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KRS § 6.100 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.100
6.100 Procedure on charge
Status: in_force

6.100 Procedure on charge.

If the offense was against the General Assembly, or a joint committee, the house in which

the charge is filed may adopt a resolution providing for an investigation. If the resolution

is concurred in by the other house, the President of the Senate shall appoint two (2) of its

members and the Speaker of the House three (3) of its members, who shall constitute a

joint committee of investigation. If the offense was against the house in which the charge

is filed or one (1) of its committees, the President or Speaker shall appoint five (5) of its

members as a committee of investigation. The committee of investigation shall select one

(1) of its number chairman, who may summon and swear witnesses and require the

production of papers to be used as evidence. The committee shall summon the accused to

appear before it and answer the charge, and, after reasonable notice to him of the time and

place of trial, shall hear testimony, and cause the testimony or its substance to be reduced

to writing, and report its conclusions, with the testimony taken and its recommendations,

to the house in which the charge is pending, or to the Senate if the committee is a joint

committee.
KRS § 121.310 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 121 / Section 121.310
121.310 Coercement of employee's vote prohibited
Status: in_force

121.310 Coercement of employee's vote prohibited.

(1) No person shall coerce or direct any employee to vote for any political party or

candidate for nomination or election to any office in this state, or threaten to

discharge any employee if he votes for any candidate, or discharge any employee on

account of his exercise of suffrage, or give out or circulate any statement or report

that employees are expected or have been requested or directed by the employer, or

by anyone acting for him, to vote for any person, group of persons or measure.

(2) No corporation organized or authorized to do business in this state shall influence or

attempt to influence, by bribe, favor, promise, inducement or otherwise, the vote or

suffrage of any employee of such corporation against or in favor of any candidate,

platform, principle or issue in any election held under the laws of this state.
KRS § 2.235 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.235
2.235 Mesothelioma Awareness Day
Status: in_force

2.235 Mesothelioma Awareness Day.

(1) September 26 of each year is designated "Mesothelioma Awareness Day"

throughout the Commonwealth.

(2) The Governor shall proclaim September 26 of each year as "Mesothelioma

Awareness Day" and shall encourage Kentuckians to support research into effective

treatments and early-detection methods.
KRS § 38.310 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.310
38.310 Property furnished by United States not to be disposed of
Status: in_force

38.310 Property furnished by United States not to be disposed of.

No military property furnished by the United States, through the agency of the state, to

any officer or soldier of the Kentucky National Guard shall be sold, bartered, exchanged,

pledged, loaned or given away. No person, not a soldier or duly authorized officer of the

state, who has possession of any military property so furnished, and which has been the

subject of any such barter, exchange, pledge, loan or gift, shall have any right, title or

interest therein, but the property may be seized and taken wherever found by any officer

of the state, civil or military, and shall thereupon be delivered to the adjutant general or

other officer authorized to receive it. The possession of such military property by any

person not a soldier or officer of the state shall be presumptive evidence of such a sale,

barter, exchange, pledge, loan or gift.
KRS § 353.745 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.745
353.745 Location of well's gathering lines to be marked
Status: in_force

353.745 Location of well's gathering lines to be marked.

(1) For gathering lines installed across terrain with a slope of greater than twenty

degrees (20Âº), the well operator shall mark the location of the gathering lines with

line markers at interval distances not to exceed two hundred fifty (250) feet.

(2) The Division of Oil and Gas shall make available on its Web site maps or other

relevant information showing the location of gathering lines, as filed by the well

operator, within thirty (30) days of the information being filed.

(3) Prior to the issuance of a permit to drill, the division shall determine whether the

proposed well will intersect an active mining area by reviewing the pertinent mine

maps filed with the Division of Mine Safety. If the proposed well will intersect with

an active mining area, the Division of Oil and Gas shall:

(a) Determine whether the coal mine permittee has been properly notified

pursuant to KRS 353.050; and

(b) Issue the permit to drill on the condition that a directional survey be

performed pursuant to KRS 353.739(1).

(4) In order to perform the duties under this section, the Division of Oil and Gas shall

create and adequately staff the positions required to perform the duties. The division

may charge an administrative fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per permit

application to perform its duties under this section.
KRS § 39E.080 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39E / Section 39E.080
39E.080 Administrative support by Division of Emergency Management -- Protection of federal funds -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

39E.080 Administrative support by Division of Emergency Management --

Protection of federal funds -- Administrative regulations.

