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KRS § 138.7291 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 138 / Section 138.7291
138.7291 Transportation Cabinet authorized to order agreements relating to collection of motor fuel taxes
Status: in_force

138.7291 Transportation Cabinet authorized to order agreements relating to

collection of motor fuel taxes.

The Transportation Cabinet may enter into motor fuels tax agreements on behalf of the

Commonwealth with authorized representatives of other jurisdictions providing for the

collection, refund, or audit of interstate motor fuel taxes. Copies of any and all

agreements shall be maintained by the secretary of the cabinet.
KRS § 18A.375 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.375
18A.375 State employee workers' compensation fund
Status: in_force

18A.375 State employee workers' compensation fund.

(1) There is hereby established a state employee workers' compensation fund which

shall be administered by the Personnel Cabinet's Office of Employee Relations. The

purpose of this fund shall be to self-insure workers' compensation benefits for state

employees.

(2) All moneys contributed by participants of the fund, or derived from federal funds,

shall be credited to and constitute a part of the state employee workers'

compensation fund.

(3) The State Treasurer, with the approval of the Finance and Administration Cabinet,

may invest the state employee benefit workers' compensation fund. Any income

derived from these investments, or dividends, shall be credited to and become a part

of the general fund. Any moneys remaining in the fund after all claims, premiums or

subscription charges, and other expenses have been paid, shall be retained in the

fund. All moneys remaining in the state employee workers' compensation fund on

July 1, or deposited thereafter, shall be deemed a trust and agency account and shall

not lapse, but shall be continuously appropriated only for the purposes specified in

KRS 18A.375 to 18A.385.
KRS § 180.190 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 180 / Section 180.190
180.190 Department may contract to keep bridges insured
Status: in_force

180.190 Department may contract to keep bridges insured.

The department may contract in advance of the issuance of the bonds that while bonds of

the project are outstanding, it will keep the bridges in the project adequately insured for

the protection of the state and the bondholders, in companies satisfactory to the

bondholders, under an "all-risk coverage" policy either for the full insurable value or for

the face value of the bonds outstanding for such project, whichever is the lesser amount.

The department may also contract to carry, during the same period, insurance policies in

companies satisfactory to the bondholders, covering the use and occupancy of the bridges

in such project, in an amount sufficient to provide an income for one (1) year equal to at

least one (1) year's interest upon the bonds then outstanding. The premium upon the

policies shall be paid from appropriations out of the state road fund unless other provision

for payment, but not out of bridge tolls and revenues, is made by law. The department

may carry insurance of a lesser extent or amount if adequate in the judgment of the

department and the original purchasers of the bonds.
KRS § 42.0175 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0175
42.0175 Office of Fleet Management
Status: in_force

42.0175 Office of Fleet Management.

(1) The Office of Fleet Management pursuant to KRS 42.0145 shall be generally

responsible for all technical and administrative services related to the

Commonwealth’s fleet of vehicles, including but not limited to:

(a) Procuring vehicles;

(b) Maintaining and repairing vehicles;

(c) Reserving, assigning, and distributing vehicles;

(d) Reporting fleet mileage; and

(e) Performing any additional administrative functions and duties the secretary

may assign.

(2) There shall be established in the Office of Fleet Management the following

divisions which shall be headed by a division director who shall report to the

executive director of the Office of Fleet Management:

(a) Division of Maintenance; and

(b) Division of Operations and Administration.

(3) The division directors appointed under this section shall be appointed by the

secretary with the approval of the Governor under KRS 12.050. There may be, if

needed, sections assigned to specific areas of work, responsible directly to the

executive director of the Office of Fleet Management.
KRS § 402.310 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 402 / Section 402.310
402.310 Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
Status: in_force

402.310 Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act.

KRS 402.310 to 402.340 may be cited as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act

of 1972.
KRS § 525.070 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 525 / Section 525.070
525.070 Harassment
Status: in_force

525.070 Harassment.

(1) A person is guilty of harassment when, with intent to intimidate, harass, annoy, or

alarm another person, he or she:

(a) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects him to physical contact;

(b) Attempts or threatens to strike, shove, kick, or otherwise subject the person to

physical contact;

(c) In a public place, makes an offensively coarse utterance, gesture, or display, or

addresses abusive language to any person present;

(d) Follows a person in or about a public place or places;

(e) Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or

seriously annoy such other person and which serve no legitimate purpose; or

(f) Being enrolled as a student in a local school district, and while on school

premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event:

1. Damages or commits a theft of the property of another student;

2. Substantially disrupts the operation of the school; or

3. Creates a hostile environment by means of any gestures, written

communications, oral statements, or physical acts that a reasonable

person under the circumstances should know would cause another

student to suffer fear of physical harm, intimidation, humiliation, or

embarrassment.

