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KRS § 456.090 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 456 / Section 456.090
456.090 Law enforcement to assist protective order petitioner and victim of dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking -- Statewide enforcement -- Civil and criminal immunity
Status: in_force

456.090 Law enforcement to assist protective order petitioner and victim of dating

violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking -- Statewide enforcement -- Civil

and criminal immunity.

(1) A court issuing an interpersonal protective order shall direct the appropriate law

enforcement agency to assist the petitioner in having the provisions of the order

complied with.

(2) When a law enforcement officer has reason to suspect that a person has been the

victim of dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, the officer shall use

all reasonable means to provide assistance to the victim, including but not limited

to:

(a) Remaining at the location of the call for assistance so long as the officer

reasonably suspects there is danger to the physical safety of individuals there

without the presence of a law enforcement officer;

(b) Assisting the victim in obtaining medical treatment, including transporting the

victim to the nearest medical facility capable of providing the necessary

treatment;

(c) Advising the victim immediately of the rights available to them, including the

provisions of this chapter; and

(d) Completing a JC-3 form, or its equivalent replacement, and providing the

information to the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center pursuant to

KRS 209A.110.

(3) Orders of protection shall be enforced in any county of the Commonwealth.

(4) Officers acting in good faith under this chapter shall be immune from criminal and

civil liability.
KRS § 41.465 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 41 / Section 41.465
41.465 Annual financial statement audit
Status: in_force

41.465 Annual financial statement audit.

(1) (a) The commission shall annually procure a financial statement audit of all funds

and accounts within its control.

(b) The audit shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted

government auditing standards.

(2) (a) The commission shall not enter into any contract with a certified public

accountant for an audit unless the Auditor of Public Accounts has:

1. Declined in writing to perform the audit; or

2. Failed to respond within fifteen (15) days of receipt of a written request

for an audit.

(b) If the Auditor of Public Accounts performs the annual audit required in

subsection (1) of this section, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall maintain a

record of all expenses incurred, including time worked on the audit, and these

expenses shall be charged to the commission.

(c) If the Auditor of Public Accounts does not perform the annual audit, any

contract with a certified public accountant shall specify the following:

1. The certified public accountant shall forward a copy of the audit report

and management letters to the Auditor of Public Accounts and to the

Legislative Research Commission; and

2. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall have the right to review the

certified public accountant's work papers.
KRS § 171.205 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.205
171.205 Legislative intent declared
Status: in_force

171.205 Legislative intent declared.

It is the intention of KRS 171.201 to 171.205 to add to the public library service given by

local communities and not to relieve such communities of their responsibilities.
KRS § 91A.400 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91A / Section 91A.400
91A.400 Restaurant tax in authorized cities
Status: in_force

91A.400 Restaurant tax in authorized cities.

(1) As used in this section, "authorized city" means a city on the registry maintained by

the Department for Local Government under subsection (2) of this section.

(2) On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create

and maintain a registry of cities that, as of January 1, 2014, were classified as cities

of the fourth or fifth class. The Department for Local Government shall make the

information included on the registry available to the public by publishing it on its

Web site.

(3) In addition to the three percent (3%) transient room tax authorized by KRS

91A.390(1)(b), the city legislative body in an authorized city may levy an additional

restaurant tax not to exceed three percent (3%) of the retail sales by all restaurants

doing business in the city. All moneys collected from the tax authorized by this

section shall be turned over to the tourist and convention commission established in

that city as provided by KRS 91A.345 to 91A.394.
KRS § 73.250 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 73 / Section 73.250
73.250 Reports, plats and depositions to be filed -- Evidence
Status: in_force

73.250 Reports, plats and depositions to be filed -- Evidence.

The reports of processioners, the plats and certificates of the surveyor, notices and

affidavits, and depositions taken by the processioners, shall be filed and kept by the

county clerk. The report, notice and plat shall be recorded, and shall be prima facie

evidence against the parties interested and others claiming through or under them.
KRS § 76.100 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 76 / Section 76.100
76.100 Construction, improvement or extension of sewer and drainage system -- Contracts -- Contractors' bonds
Status: in_force

76.100 Construction, improvement or extension of sewer and drainage system --

Contracts -- Contractors' bonds.

