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KRS § 77.215 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 77 / Section 77.215
77.215 Information concerning installations to be furnished air pollution control officer
Status: in_force

77.215 Information concerning installations to be furnished air pollution control

officer.

The air pollution control officer may, at any time, require from any person who operates

any plant or uses any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance specified by the

regulations of the air pollution control board or this chapter, the use or operation of which

may cause the issuance of an air contaminant, or may require from an applicant for, or

holder of any permit provided for by the regulations of the air pollution control board,

such information, analyses, plans or specifications as will disclose the nature, extent,

quantity, or degree of air contaminants which are or may be discharged by such source.
KRS § 148.255 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 148 / Section 148.255
148.255 Legislative approval required for disposal of certain park property
Status: in_force

148.255 Legislative approval required for disposal of certain park property.

No interest in real property that is located in a county containing a consolidated local

government and that is owned by the Commonwealth and managed by the Kentucky

Department of Parks and having a value greater than four hundred thousand dollars

($400,000) shall be sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of without prior authorization by

the General Assembly.
KRS § 141.384 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 141 / Section 141.384
141.384 Nonrefundable tax credit for small businesses
Status: in_force

141.384 Nonrefundable tax credit for small businesses.

(1) As used in this section, "small business" has the same meaning as in KRS 154.60-

010.

(2) (a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, a small business may be

eligible for a nonrefundable credit of up to one hundred percent (100%) of the

Kentucky income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 or 141.040, and the

limited liability entity tax imposed under KRS 141.0401.

(b) A small business that is subject to the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 or

141.040 and that has tax credits approved under Subchapter 60 of KRS

Chapter 154 shall apply the credits against the income tax imposed by KRS

141.020 or 141.040 and against the limited liability entity tax imposed by

KRS 141.0401, with the ordering of credits as provided in KRS 141.0205.

(c) A small business that is a pass-through entity not subject to the tax imposed

by KRS 141.040 and that has tax credits approved under Subchapter 60 of

KRS Chapter 154 shall apply the credits against the limited liability entity tax

imposed by KRS 141.0401, and shall also distribute the amount of the

approved tax credits to each partner, member, or shareholder based on the

partner's, member's, or shareholder's distributive share of income as

determined for the year during which the tax credits are approved, with the

ordering of credits as provided in KRS 141.0205.
KRS § 157.160 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.160
157.160 Sale of obsolete textbooks
Status: in_force

157.160 Sale of obsolete textbooks.

The chief state school officer, subject to the approval of the Kentucky Board of

Education, shall promulgate an administrative regulation for the disposal of textbooks

and programs that will no longer be used for instruction. Each superintendent may make

obsolete books and materials available to the residents of his district. He may publicize in

the newspaper the availability of the books and materials and the procedure for obtaining

them in accordance with this section. Any funds accruing from the sale of the books and

materials shall be paid into the local district's account.
KRS § 30A.250 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 30A / Section 30A.250
30A.250 Expenditure of funds for liability insurance
Status: in_force

30A.250 Expenditure of funds for liability insurance.

The Court of Justice may expend funds necessary to insure circuit clerks and their

deputies against any liability arising out of an act or omission committed in the scope and

course of performing legal duties.
KRS § 273.261 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.261
273.261 Right to amend articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

273.261 Right to amend articles of incorporation.

A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation, from time to time, in any and as

many respects as may be desired, so long as its articles of incorporation as amended

contain only such provisions as are lawful under KRS 273.161 to 273.390.
KRS § 196.010 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 196 / Section 196.010
196.010 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

196.010 Definitions for chapter.

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

(1) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;

(2) "Commissioner" means commissioner of the Department of Corrections;

(3) "Department" means the Department of Corrections;

(4) "Institution" means any institution under the control of the Department of

Corrections; and

(5) "Secretary" means secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
KRS § 66.111 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 66 / Section 66.111
66.111 Tax levy and budget appropriation to pay bond debt charges
Status: in_force

66.111 Tax levy and budget appropriation to pay bond debt charges.

(1) After the issuance of bonds, the issuer shall levy a tax in a sufficient amount and

appropriate in its annual budget, together with any other moneys available to the

issuer, an amount of funds sufficient to pay the debt charges on the bonds.

