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KRS § 369.115 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 369 / Section 369.115
369.115 Time and place of sending and receipt
Status: in_force

369.115 Time and place of sending and receipt.

(1) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record

is sent when it:

(a) Is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information

processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of

receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which

the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;

(b) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and

(c) Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or

of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a

region of the information processing system designated or used by the

recipient which is under the control of the recipient.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is

received when:

(a) It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or

uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type

sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and

(b) It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section applies even if the place the information processing

system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be

received under subsection (4) of this section.

(4) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the

sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's

place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For

purposes of this subsection, the following rules apply:

(a) If the sender or recipient has more than one (1) place of business, the place of

business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the

underlying transaction.

(b) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of

business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.

(5) An electronic record is received under subsection (2) of this section even if no

individual is aware of its receipt.

(6) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system

described in subsection (2) of this section establishes that a record was received but,

by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content

received.

(7) If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under subsection (1)

of this section, or purportedly received under subsection (2) of this section, was not

actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by

other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the

requirements of this subsection may not be varied by agreement.
KRS § 67.990 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.990
67.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

67.990 Penalties.

(1) Any officer who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 67.020 is guilty of

misfeasance in office, and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(2) Any officer who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 67.090(2) shall be

fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for

each offense.
KRS § 184.355 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 184 / Section 184.355
184.355 Powers of district
Status: in_force

184.355 Powers of district.

A transportation improvement district may:

(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(2) Adopt an official seal;

(3) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions

against the district shall be brought in the Circuit Court of the county in which the

principal office of the district is located, or in the Circuit Court of the county in

which the cause of action arose, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of

every kind shall be served on the district by leaving a copy thereof at its principal

office with the secretary-treasurer;

(4) Purchase, construct, maintain, repair, sell, exchange, police, operate, or lease

projects;

(5) Issue transportation improvement district revenue bonds for the purpose of

providing funds to pay the costs of any project or part thereof;

(6) Maintain such funds as it considers necessary;

(7) Direct its agents or employees, when properly identified in writing and after at least

five (5) days' written notice, to enter upon lands within its jurisdiction to make

surveys and examinations preliminary to the location and construction of projects

for the district, without liability of the district or its agents or employees except for

actual damage done;

(8) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the

performance of its functions and the execution of its powers under KRS 184.350 to

184.395;

(9) Employ, retain, or contract for the services of consulting engineers, superintendents,

managers, and such other engineers, construction and accounting experts, financial

advisers, trustees, marketing, remarketing, and administrative agents, attorneys, and

other employees, independent contractors, or agents as are necessary in its judgment

and fix their compensation, provided all such expenses shall be payable solely from

the proceeds of bonds or from revenues;

(10) Receive and accept from the federal or any state or local government, including but

not limited to any agency, entity, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, loans

and grants for or in aid of the construction, maintenance, or repair of any project,

and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source or person of money,

property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the

purposes for which such loans, grants, and contributions are made. Nothing in this

subsection shall be construed as imposing any liability on this state for any loan

received by a transportation improvement district from a third party unless this state

has entered into an agreement to accept such liability;

(11) Subject to the requirements of KRS 184.360, acquire, hold, and dispose of property

in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under KRS 184.350

to 184.395; and

(12) Do all acts necessary and proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in KRS

184.350 to 184.395.
KRS § 45.793 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45 / Section 45.793
45.793 Quarterly status reports on incomplete capital projects to Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee
Status: in_force

45.793 Quarterly status reports on incomplete capital projects to Capital Projects

and Bond Oversight Committee.

