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KRS § 197.210 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 197 / Section 197.210
197.210 Purchases of prison-made products by state agencies and political subdivisions
Status: in_force

197.210 Purchases of prison-made products by state agencies and political

subdivisions.

(1) (a) On and after June 17, 1954, all offices, departments, institutions, agencies,

and all political subdivisions which are supported in whole or in part by the

Commonwealth shall purchase, when economically feasible, from the

department all articles or products required which are produced or

manufactured by prison labor, as provided by KRS 197.200 to 197.250. No

article or product shall be purchased by any office, department, institution, or

agency, from any source except as specified in this subsection.

(b) Exceptions may be made in any case where, in the opinion of the Finance and

Administration Cabinet, the articles or products produced or manufactured do

not meet the reasonable requirements of the offices, departments, institutions,

agencies, or where the requisition cannot be reasonably complied with

because of an insufficient supply of the articles or products required.

However, no office, department, institution, or agency shall be allowed to

evade the intent and meaning of KRS 197.200 to 197.250 by slight variations

from standards adopted by the Office of Material and Procurement Services

within the Office of the Controller, when the articles or products produced or

manufactured by the department in accordance with the standards, are

reasonably adapted to the actual needs of the office, department, institution, or

agency.

(2) All purchases under KRS 197.200 to 197.250 shall be made through the Finance

and Administration Cabinet upon requisition by the proper authority of the office,

department, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
KRS § 151.184 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 151 / Section 151.184
151.184 Hearing conducted by hearing officer -- Final determination by secretary -- Use of counsel -- Subpoena power -- Hearings to be public
Status: in_force

151.184 Hearing conducted by hearing officer -- Final determination by secretary -

- Use of counsel -- Subpoena power -- Hearings to be public.

(1) All hearings under this chapter shall be held before a qualified hearing officer, who

may be a full-time employee of the cabinet, serve by contract, or be paid on a per

diem basis at the discretion of the cabinet. After the conclusion of the hearing, the

hearing officer shall within thirty (30) days make a report to the secretary and a

recommended order which shall contain a finding of fact and a conclusion of law.

If the secretary finds upon written request of the hearing officer that additional time

is needed, then the secretary may grant an extension. The hearing officer shall serve

a copy of his report and recommended order upon all parties of record to the

proceeding and they shall be granted the right to file within fourteen (14) days of

receipt exceptions thereto. The secretary shall consider the report, exceptions, and

recommended order and decide the case. The decision shall be served by mail upon

all parties and shall be a final order of the cabinet.

(2) Any party to a hearing conducted pursuant to this chapter may be represented by

counsel, make oral or written argument, offer testimony, cross-examine witnesses,

or take any combination of such actions. The record of the hearing shall be open to

public inspection, and copies thereof shall be made available to any person upon

payment of the actual cost of reproducing the original.

(3) In connection with a hearing the cabinet shall issue subpoenas in response to any

reasonable request by any party to the hearing requiring the attendance and

testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter

involved in the hearing. In case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person,

the Franklin Circuit Court, upon application by the cabinet, may issue to that person

an order requiring him to appear before the cabinet, there to produce documentary

evidence if so ordered or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or

in question; and any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the

court as a contempt of court.

(4) All hearings conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be open to the public.
KRS § 92.242 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 92 / Section 92.242
92.242 City board of tax supervisors
Status: in_force

92.242 City board of tax supervisors.

(1) The board of tax supervisors shall consist of three (3) members who live in the city

and own real property within the corporate limits of the city. Each member shall be

appointed annually by the mayor, subject to the approval of the city legislative body.

The members of the board of tax supervisors may be compensated as set out in

ordinance.

(2) Each member of the board of tax supervisors shall take an oath to faithfully

discharge his or her duties. The board shall elect from among its membership a

chair. The board shall elect a member to serve as secretary unless the city provides

by ordinance another individual to serve as clerk for the board.

(3) The board may cause the custodian of any city records to bring the records before

the board for inspection, and may retain them for defense, if necessary, by giving its

receipt to the custodian. The board may interrogate any city official who shall, at its

request, attend the meeting of the board and respond to all questions. Each member

of the board may administer oaths, and the board may compel attendance of

witnesses.

(4) The board of tax supervisors shall carefully examine the assessor's books and

correct any errors of the assessor that are found. The board shall hear complaints of

taxpayers either made in person, by agent, or by attorney, and may add to, increase,

or decrease any list of property or the value thereof, or change the name of the

person assessed.

