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KRS § 157.310 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.310
157.310 Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

157.310 Declaration of legislative intent.

It is the intention of the General Assembly to assure substantially equal public school

educational opportunities for those in attendance in the public schools of the

Commonwealth, but not to limit nor to prevent any school district from providing

educational services and facilities beyond those assured by the state supported program.

The program shall provide for an efficient system of public schools throughout the

Commonwealth, as prescribed by Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky, and for

the manner of distribution of the public school fund among the districts and its use for

public school purposes, as prescribed by Section 186 of the Constitution.
KRS § 210.720 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 210 / Section 210.720
210.720 Charge for board of patients -- Method of establishing
Status: in_force

210.720 Charge for board of patients -- Method of establishing.

(1) Every patient admitted to a facility operated or utilized by the cabinet, except

prisoners transferred pursuant to KRS 202A.201, shall be charged for their board,

maintenance and treatment pursuant to this section and the cabinet may sue in the

Franklin Circuit Court or Franklin District Court to recover from the patient or

person responsible for the patient for liability as established by this section.

(2) The secretary shall fix the patient cost per day for board, maintenance and treatment

for each facility operated by the cabinet at frequent intervals which shall be the

uniform charge for all persons receiving such services.

(3) The liability of any patient, or person responsible for the patient, for payment of the

charge for board, maintenance and treatment shall be based upon ability to pay by

ascertaining the entire financial resources available to the patient, or to the person

responsible for the patient, and shall include, but shall not be limited to: insurance,

all third party coverage including Medicare and Medicaid and other governmental

programs, cash, stocks, bonds, and all other property owned by the patient or

controlled by the person responsible for the patient. The secretary shall establish a

reasonable means test for determining payment liability of patients and persons

responsible for patients. In no event shall liability be in excess of the cost per

patient per day established by the secretary.

(4) Nothing in KRS 210.710 to 210.760 shall be construed to limit any liability of

insurance companies or other third party payors including Medicare and Medicaid

and other governmental programs.
KRS § 311.6206 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.6206
311.6206 Prohibition against retaliation for physician wellness program participation
Status: in_force

311.6206 Prohibition against retaliation for physician wellness program

participation.

A person or entity shall not retaliate, discriminate, or otherwise take adverse action with

respect to a physician who is participating in a physician wellness program based solely

on the physician’s participation.
KRS § 396.125 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 396 / Section 396.125
396.125 Deduction of counterclaim
Status: in_force

396.125 Deduction of counterclaim.

In allowing a claim the personal representative may deduct any counterclaim which the

estate has against the claimant. In determining a claim against an estate a court shall

reduce the amount allowed by the amount of any counterclaims and, if the counterclaims

exceed the claim, render a judgment against the claimant in the amount of the excess. A

counterclaim, liquidated or unliquidated, may arise from a transaction other than that

upon which the claim is based. A counterclaim may give rise to relief exceeding in

amount or different in kind from that sought in the claim.
KRS § 278.350 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.350
278.350 Incriminating evidence -- Immunity of witnesses
Status: in_force

278.350 Incriminating evidence -- Immunity of witnesses.

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book, paper or account

at any inquiry by, or hearing before, the commission or any commissioner, upon the

ground that the testimony or the book, paper or account required of him may tend to

incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted or

subjected to any forfeiture or penalty for, or on account of, anything concerning which he

was compelled to testify under oath or to produce documentary evidence, except that no

person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury

committed by him in his testimony.
KRS § 275.455 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.455
275.455 Exercise of powers by Kentucky company in any state or country
Status: in_force

275.455 Exercise of powers by Kentucky company in any state or country.

A limited liability company organized and existing under this chapter may conduct its

business, carry on its operations, and have and exercise the powers granted by this chapter

in any state or foreign country.
KRS § 421.530 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 421 / Section 421.530
421.530 Submission of victim impact statement to parole board -- Duties of parole board
Status: in_force

421.530 Submission of victim impact statement to parole board -- Duties of parole

board.

(1) If a defendant is sentenced to a period of incarceration and his or her release is

subject to the authority of the parole board, the victim may submit a written impact

statement to the parole board that it shall consider when making a decision on the

release of the defendant.

