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KRS § 171.203 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.203
171.203 Expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

171.203 Expenditure of funds.

Any funds appropriated for the purpose of KRS 171.201 to 171.205 shall be expended for

aiding in the establishment, extension and development of local public library services

through the purchase, lease, or repair of library materials, equipment, furniture, buildings,

or bookmobiles and for such other methods and services as will best accomplish the

purpose. Funds shall be paid out by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the

secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet on order of the state librarian.
KRS § 314.161 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 314 / Section 314.161
314.161 Fees may be set by regulation -- Use and investment of fees
Status: in_force

314.161 Fees may be set by regulation -- Use and investment of fees.

The board may by regulation set fees to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All fees

received by the board and collected under this chapter shall be deposited with the State

Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, who shall place the money to the credit of

the revolving fund of the board. The board may direct the investment of that portion of its

revolving fund not needed to meet current expenses, the earnings from which investments

shall also be credited to the revolving fund of the board. The fund shall be held subject to

the order of the board, and to be used for meeting necessary expenses incurred in the

performance of the purposes of this chapter and the duties imposed thereby.
KRS § 315.350 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 315 / Section 315.350
315.350 License required for medical gas wholesaler operating within state -- Fee -- Recordkeeping -- Penalty for noncompliance -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

315.350 License required for medical gas wholesaler operating within state --

Fee -- Recordkeeping -- Penalty for noncompliance -- Administrative

regulations.

(1) A medical gas wholesaler, whether located within the Commonwealth or

operating within the Commonwealth from a location outside the

Commonwealth, shall be licensed by the board. Each license application shall

be accompanied by a fee which shall:

(a) Be prescribed by administrative regulation promulgated by the board in

an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250); and

(b) Not be increased by more than twenty-five dollars ($25) per year.

(2) A medical gas wholesaler shall be required to maintain accurate records of all

drugs handled. Records shall be made available to agents of the board for

inspection upon request.

(3) Failure to report to the board or willful submission of inaccurate information

shall be grounds for disciplinary action under KRS 315.121.

(4) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations to specify the criteria for

licensure and discipline of a medical gas wholesaler.
KRS § 441.141 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 441 / Section 441.141
441.141 Voluntary chaplain program
Status: in_force

441.141 Voluntary chaplain program.

(1) Each local jailer is encouraged to work with local religious leaders to provide a

voluntary chaplain program.

(2) An inmate shall be allowed at least one (1) visit per week by a minister, priest, or

rabbi of the inmate's choice.
KRS § 26A.080 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 26A / Section 26A.080
26A.080 Judicial officer to report unprofessional conduct of justice, judge, or attorney
Status: in_force

26A.080 Judicial officer to report unprofessional conduct of justice, judge, or

attorney.

When it comes to the attention of any judicial officer that any justice or judge of the

Court of Justice or any attorney may have been guilty of unprofessional conduct, he shall

at once report the matter to the proper investigating and disciplinary authorities.
KRS § 70.610 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 70 / Section 70.610
70.610 Guards for safekeeping prisoner
Status: in_force

70.610 Guards for safekeeping prisoner.

When the circuit judge believes that the safekeeping of a prisoner confined in his county

under a charge of felony requires that a guard be kept over him, he shall make the order of

record to that effect, and direct the number of guards to be summoned, by whom, and

under whose control they shall be placed. Each guard so summoned and performing duty

shall be allowed one dollar ($1) per day, to be paid out of the county treasury.
KRS § 67.070 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.070
67.070 Fiscal courts having county commissioners, law governing -- Special sessions -- Tie vote
Status: in_force

67.070 Fiscal courts having county commissioners, law governing -- Special

sessions -- Tie vote.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, and as otherwise

provided by law, all laws governing fiscal courts composed of the county

judge/executive and the justices of the peace shall be applicable to fiscal courts

composed of the county judge/executive and the county commissioners.

(2) When the county judge/executive is unable to call a special session, or refuses to do

so on request of two (2) commissioners, two (2) commissioners may call it if, in

their opinion, the necessity exists.