The Finance and Administration Cabinet and any institution that manages its own capital

construction under KRS 164A.580 shall provide to the committee at its January, April,

July, and October regular meetings a status report of any capital project, excluding items

of equipment, not yet completed which received line item authorization by the Kentucky

General Assembly or was authorized pursuant to KRS 45.760(7). The Capital Projects

and Bond Oversight Committee shall prescribe data elements to be included in the

quarterly status reports. For each capital project, the status report shall include but not be

limited to the:

(1) Project title;

(2) County or counties in which the project is located;

(3) Current phase of the project;

(4) Estimated completion date of the project;

(5) Explanation of any delay or major change in the project, including deletion or

modification of project components; and

(6) Any other information that the committee requests.
KRS § 376.240 — KY Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 376 / Section 376.240
376.240 Perfecting a lien on funds due contractor from public authority
Status: in_force

376.240 Perfecting a lien on funds due contractor from public authority.

Upon the filing of the statement of lien provided for in subsection (2) of KRS 376.230 in

the county clerk's office and the delivery of an attested copy thereof to the public

authority making the contract for the improvement of any bridge, public highway or other

public property owned by the state or any county or city, and the filing with the public

authority of a signed copy of a letter addressed to the contractor or subcontractor at his

address given in the contract, with a post office receipt showing that an attested copy of

the lien statement has been sent by the lien claimant to the contractor or subcontractor by

certified mail, return receipt requested or by registered mail, the claimant shall have a lien

superior to any lien subsequently perfected on any unpaid balance due the contractor

under the contract of improvement.
KRS § 386.420 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 386 / Section 386.420
386.420 Contents and recordation of declaration of trust
Status: in_force

386.420 Contents and recordation of declaration of trust.

(1) The written declaration of trust may provide for the election of successor trustees in

the event of the death, resignation and removal of a trustee and may provide for the

amendment of the declaration of trust. The declaration of trust may also contain

such other provisions regarding the operating and administration of the business

trust as may be necessary or desirable. A declaration of trust and any amendments

thereto is effective as provided in KRS 14A.2-070.

(2) A declaration of trust filed on or after June 26, 2007, shall name or shall be

accompanied by a document naming the initial registered agent and registered office

satisfying the requirements of KRS 14A.4-010.

(3) Each document delivered to the Secretary of State for filing by a business trust or a

foreign business trust shall satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.2-010 to 14A.2-

150.
KRS § 35.367 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.367
35.367 Determination of lack of mental capacity or mental responsibility
Status: in_force

35.367 Determination of lack of mental capacity or mental responsibility.

The determination of lack of mental capacity or mental responsibility shall be determined

pursuant to Kentucky state law as well as regulations of the Department of Defense of the

United States and the laws of the United States governing the Armed Forces of the United

States as required under the Kentucky Constitution.
KRS § 141.524 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 141 / Section 141.524
141.524 Report by department on Education Opportunity Account Program. (See LRC Note below)
Status: in_force

141.524 Report by department on Education Opportunity Account Program. (See

LRC Note below)

The department shall provide the following information to the Interim Joint Committee

on Appropriations and Revenue no later than November 1, 2022, and no later than

November 1 of each year thereafter as long as the tax credit permitted by KRS 141.522 is

taken:

(1) All information contained in each annual report filed by an AGO as required by

KRS 141.510 and the administrative regulations promulgated thereunder, with each

eligible student's identifying information removed and replaced with an assigned

unique identification number;

(2) The number and total amount of EOAs awarded by AGOs to EOA students

reported by household income range intervals of five thousand dollars ($5,000);

(3) The number and total amount of EOAs awarded by AGOs to EOA students:

(a) Who are currently in the Commonwealth's foster care program;

(b) Who have previously received an EOA under this section; and

(c) Who are members of a household in which a student has previously received

an EOA under this section; and

(4) Any other information that may be necessary to assist the members of the General

Assembly in determining that the purposes of this tax credit are being fulfilled.
KRS § 362.270 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 362 / Section 362.270
362.270 Nature of a partner's right in specific partnership property
Status: in_force

362.270 Nature of a partner's right in specific partnership property.

(1) A partner is co-owner with his partners of specific partnership property holding as a

tenant in partnership.

(2) The incidents of this tenancy are such that:

(a) A partner, subject to the provisions of KRS 362.150 to 362.360 and to any

agreement between the partners, has an equal right with his partners to possess

specific partnership property for partnership purposes; but he has no right to

possess such property for any other purpose without the consent of his

partners.

(b) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not assignable except in

connection with the assignment of rights of all the partners in the same

property.

(c) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to attachment

or execution, except on a claim against the partnership. When partnership

property is attached for a partnership debt the partners, or any of them, or the

representatives of a deceased partner, cannot claim any right under the

homestead or exemption laws.