(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, harassment is a

violation.

(b) Harassment, as defined in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, is a

Class B misdemeanor.
KRS § 132.454 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.454
132.454 Tax liability when real property taxed as agricultural or horticultural is converted to another use
Status: in_force

132.454 Tax liability when real property taxed as agricultural or horticultural is

converted to another use.

When land which is valued and taxed as agricultural or horticultural land under paragraph

(c) of subsection (2) of KRS 132.450 is converted to any other use after January 1 of the

tax year, that portion of the land upon which the use is changed shall be subject to tax for

the succeeding tax year at its fair cash value. The owner of the property at the time the

land use change is initiated shall, within ninety (90) days, report the change to the

property valuation administrator. The owner shall also provide to the property valuation

administrator information concerning the most recent sale or lease of the property, copies

of any appraisal or feasibility reports made, and any other information useful in

determining the fair cash value of the property.
KRS § 40.310 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 40 / Section 40.310
40.310 Duties of Department of Veterans' Affairs
Status: in_force

40.310 Duties of Department of Veterans' Affairs.

(1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall collect all necessary data and information

regarding facilities and services available to veterans, their families, and

dependents, and shall cooperate with all information or service agencies throughout

the state in informing such persons regarding the existence or availability of all

educational, training, and retraining facilities; health, medical, rehabilitation, and

housing services and facilities; employment and reemployment services; provisions

of federal, state, and local laws affording rights, privileges, and benefits to said

persons, their families, and dependents, and all other matters of similar related or

appropriate nature. It shall likewise be the duty of the department to assist veterans

and their families and dependents in the presentation, proof, and establishment of

all claims, privileges, rights, and other benefits which they may have under federal,

state, or local laws, and to cooperate with all national, state, and local government

and private agencies securing services or any benefits to veterans, their families, and

dependents.

(2) The commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall prepare and submit

to the Governor and each member of the board an annual report with reference to

claims presented on behalf of veterans and to otherwise report the activities and

accomplishments of the department.

(3) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall be authorized to apply for and accept

gifts, grants, and other contributions from the federal government, or from any other

governmental unit which funds shall be administered by the department through use

of trust and agency accounts.

(4) Veterans, as used in KRS 40.305 to 40.310 include any individual who served on

active duty during peace or war in the Armed Forces of the United States, and who

has received an honorable discharge from such service.

(5) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall maintain full, adequate, and complete

copies of all records pertaining to claims of veterans who file said claims for

benefits through the department.

(6) The commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs may purchase liability

insurance for the protection of employees of the Department of Veterans' Affairs to

protect them from liability for acts, omissions, and claims arising in the course and

scope of their employment or service to the department.

(7) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall manage the veterans' program trust fund

established by KRS 40.460 by hosting all board meetings, providing logistical

support, recording the minutes of each meeting, and authorizing expenditures once

the board has approved a request for funds.
KRS § 353.710 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.710
353.710 Suit to enjoin violation -- By department, person adversely affected, Attorney General
Status: in_force

353.710 Suit to enjoin violation -- By department, person adversely affected,

Attorney General.

(1) Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any

provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720, or any rule, regulation or order promulgated

or issued under KRS 353.500 to 353.720, the department may bring suit against the

person in the Franklin Circuit Court, or the Circuit Court of the county where the

violation occurred or is threatened, or in the county in which the defendant resides

or in which any defendant resides if there is more than one (1) defendant, to restrain

the person from continuing the violation or from carrying out the threatened

violation. In such a suit the court shall have jurisdiction to grant without bond or

other undertaking the prohibitory or mandatory injunction as the facts may warrant,

including a temporary restraining order or injunction.