(2) The impact statement may contain, but need not be limited to, a description of the

long-term consequences of the crime, including but not necessarily limited to, the

physical, psychological, and financial harm suffered by the victim, and whether the

victim has applied for or received compensation for financial loss.
KRS § 529.160 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 529 / Section 529.160
529.160 Expungement of records relating to violation of chapter when person charged or convicted was a victim of human trafficking at time of offense -- Motion -- Finding -- Presumption
Status: in_force

529.160 Expungement of records relating to violation of chapter when person

charged or convicted was a victim of human trafficking at time of offense --

Motion -- Finding -- Presumption.

(1) When a person is charged or convicted under this chapter, or with an offense which

is not a violent crime as defined in KRS 17.165, and the person's participation in the

offense is determined to be the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking,

the person may make a motion in the court in which the charges were filed to

expunge all records of the offense.

(2) The motion shall be filed no sooner than sixty (60) days following the date the final

judgment was entered by the court in which the charges were filed.

(3) (a) A motion filed under this section, any hearing conducted on the motion, and

any relief granted are governed by KRS 431.076, 431.078, and 431.079 unless

otherwise provided in this section.

(b) For the purposes of expungement under KRS 431.076, a finding by the court

that the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a

victim of human trafficking shall deem the charges as dismissed with

prejudice.

(c) No official determination or documentation is required to find that the

person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a victim of

human trafficking, but documentation from a federal, state, local, or tribal

governmental agency indicating that the defendant was a victim at the time of

the offense shall create a presumption that the defendant's participation in the

offense was a direct result of being a victim.
KRS § 199.900 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 199 / Section 199.900
199.900 Training programs authorized -- Research assignment -- Classification -- Compensation -- Contract
Status: in_force

199.900 Training programs authorized -- Research assignment -- Classification --

Compensation -- Contract.

(1) The secretary for health and family services in coordination with the Personnel

Cabinet is authorized to establish formal training programs within the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services or within any of the divisions or sections of the cabinet

for the training of necessary personnel for the administration of the programs of the

cabinet. When courses of study, applicable to the program processes of the cabinet,

are not available through cabinet instruction, arrangements may be made for the

training of employees in any public or private school or institution having available

facilities for that purpose, and such training shall be deemed to be a part of the

cabinet training program. Training of employees in public or private schools or

institutions for this purpose shall be deemed a part of research assignments to be

completed during the period of study, and these assignments are to relate directly to

the work assignment of the employee. After consulting with the Personnel Cabinet,

position classifications in the research series shall be established for employees on

such work study assignments, and funds of the cabinet may be used to pay salaries

commensurate with the appropriate classification while the employee is receiving

training.

(2) Any employee who is paid a salary while receiving such training shall be required to

enter into a contract, prior to receiving the training, that he will complete a specified

work assignment, and that unless he continues in the employ of the cabinet for at

least a period equivalent to the training period, immediately following the

completion of training, the state will hold a claim against him for the amount of

salary paid during the training period, and he will repay to the cabinet the sum paid

to him by the cabinet during the period of his training.
KRS § 138.280 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 138 / Section 138.280
138.280 Payment of tax -- Electronic payment requirements
Status: in_force

138.280 Payment of tax -- Electronic payment requirements.

(1) For tax periods beginning prior to January 1, 2007, the reports required by KRS

138.240 shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check, payable to the State

Treasurer, for the amount of tax due for the preceding calendar month, computed as

provided in KRS 138.270; except that the department may waive this requirement

and accept the dealer's check or allow for remittance of the tax owed to the

department by electronic fund transfer where the dealer is of sound financial

condition and has established a good record of compliance with the requirements of

KRS 138.210 to 138.340.

(2) By virtue of the allowance provided by KRS 138.270 to dealers for collecting and

remitting the tax, every dealer is a trust officer of the state.
KRS § 156.822 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.822
156.822 Appeal from final order of board
Status: in_force

156.822 Appeal from final order of board.

(1) Any final order of the board either upholding or invalidating the dismissal,

demotion, suspension, or other penalization of a certified, equivalent, or

unclassified employee may be appealed either by the employee or by the appointing

authority.

(2) The party aggrieved may appeal the final order by filing a petition with the clerk of

the Franklin Circuit Court in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.