It shall be the duty of the district as promptly as possible, to rehabilitate, construct,

improve, and extend, any sewer and drainage system taken over and controlled by it,

which shall include, but is not limited to, disconnection of storm water drains and

constructing outlets therefor, where such work is necessary to relieve existing sanitary

sewers of storm water loads, in order to permit the efficient operation of such sanitary

sewers. The district may make rules and regulations for the submission of bids and the

construction of such additions, betterments, and extensions, or any part thereof. No

contract shall be entered into for construction work or for the purchase of materials,

unless the contractor shall give an undertaking with corporate surety in an amount

approved by the board for the faithful performance of the contract. As to contracts entered

into for construction, such undertaking shall provide, among other things, that the person

or corporation entering into such contract with the district will pay for all materials

furnished and services rendered in the performance of the contract, and that any person or

corporation furnishing such materials or rendering such services, may maintain an action

thereon to recover for the same against the obligor in the undertaking and the surety, as

though such person or corporation was named therein.
KRS § 311A.200 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311A / Section 311A.200
311A.200 Limited certification or license issued to felon in correctional institution -- Penalties
Status: in_force

311A.200 Limited certification or license issued to felon in correctional institution -

- Penalties.

(1) The provisions of KRS 311A.050 relating to the certification and licensure of a

felon as a first responder, emergency medical technician, or paramedic to the

contrary notwithstanding, the board may issue a limited certification as a first

responder or emergency medical technician or a limited license as a paramedic to a

convicted felon who is currently serving a sentence for a felony and is in a facility

operated by or under contract to the Department of Corrections.

(2) A felon with a limited certification or license shall be limited to performing his or

her services only upon other inmates, visitors, or staff of an institution operated by

or under contract to the Department of Corrections.

(3) Upon release by expiration of sentence, probation, shock probation, parole, or other

form of early release or upon the escape of the inmate from confinement the license

or certification shall automatically terminate. If the inmate has escaped from

confinement he or she shall never be issued a future limited certification or license.

(4) All other provisions of this chapter relating to first responders, emergency medical

technicians, paramedics, and their employment and supervision shall apply to

convicted felons with a limited license or certification.

(5) An inmate who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class D

felony.
KRS § 278.192 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.192
278.192 Test period for proposed rate increase
Status: in_force

278.192 Test period for proposed rate increase.

(1) For the purpose of justifying the reasonableness of a proposed general increase in

rates, the commission shall allow a utility to utilize either an historical test period of

twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, or a forward-looking test period

corresponding to the first twelve (12) consecutive calendar months the proposed

increase would be in effect after the maximum suspension provided in KRS

278.190(2).

(2) (a) Any application utilizing a forward-looking test period shall include a base

period to be filed with the application, which begins not more than nine (9)

months prior to the date of filing, consisting of not less than six (6) months of

actual historical data and not more than six (6) months of estimated data at the

time of filing.

(b) Actual results for the estimated months of the base period shall be filed no

later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of the base period.

(c) Upon the filing of an application for a proposed increase in rates based on

either a historical or a forward-looking test period, any intervening party in

opposition to such application shall have the right to examine all data,

including individual invoices, which comprise the actual expenditures of the

utility incurred for ratemaking purposes for the preceding twelve (12) month

period immediately prior to the filing date.
KRS § 275.170 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.170
275.170 Duties of care and loyalty -- Approval of conflict of interest transactions -- Remedy for breach of the duty of loyalty
Status: in_force

275.170 Duties of care and loyalty -- Approval of conflict of interest transactions --

Remedy for breach of the duty of loyalty.

Unless otherwise provided in a written operating agreement:

(1) With respect to any claim for breach of the duty of care, a member or manager shall

not be liable, responsible, or accountable in damages or otherwise to the limited

liability company or the members of the limited liability company for any action

taken or failure to act on behalf of the limited liability company unless the act or

omission constitutes wanton or reckless misconduct.

(2) The duty of loyalty applicable to each member and manager shall be to account to

the limited liability company and hold as trustee for it any profit or benefit derived

by that person without the consent of more than one-half (1/2) by number of the

disinterested managers, or a majority-in-interest of the members from:

(a) Any transaction connected with the conduct or winding up of the limited

liability company; or

(b) Any use by the member or manager of its property, including, but not limited

to, confidential or proprietary information of the limited liability company or

other matters entrusted to the person as a result of his or her status as manager

or member.

(3) In determining whether a transaction has received the approval of a majority-in-

interest of the members, membership interests owned by or voted under the control

of the member or manager whose actions are under review in accordance with

subsection (2) of this section, and membership interests owned by an entity owned

by or voted under the control of that member or manager, shall not be counted in a

vote of the members to determine whether to consent, and the membership interests

shall not be counted in determining whether a quorum, if required by a written

operating agreement, exists to consider whether to consent. That a transaction was

fair to the limited liability company shall not constitute a defense to the failure to

request and receive the required consent of the disinterested managers or members.