(2) If the department shall fail to bring suit to enjoin a violation or threatened violation

of any provisions of KRS 353.500 to 353.720, or any rule, regulation, or order

promulgated or issued under KRS 353.500 to 353.720 within ten (10) days after

receipt of a written request to do so by any person who is or will be adversely

affected by the violation, the person making the request may bring suit in his own

behalf to restrain the violation or threatened violation in any court in which the

department might have brought suit. The department shall be made a party

defendant in the suit in addition to the person allegedly violating or threatening to

violate a provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720, or any rule, regulation or order

promulgated or issued under KRS 353.500 to 353.720.

(3) Whenever it appears that any person is violating any provision of KRS 353.500 to

353.720, or any rule, regulation or order promulgated or issued hereunder, the

Attorney General or any person who is adversely affected by the violation may

bring suit to restrain the violation in any court in which the department might have

brought suit. The department shall be made a party defendant in the suit in addition

to the person allegedly violating a provision of or any rule, regulation or order

promulgated or issued under KRS 353.500 to 353.720.
KRS § 95.015 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.015
95.015 Rights and duties of police and firefighters
Status: in_force

95.015 Rights and duties of police and firefighters.

Members of the police and fire departments in cities and urban-county governments shall

abide by and adhere to the rules, regulations and laws set forth by the Kentucky Revised

Statutes, and the legislative body of the city in which they are employed, provided, that no

such rule, regulation or law shall apply that alters, abridges or otherwise restricts the

constitutional rights of said members and said members, except when on duty, shall not

be restrained from exercising their rights and privileges or from entering into any

endeavor enjoyed by all other citizens of the city in which they reside.
KRS § 121.135 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 121 / Section 121.135
121.135 Advisory opinion by registry -- Effect -- Publication
Status: in_force

121.135 Advisory opinion by registry -- Effect -- Publication.

(1) Any person may file a written request with the registry for an advisory opinion

concerning the application of the provisions of this chapter or any administrative

regulation promulgated by the registry with respect to a specific transaction or

activity by the person. The registry shall render a written advisory opinion relating

to the specific transaction or activity to the person making the request not later than

thirty (30) days after the registry receives the request.

(2) If a candidate, slate of candidates, or either of their campaign committees files a

written request with the registry for an advisory opinion not more than thirty (30)

days before the date of an election at which the candidate or slate of candidates shall

appear on the ballot, the registry shall render a written advisory opinion relating to

the request not later than twenty (20) days after the registry receives a complete

request.

(3) No advisory opinion shall be issued by the registry or any of its employees except in

accordance with the provisions of this section.

(4) (a) Any advisory opinion rendered by the registry under subsection (1) or (2) of

this section may be relied upon only by the person or committee involved in

the specific transaction or activity with respect to which the advisory opinion

is rendered.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person or committee to

whom a written advisory opinion has been rendered who relies upon any

provision or finding of the advisory opinion and who acts in good faith in

accordance with the provisions and findings of the advisory opinion shall not,

as a result of any act with respect to a transaction or activity addressed by the

advisory opinion, be subject to any sanction provided by this chapter or any

administrative regulation promulgated by the registry.

(c) It shall be no defense in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding a violation

of any provision of this chapter or any administrative regulation promulgated

by the registry for a person or committee to claim that he relied upon and

acted in good faith based upon any provision or finding of an advisory opinion

if the person or committee was not the person or committee involved in the

specific transaction or activity with respect to which the advisory opinion was

rendered.

(5) (a) The registry shall make public all written requests for an advisory

opinion made under subsection (1) or (2) of this section. Before rendering an

advisory opinion, the registry shall accept written comments submitted by any

interested party within the ten (10) day period following the date the request is

made public.

(b) The registry shall make public all advisory opinions rendered under subsection

(1) or (2) of this section.
KRS § 160.158 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.158
160.158 Council for Community Education -- Membership -- Bylaws -- Officers -- Meetings -- Reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

160.158 Council for Community Education -- Membership -- Bylaws -- Officers --

Meetings -- Reimbursement of expenses.

(1) A state Council for Community Education shall be established for the purpose of

advising the commissioner of education and the Department of Education on issues

relating to community education programs and making recommendations for the

funding of local community education programs.

(2) The council shall have a membership of fifteen (15) persons, appointed by the

Governor. Membership may include, but not be limited to, representatives of the

following groups:

(a) Civic organizations;

(b) Community-based organizations;

(c) Community education organizations;

(d) Local government;

(e) Local school district administrators;

(f) Parent organizations;

(g) Postsecondary education;

(h) School boards; and

(i) Teachers.

