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KRS § 272.201 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 272 / Section 272.201
272.201 Membership certificate -- Capital stock -- Payment for -- Voting rights -- Purchase or redemption of stock
Status: in_force

272.201 Membership certificate -- Capital stock -- Payment for -- Voting rights --

Purchase or redemption of stock.

(1) When a member of an association established without capital stock has paid the

membership fee in full, the member shall receive notice of such membership

whether by a certificate of membership, letter, or otherwise. Such membership shall

not be transferable except as may be prescribed in the articles of incorporation and

bylaws of the association.

(2) No association shall issue capital stock until it has been fully paid for. Promissory

notes may be accepted by an association as full or partial payment. An association

may hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but retention as security

shall not affect a member's right to vote.

(3) An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount of voting stock which one (1)

member may own. No member of an association composed solely of producers of

agricultural products shall be allowed to control more than forty-nine percent (49%)

of such association's voting power.

(4) An association, in its bylaws, may provide that no member shall have more than one

(1) vote.

(5) An association organized under KRS 272.101 to 272.341 whose members are one

(1) or more associations may determine by its bylaws the number of votes to which

each member-association is entitled and provide for the appointment or election of

delegates to cast the votes and to represent the member-associations at all

membership meetings.

(6) An association organized with stock may issue preferred stock, with or without the

right to vote. Such stock may be redeemable or retirable by the association on terms

and conditions provided for by the articles of incorporation and printed on the face

of the certificate.

(7) The voting stock of an association shall be transferable only to persons engaged in

the production of agricultural products or to associations of such persons. Such

restrictions must be printed upon every certificate of voting stock.

(8) Except when its debts exceed fifty percent (50%) of its assets, an association may

purchase for cash its capital stock at book value or par value, whichever is less, and

may call such stock for redemption on the same basis pursuant to a plan for rotating

ownership of such stock set forth in its articles of incorporation or in its bylaws. The

determination of book value by the board of directors shall be incontestable except

for fraud.
KRS § 311.992 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.992
311.992 Penalty for violation of KRS 311.715
Status: in_force

311.992 Penalty for violation of KRS 311.715.

Any person who intentionally or recklessly violates KRS 311.715 shall be guilty of a

Class A misdemeanor.
KRS § 407.5704 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 407 / Section 407.5704
407.5704 Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention
Status: in_force

407.5704 Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under

Convention.

(1) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Office of the Attorney General shall:

(a) Transmit and receive applications; and

(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in

a tribunal of this state.

(2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the

Convention:

(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;

(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if

necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is

refused under KRS 407.5708(2)(b), (d), or (i);

(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign

country.

(3) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor

against which there is an existing support order:

(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing

support order of a tribunal of this state;

(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign

country.

(4) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however

described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the

Convention.
KRS § 335.610 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.610
335.610 Kentucky Board of Licensure for Pastoral Counselors
Status: in_force

335.610 Kentucky Board of Licensure for Pastoral Counselors.

The Kentucky Board of Licensure for Pastoral Counselors is hereby created.

(1) The board shall be composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the

Governor to serve four (4) year terms.

(a) Four (4) members shall be Kentucky licensed pastoral counselors actively

engaged in the practice or teaching of pastoral counseling.

(b) One (1) member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with, or

financially interested in, the practice or business of pastoral counseling.

(2) All reappointments to the board and vacancies on the board shall be filled by the

Governor from a list of three (3) nominees for each vacancy, submitted by the

executive committee of the Kentucky Association of Pastoral Counselors. In

selecting the three (3) nominees to be submitted to the Governor, the executive

committee shall consider all nominations, including self-nominations, from all

pastoral counselors licensed under the provisions of KRS 335.600 to 335.699.

(3) No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

(4) The chair of the board may not serve more than two (2) years.

