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KRS § 403.135 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.135
403.135 Protection of personal identifiers in domestic relations cases
Status: in_force

403.135 Protection of personal identifiers in domestic relations cases.

(1) If another section of this chapter or KRS 407.5311 or 407.5602 requires the

provision of a personal identifier in a pleading, document, or exhibit filed with the

court, the party making the filing shall provide the personal identifier in accordance

with the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) The clerk of the court shall allow the unredacted sealed copy of the pleading,

document, or exhibit containing personal identifiers to be accessed only by a party

to the case, an attorney of record in the case, a judge of the court or other authorized

court personnel, a duly authorized employee or agent of the Office of the Attorney

General involved in child support matters attendant to the case, or a person

authorized to view the copy by specific order of the court.

(3) As used in this section, "personal identifier" means a Social Security number, name

of minor child, date of birth, or financial account number.
KRS § 95.852 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.852
95.852 Police and firefighters' retirement and benefit fund established in cities -- Name -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988
Status: in_force

95.852 Police and firefighters' retirement and benefit fund established in cities --

Name -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after

August 1, 1988.

(1) There is hereby established in cities, a retirement and benefit fund for members of

the police and fire departments, their dependents and beneficiaries, unless the

policemen and firefighters are included in the membership of the County

Employees Retirement System and certified to be working in hazardous positions.

The fund shall be established as of July 1, 1956, and shall be known as the

"Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund of the City of ______." In such

name all of its business shall be transacted, and in such name or nominee name as

provided by KRS 286.3-225 all of its moneys invested and all of its accumulated

reserves consisting of cash, securities, and other property shall be held.

(2) (a) After August 1, 1988, no new pension fund shall be created pursuant to this

section and cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1,

1988, shall participate in the County Employees Retirement System effective

August 1, 1988;

(b) Cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1, 1988, shall

provide for the retirement of police or firefighters rehired after August 1,

1988, by placing such employees in the County Employees Retirement

System;

(c) Cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1, 1988, shall

place police or firefighters newly hired after August 1, 1988, in the County

Employees Retirement System;

(d) Cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1, 1988, shall

offer employees hired on or prior to August 1, 1988, membership in the

County Employees Retirement System under the alternate participation plan

as described in KRS 78.530(3), but such employees may elect to retain

coverage under this section; and

(e) The city shall certify that all police and firefighters placed in the County

Employees Retirement System are employed in hazardous positions.
KRS § 278.546 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.546
278.546 Legislative findings and determinations relating to telecommunications
Status: in_force

278.546 Legislative findings and determinations relating to telecommunications.

Whereas, the General Assembly finds and determines that:

(1) State-of-the-art telecommunications is an essential element to the Commonwealth's

initiatives to improve the lives of Kentucky citizens, to create investment, jobs,

economic growth, and to support the Kentucky Innovation Act of 2000;

(2) Streamlined regulation in competitive markets encourages investment in the

Commonwealth's telecommunications infrastructure;

(3) Consumers in the Commonwealth have many choices in telecommunications

services because competition between various telecommunications technologies

such as traditional telephony, cable television, Internet and other wireless

technologies has become commonplace;

(4) Consumers benefit from market-based competition that offers consumers of

telecommunications services the most innovative and economical services; and

(5) Consumer protections against fraud and abuse, for the provision of affordable basic

service, and for access to emergency services including enhanced 911 must

continue.
KRS § 12.120 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 12 / Section 12.120
12.120 Power to swear and examine witnesses
Status: in_force

12.120 Power to swear and examine witnesses.

The head of each administrative department and any representative authorized by him

may administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath relative to any matter properly

subject to inquiry, hearing or investigation in the conduct of the work of the department.
KRS § 147.120 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 147 / Section 147.120
147.120 Records -- Employees -- Expenses
Status: in_force

147.120 Records -- Employees -- Expenses.

The Governor's Cabinet shall keep permanent and complete records of its proceedings,

orders and decisions, and may employ persons necessary to the exercise of its functions,

under KRS 147.070 to 147.100, and pay their compensation and incur any necessary

expenses, within the limits of any funds provided by the United States government.
KRS § 387.854 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.854
387.854 Transitional provision
Status: in_force

387.854 Transitional provision.

(1) KRS 387.810 to 387.854 apply to guardianship and protective proceedings begun

on or after June 8, 2011.