(3) When there is a tie vote in the fiscal court in the selection of any officer or

employee to be selected by the fiscal court, and a deadlock results and continues for

fifteen (15) days or longer, the county judge/executive shall cause to be entered

upon the minutes of the fiscal court an order reciting the facts as to the deadlock,

and the question upon which it has occurred and exists, and thereupon, unless an

election is immediately made by the fiscal court, the county judge/executive shall

appoint the officer or employee.
KRS § 156.470 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.470
156.470 Copy of recommended titles to remain in specified office for period of adoption. (Effective until July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

156.470 Copy of recommended titles to remain in specified office for period of

adoption. (Effective until July 1, 2026)

A copy of all recommended titles listed by the State Textbook Commission shall remain

in an office specified by the chief state school officer as an official sample for the period

of the adoption.
KRS § 411.406 — KY Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 411 / Section 411.406
411.406 Administrative regulations to implement vehicle owner identification system
Status: in_force

411.406 Administrative regulations to implement vehicle owner identification

system.

(1) The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to

implement a system by which a retailer or association of retailers may obtain the

name and mailing address of any owner who has been identified as committing an

offense under KRS 411.402. The cabinet may enter into an agreement with a retailer

or association of retailers to establish a set fee or other negotiated terms for the

release of owner records.

(2) Any information released by the cabinet under this section shall be consistent with

its authority under KRS 187.310 and shall be in compliance with 18 U.S.C. secs.

2721 et seq. The cabinet may integrate any system established under KRS 411.400

to 411.406 with its existing programs for the release of information pursuant to

KRS Chapter 187.
KRS § 341.301 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.301
341.301 Penalty for payment with nonnegotiable instrument
Status: in_force

341.301 Penalty for payment with nonnegotiable instrument.

(1) If any check tendered to the cabinet in payment of any contribution or penalty due

under this chapter or as restitution for the overpayment of benefits is not paid when

presented to the drawee bank for payment, there shall be paid as a penalty by the

party who tendered the check, upon notice and demand of the cabinet, an amount

equal to ten percent (10%) of such check. The penalty under this section shall not be

less than ten dollars ($10) or more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(2) If the party who tendered the check demonstrates to the cabinet's satisfaction that

failure to pay the check resulted from error by other parties, then the cabinet shall

waive the penalty.

(3) Penalties collected under this section shall be credited to the unemployment

compensation administration fund.
KRS § 309.446 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 309 / Section 309.446
309.446 When business entity may engage in radon measurement, mitigation, or laboratory analysis
Status: in_force

309.446 When business entity may engage in radon measurement, mitigation, or

laboratory analysis.

A business entity may engage in radon measurement, mitigation, or laboratory analysis if

the owner or an employee associated with the business entity is a measurement or

mitigation contractor, or radon laboratory, as applicable.
KRS § 178.070 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 178 / Section 178.070
178.070 Discontinuance of county roads
Status: in_force

178.070 Discontinuance of county roads.

The fiscal court may direct any county road to be discontinued. Notice must be published,

according to the provisions of KRS 178.050, and in addition, notices must be placed at

three (3) prominent and visible public places within one (1) mile of the road. After

posting the notices, the fiscal court shall appoint two (2) viewers who have no vested

interest in the discontinuance of the road and who, together with the county road

engineer, shall view the road and report in writing at the hearing what inconvenience

would result from the discontinuance. Upon presentation of the report and other

evidences, if any, at a public meeting of the fiscal court, the court may discontinue the

road.
KRS § 138.889 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 138 / Section 138.889
138.889 Penalties
Status: in_force

138.889 Penalties.

(1) Any offender violating KRS 138.870 to 138.889 shall, in addition to paying the tax

imposed pursuant to KRS 138.872, pay a penalty equal to one hundred percent

(100%) of the tax due and interest at the tax interest rate as defined in KRS

131.010(6) on the principal amount of the tax during the period in which the tax is

due and unpaid.

(2) (a) Any offender failing to affix the appropriate tax stamps, labels, or other tax

indicia to any marijuana or controlled substance as required by KRS 138.874

is guilty of a Class C felony and, upon conviction, may be punished as

provided in the Kentucky Penal Code. The penalty shall be cumulative to any

other penalty or crime. Jurisdiction and venue for prosecution of this crime

shall be in the Franklin Circuit Court.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the criminal laws of this state, an

indictment may be found and filed upon any criminal offense specified in this

section within six (6) years after the commission of the offense.
KRS § 320.290 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.290
320.290 Display of licenses
Status: in_force