(5) The board of tax supervisors shall provide at least ten (10) days' printed notice of its

meeting by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.

(6) Failure or informality in the meetings or proceedings of the board of tax supervisors

shall not affect the validity of any tax.
KRS § 118.165 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 118 / Section 118.165
118.165 Filing of nomination papers -- Certification -- Ineligibility of Senior Status Special Judge
Status: in_force

118.165 Filing of nomination papers -- Certification -- Ineligibility of Senior Status

Special Judge.

(1) Except as provided in KRS Chapters 116 to 121, candidates for offices to be voted

for by the electors of one (1) county or of a district less than one (1) county, except

members of Congress and members of the General Assembly, shall file their

nomination papers with the county clerk of the county not earlier than the first

Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year the

office will appear on the ballot and not later than the first Friday following the first

Monday in January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary. All

nomination papers shall be filed no later than 4 p.m. local time at the place of filing

when filed on the last date on which the papers may be filed.

(2) Candidates for offices to be voted for by the electors of more than one (1) county,

and for members of Congress and members of the General Assembly, shall file their

nomination papers with the Secretary of State not earlier than the first Wednesday

after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year the office will

appear on the ballot and not later than the first Friday following the first Monday in

January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary. Signatures for

nomination papers shall not be affixed on the document to be filed prior to the first

Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in

which the office will appear on the ballot. All nomination papers shall be filed no

later than 4 p.m. local time at the place of filing when filed on the last date on

which the papers may be filed.

(3) The Secretary of State or the county clerk shall examine the notification and

declaration form of each candidate to determine whether it is regular on its face. If

there is an error, the proper officer shall notify the candidate by certified mail

within twenty-four (24) hours of filing.

(4) A judge who elected to retire as a Senior Status Special Judge in accordance with

KRS 21.580 shall not become a candidate or a nominee for any elected office

during the five (5) year term prescribed in KRS 21.580(1)(a)1., regardless of the

number of days served by the judge acting as a Senior Status Special Judge.
KRS § 15.410 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.410
15.410 Intention of Legislature to assist law enforcement
Status: in_force

15.410 Intention of Legislature to assist law enforcement.

It is the intention of the General Assembly to:

(1) Ensure that the criminal laws of the Commonwealth are enforced fairly, uniformly,

and effectively throughout the state by strengthening and upgrading law

enforcement;

(2) Attract competent, highly qualified young people to the field of law enforcement

and to retain qualified and experienced officers for the purpose of providing

maximum protection and safety to the citizens of, and the visitors to, this

Commonwealth; and

(3) Offer a state monetary supplement for law enforcement officers while upgrading the

educational and training standards of the officers.
KRS § 320.270 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.270
320.270 Licensing by endorsement of persons from other states
Status: in_force

320.270 Licensing by endorsement of persons from other states.

The board may license by endorsement an optometrist who holds a valid license that was

obtained by examination from another state or territory of the United States if the

applicant for licensure by endorsement:

(1) Has engaged in the active practice of optometry for at least five (5) years

immediately preceding his or her application for licensure;

(2) Has not committed any act that would constitute a violation of this chapter and the

administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter and is not the subject of

any pending or unresolved board action or malpractice suit in this or any other state

or territory;

(3) Meets all of the qualifications for regular state licensure as set forth by the board;

and

(4) Has completed and submitted an application for licensure by endorsement to the

board, submitted a nonrefundable fee to be determined by the board in

administrative regulations of no more than seven hundred dollars ($700), and has

authorized any state in which the applicant is licensed to submit information to the

board indicating whether or not the applicant is in good standing with the respective

state's licensing board.
KRS § 146.131 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 146 / Section 146.131
146.131 Cabinet's duty to transmit information concerning abandonment of railroad corridors to the Kentucky Department of Parks and to the Railtrail Development Office
Status: in_force

146.131 Cabinet's duty to transmit information concerning abandonment of

railroad corridors to the Kentucky Department of Parks and to the Railtrail

Development Office.

