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KRS § 70.200 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 70 / Section 70.200
70.200 Elisor -- How appointed -- Term of office -- Powers -- Compensation
Status: in_force

70.200 Elisor -- How appointed -- Term of office -- Powers -- Compensation.

(1) If the office of sheriff is vacant in any county, the Circuit Judge may appoint a

citizen of the county to act as elisor. The elisor shall hold his office for one (1) year

or until a sheriff is qualified, unless removed by the Circuit Judge.

(2) The person appointed shall give bond, to be approved by the county

judge/executive, to cover all claims that may come to his hands. The elisor shall

take the oath prescribed by law for sheriffs.

(3) The elisor may levy and collect executions, convey and sell land, and perform all

acts and duties which are by law, devolved upon sheriffs, except that he shall not

collect any kind of taxes or any judgment rendered upon any bonds or the coupons

thereof issued or executed for any subscription to the capital stock of any railroad

company or in aid of the construction of any railroad.

(4) He shall receive the same fees and compensation as the sheriff and be paid in the

same manner.
KRS § 15.402 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.402
15.402 Additional requirements by employing agency
Status: in_force

15.402 Additional requirements by employing agency.

No provisions of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall preclude an appointing or employing

agency from having requirements that are in excess of or in addition to any requirements

specified by KRS 15.380 to 15.404 or an administrative regulation promulgated under

KRS 15.380 to 15.404.
KRS § 341.180 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.180
341.180 Employment stabilization
Status: in_force

341.180 Employment stabilization.

Upon direction of the Governor, the secretary with the advice and aid of the advisory

councils, shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; encourage

and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and

vocational guidance; investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and

operation by cities, counties, school districts and the state, of reserves for public works to

be used in times of business depression and unemployment; and to promote the

employment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every feasible way, and to

these ends to carry on and publish the results of investigations and research studies.
KRS § 16.175 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 16 / Section 16.175
16.175 Abduction of children -- Kentucky Amber alert system -- Department to operate in cooperation with other agencies
Status: in_force

16.175 Abduction of children -- Kentucky Amber alert system -- Department to

operate in cooperation with other agencies.

(1) The Department of Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with the Transportation

Cabinet, the Division of Emergency Management, the Kentucky Broadcasters

Association, and the Kentucky Press Association, shall operate a system to notify

the public when a child has been abducted and the department determines that

public notification might aid in the recovery of the child. The system shall be

known as the Kentucky Amber alert system.

(2) The system shall utilize existing resources, including but not limited to electronic

highway signs, the emergency broadcast system, law enforcement communications

systems, and local, regional, and statewide media providers.

(3) No public alert using the system shall be issued unless the department, in

consultation with the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the

abduction of a minor occurred, has determined:

(a) That the minor has actually been abducted or that all available evidence

strongly indicates that the minor has been abducted;

(b) That public notification is the most appropriate method of recovering the child

in a safe and efficient manner; and

(c) The geographic area in which the notification shall be made.

(4) If it is determined by the department that public notification shall be initiated, the

department shall notify the public and private agencies and organizations which will

actually provide the notification and shall provide those organizations and agencies

with the information which the department deems necessary.

(5) All law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the

department in the provision and dissemination of information regarding any

abducted minor.

(6) No law enforcement agency, other than the department, shall activate the

notification system specified in this section without the authority of the department.

(7) The system shall be operated by all agencies of the Commonwealth within existing

budgetary appropriations.
KRS § 2.104 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.104
2.104 State theatre pipe organ
Status: in_force

2.104 State theatre pipe organ.

The Kentucky Theatre's Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ located in Lexington is the

official theatre pipe organ of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
KRS § 342.228 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.228
342.228 Responsibilities of Department of Workers' Claims -- Selection and qualifications of commissioner
Status: in_force

342.228 Responsibilities of Department of Workers' Claims -- Selection and

qualifications of commissioner.

(1) The Department of Workers' Claims shall be responsible for administering

claims and ensuring compliance with the insurance, self-insurance, and

rehabilitation provisions in this chapter. The department shall be administered

by a commissioner appointed by the Governor. The commissioner appointed

by the Governor shall be subject to the consent of the Senate in accordance

with KRS 11.160.