(2) If the issuer determines it to be necessary or appropriate, and if not prohibited by

other law, proceedings relating to the bonds may contain or provide for any one (1)

or more or combination of the following:

(a) The pledge to the payment of debt charges and related covenants to levy,

charge, collect, deposit, and apply, receipts of the issuer, referred to in this

subsection as pledged receipts, including, without limitation, ad valorem

property taxes as permitted by law; occupational license fees; insurance

premium taxes; excises, utility and service revenues; and any other receipts

from taxes, excises, permits, licenses, fines, or other sources of revenue of, or

of revenue distributions to, the issuer; and covenants for the establishment,

investment, segregation, and maintenance of any funds or reserves in

connection with the bonds. No pledge or covenant may be made that impairs

the express contract rights of the holders of outstanding bonds of the issuer.

(b) Covenants of the issuer and other provisions to protect and safeguard the

security and rights of the holders of the bonds and of the providers of any

credit enhancement facilities and provisions for defeasance.

(c) Rights and remedies of the holders of bonds, in addition to any other rights

and remedies under law, but subject to the terms of the proceedings and of any

credit enhancement facility.

(d) The costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities may be paid

from any moneys of the issuer. The credit enhancement facility may be for the

benefit of holders of the particular bonds and of any other bonds of the issuer.

(3) Moneys and investments held by the issuer or on behalf of the issuer, and all

receipts of the issuer, needed and allocated to payment of debt charges or payments

by the issuer under credit enhancement facilities, are property of the issuer devoted

to essential governmental purposes, and, accordingly shall not be applied to any

purpose other than as provided in this chapter and in the legislation authorizing the

bonds, and shall not be subject to any order, judgment, lien, execution, attachment,

set-off, or counterclaim by any creditor or judgment creditor, as a result of a tort

judgment or otherwise, against the issuer other than the holders of the bonds or the

provider of the credit enhancement facility who are entitled thereto pursuant to this

chapter and the legislation or proceedings.
KRS § 151B.402 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 151B / Section 151B.402
151B.402 Legislative findings relating to need for High School Equivalency Diplomas -- Incentives -- Administrative regulations -- Learning contracts -- Tuition discounts -- Tax credit for employers
Status: in_force

151B.402 Legislative findings relating to need for High School Equivalency

Diplomas -- Incentives -- Administrative regulations -- Learning contracts

-- Tuition discounts -- Tax credit for employers.

(1) The General Assembly recognizes the critical condition of the educational level

of Kentucky's adult population and seeks to stimulate the attendance at, and

successful completion of, programs that provide a High School Equivalency

Diploma. Incentives shall be provided to full-time employees who complete a

High School Equivalency Diploma program within one (1) year and their

employers.

(2) The Office of Adult Education within the Department of Workforce

Development in the Education and Labor Cabinet shall promulgate

administrative regulations to establish the operational procedures for this

section. The administrative regulations shall include but not be limited to the

criteria for:

(a) A learning contract that includes the process to develop a learning

contract between the student and the adult education instructor with the

employer's agreement to participate and support the student;

(b) Attendance reports that validate that the student is enrolled and studying

for the High School Equivalency Diploma during the release time from

work; and

(c) Final reports that qualify the student for the tuition discounts under

subsection (3)(a) of this section and that qualify the employer for tax

credits under subsection (4) of the section.

(3) (a) An individual who has been out of secondary school for at least three (3)

years, develops and successfully completes a learning contract that

requires a minimum of five (5) hours per week to study for the High

School Equivalency Diploma program, and successfully earns a High

School Equivalency Diploma shall earn a tuition discount of two hundred

fifty dollars ($250) per semester for a maximum of four (4) semesters at

one (1) of Kentucky's public postsecondary institutions.

(b) The program shall work with the postsecondary institutions to establish

notification procedures for students who qualify for the tuition discount.

(4) An employer who assists an individual to complete his or her learning contract

under the provisions of this section shall receive a state tax credit against the

income tax imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040, and the limited liability entity

tax imposed by KRS 141.0401, with credit ordering as provided in KRS

141.0205 for a portion of the released time given to the employee to study for

the tests. The application for the tax credit shall be supported with attendance

documentation provided by the Office of Adult Education and calculated by

multiplying fifty percent (50) of the hours released for study by the student's

hourly salary, and not to exceed a credit of one thousand two hundred fifty

dollars ($1250).
KRS § 42.0651 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0651
42.0651 Duties of Division of State Risk and Insurance Services -- Assistance from other agencies -- Risk management program
Status: in_force

42.0651 Duties of Division of State Risk and Insurance Services -- Assistance from

other agencies -- Risk management program.