(1) The Division of Emergency Management shall provide administrative support to the

commission within the limitation of staff resources. The division may employ staff

and may acquire technical or professional assistance as determined to be necessary

by the director of the division, and for whom federal, state, or other funds have been

provided.

(2) Persons employed under this section shall report to the director of the division and

shall implement policies and directives of the commission as specified by the

director. Other employees of the division may also support the commission and

assist in the implementation of hazardous substance planning, reporting,

investigation, training, and exercising as directed by the director. In cases when the

commission develops policies or directives which cannot reasonably be

implemented by division staff, the director may defer implementation until

sufficient resources exist. In cases when the director advises the commission, in

writing, that the division cannot provide requested resources, the commission may

seek assistance from other agencies of state government.

(3) In no case shall the director devote division resources to support the commission if

that support would result in the withdrawal of federal or state funds from the

division.

(4) The division shall, upon concurrence by the director, promulgate administrative

regulations recommended by the commission and consistent with Title III, Pub. L.

No. 99-499. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Substances which require inventory reporting;

(b) Quantities of each substance covered; and

(c) Emergency notification procedures and requirements.
KRS § 329A.075 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 329A / Section 329A.075
329A.075 Notification of board
Status: in_force

329A.075 Notification of board.

(1) A licensee shall notify the board in writing within thirty (30) days of:

(a) Any material change in the information previously furnished or required to be

furnished to the board;

(b) Any occurrence that could reasonably be expected to affect the licensee's right

to a license under KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090, including but not limited to

any criminal charges placed against the licensee or employees of the licensee;

(c) Any change in insurance coverage required under KRS 329A.035; and

(d) Any claims, judgments, or settlements against the licensee, the licensee's

employees, or the licensee's insurance company.

(2) An investigative company shall notify the board in writing within thirty (30) days of

any criminal charges filed against an investigator employed by or affiliated with the

company.
KRS § 382.820 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 382 / Section 382.820
382.820 Actions affecting easements
Status: in_force

382.820 Actions affecting easements.

(1) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by:

(a) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement;

(b) A holder of the easement;

(c) A person having a third-party right of enforcement; or

(d) A person authorized by other law.

(2) KRS 382.810 to 382.860 shall not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate

a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity.
KRS § 96.230 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.230
96.230 City of the first class or consolidated local government to control waterworks
Status: in_force

96.230 City of the first class or consolidated local government to control

waterworks.

Whenever any city of the first class or consolidated local government owns, through its

commissioners of the sinking fund or revenue commission, respectively, all the shares of

capital stock in any corporation engaged in supplying water to its inhabitants, the city or

consolidated local government shall control, manage, and operate the plant of the

corporation, its franchise, and all its other property, in the manner provided in KRS

96.240 to 96.310. The provisions of KRS 96.230 to 96.310 shall not affect the status of

the stock as part of the assets of the sinking fund or revenue commission, respectively.
KRS § 148.840 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 148 / Section 148.840
148.840 Steering committee to assist in promotion -- Recommendation -- Reports -- Termination
Status: in_force

148.840 Steering committee to assist in promotion -- Recommendation -- Reports --

Termination.

(1) The Department of Parks shall establish a steering committee which shall consist

of:

(a) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, or a designee;

(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture, or a designee;

(c) The commissioner of the Department of Parks, or a designee;

(d) The director of the Agriculture Development Board, or a designee;

(e) The coordinator of the Kentucky State University Aquaculture Program, or a

designee;

(f) The chairperson of the horticulture department at the University of Kentucky,

or a designee; and

(g) Two (2) members of organizations and associations representing the Kentucky

farming community, appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

(2) The steering committee shall plan and assist in the implementation of the promotion

program identified in KRS 148.830 and 148.835.

(3) The steering committee shall recommend by October 1, 2011, the structure and

objectives of the promotion program identified in KRS 148.830 and 148.835.

(4) Upon implementation of the promotion program identified in KRS 148.830 and

148.835, the steering committee shall evaluate the promotion program and submit

an initial report to the Governor, the secretary of the Finance and Administration

Cabinet, and the Legislative Research Commission no later than July 1, 2012, and

subsequent annual reports no later than July 1 of each year thereafter.

(5) The steering committee shall continue to meet at least once each year at a date and

location to be determined by its members to ensure the continuation of the

promotion program.
KRS § 171.387 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.387
171.387 Commission membership -- Powers -- Personnel
Status: in_force

171.387 Commission membership -- Powers -- Personnel.

(1) The commission may employ a director, who shall serve as its secretary and at its

pleasure, and other technical assistants as may be necessary to carry out its

purposes.