(2) The commissioner shall have demonstrated knowledge and experience in the

area of workers' compensation, public administration, and administrative law.
KRS § 343.040 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 343 / Section 343.040
343.040 Supervisor's powers and duties
Status: in_force

343.040 Supervisor's powers and duties.

The supervisor, under the direction of the commissioner, may:

(1) Administer this chapter;

(2) Set up conditions and training standards for apprenticeship or on-the-job training

programs and agreements;

(3) Act as secretary to the council;

(4) Approve, if in his or her opinion approval is to the best interest of both parties, any

apprenticeship or on-the-job training program and agreement submitted to him or

her by the parties thereto, that meets the standards established under this chapter;

(5) Keep a record of apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs and agreements

and their disposition;

(6) Issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship and on-the-job training; and

(7) Perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out the intention of this chapter.
KRS § 198A.210 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198A / Section 198A.210
198A.210 Disclosure of conflict of interest of member, officer, or employee of the corporation
Status: in_force

198A.210 Disclosure of conflict of interest of member, officer, or employee of the

corporation.

If any member, officer, or employee of the corporation shall be interested either directly

or indirectly, or shall be an officer or employee of or have an ownership interest in any

firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the corporation,

including any loan to any sponsor, builder, or developer, such interest shall be disclosed

to the corporation and shall be set forth in the minutes of the corporation, and the

member, officer, or employee having such interest therein shall not participate on behalf

of the corporation in the authorization of any such contract.
KRS § 82.125 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 82 / Section 82.125
82.125 Municipal inducements constitute lawful public purposes and uses
Status: in_force

82.125 Municipal inducements constitute lawful public purposes and uses.

Municipal inducements are hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination of the

General Assembly to be lawful public purposes and public uses for which cities may

exercise all powers authorized by the provisions of KRS 82.105 to 82.180, or otherwise

provided by law.
KRS § 78.480 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 78 / Section 78.480
78.480 Proper subjects for bargaining
Status: in_force

78.480 Proper subjects for bargaining.

Except as provided in KRS 336.130, in any county in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky which has a population of 300,000 or more and which has adopted the

merit system for its police force, the fiscal court may contract with representatives of

the police employed by said county with respect to wages, hours, terms and

conditions of employment, including execution of a written contract incorporating any

agreement reached between the fiscal court and representatives of the police. The

fiscal court shall not be required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial

policy.
KRS § 387.770 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.770
387.770 Confidentiality of records -- Expungement of records -- Disclosure of information, log
Status: in_force

387.770 Confidentiality of records -- Expungement of records -- Disclosure of

information, log.

(1) All determinations of disability and orders of appointment, modification, and

termination shall be filed as public records with the clerk of the court. All other

court records of a respondent made in all proceedings under KRS 387.500 to

387.770 shall be confidential and shall not be open to the general public except as

provided in subsection (3) of this section.

(2) Following the dismissal or withdrawal of a petition filed under this chapter or a

determination that a respondent is no longer disabled, the respondent may at any

time move to have all court records pertaining to the proceedings expunged from

the files of the court, provided that he submits a full release of all claims arising

from the proceedings.

(3) Any person seeking to obtain confidential information contained in the court files or

the court records of proceedings under KRS 387.500 to 387.770 may file a written

motion stating why the information is needed. The court may issue an order to

disclose such information upon a showing that the disclosure is appropriate under

the circumstances and in the best interest of the person or the public. The court

shall maintain a log of the individuals and entities granted access to the file or

records.
KRS § 205.705 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.705
205.705 Legislative intent regarding child support statutes
Status: in_force

205.705 Legislative intent regarding child support statutes.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that requirements relating to child support or

paternity established by KRS Chapters 205, 403, 405, 406, and 407 shall be in

compliance with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. secs. 651 et seq.
KRS § 403.751 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.751
403.751 Entry of summons or order of protection issued pursuant to KRS 403.715 to 403.785 into Law Information Network of Kentucky
Status: in_force

403.751 Entry of summons or order of protection issued pursuant to KRS 403.715

to 403.785 into Law Information Network of Kentucky.

(1) All forms, affidavits, and orders of protection issued or filed pursuant to KRS

403.715 to 403.785 which require entry into the Law Information Network of

Kentucky shall be entered on forms prescribed by the Administrative Office of the

Courts after consultation with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. If the

provisions of an order of protection are contained in an order which is narrative in

nature, the prescribed form shall be used in addition to the narrative order.