(5) Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
KRS § 439.310 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.310
439.310 Administration of probation and parole laws
Status: in_force

439.310 Administration of probation and parole laws.

The commissioner, with the approval of the secretary and the Governor, shall appoint a

person charged with the administration of probation and parole laws, who, with the

approval of the commissioner, shall appoint a number of probation and parole officers

and other employees sufficient to administer the provisions of KRS 439.250 to 439.560;

but no employee shall be appointed except in the manner hereinafter provided. The

person charged with the administration of probation and parole laws shall have attained at

least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college, and, in addition, shall be a person

with training and experience in probation, parole or other related form of welfare work.
KRS § 353.804 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.804
353.804 Jurisdiction and authority over geologic storage of carbon dioxide -- Application for and approval of demonstration projects -- Cabinet to testify annually on program's development
Status: in_force

353.804 Jurisdiction and authority over geologic storage of carbon dioxide --

Application for and approval of demonstration projects -- Cabinet to

testify annually on program's development. (Effective July 1, 2021)

(1) The division is authorized to seek primary jurisdiction and authority over

matters relating to the geologic storage of carbon dioxide in the

Commonwealth once these programs have been developed at the federal

level.

(2) The cabinet shall seek one (1) to five (5) demonstration projects for location in

the Commonwealth. Projects shall be approved by the secretary or a designee.

To be approved, a project shall inject carbon dioxide into pore space that

contains no economically recoverable minerals at the time of the injection and

shall:

(a) Incorporate carbon storage or integrate carbon capture and storage

technology; or

(b) Be a carbon capture and storage project that is associated with a project

that has otherwise qualified and been approved for incentives under KRS

154.27-010 to 154.27-090, the Incentives for Energy-related Business

Act.

(3) Within eighteen (18) months of obtaining approval of a demonstration project

from the cabinet, the applicant shall file the necessary application for a Class V

well with Region 4, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),

The applicant must begin work on the demonstration project within eighteen

(18) months of the date the Class V well permit is granted by the USEPA. The

applicant may request an extension of time from the cabinet. If the

requirements of this subsection have not been met within the time allowed and

the cabinet has not granted an extension of time, the cabinet may revoke its

approval of the demonstration project.

(4) The cabinet shall provide testimony on the program's development annually,

beginning in 2012, at meetings of the Interim Joint Committee on Natural

Resources and Environment and the Special Subcommittee on Energy unless

the chairs of the committees direct otherwise. The testimony shall include

specific recommendations for legislative action, including necessary

appropriations.
KRS § 175.570 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 175 / Section 175.570
175.570 Status of turnpike bonds as investments
Status: in_force

175.570 Status of turnpike bonds as investments.

Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made

securities in which all public officers and public bodies, agencies and instrumentalities of

the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust

companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators,

trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may

hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of a similar nature may

properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.

Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with

and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of

the Commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of

the Commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
KRS § 452.080 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.080
452.080 When removed case stands for trial
Status: in_force

452.080 When removed case stands for trial.

Upon receipt of the paper the receiving clerk shall note the action of record, and the

action shall proceed as if the last pleading, motion or order was made on the date of such

notation.
KRS § 68.110 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 68 / Section 68.110
68.110 Expenditure in excess of revenue or diversion of funds forbidden
Status: in_force

68.110 Expenditure in excess of revenue or diversion of funds forbidden.

(1) The fiscal court shall not in any year expend any money in excess of the amount

annually levied and collected for that year or levied, collected or appropriated for

any special purpose.

(2) The fiscal court shall not expend, or permit or authorize to be expended, any county

revenue raised by taxes levied for one (1) purpose, for any other purpose than that

specified in the order or resolution levying the tax.

(3) No member of the fiscal court shall knowingly vote for any appropriation or

contract in violation of this section or KRS 68.100, and no county officer shall

knowingly do any act to impose upon the county any pecuniary liability in excess of

the limitations of this section, KRS 68.090 and 68.100.
KRS § 320.230 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.230
320.230 Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Compensation
Status: in_force

320.230 Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners -- Appointment --

Qualifications -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Compensation.

(1) The Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners shall consist of five (5) members

appointed by the Governor. Four (4) members shall be Kentucky licensed practicing

optometrists whose licenses are in good standing and who are appointed by the

Governor from a list containing three (3) names for each appointment recommended

by the Kentucky Optometric Association. One (1) member shall be a citizen at large

who is not associated with or financially interested in the practice or business

regulated. The members shall serve for a term of four (4) years and until their

successors are appointed and qualified. They shall receive per diem compensation

to be determined by administrative regulations promulgated by the board, not to

exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per day for attending board

meetings. Members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties under this chapter.

