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KRS § 280.990 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 280 / Section 280.990
280.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

280.990 Penalties.

(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS 280.250 or

any of the provisions of KRS 280.260 shall, for the first offense, forfeit twenty-five

dollars ($25) to the person aggrieved, and shall, for every subsequent offense,

forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) to the person aggrieved, but the person aggrieved

shall not recover the forfeiture after a prosecution has been instituted under

subsection (2) of this section. The forfeiture may be recovered by the person

aggrieved by ordinary action in any court having jurisdiction to render judgment for

the sum claimed to be forfeited, and the judgment may be enforced by execution

against the property or against the person, at the election of the plaintiff.

(2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS 280.250 or

any of the provisions of KRS 280.260 shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars ($50)

for the first offense and one hundred dollars ($100) for each subsequent offense, but

no conviction shall be had under this subsection in any case where the person

aggrieved has sued for and recovered the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (1) of

this section.

(3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 280.270 shall be fined

twenty dollars ($20) for each day that the violation continues.

(4) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 280.280 shall be fined not

less than five dollars ($5) nor more than ten dollars ($10) for each day that the

violation continues.
KRS § 273.368 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.368
273.368 Filing and recording fees
Status: in_force

273.368 Filing and recording fees.

In respect of the following documents, the fees to be collected by the Secretary of State

for filing, when required by this chapter, shall be:

(1) Articles of incorporation, eight dollars ($8);

(2) Articles of amendment, eight dollars ($8);

(3) Restated articles of incorporation, eight dollars ($8);

(4) Articles of merger or consolidation, eight dollars ($8);

(5) Articles of dissolution, five dollars ($5); and

(6) Any other statement or report of a foreign or domestic corporation, eight dollars

($8).
KRS § 151B.407 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 151B / Section 151B.407
151B.407 Foundation for Adult Education
Status: in_force

151B.407 Foundation for Adult Education.

(1) There is hereby established a nonprofit foundation to be known as the

"Foundation for Adult Education." The purpose of the foundation shall be to

supplement public funding for adult training in order to expand existing basic

skills training programs.

(2) Funding for the foundation shall be obtained through contributions by the

private sector. The foundation shall be empowered to solicit and accept funds

from the private sector to be used for grants to local education agencies to fund

adult basic education programs especially designed for business and industry.

Contributors may specify that contributed funds be used to improve the

educational level of their employees as it relates to the High School

Equivalency Diploma program.

(3) The foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees to be appointed by the

secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet with responsibility for adult

education programs based on recommendations from business, industry, labor,

education, and interested citizens. Staff for the board of trustees shall be

provided by the cabinet.

(4) The foundation shall be attached to the office of the secretary of the Education

and Labor Cabinet for administrative purposes.
KRS § 281A.2102 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281A / Section 281A.2102
281A.2102 Additional penalties for driving commercial motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol
Status: in_force

281A.2102 Additional penalties for driving commercial motor vehicle under the

influence of alcohol.

In addition to the penalties established by this chapter for driving a commercial motor

vehicle under the influence of alcohol:

(1) Any person convicted of driving a commercial motor vehicle while the alcohol

concentration of the person's blood or breath is four hundredths (0.04) to eight

hundredths (0.08) shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20) and not more

than fifty dollars ($50).

(2) Any person convicted of driving a commercial motor vehicle while the alcohol

concentration of the person's blood or breath is greater than eight hundredths (0.08)

shall be fined under the provisions of KRS 189A.010(5)(a) to (d).
KRS § 158.1621 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.1621
158.1621 Reporting of number of portable automated external defibrillators
Status: in_force

158.1621 Reporting of number of portable automated external defibrillators.

(1) By August 1 of each year, each school district shall report to the Kentucky

Department of Education on the number of portable automated external

defibrillators at each school within the district.

(2) By October 1 of each year, the Kentucky Department of Education shall publish a

report on the number of portable automated external defibrillators in Kentucky

public schools by school and school district to the department's website and submit

the report to the General Assembly's Interim Joint Committee on Education, Interim

Joint Committee on Health Services, and Interim Joint Committee on Families and

Children.
KRS § 13A.338 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.338
13A.338 Legislative finding -- Certain administrative regulations void -- Prohibition against promulgating substantially similar regulations within specified time
Status: in_force

13A.338 Legislative finding -- Certain administrative regulations void --

Prohibition against promulgating substantially similar regulations within

specified time.

