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KRS § 68.520 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 68 / Section 68.520
68.520 "Public service program" defined -- Provisions for submission of proposals to electorate -- Limitation on ad valorem or occupational license taxes
Status: in_force

68.520 "Public service program" defined -- Provisions for submission of proposals

to electorate -- Limitation on ad valorem or occupational license taxes.

(1) As used in KRS 68.510 to 68.550 unless the context requires otherwise, "public

service program" shall mean any newly-instituted or expanded service program to

be performed by any county for the benefit of its citizens, which is approved by the

electorate of such county as provided in KRS 68.510 to 68.550, as distinguished

from the acquisition by any such county of facilities of a capital nature, including,

but not limited to, the provision or expansion of human services, provision for new

health services or expansion of existing services, and the provision or expansion of

police and fire protection services.

(2) For the purpose of providing one (1) or more public service programs to the citizens

and inhabitants of any county, any county may submit to the electorate of such

county one (1) or more proposals for the approval of one (1) or more public service

programs to be financed by additional voted levies of ad valorem taxes upon all

taxable property in such county. Such additional voted levies of ad valorem taxes

upon all taxable property in any such county shall not exceed in the aggregate for all

public service programs approved by the electorate, the limits prescribed by the

Constitution of Kentucky for any such county.

(3) For the purpose of providing public service programs to the citizens and inhabitants

of any county, any county may submit to the electorate of such county one (1) or

more proposals for the approval of one (1) or more public service programs, to be

financed by voted levies of occupational license fees. Such voted levies of

occupational license fees in any county shall not exceed in the case of each

individual public service program approved by the electorate, one-half of one

percent (0.5%) of salaries, wages, commissions, and other compensation earned by

persons within the county for work done and services performed or rendered in the

county, and the net profits of businesses, trades, professions, or occupations from

activities conducted in the county except public service companies, banks, trust

companies, combined banks and trust companies, combined trust, banking and title

companies, and all other cases where a county is prohibited by law from imposing a

license tax.
KRS § 227.223 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227 / Section 227.223
227.223 Cooperation with Department of Corrections -- Assistance in training -- Removal of jurisdiction over job
Status: in_force

227.223 Cooperation with Department of Corrections -- Assistance in training --

Removal of jurisdiction over job.

(1) The state fire marshal shall cooperate with the Department of Corrections in the

development of fire safety regulations for jails and assist in the training of jail

inspectors employed by the Department of Corrections.

(2) Effective January 1, 1983, the Department of Corrections shall possess all authority

and responsibility for fire prevention and reduction of loss by fire in jails as defined

in KRS 441.005. Upon the request of the commissioner of the Department of

Corrections, the state fire marshal shall investigate the cause and circumstances of

fires or explosions in jails.
KRS § 246.210 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 246 / Section 246.210
246.210 Access of department and agents, board and members, and others to premises -- Destruction or slaughter of diseased livestock
Status: in_force

246.210 Access of department and agents, board and members, and others to

premises -- Destruction or slaughter of diseased livestock.

(1) The department or its agents or employees shall have free access within reasonable

hours to any farm, orchard, garden, elevator, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or

express office or car, freight yard, vehicle, vessel, boat, container, or any other place

which, for probable cause, it may be necessary or desirable for the agents to enter in

order to enforce a quarantine against the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilaslis).

(2) The department or any of its agents or employees may, after reasonable notice, enter

any premises for the purpose of inspecting or testing livestock to determine the

existence of, or to combat in any way, communicable diseases. The owner of the

livestock to be tested or inspected shall, after reasonable notice, confine and present

the livestock to the agents or employees of the department. When the department or

any of its agents or employees determines through inspection or testing that any

livestock is infected with a communicable disease, they may enter any premises,

after reasonable notice, and remove the diseased livestock, and have the livestock

destroyed or slaughtered and the owner indemnified as provided in KRS 257.120 to

257.150. When necessary the department or any of its agents or employees may call

upon peace officers for assistance.

(3) The state entomologist or his authorized agent shall, upon previous application,

have free access within reasonable hours to any premises or containers for purposes

of trapping, inspecting for, investigating, or treating the premises for the control of

Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica).

(4) The director of the agricultural experiment station and his agents shall have free

access at all reasonable hours to any premises, vehicle, elevator, or steamship

company, in the discharge of his duties under KRS 250.081.
KRS § 216B.090 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.090
216B.090 Reconsideration of cabinet's decisions
Status: in_force

216B.090 Reconsideration of cabinet's decisions.