(2) KRS 387.810 to 387.854, except for KRS 387.822 to 387.838, apply to proceedings

begun before June 8, 2011, regardless of whether a guardianship or protective order

has been issued.
KRS § 417.045 — KY Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417 / Section 417.045
417.045 Title
Status: in_force

417.045 Title.

This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Arbitration Act."
KRS § 625.070 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 625 / Section 625.070
625.070 Service of process -- Copy of petition to foster parent
Status: in_force

625.070 Service of process -- Copy of petition to foster parent.

(1) In any action for involuntary termination of parental rights, service upon the parties

shall be accomplished by personal service where possible or constructive service

where personal service is not possible, pursuant to the Kentucky Rules of Civil

Procedure.

(2) No service shall be necessary if a disclaimer of paternity or a petition for voluntary

termination of parental rights has been executed by a parent or alleged parent and

filed in the record, or an order terminating parental rights has been entered by a

Circuit Court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure,

appointment of a guardian ad litem for a child in an action for termination of

parental rights, and service of the petition upon the guardian ad litem shall be

sufficient for personal jurisdiction over the child in the action.

(4) Within five (5) days of filing a petition for involuntary termination of parental

rights, the petitioner shall send a courtesy copy of the petition to the foster parent, if

the child is currently placed with a foster parent, by certified mail or hand delivery.

Upon request of the court, the petitioner shall provide documentation of sending

through either a copy of a signed mailing receipt or an affidavit verified by the

foster parent. If the foster parent's name and address are unknown to the petitioner,

then the courtesy copy shall be served on the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services, who shall cause it to be delivered in any manner provided by the

Rules of Civil Procedure to the foster parent.
KRS § 211.9075 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.9075
211.9075 Standards for performing lead-hazard detection or abatement procedures -- Compliance with administrative regulations
Status: in_force

211.9075 Standards for performing lead-hazard detection or abatement procedures

-- Compliance with administrative regulations.

(1) No later than October 1, 1996, the department shall promulgate administrative

regulations to establish the standards for performing lead-hazard detection or lead-

hazard abatement procedures in target housing or child-occupied facilities, taking

into account reliability, effectiveness, and safety.

(2) Any activity involving lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement procedures

in target housing or child-occupied facilities shall comply with administrative

regulations promulgated by the department and shall use certified personnel.
KRS § 441.695 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 441 / Section 441.695
441.695 Reports of authority -- Audits -- Authority's audits to be public records
Status: in_force

441.695 Reports of authority -- Audits -- Authority's audits to be public records.

By January 1 each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the

preceding fiscal year to the Office of the State Budget Director and to the Interim Joint

Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. Each such report shall set forth a complete

operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority

shall provide for an audit of its books and accounts to be made within ninety (90) days

after the close of each fiscal year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may

be treated as a part of the cost of construction of the project. Such audits shall be public

records within the meaning of KRS 61.870 to 61.884.
KRS § 262.795 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 262 / Section 262.795
262.795 Fiscal court as board of supervisors on discontinuance of soil conservation district
Status: in_force

262.795 Fiscal court as board of supervisors on discontinuance of soil conservation

district.

If any supervising soil conservation district is discontinued, the fiscal court of the county

or counties involved shall serve in the same supervising capacity over the watershed

conservancy district as the board of supervisors.
KRS § 189.360 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189 / Section 189.360
189.360 Passing cars receiving or discharging passengers
Status: in_force

189.360 Passing cars receiving or discharging passengers.

(1) Whenever a car traveling upon rails placed in the center or approximate center of a

highway is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers, every

operator of a vehicle approaching the car from the rear and proceeding in the same

direction shall bring his vehicle to a full stop and shall not start up or attempt to

pass until the car has finished receiving or discharging passengers.

(2) Where safety isles of reasonable size are established, leaving space between the

track and the curb or edge of the highway sufficient for the passage of traffic,

overtaking vehicles shall pass between the isle and the curb or edge of the highway,

without observing subsection (1).
KRS § 341.835 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.835
341.835 Fines, penalties and interest credited to administrative fund
Status: in_force

341.835 Fines, penalties and interest credited to administrative fund.

All fines, penalties and interest on delinquent contributions collected under KRS 341.800

to 341.830 shall be credited to the unemployment compensation administration fund to be

used for the administration of this chapter.
KRS § 139.250 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 139 / Section 139.250
139.250 Seller's permit to do business -- Issuance -- Nonassignability -- Display
Status: in_force

139.250 Seller's permit to do business -- Issuance -- Nonassignability -- Display.

After compliance with KRS 139.240 and 139.660 by the applicant, the department shall

grant and issue to each applicant a separate permit for each place of business within the

state. A permit shall not be assignable, and shall be valid only for the person in whose

name it is issued and for the transaction of business at the place designated therein. It

shall at all times be conspicuously displayed at the place for which issued.
KRS § 42.0148 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0148
42.0148 Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Status: in_force

42.0148 Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.