(3) If the appeal is from an order upholding the dismissal, demotion, suspension, or

other penalization, the burden of appearing and defending the action of the board

shall be upon the appointing authority. If the appeal is from an order refusing to

uphold the dismissal, demotion, suspension, or other penalization, the burden of

appearing and defending the action of the board shall be upon the employee.
KRS § 45A.820 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.820
45A.820 Compensation and expense reimbursement of selection committee members
Status: in_force

45A.820 Compensation and expense reimbursement of selection committee

members.

(1) Selection committee members who are not employees of state agencies or state

universities shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for those

days authorized by the selection committee for selection committee activities.

(2) Selection committee members who are employees of state agencies or state

universities shall not receive a salary for their time spent on selection committee

activities, and the state government salaries of these committee members shall not

be reduced due to time spent away from other state government activities.

(3) All selection committee members shall be reimbursed for costs necessarily incurred

in carrying out their duties. All reimbursements shall be authorized by the selection

committee.

(4) The procuring agency shall pay all costs generated under this section by a selection

committee.
KRS § 312.015 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 312 / Section 312.015
312.015 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

312.015 Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the Kentucky State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;

(2) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section "chiropractic" means the

science of diagnosing and adjusting or manipulating the subluxations of the

articulations of the human spine and its adjacent tissues;

(3) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section "chiropractor" means one

qualified by experience and training and licensed by the board to diagnose his

patients and to treat those of his patients diagnosed as having diseases or disorders

relating to subluxations of the articulations of the human spine and its adjacent

tissues by indicated adjustment or manipulation of those subluxations and by

applying methods of treatment designed to augment those adjustments or

manipulation. The terms "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," and "chiropractor"

shall be synonymous, and shall be construed to mean a practitioner of chiropractic

as defined in this section.

(4) "Peer review" means an evaluation, based upon generally accepted standards, by a

peer review committee established in KRS 312.200 or by other persons performing

peer review pursuant to KRS 312.200(3), of the appropriateness, quality, utilization,

and cost of chiropractic health care and health service provided to a patient.

(5) The practice of chiropractic shall not include the practice of medicine or osteopathy

as defined in KRS 311.550, the practice of podiatry as defined in KRS 311.380, the

practice of dentistry as defined in KRS 313.010, the practice of optometry as

defined in KRS 320.210, the practice as a nurse as defined in KRS 314.011, or the

practice of pharmacy by persons licensed and registered under KRS 315.050.
KRS § 422.220 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 422 / Section 422.220
422.220 Bond with force of judgment, lost -- How supplied
Status: in_force

422.220 Bond with force of judgment, lost -- How supplied.

If a bond having the force and effect of a judgment, is lost, destroyed, mutilated, or

defaced, any person interested therein may, upon ten (10) days' written notice to the

adverse party, move the court in which the bond was on file to award execution thereon.

Upon satisfactory proof that such bond has existed, that it has been lost, destroyed,

mutilated, or defaced, the purport thereof, and that it remains undischarged, the court

shall award execution thereon, endorsed as though execution were issued on the bond, if

in existence. No judgment for costs shall be rendered against the defendant in the motion,

unless he controverts the plaintiff's right to an execution and fails in his defense.
KRS § 411.065 — KY Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 411 / Section 411.065
411.065 Action for disseminating personally identifying information -- Exemption of service providers
Status: in_force

411.065 Action for disseminating personally identifying information -- Exemption

of service providers.

(1) Any person who violates KRS 525.085 shall be personally liable for actual and

punitive damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees in a civil cause of

action brought against an alleged perpetrator:

(a) By a victim;

(b) By a victim's parent or legal guardian on behalf of a victim who is a minor;

and

(c) By a victim's immediate family member or household member, if he or she is

harmed as a result of the same violation against the victim.

(2) The action may be filed in the Circuit Court for the county where the alleged

violation occurred or the county where the victim resides.