(2) The commission may contract, lease, accept gifts and bequests of money and

acquire real and personal property by gift, purchase, devise, or bequests, deemed

necessary for the proper development and planning of Washington as a historic

town, and may preserve, restore, and administer these properties.
KRS § 132.690 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.690
132.690 Annual revaluation of real property -- Quadrennial examination of real property -- Methods of examination -- Emergency revaluation
Status: in_force

132.690 Annual revaluation of real property -- Quadrennial examination of real

property -- Methods of examination -- Emergency revaluation.

(1) (a) Each parcel of taxable real property or interest therein subject to assessment

by the property valuation administrator shall be revalued during each year of

each term of office by the property valuation administrator at its fair cash

value in accordance with standards and procedures prescribed by the

department and shall be examined no less than once every four (4) years by

the property valuation administrator.

(b) For any real property upon which any improvements have been made since the

prior examination, the property valuation administrator or his or her deputy

shall perform an on-site, in-person visual examination of the real property and

the improvements. The examination shall be conducted in a manner approved

by the department and for the purpose of gathering any necessary information

related to the characteristics of the real property and the improvements for

purposes of assessing their value. Any subsequent examination of the real

property for purposes of assessing its value by the property valuation

administrator or his or her deputy shall be performed by:

1. On-site, in-person visual examination;

2. Use of digital imaging technology as defined by the International

Association of Assessing Officers Standard on Mass Appraisal of Real

Property; or

3. Any other examination method approved by the department.

(c) In accordance with standards and procedures prescribed by the department, the

property valuation administrator shall submit an assessment schedule to the

department and shall maintain a record of the examination and revaluation for

each parcel of real property which shall include the inspection dates and any

other relevant information.

(2) The right of any individual to appeal the assessment on his property in any year as

provided in KRS 133.120 shall in no way be affected by this section.

(3) If the property valuation administrator fails to revalue property as required by this

section, the department shall have the authority to order an emergency revaluation

in the same manner as provided for emergency assessments by KRS 132.660. Any

property valuation administrator willfully violating the provisions of subsection (1)

of this section or who refuses to comply with the directions of the department to

correct the assessment shall have his compensation suspended by the department

and shall be subject to removal from office as provided by KRS 132.370(4) and

shall be subject to the provisions of KRS 132.620 and 61.120.

(4) Nothing in this section shall prohibit action by the department under the provisions

of KRS 133.150 or 132.660 in any year in which the department determines such

action to be necessary.
KRS § 12.295 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 12 / Section 12.295
12.295 KRS chapters governing organizational units and administrative bodies
Status: in_force

12.295 KRS chapters governing organizational units and administrative bodies.

The following organizational units and administrative bodies shall be governed by their

respective substantive chapters as set out below:

(1) Board of Directors for the Center for School Safety under KRS Chapter 158;

(2) Council on Postsecondary Education under KRS Chapter 164;

(3) Department of Education under KRS Chapters 156, 157, 158, 161, 163, and 167;

(4) Education Professional Standards Board under KRS Chapter 161;

(5) Kentucky Board of Education under KRS Chapters 156 and 157;

(6) Kentucky Commission on Deaf and Hard of Hearing under KRS Chapter 163; and

(7) Kentucky Educational Television under KRS Chapter 168.
KRS § 67.323 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.323
67.323 Fire department merit system -- Creation -- Scope -- Board -- Definitions -- Applicability
Status: in_force

67.323 Fire department merit system -- Creation -- Scope -- Board -- Definitions --

Applicability.

(1) Any county that has not established a county police merit system, as provided by

KRS 78.400 to 78.460 and 78.990 may, by order of its fiscal court, duly made and

entered of record, create a county fire department merit system, and for that purpose

establish a county fire department merit board, whose duties it shall be to classify

and examine applicants seeking employment as firefighters or employees of the fire

department of the said county, and, in addition, to promulgate rules and regulations

governing the classification, qualification, examination, appointment, promotion,

demotion, fine, suspension and other disciplinary action within the said county fire

department of all personnel of the county fire department or departments affected as

provided in this section and KRS 67.325 and 78.425, and, in addition thereto, to

hold such hearings, public and executive, and impose such penalties upon the

personnel affected as provided in this section, KRS 67.325 and 78.425.

(2) Fiscal courts affected hereby shall make appropriations of money for the reasonable

and necessary expenses of the said board.

(3) KRS 78.410 to 78.460 and 78.990 shall be followed in the establishing of a county

fire department merit system as provided in this section. All terms referring to the

county police force, by context or definition, shall be taken to mean county fire

department. Other terms mean:

(a) "Board" means the county fire department merit board created by subsection

(1).

