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KRS § 150.152 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.152
150.152 Report of audit of department by Auditor of Public Accounts
Status: in_force

150.152 Report of audit of department by Auditor of Public Accounts.

Each year when the Auditor of Public Accounts conducts the statewide single audit of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall with respect to the

Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources:

(1) Examine the separate revenue streams of each account within the game and fish

fund to ensure compliance with the prohibition against commingling of funds;

(2) Disaggregate and report the revenue and expenditures, by type, within the program

income fund of the fish and game fund;

(3) Identify internal controls, weaknesses, operating inefficiencies, and make

recommendations for improvements;

(4) Examine procurements, expenditures, and procurement policies to ensure

compliance with the procurement procedure requirements of KRS Chapter 45A and

150.0242; and

(5) Submit a written report to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and

Energy in conjunction with the release of the statewide single audit of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky.
KRS § 65.290 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.290
65.290 Copies of agreement must be filed -- Status of public agencies in case or controversy involving agreement between or among agencies of other state or United States
Status: in_force

65.290 Copies of agreement must be filed -- Status of public agencies in case or

controversy involving agreement between or among agencies of other state or

United States.

(1) Before any agreement made pursuant to KRS 65.210 to 65.300 shall become

operative or have force and effect, a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the

Secretary of State. After the original filing of an agreement as provided in this

section, no additional filing is required for agreements amended solely for the

addition or removal of parties as provided under KRS 65.242.

(2) If an agreement entered into pursuant to KRS 65.210 to 65.300 is between or among

one (1) or more public agencies of this state and one (1) or more public agencies of

another state or of the United States, that agreement may have the status of an

interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or

interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto shall

be real parties in interest and the state may maintain an action to recoup or

otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by

reason of being joined as a party therein. An action shall be maintainable against

any public agency or agencies whose default, failure of performance, or other

conduct caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state.
KRS § 158.157 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.157
158.157 Superintendent of each local school district to require principals to provide written notice of and age-appropriate information on KRS 531.125 to students in grades four through twelve, parents, and guardians -- Applicability to public charter schools
Status: in_force

158.157 Superintendent of each local school district to require principals to provide

written notice of and age-appropriate information on KRS 531.125 to students

in grades four through twelve, parents, and guardians -- Applicability to

public charter schools.

(1) The superintendent of each local school district shall require the principal of each

school within the district to provide written notice of the provisions of KRS

531.125 to students in grades four (4) and above in an age-appropriate manner and

to parents or guardians of all students within ten (10) days of the first instructional

day of each school year.

(2) The requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to public charter

schools as a health and safety requirement under KRS 160.1592(1).
KRS § 262.902 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 262 / Section 262.902
262.902 Legislative findings
Status: in_force

262.902 Legislative findings.

(1) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is a policy of the

Commonwealth to retain agriculture and enhance the contribution that agriculture

makes to its economy. A program to retain and enhance agriculture is in the

economic best interests of the Commonwealth and, consequently, constitutes a

public benefit that contributes to the health, safety, and general welfare of the

residents of the Commonwealth and the nation.

(2) The General Assembly further finds and declares that the use of the

Commonwealth's funds for the purpose of paying in whole or part the cost of

acquiring agricultural conservation easements as set forth in KRS 262.900 to

262.920, including any costs necessarily incident to the acquisition, sale, issuance,

and delivery of the funds, and the monitoring and enforcement of agricultural

conservation easements, or to the participation of any party for these purposes, will

promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the

Commonwealth.

(3) Further, it is the purpose of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to:

(a) Establish procedures for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements

in order to ensure that lands currently in agricultural use will continue to

remain available for agriculture and not be converted to other land uses, and

that landowners who participate in this program will be fairly compensated for

their agreement to accept deed restrictions limiting the use of their property;

(b) Encourage landowners to make a long-term commitment to agriculture by

offering them financial incentives and security that land use will remain

stable;

(c) Protect normal farming operations in agricultural areas from incompatible

nonfarming uses that may render farming impracticable;

(d) Protect normal farming operations from complaints of public nuisance against

normal farming operations; and

(e) Maximize the use of agricultural conservation easement purchase funds and

protect the investment of taxpayers in agricultural conservation easements.
KRS § 230.398 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 230 / Section 230.398
230.398 Funds to be used for purses at harness racing events at county fairs
Status: in_force