(1) The Division of State Risk and Insurance Services shall:

(a) Oversee and assist the management of the Commonwealth's property and

casualty insurance fund established in KRS Chapter 56;

(b) Develop and manage programs of risk assessment and insurance for the

protection of state property not covered by the Commonwealth's property and

casualty insurance fund;

(c) Advise the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet on the fiscal

management of programs relating to life insurance, workers' compensation,

and health care benefits for state employees;

(d) Serve as the central clearinghouse for coordinating and evaluating existing

and new risk management programs within all state agencies;

(e) Develop financing techniques for risk protection;

(f) Provide insurance for all state-owned and state-operated facilities and

vehicles; and

(g) Develop and implement other risk management, insurance, and self-insurance

programs or other functions and duties as the secretary of the Finance and

Administration Cabinet may direct the division to undertake and implement

within the general statutory authority and control of the Finance and

Administration Cabinet over state property and fiscal affairs of the executive

branch of state government, including, but not limited to, those areas

pertaining to tort and contractual liability, fidelity, and property risks.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted as affecting the operation of

the employee benefit programs generally administered by the Office of Employee

Relations and Department of Employee Insurance within the Personnel Cabinet.

These agencies shall coordinate the operation of life insurance, workers'

compensation, health care benefit programs, and other self-insured programs with

the Division of State Risk and Insurance Services.

(3) All cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, and other state agencies shall

provide to the Division of State Risk and Insurance Services the technical advice

and other assistance the Division of State Risk and Insurance Services or the

secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall request in the

performance of the functions of the division as described in this section.

(4) (a) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall have the power

and authority to promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS

Chapter 13A for purposes of implementing a risk management program for

the executive branch of state government.

(b) Any administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary shall be

administered by the Division of State Risk and Insurance Services.
KRS § 205.5510 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.5510
205.5510 Definitions for KRS 205.5510 to 205.5520
Status: in_force

205.5510 Definitions for KRS 205.5510 to 205.5520.

As used in KRS 205.5510 to 205.5520, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the Department for Medicaid Services;

(2) "Managed care organization" has the same meaning as in KRS 205.532;

(3) "Pharmacy benefit manager" has the same meaning as in KRS 304.9-020;

(4) "Spread pricing" means any technique by which a pharmacy benefit manager or

other administrator of pharmacy benefits charges or claims an amount from an

insurer or managed care organization for pharmacy or pharmacist services,

including payment for a prescription drug, that is different than the amount the

pharmacy benefit manager or other administrator pays to the pharmacy or

pharmacist that provided the services; and

(5) "State pharmacy benefit manager" means the pharmacy benefit manager contracted

by the department, pursuant to KRS 205.5512, to administer pharmacy benefits for

all Medicaid recipients enrolled in a managed care organization in the

Commonwealth.
KRS § 238.538 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 238 / Section 238.538
238.538 Retention of excess charitable gaming licenses held on July 1, 2025 -- Events leading to loss of additional license
Status: in_force

238.538 Retention of excess charitable gaming licenses held on July 1, 2025 --

Events leading to loss of additional license.

Any licensee operating at more locations than allowed under this chapter on July 1, 2025,

may retain those licenses, but any of the following events or occurrences shall result in

the loss of the additional licenses:

(1) Sale or transfer of ownership of the business location, property leased for the

gaming location, or change of ownership or transfer of the charitable organization;

(2) Suspension or revocation of a license due to a violation;

(3) Failure by the licensee to timely reapply or pay appropriate licensure fees;

(4) Any closure of the location for ninety (90) days or more, which shall include

closures due to acts of God;

(5) Failure to maintain a valid lease due to expiration and termination of lease

agreements;

(6) Failure by the licensee to comply with all charitable gaming requirements;

(7) Failure or inability of the existing facility or location to restrict access to persons

twenty-one (21) years of age or older; or

(8) Failure of the licensee to report timely changes to the licensed location or any

licensing requirements to properly update the corporation's licensing files related to

the charitable activities at that location.
KRS § 173.080 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 173 / Section 173.080
173.080 Issuance of library bonds
Status: in_force