(2) Each optometrist member shall be a Kentucky licensed practicing optometrist in

good standing for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding his or her

appointment to the board. The member shall not be in any way connected with or

interested in any optometric school, college, or institution of learning or optometric

supply business.

(3) Any vacancy occurring on the board as the result of a member not completing the

term for which he or she was appointed shall be filled, for the unexpired term, in the

same manner as is provided in subsection (1) of this section for the appointment of

members.

(4) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction

of business.
KRS § 315.460 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 315 / Section 315.460
315.460 Restriction on acceptance or distribution of certain drugs
Status: in_force

315.460 Restriction on acceptance or distribution of certain drugs.

Drugs that shall only be dispensed to a patient registered with the drug's manufacturer in

accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration requirements shall not be

accepted or distributed under the provisions of the program.
KRS § 343.050 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 343 / Section 343.050
343.050 Apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement -- Contents
Status: in_force

343.050 Apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement -- Contents.

Every apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement approved under this chapter shall

contain:

(1) The names and signatures of the contracting parties and the signature of a parent or

guardian if the apprentice is a minor;

(2) The date of birth of the apprentice or trainee;

(3) A statement of the occupation or business which the apprentice or trainee is to be

taught and the time at which the apprenticeship or on-the-job training will begin and

end;

(4) A statement showing:

(a) 1. The number of hours to be spent by the apprentice or trainee in work on

the job in a time-based program; or

2. A description of the skill sets to be attained by completion of a

competency-based program, including the on-the-job training

component; or

3. The minimum number of hours to be spent by the apprentice and a

description of the skill sets to be attained by completion of a hybrid

program; and

(b) The number of hours to be spent in related instruction in technical subjects

related to the occupation, which shall be not less than one hundred forty-four

(144) hours per year;

(5) A statement setting forth a schedule of the processes in the occupation or industry

divisions in which the apprentice or trainee is to be taught and the approximate time

to be spent at each process;

(6) A statement of the graduating scale of compensation to be paid the apprentice or

trainee, and whether the required school time shall be compensated;

(7) A statement providing for a period of probation not to exceed twenty-five percent

(25%) of the length of the program or one (1) year, whichever is shorter, during

which the apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement may be canceled by

either party to the agreement upon written notice to the registration agency, without

adverse impact on the sponsor; and

(8) A provision that all controversies or differences concerning the apprenticeship or

on-the-job training agreement which cannot be adjusted by the parties shall be

submitted to the supervisor for determination as provided in KRS 343.070.
KRS § 342.819 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.819
342.819 Dividends
Status: in_force

342.819 Dividends.

On an annual basis, the board may declare a dividend in accordance with Subtitle 24 of

KRS Chapter 304, and distribute the same in the form of premium discounts, dividends,

or a combination of dividends and discounts, at its discretion, if:

(1) The funding obtained pursuant to KRS 342.829 has been repaid in full;

(2) An independent actuarial report of the prior year's operations has been completed

and reviewed by the board;

(3) The authority has met all expenses for administration and claims for the prior year;

and

(4) Adequate reserves exist to pay all claims.
KRS § 421.180 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 421 / Section 421.180
421.180 Immunity of witness from suit
Status: in_force

421.180 Immunity of witness from suit.

A witness shall not be liable to be sued in a county in which he does not reside, by being

served with a summons in such county while going, returning or attending, in obedience

to a subpoena.
KRS § 268.990 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 268 / Section 268.990
268.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

268.990 Penalties.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 268.580 shall be fined not less

than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
KRS § 17.530 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 17 / Section 17.530
17.530 Authority to share information from registrations
Status: in_force

17.530 Authority to share information from registrations.

The cabinet may share information gathered pursuant to KRS 17.510 with law

enforcement agencies of this state, other states, and the federal government in the course

of their official duties.
KRS § 100.157 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.157
100.157 Removal -- Effect of compact -- Membership upon establishment of consolidated local government
Status: in_force

100.157 Removal -- Effect of compact -- Membership upon establishment of

consolidated local government.