(1) Any party to the proceedings may, for good cause shown, request in writing a

hearing for purposes of reconsideration of a decision of the cabinet pertaining to a

certificate of need or the revocation of a certificate of need under procedures

promulgated by administrative regulation. The request shall be filed within fifteen

(15) days of the notice of the decision. For purposes of this section there shall be

deemed to be "good cause shown" if the request for a public hearing:

(a) Presents significant, relevant information not previously available for

consideration by the cabinet;

(b) Demonstrates that there have been significant changes in the factors or

circumstances relied upon by the cabinet in reaching its decision;

(c) Demonstrates that the cabinet has materially failed to follow its adopted

procedures in reaching its decision; or

(d) States that a public hearing pursuant to KRS 216B.085 was not conducted

prior to a decision to deny a certificate of need.

(2) If a public hearing is granted, it shall be held within thirty (30) days after the

decision to grant the request for reconsideration. The hearing shall be conducted in

accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The cabinet shall make its decision

on reconsideration and shall give notice thereof. The decision of the cabinet shall be

final for purposes of judicial appeal. An approved certificate of need shall be issued

forty (40) days after notice of the cabinet's decision unless a judicial appeal is taken

and issuance is enjoined by the court.
KRS § 281.705 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281 / Section 281.705
281.705 Accounts -- Reports
Status: in_force

281.705 Accounts -- Reports.

The department may prescribe uniform systems of accounts and the filing of reports by

motor carriers.
KRS § 159.150 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 159 / Section 159.150
159.150 Definitions of truant and habitual truant -- Attendance record requirements -- Adoption of truancy policies by local school boards -- Implementation of early intervention and prevention programs
Status: in_force

159.150 Definitions of truant and habitual truant -- Attendance record

requirements -- Adoption of truancy policies by local school boards --

Implementation of early intervention and prevention programs.

(1) Any student who has attained the age of six (6) years, but has not reached his or her

eighteenth birthday, who has been absent from school without valid excuse for three

(3) or more days, or tardy without valid excuse on three (3) or more days, is a

truant.

(2) Any student enrolled in a public school who has attained the age of eighteen (18)

years, but has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday, who has been absent from

school without valid excuse for three (3) or more days, or tardy without valid

excuse on three (3) or more days, is a truant.

(3) Any student who has been reported as a truant two (2) or more times is an habitual

truant.

(4) For the purposes of establishing a student's status as a truant, the student's

attendance record is cumulative for an entire school year. If a student transfers from

one (1) Kentucky public school to another during a school year, the receiving school

shall incorporate the attendance information provided under KRS 159.170 in the

student's official attendance record.

(5) A local board of education may adopt reasonable policies that:

(a) Require students to comply with compulsory attendance laws;

(b) Require truants and habitual truants to make up unexcused absences;

(c) Impose sanctions for noncompliance; and

(d) Collaborate and cooperate with the Court of Justice, the Department for

Community Based Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, regional

community mental health centers, and other service providers to implement

and utilize early intervention and prevention programs, such as truancy

diversion, truancy boards, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution to

reduce referrals to a court-designated worker.
KRS § 249.104 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 249 / Section 249.104
249.104 False declaration of acreage and concealment of nursery stock prohibited
Status: in_force

249.104 False declaration of acreage and concealment of nursery stock prohibited.

No person shall make a false declaration of acreage or conceal any nursery stock from

inspection.
KRS § 147A.003 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.003
147A.003 Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Status: in_force

147A.003 Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.

The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority shall be attached to the Department for Local

Government for administrative purposes. Office space required by the authority shall be

provided by the Department for Local Government.
KRS § 452.430 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.430
452.430 Where action against Kentucky Board of Education must be brought
Status: in_force

452.430 Where action against Kentucky Board of Education must be brought.

An action against the Kentucky Board of Education, of this state, must be brought in the

county that includes the seat of government.
KRS § 381.070 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 381 / Section 381.070
381.070 Estates tail converted into estates in fee -- Limitation on
Status: in_force

381.070 Estates tail converted into estates in fee -- Limitation on.

All estates heretofore or hereafter created, which, in former times, would have been

deemed estates entailed, shall henceforth be held to be estates in fee simple; and every

limitation on such an estate shall be held valid, if it would be valid when limited upon an

estate in fee simple.
KRS § 141.440 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 141 / Section 141.440
141.440 Designation of income tax refund to child victims' trust fund
Status: in_force

141.440 Designation of income tax refund to child victims' trust fund.

(1) Effective for the tax year beginning January 1, 1984, and until the State Treasurer

certifies that the assets in the child victims' trust fund exceed twenty million dollars

($20,000,000), any individual, or individuals in the case of joint return, who is

entitled to a tax refund sufficient to make a designation under this section may

designate that two dollars ($2) or four dollars ($4) or any amount of the refund be

credited to the child victims' trust fund.