(1) The General Assembly finds that certain administrative regulations as

evidenced by the records of the Legislative Research Commission, including

but not limited to the Kentucky Administrative Regulations Service and the

Administrative Register of Kentucky, were found deficient but became effective

notwithstanding the finding of deficiency, pursuant to KRS 13A.330, on or after

March 27, 2002, and before March 16, 2004.

(2) Contrary provisions of any section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes

notwithstanding, each administrative regulation referenced in subsection (1) of

this section shall be null, void, and unenforceable as of March 16, 2004.

(3) Contrary provisions of any section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes

notwithstanding, the administrative body shall be prohibited from promulgating

an administrative regulation that is identical to, or substantially the same as,

any of the administrative regulations referenced in subsection (1) of this section

for a period beginning on March 16, 2004, and concluding on June 1, 2005.

(4) A list of the administrative regulations referenced in subsection (1) of this

section shall be available to the public, in the office of the Legislative Research

Commission's regulations compiler.
KRS § 177.850 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 177 / Section 177.850
177.850 Purpose of KRS 177.830 to 177.890
Status: in_force

177.850 Purpose of KRS 177.830 to 177.890.

The general purposes of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 and its specific objectives and

standards are:

(1) To provide for maximum visibility along interstate highways, limited-access

highways, federal-aid primary highways, turnpikes, and connecting roads or

highways;

(2) To prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles;

(3) To prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs or signals or otherwise

interfere with the effectiveness of traffic regulations;

(4) To preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or the aesthetic features of

the aforementioned interstate highways, limited-access highways, federal-aid

primary highways, turnpikes, and adjacent areas;

(5) To promote maximum safety, comfort and well-being of the users of said

highways.
KRS § 367.381 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.381
367.381 Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

367.381 Prohibited acts.

No loan broker shall:

(1) Assess or collect an advance fee from a borrower to provide services as a loan

broker;

(2) Make or use unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive representations or omit any

material fact in the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker, or engage, directly

or indirectly, in any act that operates or would operate as an unfair, false,

misleading, or deceptive representation in its business dealings, or to the Attorney

General or conceal a material fact from the Attorney General.
KRS § 121.065 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 121 / Section 121.065
121.065 Limitation of political advertising rates -- Injunction
Status: in_force

121.065 Limitation of political advertising rates -- Injunction.

(1) No publisher of newspapers, magazines, handbills, or other printed matter, owner or

lessor of billboards, radio or television station or network, or any other person,

company, corporation, or organization offering its communications services for hire

to the public shall be permitted to charge fees for political advertising in excess of

the lowest rate charged to other advertisers at the time the political advertising is

purchased.

(2) Political advertising means any communication intended to support or defeat a

candidate for public office.

(3) An action to enjoin violations of this section shall be in the Circuit Court of the

county where the complaining candidate resides.
KRS § 67A.250 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.250
67A.250 Qualifications of applicants
Status: in_force

67A.250 Qualifications of applicants.

The civil service commission shall examine all eligible applicants as to their physical and

mental qualification for the particular classification wherein they seek employment. To be

eligible for examination a person must satisfy the minimum standards established under

KRS 67A.240.
KRS § 42.205 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.205
42.205 Permanent pension fund
Status: in_force

42.205 Permanent pension fund.

(1) There is hereby established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet the

Kentucky permanent pension fund for the purpose of addressing the

Commonwealth's unfunded pension liabilities. The proceeds contained in this fund

shall be used only for contributions to the Commonwealth's pension funds.

(2) The fund may receive:

(a) State appropriations;

(b) The net proceeds from the sale of real property owned by the Commonwealth

or any agency thereof; and

(c) Any settlements or judgments resulting from litigation in which the

Commonwealth or any of its agencies is a party, after costs of litigation and

mandatory deductions or restitution to consumers have been deducted.

(3) Any unallotted or unencumbered balances in the fund shall be invested pursuant to

KRS 42.500.

(4) Income earned from the investments shall be credited to and become part of the

fund.

(5) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any fund balance at the close of the fiscal year shall

not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year. All amounts in the fund

shall remain in the fund and shall not be expended or appropriated without the

express authority in an enacted biennial budget bill.
KRS § 393A.590 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393A / Section 393A.590
393A.590 Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation
Status: in_force

393A.590 Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation.

(1) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation

shall be prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation.

(2) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no

unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in

subsection (1) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a

fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.