The Energy and Environment Cabinet, including any agency or other unit of government

attached to the cabinet, shall immediately transmit to the Kentucky Department of Parks

and to the Commonwealth's Railtrail Development Office in the Department for Local

Government any information received from a railroad or other person having an

ownership interest in a railroad corridor pertaining to a proposed or pending action or

proceeding to obtain federal authority for the regulatory abandonment of that railroad

corridor.
KRS § 214.020 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214 / Section 214.020
214.020 Cabinet to adopt administrative regulations and take other action to prevent spread of disease -- Requirements for administrative regulations
Status: in_force

214.020 Cabinet to adopt administrative regulations and take other action to

prevent spread of disease -- Requirements for administrative regulations.

(1) When the Cabinet for Health and Family Services determines that an infectious

or contagious disease will invade this state, it shall take necessary action and

promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to prevent the

introduction or spread of such infectious or contagious disease or diseases

within this state.

(2) Any administrative regulation promulgated under the authority of this section

shall:

(a) Be in effect no longer than thirty (30) days if the administrative regulation:

1. Places restrictions on the in-person meeting or functioning of the

following:

a. Elementary, secondary, or postsecondary educational

institutions;

b. Private businesses or non-profit organizations;

c. Political, religious, or social gatherings;

d. Places of worship; or

e. Local governments; or

2. Imposes mandatory quarantine or isolation requirements;

(b) Include the penalty, appeal, and due process rights for violations of the

administrative regulation; and

(c) Contain the public hearing and written comment period notice required by

KRS 13A.270.
KRS § 205.5623 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.5623
205.5623 Department's powers in providing program benefits
Status: in_force

205.5623 Department's powers in providing program benefits.

(1) In providing program benefits, the department may:

(a) Enter into a contract with one (1) or more prescription drug plans to

coordinate the prescription benefits of the program and the federal law;

(b) Preliminarily enroll beneficiaries into a preferred Medicare Part D plan, with

an opt-out provision for individuals. Individuals who opt out of the preferred

PDP shall remain enrolled in the program unless they choose to disenroll from

the program;

(c) Prescribe the application and enrollment procedures for prospective enrollees;

(d) Select, in accordance with applicable state law, a contractor to assist in the

administration of the program or negotiate program administrative functions

with a preferred PDP plan;

(e) Determine which drugs will be covered by the plan; and

(f) Negotiate with manufacturers for rebates.

(2) Program benefits shall begin January 1, 2006.

(3) For persons meeting eligibility requirements, the program may pay all or some of

the deductibles, coinsurance payments, premiums, and copayments required under

the Medicare Part D pharmacy benefit program.
KRS § 15A.990 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15A / Section 15A.990
15A.990 Penalty
Status: in_force

15A.990 Penalty.

Any person who intentionally violates the provisions of KRS 15A.210 to 15A.230 or the

administrative regulations issued thereunder shall be fined not less than five hundred

dollars ($500) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Each day of violation shall

be a separate offense.
KRS § 186.407 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.407
186.407 Annual report on identity document issuance
Status: in_force

186.407 Annual report on identity document issuance.

(1) Beginning no later than October 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the cabinet shall

report to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint

Committee on Transportation on identity document issuance at each regional

licensing office.

(2) The report required under subsection (1) of this section shall include the:

(a) Number of identity documents, by type, issued at each location;

(b) Total cost to operate the office; and

(c) Total receipts collected.
KRS § 118.335 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 118 / Section 118.335
118.335 Effect of conflicting certificates and petitions of nomination
Status: in_force

118.335 Effect of conflicting certificates and petitions of nomination.

If any certificate or petition of nomination made under the provisions of this chapter

contains the name of more than one (1) candidate for any office to be filled, neither name

shall be printed as a candidate for that office. If any person has been nominated as a

candidate for any office by primary election or by party convention, and also by petition,

his name shall be placed in the list of candidates nominated by the primary or convention,

and the place occupied by his name in the petition shall be left blank, unless the candidate

makes written request, prior to the last day for filing evidences of nomination, that his

name be printed as nominated by petition and be omitted from the list nominated by the

primary or convention.
KRS § 35.722 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.722
35.722 Perjury
Status: in_force

35.722 Perjury.

Any subject person subject to this code is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a

court-martial may direct who, in a judicial proceeding or course of justice, willfully and

corruptly:

(1) Upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath,

gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or

(2) In any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as

permitted under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1746, subscribes any false statement material to the

issue or matter of inquiry.
KRS § 72.029 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 72 / Section 72.029
72.029 Monthly report by coroner on child fatalities
Status: in_force

72.029 Monthly report by coroner on child fatalities.

Every coroner or other official performing a coroner's functions shall, on or before the

tenth day of each month, report to the Department for Public Health the death of any child

under the age of eighteen (18) years occurring within the county during the preceding

month, and the circumstances of the death. The report shall be made on the form required

pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A by the

department. The form shall be developed in consultation with the Kentucky Coroners'

Association.
KRS § 156.275 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.275
156.275 Accountant -- Selection -- Reports
Status: in_force

156.275 Accountant -- Selection -- Reports.

(1) The committee shall select, to make the audit authorized under KRS 156.265,

accountants who are qualified under KRS Chapter 325 and the administrative

regulations promulgated by the Kentucky State Board of Accountancy.

