as it may

reasonably require during the pendency of any claim for sick or accident benefits. No

action at law or in equity shall be maintained in any of the courts of this state for the

recovery of any claim to sick or accident benefits when such examination of the person of

the insured has been obstructed or refused.
KRS § 527.200 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 527 / Section 527.200
527.200 Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree
Status: in_force

527.200 Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree.

(1) A person is guilty of use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree when

he or she intentionally, without lawful authority, places a weapon of mass

destruction at any location in the Commonwealth and, as a result, any person other

than the defendant is killed or receives serious physical injury.

(2) A weapon of mass destruction is used with lawful authority if it is used with the

written permission of an agency of the Commonwealth or of a city, county, charter

county, or urban-county government having jurisdiction over the use of destructive

devices as defined in KRS 237.030 or the use of explosives.

(3) Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree is a Class A felony unless a

person other than the defendant is killed as a result, in which case it is a capital

offense.
KRS § 387.020 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.020
387.020 Jurisdiction of District Courts over guardians, limited guardians, and conservators -- Venue of proceedings
Status: in_force

387.020 Jurisdiction of District Courts over guardians, limited guardians, and

conservators -- Venue of proceedings.

(1) District Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction for the appointment and removal of

guardians, limited guardians, and conservators for minors, and for the management

and settlement of their accounts.

(2) If the minor is a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, venue for all

proceedings under KRS 387.010 to 387.280 shall be:

(a) In the county where the will of the minor's last surviving parent was probated,

if that will nominates a guardian, limited guardian, or conservator pursuant to

KRS 387.040;

(b) In all other cases, in the county where the minor resides.

(3) If the minor is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the venue for all

proceedings under KRS 387.010 to 387.280 shall be in the county where the real or

personal property of the minor is located, or if the minor has real or personal

property in more than one (1) county, then venue shall be in any one (1) of the

counties where property of the minor is located and where proceedings are first

brought for the appointment of a guardian, limited guardian, or conservator.
KRS § 136.1873 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 136 / Section 136.1873
136.1873 Application of section -- Taxation of vehicles of system whose route or operation is partly within this state
Status: in_force

136.1873 Application of section -- Taxation of vehicles of system whose route or

operation is partly within this state.

The provisions of this section shall apply to assessments made prior to January 1, 2007.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 132.487, trucks, trailers, tractors,

semitrailers, and buses of any person, corporation, partnership, or any other

business association whose route or system is partly within this state and partly

within another state or states, shall be assessed by the Department of Revenue for

purposes of taxation as of January 1 each year.

(2) The proportion of miles operated in this state compared to the total miles operated

everywhere shall be considered in fixing the value of the property for taxation.

Other reasonable evidence shall be considered in fixing the value. However, pick-up

and delivery vehicles operating from a terminal within this state or vehicles which

do not leave this state in the normal course of business shall not be valued on an

apportioned basis.
KRS § 171.400 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.400
171.400 Oral history interview -- Confidentiality
Status: in_force

171.400 Oral history interview -- Confidentiality.

(1) A state agency or institution which obtains an oral history interview for historical

purposes may enter into a reasonable and mutually acceptable written agreement of

confidentiality with the interviewee with regard thereto.

(2) An oral history interview which has been obtained under a written agreement of

confidentiality shall remain confidential and shall not be public information until

the conditions of the agreement have been met, at which time it shall become public

information.

(3) An oral history interview for which no written agreement of confidentiality has been

made shall be public information and shall not be confidential.

(4) This section shall be deemed to be retroactive and shall apply with equal force to

oral history interviews for which a written agreement of confidentiality was

obtained prior to July 15, 1986.