(3) A putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (1) of this

section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or

similar instrument was:

(a) Issued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;

(b) Issued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier

instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;

(c) Issued to a party affiliated with the issuer;

(d) Paid, satisfied, or discharged;

(e) Issued in error;

(f) Issued without consideration;

(g) Issued but there was a failure of consideration;

(h) Voided not later than ninety (90) days after issuance for a valid business

reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or

(i) Issued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason

recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.

(4) In asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a

course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom

and practice.
KRS § 335B.070 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335B / Section 335B.070
335B.070 Exceptions
Status: in_force

335B.070 Exceptions.

The provisions of KRS 335B.020 to 335B.060 shall not apply to:

(1) The practice of law; but nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the

Supreme Court in its discretion, from adopting the policies set forth in KRS

335B.020 to 335B.060.

(2) Deputy sheriffs, deputy constables, patrol or other nonelective peace officers or

deputy peace officers, for whom qualifications are set forth in KRS 61.300.
KRS § 279.150 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 279 / Section 279.150
279.150 Other electric companies required to sell electric energy to cooperatives
Status: in_force

279.150 Other electric companies required to sell electric energy to cooperatives.

No person engaged in the business of producing, selling or distributing electric energy for

public use in this state shall refuse to furnish electric energy to any corporation organized

under this chapter, if the corporation is able and willing to pay the same rates for such

energy as are paid by other consumers in the same territory using a comparable amount of

energy. This section does not forbid a discrimination based on the load factor or diversity

factor.
KRS § 343.060 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 343 / Section 343.060
343.060 Approval of agreements -- Signatures
Status: in_force

343.060 Approval of agreements -- Signatures.

No apprentice or trainee agreements submitted for approval under this chapter shall be

effective until written approval of the agreement is provided by the supervisor. Every

apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement, so submitted, shall be signed by the

contracting parties and the parent or guardian if the apprentice or trainee is a minor.

Where a minor enters into an apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement under this

chapter for a period of training extending into his majority, the apprenticeship or on-the-

job training agreement shall likewise be binding for the period covered during his

majority.
KRS § 317.460 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 317 / Section 317.460
317.460 Board hearings -- Appeal -- Inspections
Status: in_force

317.460 Board hearings -- Appeal -- Inspections.

(1) The board shall hold hearings upon the request of any person directly affected by

the board's decision to refuse a license; deny or revoke a license; or suspend or

place a licensee on probation. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13B.

(2) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, officers, agents, and

inspectors of the board may enter upon premises of all facilities issued a permit or

license by the board, at all reasonable times and during periods when those premises

are otherwise open to the public, and make inspections to determine compliance

with this chapter and the administrative regulations promulgated by the board, and

inspect books, papers, or records pertaining to licensed activity, a copy of which

may be obtained by the board officer, agent, or inspector.

(3) Final orders of the board as a result of any hearing may be appealed to the Franklin

Circuit Court in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 171.250 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.250
171.250 Certificates of librarianship -- To whom granted
Status: in_force

171.250 Certificates of librarianship -- To whom granted.

(1) The board shall grant certificates of librarianship to applicants who are graduates of

library schools approved by the board and shall grant certificates to other applicants

when it has satisfied itself that the applicant is qualified for library work. Applicants

shall provide such information as required by the board to determine their

qualifications.

(2) The board may issue renewals, determine the positions for which certificates of

librarianship shall be required, and adopt rules and regulations for its own

government and for carrying out the purposes of KRS 171.230 to 171.306.

(3) The board may issue certificates to qualified persons who are serving in libraries not

supported from public funds.

(4) Librarians who were in service on May 31, 1938, and served one (1) year prior to

such date shall be entitled to receive a life certificate in accordance with their

qualifications, without examination, upon the payment of prescribed fee.
KRS § 48.120 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 48 / Section 48.120
48.120 Preliminary and official revenue estimates to be provided by Office of State Budget Director -- Appropriations to be based on official revenue estimates
Status: in_force

48.120 Preliminary and official revenue estimates to be provided by Office of State

Budget Director -- Appropriations to be based on official revenue estimates.

(1) By September 30 of each odd-numbered year, the Office of State Budget Director,

in conjunction with the consensus forecasting group, shall provide to each branch of

government preliminary revenue estimates. The preliminary revenue estimates shall

include:

(a) A baseline analysis and projections of economic conditions and outlook;

(b) Any potential consequences of the analysis and projections for the

Commonwealth's fiscal condition;

(c) The revenue estimates and implications for the general fund and road fund for

the current fiscal year and next two (2) fiscal years; and

(d) Projections of personal income, employment, and economic indicators that

reflect economic conditions.