(4) A member of a limited liability company in which management is vested in

managers under KRS 275.165(2) and who is not a manager shall have no duties to

the limited liability company or the other members solely by reason of acting in his

or her capacity as a member.
KRS § 403.7529 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.7529
403.7529 Authentication of foreign protective order
Status: in_force

403.7529 Authentication of foreign protective order.

(1) Upon ex parte review of the foreign protective order and the affidavit filed pursuant

to KRS 403.7527, and after determining the order is entitled to full faith and credit

in this Commonwealth pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265, the court shall declare the

order to be authenticated and record the finding on the affidavit.

(2) If the court declares the order to be authenticated, the court shall:

(a) Direct the appropriate law enforcement agency to assist the petitioner in

having the provisions of the order complied with, if applicable; and

(b) Order its enforcement in any county of the Commonwealth in the same

manner as an domestic violence order of this state issued pursuant to KRS

403.740.

(3) The clerk shall notify the person who filed the foreign protective order of the

decision of the court and provide the person a certified copy of the affidavit

declaring the authentication of the order.
KRS § 18A.146 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.146
18A.146 Felony conviction grounds for disciplinary action
Status: in_force

18A.146 Felony conviction grounds for disciplinary action.

(1) As used in this section, "state employee" means a person regularly appointed to a

position in the state service, whether classified or unclassified, for which he is

compensated on a full-time or part-time basis.

(2) Subject to the provisions of KRS 18A.095, any state employee who is convicted of

a felony may be subject to any disciplinary action deemed appropriate, including

dismissal from the state service.
KRS § 338.062 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 338 / Section 338.062
338.062 Occupational safety and health standards -- Restrictions on adopting, promulgating, or enforcing regulations -- Exemption for public employees
Status: in_force

338.062 Occupational safety and health standards -- Restrictions on adopting,

promulgating, or enforcing regulations -- Exemption for public employees.

The Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards board, the secretary, the

secretary's designee, the commissioner, and the commissioner's authorized representative

shall not adopt, promulgate, or enforce any occupational safety and health administrative

regulation that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the United States

Department of Labor has not promulgated, or that is more stringent than the

corresponding federal provision enforced by the United States Department of Labor

under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Whereas the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 does not apply to public employees, the cabinet shall retain the

authority to promulgate and enforce, as necessary, administrative regulations pertaining

to public employees.
KRS § 72.255 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 72 / Section 72.255
72.255 Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

72.255 Administrative regulations.

The secretary of justice and public safety shall adopt administrative regulations to carry

out the provisions of KRS Chapter 72, including but not limited to the adoption of forms,

fees for examinations, certification requirements, reports of medical examiners and

certified coroners, and other costs incidental to the administration of this chapter. The

advisory commission provided for in KRS 72.225 shall review and may recommend new

regulations or changes in the regulations provided for in this section.
KRS § 76.274 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 76 / Section 76.274
76.274 Sanitation tax district -- Creation, powers -- Area included
Status: in_force

76.274 Sanitation tax district -- Creation, powers -- Area included.

In the interest of the public health and for the purpose of providing adequate sanitation

and drainage facilities in each county containing a city of the first class, there may be

created and established therein one or more sanitation tax districts, under the provisions

of KRS 76.005 to 76.295, having the powers, duties and functions prescribed in KRS

76.005 to 76.295, and to be known by and under the name of .... (name) sanitation tax

district. Such a district under its name shall be a public body corporate and political

subdivision, with power to adopt, use and alter at its pleasure a corporate seal, sue and be

sued, contract and be contracted with, and in other ways to act as a natural person, within

the purview of KRS 76.005 to 76.295. Such district may encompass any territory within

the county except:

(1) Territory in the district area of a metropolitan sewer district,

(2) Sewered areas which are connected to the district facilities of a metropolitan sewer

district, and

(3) Sewered areas which have paid a capital investment recovery fee, or are paying the

same, to a metropolitan sewer district to reimburse the metropolitan sewer district

for that portion of its capital expenditures equitably allocable to the sewered area.
KRS § 5.288 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.288
5.288 Eighty-eighth Representative District
Status: in_force

5.288 Eighty-eighth Representative District.

The Eighty-eighth Representative District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Fayette KY (part)

