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KRS § 197.020 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 197 / Section 197.020
197.020 Administrative regulations to be promulgated by Department of Corrections -- Fee for use of medical facilities -- Reimbursement of telehealth consultations -- Use of jail medical facilities by state prisoner governed by KRS 441.045
Status: in_force

197.020 Administrative regulations to be promulgated by Department of

Corrections -- Fee for use of medical facilities -- Reimbursement of telehealth

consultations -- Use of jail medical facilities by state prisoner governed by KRS

441.045.

(1) The Department of Corrections shall:

(a) Promulgate administrative regulations for the government and discipline of

the penitentiary, for the government and official conduct of all officials

connected with the penitentiary, and for the government of the prisoners in

their deportment and conduct;

(b) Promulgate administrative regulations for the character of food and diet of the

prisoners; the preservation of the health of the prisoners; the daily cleansing of

the penitentiary; the cleanliness of the persons of the prisoners; the general

sanitary government of the penitentiary and prisoners; the character of the

labor; the quantity of food and clothing; and the length of time during which

the prisoners shall be employed daily;

(c) Promulgate administrative regulations, as the department deems necessary, for

the disposition of abandoned, lost, or confiscated property of prisoners;

(d) Promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of a validated

risk and needs assessment to assess the criminal risk factors and correctional

needs of all inmates upon commitment to the department;

(e) Promulgate administrative regulations to:

1. Create a certification process for county jails that may house female

state inmates. The administrative regulations shall include a requirement

of a physical barrier between male and female inmates; and

2. Require telehealth services in county jails; and

(f) Cause the administrative regulations promulgated by the department, together

with the law allowing commutation of time to prisoners for good conduct, to

be printed and posted in conspicuous places in the cell houses and workshops.

(2) The department may impose a reasonable fee for the use of medical facilities by a

prisoner who has the ability to pay for the medical and dental care. These funds may

be deducted from the prisoner's inmate account. A prisoner shall not be denied

medical or dental treatment because he or she has insufficient funds in his or her

inmate account.

(3) The department may promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13A to implement a program that provides for reimbursement of telehealth

consultations.

(4) Fees for the use of medical facilities by a state prisoner who is confined in a jail

pursuant to KRS 532.100 or other statute shall be governed by KRS 441.045.
KRS § 56.020 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 56 / Section 56.020
56.020 Secretary of State to have custody of title documents
Status: in_force

56.020 Secretary of State to have custody of title documents.

(1) The Secretary of State shall have custody of all records, judgments, deeds, maps and

abstracts of title of land or buildings owned for governmental purposes by the state

except deeds to rights-of-way for state or federal roads. In this section, "roads" does

not include state-owned bridges or their approaches.

(2) The Secretary of State shall record all the deeds in a separate book and shall file,

keep and have accessible the originals of all papers mentioned in subsection (1) of

this section, and the books in which they are recorded. He shall index and cross-

index the original papers and record books, including an index according to the

county where the property is located and according to the use or department of the

state government using the property. The records and indexes shall not be moved

from the Office of the Secretary of State.
KRS § 436.006 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 436.006
436.006 Civil actions -- Venue -- Defenses -- Enforcement by governmental entities or officers prohibited
Status: in_force

436.006 Civil actions -- Venue -- Defenses -- Enforcement by governmental entities

or officers prohibited.

(1) Any party filing a civil action under KRS 436.002 or 436.004 shall:

(a) Bring the action in:

1. The Circuit Court of the county where the alleged violation occurred;

2. The Circuit Court of the county in which the person bringing the action

resides; or

3. Franklin Circuit Court; and

(b) Have the right to a jury trial, and the jury shall decide both liability and

damages.

(2) An individual may bring an action under KRS 436.002 or 436.004 regardless of

whether another court has declared any provision of KRS 436.001 to 436.009

unconstitutional, unless that court decision is binding upon the court in which the

action is brought.

(3) Nonmutual issue preclusion and nonmutual claim preclusion shall not be defenses

to an action brought under KRS 436.002 or 436.004.

(4) Notwithstanding any other law:

(a) The requirements of KRS 436.001 to 436.009 shall be enforced exclusively

through private civil actions; and

(b) Direct or indirect enforcement of KRS 436.001 to 436.009 shall not be taken

or threatened by:

1. The Commonwealth of Kentucky;

2. A political subdivision of the Commonwealth;

3. The Attorney General;

4. A Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney; or

5. An executive or administrative officer or employee of the

Commonwealth in his or her official capacity;

against any person or entity, in any manner whatsoever.
KRS § 164.0288 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.0288
164.0288 Kentucky STEM Initiative fund
Status: in_force

164.0288 Kentucky STEM Initiative fund.

(1) The Kentucky STEM Initiative fund is hereby created to support the STEM

Initiative described in KRS 164.0286 and 164.0287, as directed by the STEM

Initiative Steering Committee established in KRS 164.0286(4).