173.080 Issuance of library bonds.

The board of trustees may, in its discretion, issue bonds in the sum of not over one

million dollars ($1,000,000) for the purpose of making improvements or repairs, or

paying off any indebtedness it may owe. The bonds may be secured by any or all real or

personal property owned by the library. The bonds shall be designated as "library bonds"

and the board of trustees shall, by resolution, fix the date and maturity of the bonds, the

rate of interest and form they shall bear, and where they shall be payable. The board shall

determine when, at what price and how the bonds shall be sold. As the bonds are sold

their proceeds shall be placed in some bank, but shall be kept in a separate account and

shall be used only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, provided however the

expense and cost of floating the bonds may be paid therefrom. The rent received in any

year from any real property belonging to the board of trustees shall be first applied to the

payment of interest on bonds for such year, and next to the sinking fund requirements of

the bond issue for such year, and the balance may be used for current operating expenses

of the board of trustees.
KRS § 230.752 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 230 / Section 230.752
230.752 Harness racetracks -- Exemption from tax under KRS 138.510(2) -- Use of moneys not paid as tax
Status: in_force

230.752 Harness racetracks -- Exemption from tax under KRS 138.510(2) -- Use of

moneys not paid as tax.

All harness racetracks licensed by the corporation shall not be required to pay the excise

tax imposed under KRS 138.510(2), and the amount that would have been paid under

those subsections shall be retained by the track to promote and maintain its facilities and

its live meet.
KRS § 452.630 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.630
452.630 Prosecution where process for arrest first issued
Status: in_force

452.630 Prosecution where process for arrest first issued.

Where the venue of a prosecution is in two (2) or more counties, the prosecution shall

proceed in the county in which the process for the arrest of the defendant is first issued,

unless an indictment for the offense is pending in another county.
KRS § 278.160 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.160
278.160 Utilities to file and display general schedules of rates and conditions for service -- Adherence to schedules -- Exclusion from disclosure of confidential or proprietary provisions in special contracts
Status: in_force

278.160 Utilities to file and display general schedules of rates and conditions for

service -- Adherence to schedules -- Exclusion from disclosure of confidential

or proprietary provisions in special contracts.

(1) Under rules prescribed by the commission, each utility shall file with the

commission, within such time and in such form as the commission designates,

schedules showing all rates and conditions for service established by it and

collected or enforced. The utility shall keep copies of its schedules open to public

inspection under such rules as the commission prescribes.

(2) No utility shall charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person a greater or less

compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than that prescribed in its

filed schedules, and no person shall receive any service from any utility for a

compensation greater or less than that prescribed in such schedules.

(3) The provisions of this section do not require disclosure or publication of a provision

of a special contract that contains rates and conditions of service not filed in a

utility's general schedule if such provision would otherwise be entitled to be

excluded from the application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 under the provisions of

KRS 61.878(1)(c)1.
KRS § 309.354 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 309 / Section 309.354
309.354 Kentucky Board of Licensure for Massage Therapy -- Appointments -- Terms -- Reimbursement -- Removal
Status: in_force

309.354 Kentucky Board of Licensure for Massage Therapy -- Appointments --

Terms -- Reimbursement -- Removal.

(1) There is created a board to be known as the Kentucky Board of Licensure for

Massage Therapy, which shall be an independent agency.

(2) The Governor shall appoint seven (7) members to serve on the board with the

following representation:

(a) Five (5) members who are massage therapists licensed under KRS 309.350 to

309.364, who have been in the practice of massage therapy for at least five (5)

of the last seven (7) years, and who have been residents of Kentucky for at

least one (1) year;

(b) Of these five (5), at least one (1) but no more than two (2) shall own or direct

a board-approved massage therapy training program or be a designated

representative of a school owner or of a school director; and

(c) Two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve as

members at large who are neither licensed massage therapists nor spouses of

persons who are licensed, or have a direct or indirect interest in the profession

regulated under KRS 309.350 to 309.364. One (1) of the two (2) may hold a

license in another health care profession.

(3) Appointments shall be for three (3) years with initial appointments as follows: three

(3) appointees shall serve three (3) year terms; two (2) shall serve two (2) year

terms; and two (2) shall serve one (1) year terms. The Governor shall assign terms

to initial members at his or her discretion.

(4) The board shall elect initially, and annually thereafter, a chair, vice chair, and

secretary from its membership and shall meet at least once per year, and more often

as deemed necessary, at a time and at a place in Kentucky for the board to fulfill its

duties.

(5) Each member of the board shall receive a per diem not to exceed one hundred

dollars ($100) and other actual and necessary expenses for each day he or she is

actually engaged in the discharge of the board's official duties.

(6) Upon recommendation of the board, the Governor may remove any member of the

board for a poor attendance record, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.