(d) On the death of a partner his right in specific partnership property vests in the

surviving partner or partners, except where the deceased was the last surviving

partner, when his right in such property vests in his legal representative. Such

surviving partner or partners, or the legal representative of the last surviving

partner, has no right to possess the partnership property for any but a

partnership purpose.

(e) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to dower,

curtesy, or allowances to widows, widowers, heirs, or next of kin.
KRS § 311.7741 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.7741
311.7741 Report of complication, adverse event, medical treatment, or death following abortion
Status: in_force

311.7741 Report of complication, adverse event, medical treatment, or death

following abortion.

(1) A hospital, healthcare facility, or individual physician shall file a written report

with the cabinet regarding each patient who comes under the hospital's,

healthcare facility's, or physician(cid:25)s care and reports any complication or

adverse event as defined under KRS 311.7731, requires medical treatment, or

suffers a death that the attending physician, hospital staff, or facility staff has

reason to believe is a primary or secondary result of an abortion. The reports

shall be completed by the hospital, healthcare facility, or attending physician

who treated the patient, signed by the attending physician, and transmitted to

the cabinet within thirty (30) days of the discharge or death of the patient

treated for the complication or adverse event.

(2) Each report of a complication or adverse event as defined in KRS 311.7731,

medical treatment, or death following abortion required under this section shall

contain at minimum the information required by KRS 213.101.

(3) Reports required under this section shall not contain:

(a) The name of the patient;

(b) Common identifiers such as Social Security number or motor vehicle

operator(cid:25)s license number; or

(c) Other information or identifiers that would make it possible to identify, in

any manner or under any circumstances, a patient who has obtained an

abortion and subsequently suffered an abortion complication or adverse

event as defined in KRS 311.7731.
KRS § 178.415 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 178 / Section 178.415
178.415 Fee simple title in county -- Minimum width
Status: in_force

178.415 Fee simple title in county -- Minimum width.

When the fiscal court has made a determination in accordance with the provisions of KRS

178.410 that the road, street, or highway has been dedicated to public use, the county

shall have a fee simple title to the part of the road, street, or highway which the plat, filed

in the office of the county clerk, indicates as being for street purposes. However, if the

road, street, or highway is dedicated in accordance with the provisions of KRS 178.405,

and a plat does not exist, then the fiscal court shall establish a thirty (30) foot minimum

width as a condition precedent to dedication to public use, unless the fiscal court finds

that a thirty (30) foot minimum cannot be met due to the topography of the road or other

extraordinary circumstances.
KRS § 161.547 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 161 / Section 161.547
161.547 Member having service as legislator may purchase four years' credit in the retirement system
Status: in_force

161.547 Member having service as legislator may purchase four years' credit in the

retirement system.

A member of the retirement system having service as a Kentucky legislator which is not

credited by any retirement system administered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky may

present such service, not to exceed four (4) years, for credit in the retirement system by

paying the full actuarial cost of the service as determined by the system actuary. The

member may purchase all or part of his or her service as a legislator, but no less than one

(1) year of service. The entire payment shall be placed in the teachers' saving fund.
KRS § 339.270 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 339 / Section 339.270
339.270 Lunch and rest periods
Status: in_force

339.270 Lunch and rest periods.

(1) No minor under eighteen (18) years of age shall be permitted to work for more than

five (5) hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty (30) minutes for a

lunch period, and no period of less than thirty (30) minutes shall be deemed to

interrupt a continuous period of work.

(2) No employer shall require any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to work

without a rest period of at least ten (10) minutes during each four (4) hours worked.

This shall be in addition to the regularly scheduled lunch period. No reduction in

compensation shall be made for hourly or salaried employees.
KRS § 422.040 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 422 / Section 422.040
422.040 Court records of other states and United States entitled to full faith and credit
Status: in_force

422.040 Court records of other states and United States entitled to full faith and

credit.