230.398 Funds to be used for purses at harness racing events at county fairs.

All sums reported and paid to the corporation under the provisions of KRS 230.361 to

230.373 by any licensee conducting a harness race meeting shall be used by it for purses

at harness racing events at county fairs within the Commonwealth of Kentucky that have

been licensed and approved by it. The corporation may promulgate administrative

regulations for the conduct of these races.
KRS § 247.780 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.780
247.780 Annual review of program -- Referendum required, when -- Termination
Status: in_force

247.780 Annual review of program -- Referendum required, when -- Termination.

(1) The board shall review the assessment program annually. If, at the end of any year

after the first year of the assessment program, the board has reason to believe that a

majority of producers are not in favor of the program, the Commissioner may

conduct a referendum among the producers in the area or if the board determines

that fifty percent (50%) of the producers in the referendum area are not participating

in the program, the Commissioner shall then conduct a referendum among the

producers in the area. If, upon the referendum, a majority of the producers in the

area reject the program, it shall be terminated as of the end of the month in which

the referendum for the area was conducted and held; otherwise, such assessment

program shall continue in force and effect.

(2) If the certified association of producers expresses in writing its desire to the

Commissioner to discontinue the assessment program and terminate it, the

Commissioner shall within fifteen (15) days following receipt of the request

convene the board to review and act on the request. The board, after reviewing the

request and conducting whatever proceedings are deemed appropriate and necessary

in connection with the request, may terminate the program effective at the end of

the month in which the board action is taken; and in this event the Commissioner

shall notify by certified mail all operators of tobacco warehouses, tobacco

manufacturers, or tobacco dealers of the termination of the program.

(3) If the certified association requests in writing to the Commissioner to hold a

referendum on the question of increasing the assessment within the limits of KRS

247.710 to 247.785, the Commissioner shall within fifteen (15) days of the receipt

of the request convene the board to review and act on the request. The board, after

reviewing the request and conducting whatever proceedings are deemed appropriate

and necessary with the request, shall, if the request is approved, conduct a

referendum in accordance with the provisions of KRS 247.710 to 247.785.
KRS § 95.855 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.855
95.855 Credit for service -- How computed
Status: in_force

95.855 Credit for service -- How computed.

(1) Each person becoming a member on the date of establishment shall be entitled to

full credit for all service rendered prior to such date. Each person becoming a

member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after such date,

provided contributions are made for all such subsequent service. Total service shall

include prior service and membership service.

(2) The following types of service shall be eligible for service credit:

(a) Service as a full-time member of a department of the city;

(b) Service in a civilian or other capacity in the service of the city, state of

Kentucky, or the federal government, while on approved leave of absence

from a department, subject to maximum credit for such service of one (1)

year;

(c) Service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during a period

of national emergency while on leave of absence from a department, provided

(1) that such leave-of-absence-service shall not exceed five (5) years, and (2)

that such member shall reenter the service of a department of the city within a

period of six (6) months following the date of honorable discharge from such

service;

(d) All service rendered in a civilian capacity as provided in KRS 95.854 (3).

(3) In the computation of service credit, nine (9) months or more of service during a

year shall entitle a member for one (1) year of service; six (6) to nine (9) months of

service shall constitute three-quarters (3/4) of a year; three (3) to six (6) months,

one-half (1/2) year; less than three (3) months, one-quarter (1/4) of a year.
KRS § 65.170 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.170
65.170 Dissolution by referendum
Status: in_force

65.170 Dissolution by referendum.

(1) A district may be dissolved by a referendum as provided in this section.

(2) Persons seeking dissolution of a district shall submit a petition to the county clerk

signed by at least fifty percent (50%) of that class of citizens who may by law

petition for the creation of the district.

(3) The petition shall be in substantially the following form: "The undersigned

(registered voters, qualified voters, freeholders, or landowners as determined by

subsection (2) of this section) living within (name of the district and containing a

metes and bounds description of the district) hereby request that the question of the

dissolution of the district be put to a referendum." The petition shall conspicuously

state in layman's terms that any legal obligations of the district must be satisfied

before the district can be dissolved and that the citizens of the district shall be

responsible for the satisfaction of any such obligations. Signatures on the petition

shall be dated, the last no later than ninety (90) days after the first.