(2) The fund may receive state appropriations, grants, gifts, federal funds, or any other

public or private funds.

(3) Fund amounts not expended or obligated at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse

but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used solely to support the

purposes for which the funds were appropriated. Any interest earnings of the fund

shall become a part of the fund and shall not lapse.

(4) The Department of Education and the Council on Postsecondary Education may

expend available funds from other sources on the STEM Initiative.
KRS § 247.610 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.610
247.610 Promotion of beef cattle industry
Status: in_force

247.610 Promotion of beef cattle industry.

It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that Kentucky farmers who are

producers of bovine animals shall be permitted and encouraged to act jointly and in

cooperation with all producers, handlers, dealers, and processors of bovine animals in

promoting and stimulating, by research, market development, and education, the use and

sale, domestic and foreign, of bovine animal products.
KRS § 213.166 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 213 / Section 213.166
213.166 Short title
Status: in_force

213.166 Short title.

KRS 213.011 to 213.161 may be cited as the Vital Statistics Act.
KRS § 74.310 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 74 / Section 74.310
74.310 Receiver on default
Status: in_force

74.310 Receiver on default.

If there is any default in the payment of the principal or interest of any bonds issued under

KRS 74.280 to 74.300, any court having jurisdiction of the action may appoint a receiver

to administer the waterworks on behalf of the water district. The receiver shall charge and

collect rates sufficient to provide for the payment of any bonds or obligations outstanding

against the waterworks and for the payment of the operating expenses and shall apply the

income and revenue in conformity with KRS 74.300.
KRS § 117.030 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 117 / Section 117.030
117.030 Announcements and signs regarding importance of voting -- Notice of illegal acts, penalties, and right to report administrative errors at polling places
Status: in_force

117.030 Announcements and signs regarding importance of voting -- Notice of

illegal acts, penalties, and right to report administrative errors at polling

places.

(1) The State Board of Elections shall publish and broadcast announcements throughout

the state regarding the importance of voting in a free and conscientious manner,

procedures for registering to vote and voting, general election laws, and penalties

for vote buying and selling.

(2) The State Board of Elections shall provide for the conspicuous placement of signs

at all precinct polling places, which shall state that vote buying and selling are

illegal and shall state the penalties for such acts.

(3) The State Board of Elections shall provide for the conspicuous placement of signs

at all precinct polling places, which display the telephone number and mailing

address of the county board of elections, and which inform the voters of their right

to report any administrative or clerical errors they witness to the county board of

elections, either by phone or in writing within ten (10) days after the election.
KRS § 210.130 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 210 / Section 210.130
210.130 Religious instruction and ministration
Status: in_force

210.130 Religious instruction and ministration.

Religious instruction and ministration for patients of the institutions operated by the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be provided.
KRS § 275.145 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.145
275.145 Effect of notice to members or managers
Status: in_force

275.145 Effect of notice to members or managers.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, notice to any member of any

matter relating to the business or affairs of the limited liability company, and the

knowledge of the member acting in the particular matter, acquired while a member

or known at the time of becoming a member, and the knowledge of any other

member who reasonably could and should have communicated the knowledge to the

acting member, shall operate as notice to or knowledge of the limited liability

company, except in the case of a fraud on the limited liability company committed

by or with the consent of that member.

(2) If the articles of organization provide that management of the limited liability

company is vested in a manager or managers:

(a) Notice to any manager of any matter relating to the business or affairs of the

limited liability company, and the knowledge of the manager acting in the

particular matter, acquired while a manager or known at the time of becoming

a manager, and the knowledge of any other manager who reasonably could

and should have communicated the knowledge to the acting manager, shall

operate as notice to or knowledge of the limited liability company, except in

the case of a fraud on the limited liability company committed by or with the

consent of that manager; and

(b) Notice to or knowledge of any member of the limited liability company while

the member is acting solely in the capacity of a member shall not constitute

notice to or knowledge of the limited liability company.
KRS § 161.795 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 161 / Section 161.795
161.795 Investigation of and records that school employee acted improperly relating to statewide assessment program -- Certain records to be expunged
Status: in_force

161.795 Investigation of and records that school employee acted improperly

relating to statewide assessment program -- Certain records to be expunged.