(3) In the event of a vacancy on the council, the Kentucky Community Education

Association and the commissioner or his or her designee for community education

shall work jointly to create a list of at least three (3) nominees to present to the

Governor for consideration. If more than one (1) vacancy exists on the council at

the same time, the committee shall submit a number of nominees equal to three (3)

times the number of vacancies. The Governor may select the appointee from among

the nominees.

(4) The commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee shall convene the

first meeting of the council for the purpose of establishing the bylaws of the council

and electing officers to include: chairman, vice chairman, and secretary. The council

shall schedule all subsequent meetings.

(5) The council shall not meet more than four (4) times annually. Members may be

reimbursed for expenses but shall not receive a per diem allowance.
KRS § 164.9495 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.9495
164.9495 Disabled student given priority for first-floor housing -- On-campus or off-campus alternative -- Notification to safety and emergency personnel
Status: in_force

164.9495 Disabled student given priority for first-floor housing -- On-campus or

off-campus alternative -- Notification to safety and emergency personnel.

(1) A postsecondary education institution as defined in KRS 164.948 shall provide

priority for first-floor housing to any student who informs the institution of a

disability, or a sensory, cognitive, or neurological deficit or impairment, or a

learning disorder, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, pervasive developmental

disorder, autism, or Asperger syndrome. As used in this section, "disability" has the

same meaning as in KRS 344.010.

(2) If the postsecondary education institution does not have available first-floor housing

for a student as provided under subsection (1) of this section, the postsecondary

education institution shall allow the student to seek alternative on-campus or off-

campus housing. The postsecondary education institution shall maintain a record of

any on-campus housing assignment for that student and shall alert appropriate

safety and emergency personnel of the location of the student.
KRS § 620.537 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 620 / Section 620.537
620.537 Director of association -- Qualifications -- Duties
Status: in_force

620.537 Director of association -- Qualifications -- Duties.

If the state board employs a full-time staff person to serve as the director of the

association, then:

(1) The state director 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 state director shall be of good moral character with at least two (2)

years of experience working in a position managing a human services program and

who has received a:

(a) Master's degree in social work, sociology, psychology, guidance and

counseling, education, criminal justice, or other human service field; or

(b) Baccalaureate degree in social work, sociology, psychology, guidance and

counseling, education, criminal justice, or other human service field with, in

addition to the work experience required in this subsection, at least two (2)

more years of experience working in the human services field.

(2) The duties of the state director shall be:

(a) To manage the state court-appointed special advocate office, including staff;

(b) To coordinate the activities of the association;

(c) To monitor the policies and practices of local CASA programs for compliance

with state laws, National CASA Association Standards for Programs, and

reporting requirements established by the state association; to assist local

CASA programs in efforts to achieve compliance; and to report to the state

association the status of compliance by local CASA programs;

(d) Upon request of local CASA programs, to provide technical assistance to local

CASA programs;

(e) To provide technical assistance and support to chief judges of family courts,

Chief District Judges, and others in development of new local CASA

programs;

(f) To coordinate a statewide public awareness campaign for generating interest

in developing new CASA programs, recruiting volunteers, and informing the

public of the issues concerning child abuse and neglect; and

(g) Other duties as directed by the association.
KRS § 427.130 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 427 / Section 427.130
427.130 Salaries of public officials and employees and sums due from governmental agencies are subject to attachment or garnishment -- Service of process
Status: in_force

427.130 Salaries of public officials and employees and sums due from

governmental agencies are subject to attachment or garnishment -- Service of

process.

(1) Salaries or sums due state, county, city and school board officers and employees

shall be subject to attachment or garnishment.

(2) All sums due any person from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or any agency or

department thereof, and all sums due from any county school board, city or county,

shall be subject to attachment or garnishment.

(3) Service of attachments or garnishments upon the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall

be made by serving the secretary of the finance and administration cabinet, and the

state treasurer. No attachment or garnishment served upon the Commonwealth shall

be valid unless the process shall specify the name of the employee, or other creditor,

and the budget unit and division thereof through which the sum alleged to be due is

payable.

History through 1968: Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky.

Acts ch. 102, secs. 1 and 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective

October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1701b.