(4) If the county clerk determines that the petition is in proper order, he shall certify the

petition to the fiscal court or consolidated local government. The fiscal court or

consolidated local government shall direct that the question be placed before the

voters at the next regular election if the petition is certified not later than the second

Tuesday in August preceding the day of the regular election. The fiscal court or

consolidated local government shall bear the costs of advertising and placing the

question before the voters.

(5) The county clerk shall advertise the question as provided in KRS Chapter 424 and

shall prepare the following admonition to the voter: "The (name of district) may

have existing legal obligations that must be satisfied before the district can be

dissolved. The citizens of the district shall be responsible for the satisfaction of any

such obligations." The question of the dissolution of the district shall be placed

before the voters in substantially the following form: "The (name of the district and

containing a metes and bounds description of the district) should be dissolved." The

voter shall vote "yes" or "no."

(6) Registered voters eligible to sign a petition for dissolution as provided by

subsection (2) of this section shall be eligible to vote on the question of dissolution.

(7) In referendums under this section, provision shall be made for those opposing the

dissolution of the district to have equal representation with the proponents of the

measure in the determination of eligibility of voters, and in the observance of

canvassing and certifying of the returns.
KRS § 158.477 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.477
158.477 Appointment or promotion to ranks, grades, and positions - Compensation -- Employment contract permitted
Status: in_force

158.477 Appointment or promotion to ranks, grades, and positions -

Compensation -- Employment contract permitted.

(1) The local board of education may provide for the appointment or promotion to the

ranks and grades and positions of the department officers and civilians as are

considered by the board to be necessary for the efficient administration of the

department. The officers and civilians shall receive compensation as shall be fixed

and paid by the board.

(2) (a) The local board of education may, as a condition of employment, require a

newly appointed department officer to enter into an employment contract for a

period of no longer than five (5) years from the date of appointment.

(b) If a department officer who entered into a contract authorized under this

subsection accepts employment as a peace officer with another law

enforcement agency, that law enforcement agency shall reimburse the local

board of education that initially hired the department officer for the actual

costs incurred and expended by the local board of education that are

associated with the initial hiring of that department officer, including but not

limited to the application process, training costs, equipment costs, salary, and

fringe benefits. The local board of education that initially hired the department

officer shall be reimbursed for the costs from the time of the department

officer's initial application until appointment.
KRS § 103.230 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 103 / Section 103.230
103.230 Bonds negotiable -- Disposal -- Private sale, when -- Payable only from revenue
Status: in_force

103.230 Bonds negotiable -- Disposal -- Private sale, when -- Payable only from

revenue.

(1) Notwithstanding the form or tenor, and in the absence of an express recital on the

face thereof that the bond is nonnegotiable, all bonds issued pursuant to KRS

103.200 to 103.285 shall at all times be and shall be treated as, and have all the

qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments for all purposes. If any officer

whose signature or counter signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be

such officer before delivery of the bonds, his signature or countersignature shall

nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained

in office until delivery. The bonds shall be sold upon such terms as the city

legislative body or the fiscal court of the county, as the case may be, deems best, or

any contract for the acquisition of any industrial building may provide that payment

shall be made in such bonds. The issuing authority may sell such bonds in such

manner, either at public or private sale, and for such price, as it may determine will

best effect the purposes of KRS 103.230 to 103.260; provided, however, that no

private or negotiated sale shall be made unless the corporation which is contracting

to lease the industrial building shall have requested in writing, addressed to the

chief executive of the issuing authority, that the sale of the bonds shall be made

privately upon a negotiated basis.

(2) The bonds shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the building, and

shall not constitute an indebtedness of the city or county within the meaning of the

Constitution. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been

issued under the provisions of KRS 103.200 to 103.280 and that it does not

constitute an indebtedness of the city or county within the meaning of the

Constitution.
KRS § 196.173 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 196 / Section 196.173
196.173 Pregnant inmates housed in jail, penitentiary, local or state correctional or detention facility, residential center, or reentry center -- Permissible and impermissible restraints
Status: in_force

196.173 Pregnant inmates housed in jail, penitentiary, local or state correctional or

detention facility, residential center, or reentry center -- Permissible and

impermissible restraints.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an inmate housed in a jail,

penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility, residential center, or

reentry center who is known to be pregnant shall be restrained solely with

handcuffs in front of her body unless further restraint is required to protect herself

or others.