(1) The Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs is established within the

Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide executive direction and coordination

of the cabinet's legislative priorities.

(2) The Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, in close communication

with the secretary, shall:

(a) Proactively pursue the goals of the cabinet by working with members of the

General Assembly and the staff of the Legislative Research Commission;

(b) Oversee all public information issues;

(c) Manage requests for information; and

(d) Prepare press releases, respond to press inquiries, and coordinate the

publication of newsletters, reports, Web site information, and other statewide

communications of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
KRS § 205.6324 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.6324
205.6324 Cabinet to enhance third-party resource collection capacity
Status: in_force

205.6324 Cabinet to enhance third-party resource collection capacity.

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall by promulgation of administrative

regulations enhance third-party resource collection capacity in Medicaid cases through

utilization of in-house personnel and selective contracting for high-volume or high-

technological services.
KRS § 180.030 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 180 / Section 180.030
180.030 Condemnation proceedings
Status: in_force

180.030 Condemnation proceedings.

(1) When the department cannot by agreement with the owner acquire any bridge or the

real or personal property or rights needed for bridge or approach purposes, it may

condemn such bridge, real or personal property or rights in the manner provided in

the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.

(2) The Attorney General shall represent the department in condemnation proceedings,

and he shall be assisted by the county attorneys of the county or counties where the

property is located.

(3) Real estate used by any steam or electric railroad as a right of way shall not be

condemned for bridge or approach purposes.
KRS § 213.420 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 213 / Section 213.420
213.420 Burial of homicide victims -- Application to Circuit Court if burial refused
Status: in_force

213.420 Burial of homicide victims -- Application to Circuit Court if burial refused.

(1) In the event that a homicide has been committed and the person charged with the

homicide refuses to permit the burial of the body of the deceased person who was

the victim of his or her alleged homicide, any member of the family of the deceased,

either by consanguinity or affinity, may apply to the Circuit Court in the county in

which the body of the deceased is located for an order to release the body of the

deceased to the applicant for burial, cremation, or other lawful means of disposition.

(2) The Circuit Court, after a hearing in the matter at which the person alleged to have

committed the homicide has been afforded the opportunity to appear at the hearing

either in person or by counsel or both, shall, if good cause is shown for the release

of the body to the applicant, issue an order granting the release of the body to the

applicant for burial, cremation, or other lawful means of disposition.
KRS § 76.020 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 76 / Section 76.020
76.020 Ordinance for creation of district
Status: in_force

76.020 Ordinance for creation of district.

Whenever by ordinance passed by the legislative body of any such city and approved by

the mayor thereof, it is declared for the best interests of such city and the inhabitants

thereof, that such district be created under the provisions of KRS 76.010 to 76.210, the

clerk of the legislative body of such city shall file a certified copy of such ordinance with

the county judge/executive of the county wherein such city is located.
KRS § 95.019 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.019
95.019 Chief of police and police force in urban-county governments and cities to have common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs
Status: in_force

95.019 Chief of police and police force in urban-county governments and cities to

have common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs.

(1) The chief of police and all members of the police force in urban-county

governments and cities shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of

constables and sheriffs. They may exercise those powers, including the power of

arrest for offenses against the state, anywhere in the county in which the urban-

county government or city is located, but the chief of police and members of the

police force in a city shall not be required to police any territory outside of the city

limits.

(2) The chief of police and all members of the police force in all urban-county

governments and cities shall be entitled to the same fees, and the same remedies for

collecting them, that are allowed to sheriffs and other officers for similar services,

but all fees shall be paid into the urban-county government or city treasury.
KRS § 218B.075 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 218B / Section 218B.075
218B.075 Revocation of registration identification card -- Penalties -- Notification to cardholder -- Administrative hearing -- Judicial review
Status: in_force

218B.075 Revocation of registration identification card -- Penalties -- Notification

to cardholder -- Administrative hearing -- Judicial review.

(1) Any cardholder who sells, distributes, or dispenses medicinal cannabis to a person

who is not permitted to possess or use medicinal cannabis under this chapter shall

have his or her registry identification card revoked and shall be subject to other

penalties, including but not limited to criminal prosecution under this chapter and

KRS 138.870 to 138.889.