(1) Any member of a planning commission may be removed by the appropriate

appointing authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or conflict of

interest. Any appointing authority who exercises the power to remove a member of

the planning commission shall submit a written statement to the commission setting

forth the reasons for removal, and the statement shall be read at the next meeting of

the planning commission, which shall be open to the general public. The member so

removed shall have the right of appeal in the Circuit Court.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, and KRS 100.143, when a city of the

first class and a county containing such city have in effect a compact pursuant to

KRS 79.310 to 79.330, the terms of the appointed members on the commission

shall be for three (3) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

Upon the effective date of the compact, the mayor, and county judge/executive with

the approval of the fiscal court, shall adjust the terms of the sitting members so that

the terms of one (1) of each of their appointments expire in one (1) year, the term of

one (1) of each of their appointments expire in two (2) years and the term of one (1)

of each of their appointments expire in three (3) years. Upon expiration of these

staggered terms, successors shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, and KRS 100.143, upon the

establishment of a consolidated local government in a county where a city of the

first class and a county containing that city have had in effect a cooperative compact

pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, the terms of the appointed citizen members of

the planning commission shall be for three (3) years and until their successors are

appointed and qualified, and the term of office of members appointed shall be

staggered. Members appointed to the planning commission prior to consolidation of

a city of the first class and the county containing the city pursuant to KRS Chapter

67C shall continue to serve as members of the planning commission for the

consolidated local government, and shall serve the remainder of the terms for which

the members were appointed and until their successors are appointed and qualified

pursuant to KRS 100.137(2).
KRS § 237.200 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.200
237.200 Definitions for KRS 237.210 and 237.220
Status: in_force

237.200 Definitions for KRS 237.210 and 237.220.

As used in KRS 237.210 and 237.220:

(1) "Shooting range" or "range" means an area designated and operated by a person for

the shooting of firearms and not available for that use by the general public without

payment of a fee, membership contribution, or dues, or by invitation of an

authorized person; or any area so designated and operated by a unit of government,

regardless of the terms of admission thereto.

(2) "Unit of government" means any of the departments of state government or political

subdivisions of the state, cities, counties, urban-counties, or charter counties, or any

of their respective departments, agencies, or authorities.
KRS § 403.730 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.730
403.730 Immediate review of petition -- Summons to evidentiary hearing -- Ex parte emergency protective order
Status: in_force

403.730 Immediate review of petition -- Summons to evidentiary hearing -- Ex

parte emergency protective order.

(1) (a) The court shall review a petition for an order of protection immediately upon

its filing. If the review indicates that domestic violence and abuse exists, the

court shall summons the parties to an evidentiary hearing not more than

fourteen (14) days in the future. If the review indicates that such a basis does

not exist, the court may consider an amended petition or dismiss the petition

without prejudice.

(b) Service of the summons and hearing order under this subsection shall be made

upon the adverse party personally and may be made in the manner and by the

persons authorized to serve subpoenas under Rule 45.03 of the Rules of Civil

Procedure. A summons may be reissued if service has not been made on the

adverse party by the fixed court date and time.

(2) (a) If the review under this section also indicates the presence of an immediate

and present danger of domestic violence and abuse, the court shall, upon the

filing of the petition, issue ex parte an emergency protective order that:

1. Authorizes relief appropriate to the situation utilizing the alternatives set

out in KRS 403.740, other than awarding temporary support or

counseling;

2. Sets forth which communications, if any, as requested by the petitioner,

are authorized and which communications are unauthorized;

3. Allows either party to retrieve his or her personal belongings from the

parties' shared residence and directs law enforcement to assist, if

requested;

4. Expires upon the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing required by this

section unless extended or withdrawn by subsequent order of the court;

and

5. Does not order or refer the parties to mediation unless requested by the

petitioner, and the court finds that:

a. The petitioner's request is voluntary and not the result of coercion;

and

b. Mediation is a realistic and viable alternative to or adjunct to the

issuance of an order sought by the petitioner.

Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to place any restriction or

restraint on the petitioner.

(b) If an order is not issued under this subsection, the court shall note on the

petition, for the record, any action taken or denied and the reason for it.