(2) The tax designation authorized in this section shall be clearly and unambiguously

printed on the first page of the state individual income tax return.

(3) The proceeds derived from the tax designation shall be credited to the child victims'

trust fund to be allocated and distributed as provided in KRS 15.900 to 15.940.
KRS § 222.280 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 222 / Section 222.280
222.280 Accessibility of records to federal agencies
Status: in_force

222.280 Accessibility of records to federal agencies.

The Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services shall be

afforded reasonable access to any reports or records kept by the cabinet pursuant to and in

accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The comptroller general of the United

States or his duly authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and

examination to the same reports or records.
KRS § 190.067 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 190 / Section 190.067
190.067 Department of Vehicle Regulation's authority to perform commission's duties upon failure or inability to perform
Status: in_force

190.067 Department of Vehicle Regulation's authority to perform commission's

duties upon failure or inability to perform.

If the commission fails to perform or is unable to perform any of its official duties within

the time prescribed in this chapter, the department may perform these duties.
KRS § 173.530 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 173 / Section 173.530
173.530 Library director and staff
Status: in_force

173.530 Library director and staff.

The board shall employ a library director and upon that person's recommendation may

employ other staff as it deems necessary. The library director and staff shall be certified in

accordance with the provisions of KRS 171.240 to 171.300.
KRS § 164.520 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.520
164.520 Irredeemable bond for benefit of University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University
Status: in_force

164.520 Irredeemable bond for benefit of University of Kentucky and Kentucky

State University.

The bond issued by the commissioners of the sinking fund to themselves as trustees for

the University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University, bearing date July 1, 1897, for

the sum of $165,000 and bearing interest at the rate of six percent (6%), payable

semiannually, remains in force and constitutes a perpetual obligation of the

Commonwealth, and the interest thereon is a perpetual charge upon the Treasury. The

Finance and Administration Cabinet shall, on the first day of January and on the first day

of July each year, draw its warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum of $627.75 in favor

of the treasurer of Kentucky State University, and its warrant on the State Treasurer for

the sum of $4,322.25 in favor of the treasurer of the University of Kentucky.
KRS § 173.450 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 173 / Section 173.450
173.450 Definitions for KRS 173.450 to 173.650
Status: in_force

173.450 Definitions for KRS 173.450 to 173.650.

(1) "District" means "public library district"; and

(2) "Board" means the board of trustees of a public library district.
KRS § 422.160 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 422 / Section 422.160
422.160 Right to perpetuate evidence concerning land
Status: in_force

422.160 Right to perpetuate evidence concerning land.

Persons who own any real property or any interest therein or appurtenances thereto, may

by deposition perpetuate the testimony of any and all living witnesses relative to their title

in the manner provided in KRS 422.170 to 422.190.
KRS § 80.256 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 80 / Section 80.256
80.256 Validation of contracts and undertakings
Status: in_force

80.256 Validation of contracts and undertakings.

All contracts, agreements, obligations and undertakings of housing authorities heretofore

entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance

or operation of any housing or to obtaining aid therefor from the United States Housing

Authority and its successor agencies, including (without limiting the foregoing) loan and

annual contributions contracts and leases with the United States Housing Authority and

its successor agencies, agreements with cities, counties or other public bodies (including

agreements which are pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the

holders of any notes or bonds issued by housing authorities or which are otherwise made

a part of the contract with such holders of notes or bonds) relating to cooperation and

contributions in aid of housing, payments (if any) in lieu of taxes, furnishing of municipal

services and facilities, and the elimination of unsafe and unsanitary dwellings, and

contracts for the construction of housing, together with all proceedings, acts and things

heretofore undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated,

ratified, confirmed, approved and declared legal in all respects notwithstanding any defect

or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
KRS § 322.020 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 322 / Section 322.020
322.020 Practice of engineering or land surveying without license prohibited
Status: in_force

322.020 Practice of engineering or land surveying without license prohibited.

(1) Unless licensed as a professional engineer, no person shall:

(a) Engage in the practice of engineering;

(b) Offer to practice engineering; or

(c) Use, assume, or advertise in any way any title or description tending to convey

the impression that he or she is a professional engineer.