A104 - Bell School House

A175 - Horse Park

A187 - Town Branch

A203 - Enterprise

C114 - Autumn Ridge

C125 - Helm

C154 - Man O War

C163 - Greenbrier

C180 - Broadmoor

C185 - N Elkhorn

C192 - Chetford

C193 - Sheffield Place

C194 - Chestnut Hill

C200 - Deer Crossing

C201 - Telluride

C209 - Shaker Run

C210 - Mint Hill

C217 - Denali

C218 - Levi Todd

C223 - Wilkes Run

C224 - Bay Springs Park

C227 - Fortune Hill

C228 - Many Oaks Park

C232 - Turtle Creek

C233 - Walnut Creek

C235 - Red Stone

C236 - Passage Mound

C237 - Orchard Grass

C239 - Needlerush

County: Scott KY (part)

A114 - Falls Creek

A116 - Pavilion

C118 - East Cane Run

D115 - Newtown

D119 - Rocky Creek

D121 - Leesburg

D123 - Elkhorn Green

E126 - Old Mill

E128 - Stables

G134 - Lemons Mill

G138 - Old Depot
KRS § 275.010 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.010
275.010 Powers of limited liability companies
Status: in_force

275.010 Powers of limited liability companies.

(1) Except as otherwise set forth in this chapter or unless the articles of organization or

operating agreement provide otherwise, every limited liability company shall have

the powers to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and

affairs.

(2) A limited liability company is a legal entity distinct from its members.

(3) Professional limited liability companies shall be governed by the laws, whether

statutory or common law, applicable to other limited liability companies. Except for

those provisions concerning the personal liability of members, managers,

employees, and agents of a limited liability company, nothing in this chapter shall

restrict, limit, or expand in any manner the authority and duty of any regulating

board to:

(a) License individual persons providing professional services; and

(b) Regulate the practice of persons providing professional services which are

within the jurisdiction of the regulating board, even though the persons are

members, managers, employees, or agents of a professional limited liability

company, or provide professional services through a professional limited

liability company, including the establishment of regulations concerning:

1. The qualifications of members or managers of a professional limited

liability company;

2. The transfer of limited liability company interests in a professional

limited liability company; or

3. The provision of one (1) or more professional services through a

professional limited liability company.
KRS § 109.300 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 109 / Section 109.300
109.300 Purpose of KRS 109.310 to 109.320
Status: in_force

109.300 Purpose of KRS 109.310 to 109.320.

(1) It is the purpose of KRS 109.310 to 109.320 to further the intention of the General

Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky as expressed in KRS 109.011 that the

primary responsibility for adequate solid waste collection, disposal and resource

recovery rests with counties, and to assist local governments to carry out those

responsibilities.

(2) The authority granted by KRS 109.310 to 109.320 shall be construed as being in

addition to other power already given to counties. The purpose of this grant of

authority shall be to increase the range of options from which counties may choose

in order to meet local solid waste management needs.
KRS § 171.228 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.228
171.228 Imagination Library of Kentucky Program -- Establishment -- Purpose -- Administration -- Trust fund
Status: in_force

171.228 Imagination Library of Kentucky Program -- Establishment -- Purpose --

Administration -- Trust fund.

(1) The Imagination Library of Kentucky Program is hereby established. The purpose

of the program shall be to promote the development of a comprehensive statewide

initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and

learning. For purposes of this section, "state program" means the Imagination

Library of Kentucky Program.

(2) State program funds shall be used to provide, through Dolly Parton's Imagination

Library, one (1) age-appropriate book to each registered child from birth to age five

(5) in participating counties. Books shall be sent monthly to each child's home at no

cost to families. The state program shall contribute the fifty percent (50%) match of

the funds, if available, required of local programs participating in Dolly Parton's

Imagination Library.

(3) The Department for Libraries and Archives shall administer the state program,

including but not limited to:

(a) Promoting the statewide development of county-level Dolly Parton's

Imagination Library programs;

(b) Advancing and strengthening local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

programs with the goal of increasing family enrollment in those programs;

(c) Recruiting volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and

coordination of the state program;

(d) Soliciting donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support the local

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs;

(e) Developing community engagement;

(f) Administering the state and local programs' dollar matching requirements;

(g) Coordinating the collection and remittance of local program costs for books

and mailing; and

(h) Developing statewide marketing and communication plans.

(4) (a) The Imagination Library of Kentucky Program trust fund is hereby created as

a trust fund in the State Treasury to be administered by the Department for

Libraries and Archives for the purposes set forth in this section.

(b) The trust fund shall consist of state general fund appropriations, gifts and

grants from public and private sources, and federal funds. All moneys

included in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes set forth in this

section.

(c) Any unallotted or unencumbered balances in the trust fund shall be invested as

provided in KRS 42.500(9). Income earned from the investments shall be

credited to the trust fund.

(d) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any fund balance at the close of the fiscal year

shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year and

continuously appropriated only for the purposes specified in this section.