(2) The circuit clerk, in cooperation with the court, shall cause a copy of each summons

or order issued pursuant to KRS 403.715 to 403.785, or foreign protective order,

fully completed and authenticated pursuant to KRS 403.715 to 403.785, to be

forwarded, by the most expedient means reasonably available and within twenty-

four (24) hours following its filing with the clerk, to the appropriate agency

designated for entry of orders of protection into the Law Information Network of

Kentucky and to the agency assigned service. Any order or court record

superseding, modifying, or otherwise affecting the status of an earlier summons or

order shall likewise be forwarded by the circuit clerk to the appropriate Law

Information Network of Kentucky entering agency and to the agency assigned

service, if service is required. The clerk and the court shall comply with all

provisions and guidelines of the Law Information Network of Kentucky for entry of

the records.

(3) Each agency designated for entry of summonses and orders issued pursuant to KRS

403.715 to 403.785, or foreign protective orders authenticated pursuant to this

chapter, into the Law Information Network of Kentucky shall, consistent with the

provisions and guidelines of the Law Information Network of Kentucky, enter the

records immediately upon receipt of copies forwarded to the agency in accordance

with subsection (2) of this section.
KRS § 247.850 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.850
247.850 Purpose
Status: in_force

247.850 Purpose.

It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that all handlers, dealers,

processors, wholesalers, and retailers of eggs shall be permitted and encouraged to act

jointly in promoting and stimulating the increased production, use and sale, domestic and

foreign, of eggs through research, market development, and education.
KRS § 67.845 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.845
67.845 Dissolution of participating incorporated cities and special districts -- Effect
Status: in_force

67.845 Dissolution of participating incorporated cities and special districts --

Effect.

The comprehensive plan for merging a participating city or cities and a county

government into a charter county government under KRS 67.825 to 67.875 may provide

for the corporate dissolution of incorporated cities and special districts within the county.

If the participating incorporated cities and special districts within the county are

dissolved, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) For purposes of all state and federal licensing and regulatory laws, statutory

entitlement, gifts, grants-in-aid, governmental loan, or other governmental

assistance under state or federal laws, rules, or regulations:

(a) The charter county may be deemed a county and, if so, the entire geographic

area and population of the charter county shall be considered in calculating

and determining the distribution basis for state or federal statutory

entitlements, gifts, grants-in-aid, loans, or other forms of governmental

assistance; and

(b) The charter county government may designate to the appropriate state or

federal agency those geographic areas, portions of roads, or segments of

population that shall be deemed to constitute rural or urban areas, roads, or

population.

(2) The chief executive officer of the charter county government may determine and

make the designations provided for in this section following a public hearing. The

charter county government shall fix the time and place of the hearing and it shall be

advertised pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
KRS § 196.705 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 196 / Section 196.705
196.705 Administration of programs by Kentucky State Corrections Commission -- Purposes of programs
Status: in_force

196.705 Administration of programs by Kentucky State Corrections Commission --

Purposes of programs.

The purposes of the commission and community corrections programs shall be to:

(1) Provide the judicial system with sentences to be used in lieu of incarceration;

(2) Develop community-based sentencing alternatives to incarceration for certain

individuals convicted of a felony;

(3) Monitor and enforce the payment of restitution to victims of crime and the

community through financial reimbursement, community service, or both;

(4) Stimulate local involvement in community corrections programs to assure that they

are specifically designed to meet the needs of the sentencing court and the

community; and

(5) Reduce expenditures of state funds by increasing community-based sentencing,

reducing the rate of recidivism, and reducing revocations of probation and parole.
KRS § 299.490 — KY Code / Title XXV / Chapter 299 / Section 299.490
299.490 Admission and withdrawal of member companies of reinsurance company
Status: in_force

299.490 Admission and withdrawal of member companies of reinsurance company.

(1) Any domestic mutual or assessment and cooperative fire insurance company may,

with the consent of the directors of the reinsurance company, become a member

thereof by filing with the commissioner a certificate of its intention and a certificate

showing the vote of its directors authorizing it to become a member of the

reinsurance company.

(2) Any member company may, by paying its proportion of the liabilities of the

reinsurance company then existing, withdraw its membership from a reinsurance

company. The member company shall certify to the commissioner its intention to

withdraw its membership, and give written notice to the secretary of the reinsurance

company of its intention to withdraw thirty (30) days in advance. Upon withdrawal

of any member company the reinsurance company shall at once cancel all policies

of insurance held by and through the company withdrawing.
KRS § 176.431 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 176 / Section 176.431
176.431 Transportation Cabinet's authorization for demonstration road and bridge related projects in each fiscal year -- Bidding process and basis of selection for projects -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue
Status: in_force

176.431 Transportation Cabinet's authorization for demonstration road and

bridge related projects in each fiscal year -- Bidding process and basis of

selection for projects -- Annual report to Interim Joint Committee on

Appropriations and Revenue.