(2) Immediately upon completion of each audit, the accountant shall prepare a report of

his findings and recommendations in such form and in such detail as the committee

may prescribe. The report shall be to the committee and in such number of copies as

specified by the committee. The committee shall furnish one (1) copy to the

Kentucky Board of Education, one (1) copy to the district board of education to

which the report pertains, one (1) copy to the chief state school officer and one (1)

copy to the Auditor of Public Accounts. The district board of education shall keep a

copy of the report on file in the office of the superintendent of schools of the district

and the report shall be open to inspection by any interested person, subject to

reasonable rules as to time and place of inspection.
KRS § 21A.310 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 21A / Section 21A.310
21A.310 Penalties for violation of KRS 21A.300
Status: in_force

21A.310 Penalties for violation of KRS 21A.300.

(1) Notwithstanding KRS 21A.160, any person violating any provision of KRS

21A.300 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) The Kentucky Supreme Court may discipline any attorney who violates any

provision of KRS 21A.300.

(3) A penalty may be imposed on an attorney pursuant to subsection (1) of this section,

subsection (2) of this section, or both subsections.
KRS § 266.170 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 266 / Section 266.170
266.170 Board's power to make additional assessments under drainage law procedure
Status: in_force

266.170 Board's power to make additional assessments under drainage law

procedure.

(1) Whenever it is necessary for the board to have sufficient funds to enable it to pay

the interest and principal of any bonds, or any liability incurred necessary in the

reconstruction, repair or maintenance of any public levee constructed under laws

other than the general laws of the state pertaining to drainage of lands, the board or

any landowners benefited by the reconstruction, enlargement, repair or maintenance

of the levee may petition the county judge/executive of the county of the board's

appointment to have the lands benefited by the reconstruction, enlargement, repair

or maintenance classified and formed into a district and assessed to pay the interest

and principal of the bonds or other liability in the same manner as provided in the

general laws pertaining to drainage of lands.

(2) A proceeding to have the lands protected by such levee assessed for the repair or

maintenance of the levee for the current year shall enable the board to make,

annually thereafter, an assessment of a like amount against the land in the district

protected by the levee, and, in any year thereafter, an assessment of such a lesser

amount as the board considers necessary to repair and maintain the levee. When the

cost of the reconstruction and enlargement of the levee cannot be paid out of annual

assessments made for the repair or maintenance of the levee, as hereinbefore set out,

original proceedings may be had to classify the land benefited by the reconstruction

or enlargement and form the land into a district and make assessments against the

land so benefited for the cost thereof as often as necessary.

(3) Assessments made under this section shall not be defeated on account of any

irregularity in the proceedings that does not affect the substantial rights of the party

complaining.
KRS § 65.954 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.954
65.954 Construction of KRS 65.940 to 65.956
Status: in_force

65.954 Construction of KRS 65.940 to 65.956.

KRS 65.940 to 65.956 shall be authority for entering into leases and the performance of

the other acts and procedures authorized by KRS 65.940 to 65.956, without reference to

any other laws, or any restrictions or limitations contained therein, except as specifically

provided in KRS 65.940 to 65.956. If leases are entered into under KRS 65.940 to

65.956, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between any provisions of KRS

65.940 to 65.956 and any provisions of any other law, the provisions of KRS 65.940 to

65.956 shall prevail and control, except that any governmental agency may use the

provisions of any other law, not in conflict with the provisions of KRS 65.940 to 65.956,

to the extent convenient or necessary to carry out any power or authority, express or

implied, granted by KRS 65.940 to 65.956. KRS 65.940 to 65.956 shall be liberally

construed to effectuate its purpose.
KRS § 216.345 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216 / Section 216.345
216.345 Fiscal year of district
Status: in_force

216.345 Fiscal year of district.

The fiscal year of a district shall commence on July 1 and close on June 30.