(1) In cases where a decision or judgment was tendered in an administrative or judicial

proceeding before July 15, 1998, in an investigation of allegations that a teacher,

administrator, or other school employee acted improperly relating to the statewide

assessment program required by KRS 158.6453, all references relating to the

investigation, findings, and disciplinary actions shall be expunged from the

individual's personnel file by the local school district, and the Kentucky Department

of Education and the Education Professional Standards Board shall expunge any

references to the investigation and findings in all agency files. This shall apply to all

affected persons found not guilty of the allegations.

(2) After July 15, 1998, allegations that a teacher, administrator, or other school

employee has acted improperly relating to the statewide assessment program

required by KRS 158.6453 shall be investigated. If the individual is found not guilty

of the allegations, all references to the charges shall be immediately expunged from

the individual's personnel file in the local school district, and the Kentucky

Department of Education and the Education Professional Standards Board shall

expunge all references to the investigation from all agency files.
KRS § 175B.090 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 175B / Section 175B.090
175B.090 Maintenance and repair of projects -- Restoration of or compensation for damaged private property -- Permitted leases
Status: in_force

175B.090 Maintenance and repair of projects -- Restoration of or compensation for

damaged private property -- Permitted leases.

(1) Each project constructed or operated under this chapter shall be maintained and kept

in good condition and repair by the developing authority, which may contract with

the department or with any local highway department for maintenance of a project.

(2) All private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by

this chapter shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as

nearly as practicable or adequate compensation shall be made out of funds provided

under this chapter.

(3) All counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions and all public agencies

and commissions of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding any contrary provision of

law, may lease, lend, grant, or convey to an authority any real property which may

be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the

authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public

use.

(4) In obtaining property under this chapter, an authority shall pursue the acquisition

under the procedures and mandates of KRS 416.540 to 416.670.
KRS § 217.600 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 217 / Section 217.600
217.600 When penalties not applicable
Status: in_force

217.600 When penalties not applicable.

The penalties provided for violations of KRS 217.542 to 217.630 shall not apply to:

(1) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within this state, if

such carrier shall, upon request, permit the department or its designated agent to

copy all records showing the transactions in and movements of the pesticides or

devices;

(2) Public officials of this state and of the federal government while engaged in the

performance of their official duties in administering state or federal laws or

regulations, or while engaged in pesticide research;

(3) The manufacturer or shipper of a pesticide for experimental use only by or under the

supervision of an agency of this state or of the federal government authorized by

law to conduct research in the field of pesticides; provided, that such manufacturer

or shipper hold a valid experimental permit as provided for in KRS 217.542 to

217.630 or by EPA;

(4) Any person who ships a substance or mixture of substances being put through tests

in which the purpose is only to determine its value for pesticide purposes or to

determine its toxicity or other properties and from which the user does not expect to

receive any benefit in pest control from its use.
KRS § 323A.110 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.110
323A.110 Grounds for placement on probation, reprimand, refusal to issue or renew, revocation, or suspension of license
Status: in_force

323A.110 Grounds for placement on probation, reprimand, refusal to issue or

renew, revocation, or suspension of license.

The board may refuse to issue or renew a license, or may place on probation,

reprimand, suspend, or revoke the license of any landscape architect to practice

landscape architecture in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and may impose a fine of

not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than ten thousand dollars

($10,000) per violation, for any of the following reasons:

(1) Incompetence or negligence in the practice of landscape architecture, as

determined by the board;

(2) Unprofessional conduct, or conduct tending to bring the profession into

disrepute, as determined by the board;

(3) Conviction of a felony, including all instances in which a plea of nolo

contendere or no contest is the basis of the conviction, if in accordance with

KRS Chapter 335B;

(4) Fraudulent or dishonest landscape architectural practice;

(5) Use of false evidence or misrepresentations in an application for license;

(6) Signing or affixing his or her seal to any plans, prints, specifications, or reports

which have not been prepared by the landscape architect personally or under

his or her immediate supervision;

(7) Failure to meet the continuing education requirements established by

administrative regulation of the board;

(8) Impairment due to drugs, alcohol, or mental disability to an extent that

continued practice may be dangerous to clients or to public safety;

(9) Failure to comply with an order issued by the board; and

(10) Violation of any state statute or administrative regulation governing the practice

of landscape architecture.
KRS § 36.200 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 36 / Section 36.200
36.200 Inspection of military property
Status: in_force