(1) (a) Notwithstanding any conflicting provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapters

45A and 177, each fiscal year, the Transportation Cabinet is authorized to

utilize design/build procurement methods for up to:

1. Five (5) major demonstration road and bridge related projects, with a

total cost of each project not to exceed three hundred million dollars

($300,000,000); and

2. Ten (10) demonstration road and bridge related projects, with a total cost

of each project not to exceed seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000).

(b) The projects outlined in this subsection shall be identified in the biennial

highway construction plan.

(2) For procurement purposes, the Transportation Cabinet shall utilize a qualifications-

based bidding process within the context of the provisions of this chapter. The

projects shall be selected based on engineering factors that determine a design/build

process will provide the best value for the Commonwealth. Factors to consider may

include but not be limited to the following: project delivery schedule, technical

complexity, constructability, and estimated project cost.

(3) The secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall determine the nature and scope of

each design/build project, and shall submit a report identifying and detailing the

demonstration road and bridge related projects, including the estimated cost

savings, to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by

December 1 of each fiscal year.
KRS § 211.340 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.340
211.340 Definition for KRS 211.340 to 211.343
Status: in_force

211.340 Definition for KRS 211.340 to 211.343.

As used in KRS 211.340 to 211.343, unless the context requires otherwise, "department"

means the Department for Public Health.
KRS § 186A.290 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186A / Section 186A.290
186A.290 County clerk may omit sending duplicate copies of title
Status: in_force

186A.290 County clerk may omit sending duplicate copies of title.

(1) Regardless of other provisions of the statutes, the county clerk may omit sending

duplicates of each certificate of title and registration, or certificate of registration he

issues, to the Transportation Cabinet and Department of Revenue, and the property

valuation administrator, and may omit the production and filing of one of the copies

formerly known as either county clerk's alpha or his numeric copy, when it is

determined by the agencies indicated that their need for "duplicates" of each

certificate or "receipt" is obviated by the automated system.

(2) The Department of Vehicle Regulation and the Department of Revenue shall, as

agreed between them, provide appropriate system support or computerized listings

on magnetic tape or disc, printouts, or system access, to fulfill the information needs

formerly requiring duplicates of each certificate or receipt.
KRS § 278.019 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.019
278.019 Deadlines for commission to issue final orders -- Failure to meet deadline deemed approval
Status: in_force

278.019 Deadlines for commission to issue final orders -- Failure to meet deadline

deemed approval.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 278.010 to KRS 278.450, if the commission

fails to issue a final order on any application submitted to it by a utility pursuant to

KRS 278.018, 278.020, 278.216, 278.218, 278.271, and 278.300 within eight (8)

months of the acceptance of the filing of the application, then the application shall

be deemed approved by the commission and the relief requested shall be deemed to

be granted.

(2) The commission shall complete and issue a final order on all eight (8) month and

two (2) year reviews of the operation of a utility's environmental surcharge and fuel

adjustment clause within eight (8) months of commencing the review.
KRS § 205.990 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.990
205.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

205.990 Penalties.

(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 205.170 or subsections (1)

to (3) of KRS 205.175 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Any person who violates subsection (4) of KRS 205.175 shall be guilty of a Class D

felony.

(3) Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 205.310, or any

rule or regulation thereunder, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Each

failure or violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(4) Any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or other financial institution

which fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) of KRS 205.835 or

which submits fraudulent information to the cabinet shall be guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor.

(5) Any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, investment company, savings

institution, trust company, insurance or annuity company, pension or profit-sharing

trust company, or other financial institution failing to comply with provisions of

KRS 405.430(11) shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for

each failure to comply.

(6) Any person or financial institution that fails to comply with the provisions of KRS

15.844 or any administrative regulation promulgated under KRS 15.844, within

ninety (90) days after notification by the cabinet shall, unless the failure is due to

reasonable cause as defined in KRS 131.010, be fined not less than one thousand

dollars ($1,000) and no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each full

month of noncompliance. The fine shall begin on the first day of the month

beginning after the expiration of the ninety (90) days.