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KRS § 395.005 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 395 / Section 395.005
395.005 Who may be appointed as fiduciary
Status: in_force

395.005 Who may be appointed as fiduciary.

The following persons may be appointed as fiduciary:

(1) Any resident of the state of Kentucky, over eighteen (18) years of age, except as set

out in KRS 395.080;

(2) Any national bank located in Kentucky having fiduciary powers;

(3) Any state bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state and

authorized by law to act as fiduciary;

(4) To the extent permitted pursuant to KRS 286.3-146 and 286.3-920(5), any bank or

trust company organized under the laws of a state other than Kentucky; and

(5) Any nonresident of legal age who is as to the decedent, ward, or incompetent,

related by consanguinity, marriage, adoption or the spouse of such person so

related.
KRS § 42.605 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.605
42.605 Reports of Court of Justice concerning money judgments
Status: in_force

42.605 Reports of Court of Justice concerning money judgments.

The Court of Justice shall make a report according to generally accepted accounting

principles of all money received and disbursed pursuant to any action based on a cause of

action established by enactment of the General Assembly, showing the receipts,

expenditures, depositories, rates of interest paid by depositories, investments, and rates of

return on investments by each fund to the Legislative Research Commission for each

fiscal year on or before the 15th of July.
KRS § 176.520 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 176 / Section 176.520
176.520 Location of construction waste sites
Status: in_force

176.520 Location of construction waste sites.

Waste sites identified in KRS 176.050 shall be on property owned by the state or a city,

county, or other governmental agency and have the potential to be turned into industrial

parks under the provisions of KRS 176.050.
KRS § 407.5501 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 407 / Section 407.5501
407.5501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
Status: in_force

407.5501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.

An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the

obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's

employer under the income-withholding law of this state without first filing a petition or

comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
KRS § 44.040 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 44 / Section 44.040
44.040 Mileage allowance, how computed
Status: in_force

44.040 Mileage allowance, how computed.

When any allowance for mileage is made by the state, the number of miles shall be

computed upon the route most usually traveled.
KRS § 194A.070 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 194A / Section 194A.070
194A.070 Utilizing community resources for delivery of services
Status: in_force

194A.070 Utilizing community resources for delivery of services.

The cabinet is authorized to utilize and promote available or potential community

resources for the delivery of services and shall, when it deems appropriate, contract for

services with local, community, and private agencies when services would not otherwise

be available without cost. The cabinet and local, community, and private agencies

operating on contract with the cabinet may charge for services rendered when this would

be in accordance with applicable state law.
KRS § 156.420 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.420
156.420 Bond conditions for person, firm, or corporation offering textbooks. (Effective until July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

156.420 Bond conditions for person, firm, or corporation offering textbooks.

(Effective until July 1, 2026)

The bond required by the person, firm, or corporation offering the books for adoption

shall be so conditioned that:

(1) The person, firm, or corporation will furnish any of the books listed in the statement

filed for the period of adoption from the date of the bond to any school district in

Kentucky, or to any dealer appointed by the district, at the lowest wholesale price

contained in the statement, f.o.b. the publisher's nearest shipping point;

(2) The person, firm, or corporation shall not bid and enter into a contract for an

adoption period with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for books at a higher

wholesale price than is being bid for the same adoption period elsewhere in the

United States.

(3) The person, firm, or corporation will automatically reduce such prices in Kentucky

whenever reductions are made anywhere in the United States, so that no book shall

at any time be sold in Kentucky at a higher wholesale price than is received for that

book elsewhere in the United States;

(4) If the person, firm, or corporation prepared an abridged or special edition of any

book that has been listed and sells it elsewhere at a lower wholesale price than the

wholesale price set out in the filed statement, the person will file a copy of the

special edition with the price of the special edition in a supplemental statement with

the chief state school officer;

(5) All books sold in Kentucky will be identical with the specimen books filed with the

chief state school officer as regards size, paper, binding, print, illustrations, subject

matter, and other particulars which may affect the value of the books;

(6) The person, firm, or corporation shall not enter into any agreement, understanding,

or combination to control the price of textbooks or to restrict competition in their

sale in Kentucky.
KRS § 117.077 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 117 / Section 117.077
117.077 Absentee ballot for medical emergencies
Status: in_force