The records and judicial proceedings of any court of any state, attested by the clerk

thereof in due form, with the seal of the court annexed if there be a seal, and certified by

the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate of the court, shall have the same faith and

credit given to them in this state as they would have at the place from which the records

come. The record and judicial proceedings of any court of the United States attested by

the clerk thereof, with the seal of the court annexed if there be a seal, shall have the same

faith and credit given to them in this state as they would have in the courts of the United

States.
KRS § 81.500 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 81 / Section 81.500
81.500 Transfer of incorporated areas between cities of the home rule class
Status: in_force

81.500 Transfer of incorporated areas between cities of the home rule class.

(1) When two (2) cities of the home rule class have a common boundary and it is

determined that a specified area within one (1) city can be better served by the

adjoining city, the specified incorporated area may be transferred to the adjoining

city upon enactment of identical ordinances by each city legislative body and the

submission of a petition in support of the transfer signed by voters in the area to be

transferred.

(2) The ordinances declaring the transfer of property between two (2) cities shall

include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) A definition of the area to be transferred;

(b) A statement of the financial considerations between the two (2) cities

regarding the area and the terms of any financial agreements;

(c) The resolution of any taxes or revenues from the area; and

(d) A statement of the land use or zoning regulations which would be applicable

to the area being transferred if planning and zoning is in effect pursuant to

KRS Chapter 100 in either city.

(3) Prior to the effective date of the transfer of the property, a petition in support of the

transfer, containing a number of signatures of residents in the area to be transferred

which is not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the number of registered voters in

the area to be transferred, shall be submitted to the county clerk of the county from

which the property is being transferred. The county clerk shall within ten (10)

working days of receipt of the petition notify each city of the validity of each

signature and address on the petition. No petition shall be required to be submitted

when the property proposed for transfer contains no residents and the property

owners consent in writing to the transfer.

(4) The enactment of ordinances by each city shall be pursuant to KRS 83A.060.

(5) The authority for the transfer of incorporated property between cities shall be

exclusive of the provisions of KRS 81A.440.

(6) In addition to other public notice requirements, cities involved in the transfer of

incorporated areas between cities shall comply with the provisions of KRS 81A.470

and 81A.475.

(7) The incorporated area being transferred shall assume the local option status of the

city to which it is being transferred.
KRS § 393A.020 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393A / Section 393A.020
393A.020 Inapplicability to foreign transaction
Status: in_force

393A.020 Inapplicability to foreign transaction.

This chapter shall not apply to:

(1) Property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction out of which

the property arose was a foreign transaction;

(2) Money, funds, or any other intangible property held by or owing:

(a) To a nonprofit exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(b) For any minerals or other raw materials capable of being used for fuel in the

course of manufacturing, processing, production, or mining; or

(c) For any mineral proceeds;

(3) Wages or salaries of fifty dollars ($50) or less that are not claimed by an employee

within one (1) year of the date the wages or salaries are earned, unless the amounts

are held on a payroll card;

(4) Moneys in inmate accounts and prisoner canteen accounts held by jailer under KRS

441.137; or

(5) Funds held in a lawyer IOLTA trust account under Supreme Court Rule 3.830.
KRS § 199.899 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 199 / Section 199.899
199.899 Market-rate survey to determine rates for child-care services receiving public funds
Status: in_force

199.899 Market-rate survey to determine rates for child-care services receiving

public funds.

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall conduct a market-rate survey at

least biennially to set the minimum rates paid by the cabinet for child-care services

receiving public funds in the Commonwealth. The market-rate survey shall:

(a) Survey all child-care programs in the Commonwealth licensed pursuant to

KRS 199.896 or certified pursuant to KRS 199.8982;

(b) Determine market rates; and

(c) Make public its findings.

(2) In counties containing no more than two (2) child-care programs of the same type

regulated by the cabinet, the cabinet shall pay the rate charged by the program up to

the maximum allowable market rate, set in accordance with federal regulations,

paid to a program of the same type in that area development district.

(3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall evaluate, at least annually, the

adequacy of the child-care subsidy to enable low income families in need of child-

care services to obtain child care.
KRS § 171.2001 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.2001
171.2001 Legislative intent
Status: in_force

171.2001 Legislative intent.

It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a method of providing direct state aid

to local public libraries in order to assure their continued existence and to enhance their

services for the benefit of the citizens of the Commonwealth.