(3) An individual found liable under this section shall be jointly and severally liable

with each other person found liable under this section for the damages arising from

the same violation of this section.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on a broadband

Internet access service provider, a telecommunications service provider, an

interconnected VoIP provider, or a mobile service provider as defined in 47 U.S.C.

sec. 153, a commercial mobile service provider as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 332(d),

or a cable operator as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 522, when acting in its capacity as a

provider of those services.
KRS § 45.306 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45 / Section 45.306
45.306 Formats for state financial administration
Status: in_force

45.306 Formats for state financial administration.

The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall examine all formats used or proposed for

use by any budget unit for the purposes specified in this section, and shall design or

redesign them with a view to providing for the simplification, unification, and integration

of financial and business administrative records and procedures. This section shall apply

to all financial and nonfinancial electronic commerce standards to ensure consistent

internal control and system integration in accordance with Commonwealth information

technology architecture for use in accounting, preauditing, State Treasury administration,

personnel administration, purchasing, property control, and other matters of financial and

business administration of the state or any budget unit thereof, with the exception of

uniform forms for use in the preparation of budget estimates, requests, and

recommendations provided for by KRS 48.040.
KRS § 635.010 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 635 / Section 635.010
635.010 Complaint -- Duties of county attorney and court-designated worker
Status: in_force

635.010 Complaint -- Duties of county attorney and court-designated worker.

(1) The county attorney shall cause a review to be made of each complaint alleging that

a public offense has been committed. The purpose of this review shall be to

determine from the available evidence whether there are reasonable grounds to

believe that the alleged facts would constitute a public offense. The county attorney

may elect not to proceed with the complaint, regardless of whether reasonable

grounds exist, and dismiss the complaint.

(2) The county attorney, upon receipt of a request for special review, shall consider the

facts presented by the complainant and by the court-designated worker who made

the recommendation that no petition be filed, before the county attorney makes a

final decision as to whether a public offense petition shall or shall not be filed.

(3) In all cases in which the child is alleged to have committed a public offense and is

not detained, the court-designated worker shall submit his written recommendation

to the county attorney or designee within twenty (20) days, exclusive of weekends

and holidays, from the date the child was taken into custody or the complaint was

filed. In cases where the child is detained, the court-designated worker's report shall

be submitted within seventy-two (72) hours of the time the child is ordered

detained.

(4) The county attorney may not file a petition if the complaint is a misdemeanor and

the child who is the subject of the diversion agreement has no prior adjudications

and no prior diversions.

(5) If a public offense petition is filed, it shall be verified by information and belief and

contain the information listed in KRS 610.020.
KRS § 260.772 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 260.772
260.772 Penalties for violation of KRS 260.765 to 260.772 or federal or state regulations
Status: in_force

260.772 Penalties for violation of KRS 260.765 to 260.772 or federal or state

regulations.

(1) No covered farm or farm eligible for a qualified exemption shall violate any

provision of 21 C.F.R. pt. 112, KRS 260.765 to 260.772, or any administrative

regulation adopted pursuant to KRS 260.769.

(2) In addition to other criminal or civil penalties provided for elsewhere by law or by

administrative regulation, any person who violates KRS 260.765 to 260.772, or an

administrative regulation adopted pursuant to KRS 260.769, shall be subject to a

civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per

violation.

(3) In determining the amount of any civil penalty, the department shall give due

consideration to:

(a) The person's previous violations, if any;

(b) The seriousness of the violation; and

(c) The demonstrated good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve

compliance after being notified of the violation.
KRS § 242.350 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 242 / Section 242.350
242.350 Court may enjoin nuisance
Status: in_force

242.350 Court may enjoin nuisance.

(1) If it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that a nuisance described by

KRS 242.310 exists, a temporary injunction shall forthwith issue, restraining the

defendant from conducting or permitting the continuance of the nuisance until the

conclusion of the trial. If a temporary injunction is prayed for, the court may issue

an order restraining all persons from interfering in any way with the alcoholic

beverages, fixtures or other things used in connection with the nuisance.

(2) It shall not be necessary for the court to find the property involved is being

unlawfully used as described in KRS 242.310 at the time of the hearing, but on

finding that the material allegations of the petition are true, the court shall order that

no alcoholic beverages shall be sold, bartered or stored on the premises or vehicle,

or any part thereof. Upon judgment of the court ordering the nuisance abated, the

court may order that the premises or vehicle shall not be occupied or used for six (6)

months.

(3) The court may permit the premises or vehicle to be used if the owner, lessee, tenant

or occupant gives bond with sufficient surety, to be approved by the court making

the order, in the sum of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one

thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the state and conditioned that alcoholic

beverages will not thereafter be sold, bartered, kept or otherwise disposed of on or

in the premises or vehicle, and that he will pay all fines, costs and damages that may

be assessed for any violation of this chapter on or in the premises or vehicle.