117.077 Absentee ballot for medical emergencies.

In case of a medical emergency within fourteen (14) days or less of an election, a

registered voter and the registered voter's spouse may apply for an absentee ballot. The

application shall state that the emergency condition occurred within the fourteen (14) day

period. The application shall be notarized. The application form may be requested by and

delivered by the voter or the spouse, parents, or children of the voter. If the voter has no

spouse, parents, or children, the application form may be requested by and delivered by

the brother, sister, niece, nephew, or designee of the voter. The application form shall be

restricted to the use of the voter. Upon receipt of the application and verification, the

county clerk shall issue an absentee ballot.
KRS § 65.752 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.752
65.752 Requirements for enhanced 911 emergency service -- Privacy of information
Status: in_force

65.752 Requirements for enhanced 911 emergency service -- Privacy of

information.

(1) Any DPTS located in an area that has adopted enhanced 911 emergency service

shall within three (3) years of the date of its adoption, or if already adopted within

three (3) years after July 15, 1998, be able to:

(a) Operate effectively within an enhanced 911 system;

(b) Transmit a SIN for the station that directly dials the emergency number 911 to

the service supplier; and

(c) Provide the service supplier with the following system information that shall

be updated within five (5) business days if changes occur within the system:

1. Number of incoming trunk connections to the enhanced 911 system; and

2. SIN, sublocation, such as floor or apartment number, if applicable, and

street address of each station that may originate an emergency call.

(2) In areas where fully enhanced 911 service has been implemented, the service

supplier shall, at a minimum, make the verified ANI and ALI provided by the DPTS

available to a PSAP for a fully enhanced 911 call.

(3) In areas where fully enhanced 911 service has been implemented, the service

supplier shall maintain the confidentiality and privacy of all information contained

in the ALI/DBS, including any information that identifies telephone calls made

from extensions on DPTS, except when the release of the information is ordered by

a court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) In areas where enhanced 911 service has been implemented, an employee of a

PSAP shall not retrieve or disclose ALI information except in response to a 911 call

or for the purpose of maintaining the ALI database, unless ordered by a court of

competent jurisdiction.
KRS § 247.635 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.635
247.635 Certified association authorized to hold referendum
Status: in_force

247.635 Certified association authorized to hold referendum.

Upon being so certified by the Commissioner of Agriculture, such association shall

thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the

producers of bovine animals a referendum on the question of whether or not such

producers shall levy upon themselves an assessment under, and subject to, and for the

purposes stated in KRS 247.610 to 247.685. Such referendum may be conducted either

on a statewide or area basis.
KRS § 439.3104 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.3104
439.3104 Duties of department concerning risk and needs assessment instrument
Status: in_force

439.3104 Duties of department concerning risk and needs assessment instrument.

The department shall:

(1) Conduct an initial administration of a validated risk and needs assessment

instrument on an individual upon intake to community supervision, unless an initial

assessment has been previously conducted within a reasonable time period as

specified in department regulations;

(2) While the individual is on community supervision, readminister the risk and needs

assessment at regular intervals as determined by administrative regulations

promulgated pursuant to KRS 439.3101;

(3) Apply the results of the risk and needs assessment to:

(a) Establish an appropriate level of supervision;

(b) Determine the content of a case plan that addresses the supervised individual's

criminal needs; and

(c) Respond to compliant and noncompliant behavior; and

(4) Promulgate administrative regulations to determine appropriate levels of

supervision, guidelines for case planning, and guidelines for responses to specified

behavior by supervised individuals.
KRS § 216B.231 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.231
216B.231 Hospital must allow a patient or patient's legal guardian to designate a lay caregiver for post-discharge assistance in the patient's residence
Status: in_force

216B.231 Hospital must allow a patient or patient's legal guardian to designate a

lay caregiver for post-discharge assistance in the patient's residence.

(1) A hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal guardian

with at least one (1) opportunity to designate one (1) lay caregiver following the

patient's admission into a hospital and prior to the patient's discharge.

(2) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon admission into a

hospital, the hospital shall provide the patient or the patient's legal guardian with an

opportunity to designate a lay caregiver when the patient recovers his or her

consciousness or capacity, so long as the designation or lack of a designation does

not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the

patient.