(2) By December 20 of each odd-numbered year, the Office of State Budget Director

shall certify and present to the Legislative Research Commission the official

revenue estimates made by the consensus forecasting group for the general fund and

road fund for the current and next two (2) fiscal years.

(3) Appropriations made in the branch budget bills enacted for each branch of

government shall be based upon the official revenue estimates presented to the

Legislative Research Commission by the Office of State Budget Director under

subsection (2) of this section, as modified by the General Assembly.

(4) The enacted estimates shall become the official revenue estimates of the

Commonwealth upon the branch budget bills becoming law, and shall remain the

official revenue estimates of the Commonwealth until revised by the consensus

forecasting group as provided in KRS 48.115.
KRS § 134.193 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 134 / Section 134.193
134.193 Annual sheriff's tax settlement audit -- Requirements
Status: in_force

134.193 Annual sheriff's tax settlement audit -- Requirements.

The annual sheriff's tax settlement audit required by KRS 134.192(1) shall be one (1)

audit encompassing the period September 1 to August 31 and the taxes collected on real

estate, tangible personal property, unmined coal, oil and gas reserve, other mineral or

energy resources, public service corporations, and any other ad valorem collections for

which:

(1) The collection schedule has been completed;

(2) Delinquent tax claims have been filed with the county clerk in accordance with

KRS 134.122; and

(3) Settlements have been prepared in accordance with KRS 134.192.
KRS § 281A.175 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281A / Section 281A.175
281A.175 Requirements for school bus endorsement
Status: in_force

281A.175 Requirements for school bus endorsement.

(1) An applicant for a school bus endorsement shall satisfy the following requirements:

(a) Qualify for a passenger vehicle endorsement by passing the knowledge and

skills test for obtaining a passenger vehicle endorsement;

(b) Demonstrate knowledge of loading and unloading children, including the safe

operation of stop signal devices, external mirror systems, flashing lights, and

other warning and safety devices required for school buses by state or federal

law or regulation;

(c) Demonstrate knowledge of emergency exits and procedures for safely

evacuating passengers in an emergency;

(d) Demonstrate knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations related to

safely traversing highway rail grade crossings; and

(e) Submit to a physical examination at least every twenty-four (24) months in

accordance with 49 C.F.R. pt. 391, completed by a medical examiner as

defined by 49 C.F.R. pt. 390.

(2) An applicant for a school bus endorsement shall take a driving skills test in a school

bus of the same vehicle group as the school bus the applicant will drive.
KRS § 263.080 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 263 / Section 263.080
263.080 Specifications for disposal plants
Status: in_force

263.080 Specifications for disposal plants.

Each place of business shall be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some

other nonabsorbent material, adequate drainage, buildings adapted to carry on the

business, adequate water supply and supplied with sufficient steam and steam hose or

other equipment approved by the department to clean floors and trucks. The floors, walls

and all buildings and equipment therein shall at all times be kept in a reasonably sanitary

condition and shall be cleaned with steam or other methods and procedures approved by

the department. Trucks and truck equipment shall at all times be kept in a reasonably

sanitary condition and the trucks shall be cleaned with steam or other methods and

procedures approved by the department. All plants shall be equipped with sufficient

steam and steam hose or other equipment to carry out the requirements of this chapter.
KRS § 396.045 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 396 / Section 396.045
396.045 Claims not barred by statute of limitations
Status: in_force

396.045 Claims not barred by statute of limitations.

(1) No claim shall be barred by a statute of limitations which would expire during the

period commencing with the decedent's death and ending six (6) months thereafter

if such claim is presented within six (6) months after the decedent's death. This

subsection shall not apply with respect to any statute of limitations imposed by KRS

Chapter 396.

(2) For purposes of any statute of limitations, the proper presentment of a claim under

KRS 396.015 is equivalent to commencement of an action on the claim.
KRS § 164.490 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.490
164.490 Scholastic requirements for scholarship
Status: in_force

164.490 Scholastic requirements for scholarship.

All persons eligible to the scholarship provided by KRS 164.480 shall meet the scholastic

entrance requirements prescribed by the university or college for the course of study

chosen by the applicant.