(2) (a) Except in an extraordinary circumstance, no inmate who is known to be

pregnant shall be restrained during labor, during transport to a medical facility

or freestanding birthing center for delivery, or during postpartum recovery.

(b) As used in this subsection, "extraordinary circumstance" means that

reasonable grounds exist to believe the inmate presents an immediate and

credible:

1. Serious threat of hurting herself, staff, or others; or

2. Risk of escape that cannot be reasonably minimized through any method

other than restraints.
KRS § 69.350 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 69 / Section 69.350
69.350 Employment of victim advocate
Status: in_force

69.350 Employment of victim advocate.

(1) Each county attorney may employ individually or jointly with one (1) or more other

county attorneys at least one (1) victim advocate to counsel and assist crime victims

as defined in KRS 421.500.

(2) An individual employed as a victim advocate shall be a person who by a

combination of education, professional qualification, training, and experience is

qualified to perform the duties of this position. The victim advocate shall be an

individual at least eighteen (18) years of age, of good moral character, with at least

two (2) years of experience working in the human services field or court system in a

position requiring professional contact with children or adults, who has:

(a) Received a baccalaureate degree in social work, sociology, psychology,

guidance and counseling, education, religion, criminal justice, or other human

service field; or

(b) Received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, and, in addition to

the experience required in this subsection, has at least four (4) years'

experience working in the human services field or court system.

(3) Each county attorney who employs an individual to serve as a victim advocate shall

develop a written job description which describes the duties of the position and

shall ensure the victim advocate completes training relating to the appropriate

intervention with crime victims, including victims of domestic violence and elder

abuse, neglect, and exploitation and other crimes against the elderly. Each victim

advocate shall perform those duties necessary to insure compliance with the crime

victim's bill of rights contained in KRS 421.500 to 421.530. No victim advocate

shall engage in political activities while in the course of performing duties as victim

advocate or the practice of law as defined in KRS 524.130. The creation and

funding of any new personnel position shall be reviewed and approved by the

Prosecutors Advisory Council.
KRS § 143A.991 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 143A / Section 143A.991
143A.991 Penalties
Status: in_force

143A.991 Penalties.

(1) Any taxpayer who fails to file required returns and remit the tax due under this

chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be fined

an amount not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100),

or imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both such fine and

imprisonment.

(2) Any taxpayer, including any officer of a corporation, who engages in the severing

and/or processing of natural resources in this state or sells or uses natural resources

so severed or processed without obtaining a certificate of registration or after a

certificate of registration has been suspended or revoked, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor, shall be fined an amount not less than

one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or

imprisoned for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and

imprisonment.
KRS § 150.999 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.999
150.999 Prepayment of fines subject to certain conditions
Status: in_force

150.999 Prepayment of fines subject to certain conditions.

(1) All offenses classified as violations under this chapter shall be prepayable except

for:

(a) An offense where evidence of the commission of the offense, or of another

offense, or a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as defined in KRS

500.080 is seized and the citation is so marked and a court date set;

(b) An offense is cited with another offense that is not prepayable and the citation

is so marked and a court date set; or

(c) An arrest is made under KRS 431.015.

(2) In the event that a prepayable offense is cited with another offense that is not

prepayable, a court appearance shall be required on all of the offenses as required by

KRS 431.452.
KRS § 277.280 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 277 / Section 277.280
277.280 Bond, powers, and compensation of railroad policemen
Status: in_force

277.280 Bond, powers, and compensation of railroad policemen.

(1) Each railroad policeman shall, before he or she enters upon the discharge of the

duties of his or her office, execute bond, with good security, conditioned for the

faithful performance of his or her duty as such policeman, and take and subscribe

an oath of office. The bond shall be executed in the county in which the policeman

resides, or in which the railroad has its registered process agent, if any, within the

state, or in which the policeman performs any duties as a railroad policeman, and

the bond shall be approved, and the oath administered, by the county

judge/executive. The bond and oath shall be entered of record by the county clerk,

and the execution of the bond and the taking of the oath shall be indorsed upon the

commission of the person so qualifying. Each policeman so appointed and

commissioned shall, throughout the counties through which the railroad operates,

have and exercise the powers of sheriffs and constables granted police powers in

making arrests for public offenses committed upon or about railroad property, and

in serving process in criminal and penal prosecutions for such offenses, and shall be

subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs.

(2) The compensation of railroad policemen shall be fixed and paid by the railroad

company for which they are appointed.