(3) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian declines to designate a lay caregiver, the

hospital shall document this election in the patient's medical record, and the hospital

shall be deemed to comply with KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239 .

(4) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian designates an individual as a lay

caregiver under this section, the hospital shall request the written consent of the

patient or the patient's legal guardian to release medical information to the patient's

designated lay caregiver following the hospital's established procedures for

releasing personal health information and in compliance with all federal and state

laws.

(5) If the patient or the patient's legal guardian declines to consent to release medical

information to the patient's designated lay caregiver, the hospital shall not be

required to provide notice to the caregiver under KRS 216B.233 or provide

information contained in the patient's discharge plan under KRS 216B.235.

(6) The hospital shall record the patient's designation of lay caregiver, the relationship

of the designated caregiver to the patient, and the name, telephone number, and

address of the patient's designated lay caregiver in the patient's medical record.

(7) A patient may elect to change his or her designated lay caregiver at any time, and

the hospital shall record this change in the patient's medical record as soon as

practicable.

(8) A designation of a lay caregiver by a patient or a patient's legal guardian under this

section shall not obligate any individual to perform any after-care tasks for any

patient.

(9) This section shall not be construed to require a patient or a patient's legal guardian

to designate any individual as a lay caregiver.
KRS § 407.5304 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 407 / Section 407.5304
407.5304 Duties of initiating tribunal
Status: in_force

407.5304 Duties of initiating tribunal.

(1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902, an initiating

tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:

(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the

responding state; or

(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information

agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the

appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a

certificate or other document and make findings required by law of the responding

state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of

this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the

equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market

exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide other documents necessary to satisfy

the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
KRS § 387.820 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.820
387.820 Taking testimony in another state
Status: in_force

387.820 Taking testimony in another state.

(1) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may

be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered

by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another

state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be

taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon

which the testimony is to be taken.

(2) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this state may permit a witness

located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or

other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court of the

other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(3) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by

technological means that do not produce an original writing shall not be excluded

from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule.
KRS § 452.090 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.090
452.090 Power of court to which action removed
Status: in_force

452.090 Power of court to which action removed.

The court to which the action is removed shall have the same power as to its trial and

final disposition as the court from which it was removed, including consideration of

forum non conveniens, disqualification of judges, and other matters of its jurisdiction.
KRS § 234.390 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 234 / Section 234.390
234.390 Use by user-seller in own vehicles
Status: in_force

234.390 Use by user-seller in own vehicles.

Any holder of a liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel user-seller license, using liquefied

petroleum gas as a motor fuel to propel motor vehicles upon the highways may fuel his

own vehicles from storage where nontaxable liquefied petroleum gas is stored provided:

(1) The state tax has been paid to the distributor or supplier of liquefied petroleum gas,

who is licensed as a liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel dealer, on that portion

intended for use on the highway; and further provided that

(2) The liquefied petroleum gas storage facilities meet the requirements of this chapter

and regulations promulgated thereunder.
KRS § 161.677 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 161 / Section 161.677
161.677 Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust fund
Status: in_force

161.677 Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust fund.

(1) (a) The Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust fund is hereby

created. All assets received in the trust fund shall be deemed trust funds to be

held and applied solely as provided in this section. Assets of the trust fund

shall not be used for any other purpose and shall not be used to pay the claims

of creditors or any individual, person, or employer participating in the

Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.

(b) The trust fund is intended to be established as a trust exempt from taxation

under 26 U.S.C. sec. 115.

(2) The trust fund is created for the purpose of providing a trust separate from the funds

under KRS 161.420. Trust fund assets are dedicated for use for health benefits as

provided in KRS 161.675, and as permitted under 26 U.S.C. secs. 105 and 106, for

present and future eligible recipients of a retirement allowance from the Kentucky

Teachers' Retirement System.

(3) The trust fund shall be administered by the board of trustees established by KRS

161.250, and the board shall serve as trustees of the fund. The board shall manage

the assets of the fund in the same general manner in which it administers the

retirement funds, except that the asset allocation may differ and separate accounting

and financial reporting shall be maintained for the trust fund.

(4) In addition to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the employers

participating in the trust fund are limited to the Commonwealth, political

subdivisions of the Commonwealth, and entities whose income is exempt from

taxation under 26 U.S.C. sec. 115. No other entity may participate in the trust fund.