(2) The cabinet may revoke the registry identification card of any cardholder who

knowingly commits multiple violations or a serious violation of this chapter.

(3) The cabinet shall provide notice of revocation, fine, or other penalty by mailing, via

certified mail, the same in writing to the cardholder. The cardholder may, within

thirty (30) days after the date of the mailing of the cabinet's notice, file a written

request for an administrative hearing regarding the revocation, fine, or other

penalty. The hearing shall be conducted in compliance with the requirements of

KRS Chapter 13B.

(4) Final orders of the cabinet after administrative hearings shall be subject to judicial

review. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial review are vested in the Circuit Court of

the county in which the appealing party resides.
KRS § 281A.205 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281A / Section 281A.205
281A.205 Operation of school bus while using cellular telephone prohibited -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

281A.205 Operation of school bus while using cellular telephone prohibited --

Exceptions.

(1) As used in this section, "cellular telephone" means a cellular, analog, wireless, or

digital telephone.

(2) A person shall not operate a school bus, as defined in KRS 281A.010, on any

highway while using a cellular telephone while the bus is in motion and transporting

one (1) or more children, except for communications made to and from a central

dispatch, school transportation department, or its equivalent when the bus is not

equipped with a functioning two (2) way radio.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, a person operating a school bus shall

be allowed to use a cellular telephone in the event of a bona fide emergency.
KRS § 91.410 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91 / Section 91.410
91.410 Effect of failure to elect board or failure of board to act -- Taxpayer's complaint and remedy
Status: in_force

91.410 Effect of failure to elect board or failure of board to act -- Taxpayer's

complaint and remedy.

If in any year a board of equalization is not legally elected, or fails to meet, or fails to

perform any essential act, or if, in any year, the assessment books do not remain open for

the requisite time, the tax bills shall not thereby become void. When any taxpayer, in such

a case, complains of his assessment, a board of equalization shall then be chosen as

provided in KRS 91.390, or the board already chosen shall meet, the complaint shall be

heard as provided in KRS 91.400, and the collection of tax bills from all taxpayers so

complaining shall be suspended until the board has heard and disposed of their

complaints.
KRS § 273.070 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.070
273.070 Incorporated college may establish adjunct schools and colleges
Status: in_force

273.070 Incorporated college may establish adjunct schools and colleges.

Any incorporated college or university in this state may establish adjunct schools and

colleges in any part of the state to be operated in connection with it. In order to establish

and operate any adjunct school or college the institution establishing it may solicit and

receive subscriptions and donations.
KRS § 186.4101 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.4101
186.4101 Renewal of license -- Reconciliation of four-year and eight-year renewal periods
Status: in_force

186.4101 Renewal of license -- Reconciliation of four-year and eight-year renewal

periods.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a license to operate a motor

vehicle, motorcycle, or moped, or a personal identification card shall be renewed

every eight (8) years prior to its expiration. Except as provided in KRS 186.410, a

person seeking to renew an operator's license shall apply to the cabinet in

accordance with KRS 186.412 and 186.4121.

(2) An applicant for a renewal license, instruction permit, or identification card may

choose to be issued a document that is valid for four (4) years. Fees for documents

issued for a four (4) year period shall be adjusted in accordance with KRS 186.531.

(3) The fee to renew an operator's license or personal identification card shall be

according to the schedule set forth in KRS 186.531.
KRS § 387.750 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.750
387.750 Standby appointee -- Powers and duties
Status: in_force

387.750 Standby appointee -- Powers and duties.

(1) On appointment of a limited guardian, guardian, limited conservator, or

conservator, or at any time thereafter, the court may designate another suitable

person or entity to assume the powers and duties assigned to the limited guardian,

guardian, limited conservator, or conservator upon his death, resignation, removal,

or incapacity. Prior to such designation, the individual or entity to be designated

shall file with the court a written application stating the name, address, and

qualifications of the applicant and his relationship, if any, to the respondent.

(2) The individual so designated shall file an acceptance with the court within ten (10)

days of the death, resignation, or incapacity of his predecessor. Notice shall also be

given to the ward and his nearest adult relative. An individual serving on a standby

basis may exercise all the powers and duties assigned to his predecessor upon filing

of his acceptance unless otherwise ordered by the court.

(3) In an emergency situation and in the absence and unavailability of the initially

appointed guardian or conservator, the standby guardian or conservator may

temporarily assume the powers and duties of the initially appointed guardian or

conservator.