(b) "Chief" means the chief of the county fire department affected by this section,

KRS 67.325 and 78.425.

(c) "Assistant chief" means the next in command to the chief of the county fire

department affected by this section, KRS 67.325 and 78.425.

(d) "Secretary" means the executive secretary and examiner employed by the

county fire department merit board created by this section, KRS 67.325 and

78.425.

(e) "Officer" means any member of the county fire department affected by this

section, KRS 67.325 and 78.425.

(f) "Employee" means all other employees of the county fire department affected

by this section, KRS 67.325 and 78.425.
KRS § 277.404 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 277 / Section 277.404
277.404 Conservation easement under KRS 382.800 to 382.860 over land adjoining or traversed by a railtrail
Status: in_force

277.404 Conservation easement under KRS 382.800 to 382.860 over land adjoining

or traversed by a railtrail.

In addition to any other legal right, any person having a legal interest in land adjoining a

railtrail or in the land traversed by the railtrail itself may grant to the entity holding the

right to maintain a railtrail over the property a conservation easement over all or a portion

of the property in accordance with KRS 382.800 to 382.860. The entity holding the right

to maintain a railtrail over the corridor may, if it finds the easement's terms acceptable,

yearly designate for the tax purposes of the party conveying the easement that the entity is

holding the corridor pursuant to the authority granted to that entity in the easement as

opposed to authority granted in KRS 277.400 or any similar law allowing railbanking

under federal law. This designation shall not, however, affect in any way the legal right of

that entity to hold the corridor pursuant to a federal or state railbanking law or the

operation of those laws, and the right to maintain the railtrail on the land shall not lapse

as the result of the extinguishment or modification of the easement. The easement, by its

terms, may be limited in duration from year to year or for a set period of years, may

extinguish itself upon the happening of a defined contingent future event, or may last in

perpetuity.
KRS § 218A.1431 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 218A / Section 218A.1431
218A.1431 Definitions for KRS 218A.1431 to 218A.1438 and KRS 218A.141
Status: in_force

218A.1431 Definitions for KRS 218A.1431 to 218A.1438 and KRS 218A.141.

As used in KRS 218A.1431 to 218A.1438 and KRS 218A.141, the following definitions

apply:

(1) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding,

conversion, or processing of methamphetamine, or possession with intent to

manufacture, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural

origin or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of

extraction and chemical synthesis, except that this term does not include activities:

(a) By a practitioner incident to administering or dispensing of a controlled

substance in the course of his professional practice; or

(b) By a practitioner, or by his authorized agent under his supervision, for the

purpose of, or incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis; or

(c) By a pharmacist incident to dispensing of a controlled substance in the course

of his professional practice.

(2) "Methamphetamine" means any substance that contains any quantity of

methamphetamine, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.

(3) "Traffic" means to distribute, dispense, sell, transfer, or possess with intent to

distribute, dispense, or sell methamphetamine.
KRS § 177.072 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 177 / Section 177.072
177.072 Motorcycle awareness signs
Status: in_force

177.072 Motorcycle awareness signs.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Local government" means:

1. Any city organized and governed under KRS Chapter 83 or 83A;

2. Any urban-county government organized and governed under KRS

Chapter 67A;

3. Any consolidated local government organized and governed under KRS

Chapter 67C; and

4. All of Kentucky's one hundred twenty (120) counties; and

(b) "Motorcycle awareness signs" means signs that increase the awareness of the

traveling public to the possible presence of motorcycles and which are erected

in the highway right-of-way of any highway that is part of the state primary

road system established under KRS 177.020.

(2) All statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the cabinet shall permit any local

government, subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, to erect

motorcycle awareness signs.

(3) The cabinet may, in addition to authorizing a local government to erect motorcycle

awareness signs, also erect motorcycle awareness signs.

(4) Any local government wanting to erect motorcycle awareness signs shall submit a

written request to the cabinet. The request shall identify the routes and the specific

location on the routes where motorcycle awareness signs will be erected. If the

cabinet determines that any location identified in the request would pose a traffic

safety hazard, the cabinet shall identify an alternative location for the placement of

the motorcycle awareness signs.

(5) The signs authorized to be erected under this section shall consist of two (2) signs.

The upper sign shall be diamond shaped with a motorcyclist pictured on the sign. A

second rectangular sign shall be placed directly below the diamond shaped sign and

contain the words "Share the Road." The signs shall conform with the standards

established in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" published by the

United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.