(2) Unless licensed as a professional land surveyor, no person shall:

(a) Engage in the practice of land surveying;

(b) Offer to practice land surveying; or

(c) Use, assume, or advertise in any way any title or description tending to convey

the impression that he or she is a professional land surveyor.
KRS § 58.020 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 58 / Section 58.020
58.020 Power of governmental agency to acquire or develop public project and issue revenue bonds
Status: in_force

58.020 Power of governmental agency to acquire or develop public project and

issue revenue bonds.

A governmental agency acting separately or jointly with one (1) or more of any such

agency, may acquire, construct, maintain, add to, and improve any public project as

defined in KRS 58.010, which public project may be located within or without or partly

within and partly without the territorial limits of such governmental agency or agencies,

and for the purpose of defraying the cost thereof may borrow money and issue negotiable

revenue bonds. Before any department or agency of the state government shall borrow

money and issue bonds under KRS 58.010 to 58.140, the head of the department or

agency shall file with the Secretary of State a written order, approved by the Governor,

the Attorney General and the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, setting

forth the proposed public project, the amount of the bonds to be issued, and the maximum

rate of interest the bonds are to bear. Any governmental agency other than agencies of the

state government may borrow money and issue revenue bonds under KRS 58.010 to

58.140 pursuant to an order, resolution, or ordinance of its legislative or administrative

body, which order, resolution, or ordinance shall set forth the proposed public project, the

amount of the revenue bonds to be issued, and the maximum rate of interest. In every

instance the order, resolution, or ordinance shall provide that the public project is being

undertaken under the provisions of KRS 58.010 to 58.140.
KRS § 440.470 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 440 / Section 440.470
440.470 Enforcement -- Cooperation of courts, agencies, etc
Status: in_force

440.470 Enforcement -- Cooperation of courts, agencies, etc.

All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this state and its political

subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and to cooperate

with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating

its purpose.
KRS § 519.070 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 519 / Section 519.070
519.070 Tampering with a prisoner monitoring device
Status: in_force

519.070 Tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.

(1) A person is guilty of tampering with a prisoner monitoring device when he or she

intentionally alters, disables, deactivates, tampers with, removes, damages, or

destroys any device used to facilitate electronic monitoring or supervision of a

person who is on probation or parole, or has been ordered to wear a device as a

condition of pretrial release.

(2) Tampering with a prisoner monitoring device is a Class D felony.
KRS § 273A.120 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273A / Section 273A.120
273A.120 Reimbursement -- Indemnification -- Advancement -- Insurance
Status: in_force

273A.120 Reimbursement -- Indemnification -- Advancement -- Insurance.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, an unincorporated

nonprofit association shall reimburse a member or manager for authorized expenses

reasonably incurred in the course of the member's or manager's activities on behalf

of the association.

(2) An unincorporated nonprofit association may indemnify a member or manager for

any debt, obligation, or other liability incurred in the course of the member's or

manager's activities on behalf of the association if the person seeking

indemnification has complied with KRS 273A.075 and 273A.100, as applicable.

Governing principles in a record may broaden or limit indemnification.

(3) If a person is made or threatened to be made a party in an action based on that

person's activities on behalf of an unincorporated nonprofit association and the

person makes a request in a record to the association, a majority of the disinterested

managers may approve in a record advance payment, or reimbursement, by the

association, of all or a part of the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and

costs, incurred by the person before the final disposition of the proceeding. To be

entitled to an advance payment or reimbursement, the person shall state in a record

that the person has a good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification in

subsection (2) of this section have been satisfied and that the person will repay the

amounts advanced or reimbursed if the criteria for payment have not been satisfied.

The governing principles in a record may broaden or limit the advance payments or

reimbursements.

(4) An unincorporated nonprofit association may purchase insurance on behalf of a

member or manager for liability asserted against or incurred by the member or

manager in the capacity of a member or manager, whether or not the association has

authority under this chapter to reimburse, indemnify, or advance expenses to the

member or manager against the liability.

(5) The rights of reimbursement, indemnification, and advancement of expenses under

this section apply to a former member or manager for an activity undertaken on

behalf of the unincorporated nonprofit association while a member or manager.