(5) If the trust fund is terminated, the assets in the trust fund may revert, after the

payment of all liabilities, to the participating employers as determined by the board

of trustees.

(6) The board of trustees may promulgate administrative regulations and adopt

procedures and a trust document to implement this section and take all action

necessary and appropriate to provide that the income of the trust fund shall not

diminish or expand the rights of any recipients, employees, or dependents to health

benefits.

(7) The establishment of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust

fund shall not diminish or expand the rights of any recipients, employees, or

dependents to health benefits.

(8) The trust fund established under this section, at the direction of the board of

trustees, shall consist of amounts, excluding those amounts that have been deposited

to an account established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 401(h), that have been

accumulated for the purpose of providing benefits as provided in KRS 161.675,

including:

(a) Contributions required under KRS 161.550;

(b) Contributions required under KRS 161.675(4)(b); and

(c) Interest income from the investments of the fund from contributions received

by the fund and from income earned on those investments.
KRS § 141.4242 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 141 / Section 141.4242
141.4242 Nonrefundable credit for producers of ethanol
Status: in_force

141.4242 Nonrefundable credit for producers of ethanol.

(1) (a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, an ethanol producer

shall be eligible for a nonrefundable tax credit against the taxes imposed by

KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and 141.0401 in an amount certified by the

department under subsection (3) of this section. The credit rate shall be one

dollar ($1) per ethanol gallon produced, unless the total amount of approved

credit for all ethanol producers exceeds the annual ethanol tax credit cap. If

the total amount of approved credit for all ethanol producers exceeds the

annual ethanol tax credit cap, the department shall determine the amount of

credit each ethanol producer receives by multiplying the annual ethanol tax

credit cap by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of approved

credit for the ethanol producer and the denominator of which is the total

approved credit for all ethanol producers.

(b) The credit allowed under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be applied both

to the income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and to the limited

liability entity tax imposed under KRS 141.0401, with the ordering of credits

as provided in KRS 141.0205.

(2) The credit provided under subsection (1) of this section shall not be carried forward

to a return for any other period.

(3) Each ethanol producer eligible for the credit provided under subsection (1) of this

section shall file an ethanol tax credit claim for ethanol gallons produced in this

state on forms prescribed by the department by January 15 following the close of

the preceding calendar year. The department shall determine the amount of the

approved credit based on the amount of ethanol produced in this state during the

preceding calendar year and shall issue a credit certificate to the ethanol producer by

April 15 following the close of the preceding calendar year.

(4) In the case of an ethanol producer that has a fiscal year end for purposes of

computing the tax imposed by KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401, the amount of

approved credit provided under subsection (1) of this section shall be claimed on

the return filed for the first fiscal year ending after the close of the preceding

calendar year.
KRS § 350.113 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.113
350.113 Planting report
Status: in_force

350.113 Planting report.

(1) When the planting of a permit area is completed, the permittee shall file a planting

report with the cabinet on a form to be prescribed and furnished by the cabinet,

giving the following information:

(a) Identification of the operation;

(b) The type of planting or seeding, including mixtures and amounts;

(c) The date of planting or seeding;

(d) The area of land planted;

(e) Other relevant information, including whether the operator has utilized a

pollinator colony, as the cabinet may require.

(2) All planting reports shall be certified.

(3) Inspection and evaluation for vegetative cover shall be made as soon as it is

possible to determine if a satisfactory stand has been established. In no instance

shall this vegetative cover check be made until just prior to or after the completion

of the first growing season.
KRS § 376.460 — KY Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 376 / Section 376.460
376.460 Attorney's lien
Status: in_force

376.460 Attorney's lien.

Each attorney shall have a lien upon all claims, except those of the state, put into his

hands for suit or collection or upon which suit has been instituted, for the amount of any

fee agreed upon by the parties or, in the absence of such agreement, for a reasonable fee.

If the action is prosecuted to a recovery of money or property, the attorney shall have a

lien upon the judgment recovered, legal costs excepted, for his fee. If the records show

the name of the attorney, the defendant shall be deemed to have notice of the lien. If the

parties in good faith and before judgment compromise or settle their controversy without

the payment of money or other thing of value, the attorney for the plaintiff shall have no

claim against the defendant for any part of his fee.