36.200 Inspection of military property.

The adjutant general or such officers as he may designate shall inspect, at least once in

each year or oftener if the Governor requires, all headquarters, arsenals, storehouses,

armories, organizations, military property belonging to the state, and military property

issued to the state by the United States. The inspectors shall render a detailed report to the

adjutant general of the condition of same.
KRS § 415.040 — KY Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 415 / Section 415.040
415.040 Duties of Commonwealth's attorneys
Status: in_force

415.040 Duties of Commonwealth's attorneys.

It shall be the duty of the several Commonwealth attorneys to institute the actions

mentioned in this chapter against usurpers of county offices or franchises, if no other

person be entitled thereto, or if the person entitled fail to institute the same during three

(3) months after the usurpation.
KRS § 136.520 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 136 / Section 136.520
136.520 Conditions constituting regularly engaging in business in the Commonwealth by financial institutions
Status: in_force

136.520 Conditions constituting regularly engaging in business in the

Commonwealth by financial institutions.

(1) A financial institution is presumed to be regularly engaging in business in this

Commonwealth if during any taxable year it obtains or solicits business with twenty

(20) or more persons within this Commonwealth, or if receipts attributable to

sources in this Commonwealth as would be determined pursuant to the provisions

of KRS 136.530(2) equals or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). In

determining whether a financial institution is regularly engaging in business in this

Commonwealth, receipts from the following types of property, as well as those

contacts with this Commonwealth reasonably and exclusively required to evaluate

and complete the acquisition or disposition of the property, the servicing of the

property or the income from it, the collection of income from the property, or the

acquisition or liquidation of collateral relating to the property, shall be excluded:

(a) An interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit, a real estate

investment trust, or a regulated investment company;

(b) An interest in a loan-backed security representing ownership or participation

in a pool of promissory notes or certificates of interest that provide for

payments in relation to payments or reasonable projections of payments on the

notes or certificates;

(c) An interest in a loan or other asset from which the interest is attributed to a

consumer loan, a commercial loan, or a secured commercial loan, and in

which the payment obligations were solicited and entered into by a person that

is independent, and not acting on behalf of the owner;

(d) An interest in the right to service or collect income from a loan or other asset

from which interest on the loan is attributed as a loan described in paragraph

(c) of this subsection, and in which the payment obligations were solicited and

entered into by a person that is independent and not acting on behalf of the

owner; and

(e) Any amounts held in an escrow or trust account with respect to property

described in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall be interpreted to reach to the limits permitted by

the United States Constitution.
KRS § 42.572 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.572
42.572 Annual status report
Status: in_force

42.572 Annual status report.

The State Office of Financial Management shall prepare and submit to the Legislative

Research Commission a report by July 30 of each year on the operational and financial

status of the fund.
KRS § 260.813 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 260.813
260.813 Reports of milk handlers and laboratories -- Divulging of information
Status: in_force

260.813 Reports of milk handlers and laboratories -- Divulging of information.

(1) Each milk handler and laboratory shall, as required by the director, make and file

reports for all matters of which a record is required to be kept.

(2) No information furnished to the director under this section shall be disclosed in a

way to divulge the operation of any person.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to use to his own advantage, or reveal to a person

other than the director, officers of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, or

the courts when relevant in any judicial proceedings, any information acquired

under the authority of KRS 260.775 to 260.845, concerning any method, records,

formulations, processes, or financial information which as a trade secret is entitled

to protection.

(4) This prohibition shall not be deemed as prohibiting the director, or his duly

authorized agent, from exchanging information of a regulatory nature with duly

appointed officials of the United States government, or of other states, who are

similarly prohibited by law from revealing this information.
KRS § 164.0053 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.0053
164.0053 Prohibited appointments -- Ineligibility to serve on council or governing board -- Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

164.0053 Prohibited appointments -- Ineligibility to serve on council or governing

board -- Conflicts of interest.

(1) No appointing authority shall appoint himself or his spouse, or the Governor or his

spouse, to a governing board of a postsecondary institution created pursuant to KRS

164.131, 164.321, or 164.821, or to the Council on Postsecondary Education

created pursuant to KRS 164.011.

(2) No full-time employee of a public institution of postsecondary education shall be

eligible to serve on the Council on Postsecondary Education or on the governing

board of another institution of postsecondary education, except the community and

technical college faculty and nonteaching personnel serving on the board of regents

for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, and except the faculty

member appointed under KRS 164.011(3).

(3) No postsecondary institution shall award an honorary degree to a sitting governor.

(4) All governing board members created pursuant to KRS 164.131, 164.321, and

164.821 and the members of the Council on Postsecondary Education shall have no

conflict of interest pursuant to KRS 45A.340, except for compensation paid to

faculty, staff, or student members.