320.290 Display of licenses.

Every practicing optometrist shall display in a conspicuous place at the entrance to his

office the true full name of the person practicing therein and shall keep his license

certificate conspicuously displayed in his place of practice so that it can easily be seen

and read.
KRS § 138.155 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 138 / Section 138.155
138.155 Payment of tax without affixing evidence to individual packs
Status: in_force

138.155 Payment of tax without affixing evidence to individual packs.

In lieu of the affixing of cigarette tax evidence to individual packages of cigarettes as the

means of denoting payment of the cigarette tax, the department may prescribe, by an

administrative regulation sufficient to protect the revenue of this state, a method of

reporting, payment, and collection of the cigarette tax, without the affixing of tax

evidence to individual packages of cigarettes. In the event a system is adopted by

administrative regulation, no compensation for reporting for the purpose of such tax in

excess of two percent (2%) of the tax due shall be allowed to any person.
KRS § 434.620 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 434 / Section 434.620
434.620 Receipt of card in violation of KRS 434.570 to 434.610
Status: in_force

434.620 Receipt of card in violation of KRS 434.570 to 434.610.

A person, other than the issuer, who receives a credit or debit card which he knows was

obtained, taken, or retained under circumstances which constitute a violation of KRS

434.570 to 434.610 is guilty of a Class D felony.
KRS § 326.100 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 326 / Section 326.100
326.100 Hearings -- Appeals
Status: in_force

326.100 Hearings -- Appeals.

(1) The board, before suspending, revoking, imposing probationary, or supervisory

conditions upon, imposing an administrative fine, issuing a written reprimand, or

taking any combination of these actions regarding any person under this chapter,

shall conduct a hearing under the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B, upon the request

of that person.

(2) After denying an application under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall

grant a hearing to the denied applicant under the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B.

(3) Any applicant aggrieved by a disciplinary action of the board may appeal the final

order of the board to the Circuit Court in the county in which the licensee is

practicing in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 350.066 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.066
350.066 Bond posting not required until permit application approved
Status: in_force

350.066 Bond posting not required until permit application approved.

All bonds required to be filed in accordance with KRS 350.060 and 350.064 shall not be

required to be filed until the applicant for the permit has been notified in writing by the

cabinet that the application for the permit has been approved, with the exception of the

bond.
KRS § 525.115 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 525 / Section 525.115
525.115 Violating graves
Status: in_force

525.115 Violating graves.

(1) A person is guilty of violating graves when he intentionally:

(a) Mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds, or

buildings in or enclosing any cemetery or place of sepulture; or

(b) Violates the grave of any person by destroying, removing, or damaging the

headstone or footstone, or the tomb over the enclosure protecting any grave;

or

(c) Digs into or plows over or removes any ornament, shrubbery, or flower placed

upon any grave or lot.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to ordinary

maintenance and care of a cemetery nor the removal and relocation of graves

pursuant to procedures authorized by and in accordance with applicable statutes.

(3) Violating graves is a Class D felony.

(4) The court shall order the defendant to restore the cemetery to its pre-damage

condition.
KRS § 164.7534 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.7534
164.7534 Endowment trust for student financial assistance benefits -- Authority to establish corporation to administer -- Annual report
Status: in_force

164.7534 Endowment trust for student financial assistance benefits -- Authority to

establish corporation to administer -- Annual report.

(1) The board is authorized to incorporate an organization pursuant to KRS Chapter

273 for the eleemosynary, charitable, and educational purposes of administering an

endowment trust. The organization so created shall be an instrumentality of the

Commonwealth, but shall possess no part of the sovereign powers of the

Commonwealth. The corporation shall be created to qualify as a tax exempt

organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) The endowment trust created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall solicit

and accept gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or other endowments, including

general fund appropriations from the Commonwealth and grants from any federal

or other governmental agency, for the purposes of the endowment trust.

(3) The endowment trust shall provide student financial assistance benefits, including

but not limited to college access programs administered by the board or grants,

scholarships, or loans to pay higher education costs of Kentucky residents who

enroll in an institution of higher education in Kentucky.

(4) Any gifts, grants, or donations made by any governmental unit or any person, firm,

partnership or corporation to the endowment trust shall be a grant, gift, or donation

for the accomplishment of a valid public, eleemosynary, charitable, and educational

purpose.

(5) The endowment trust shall submit an annual audited report to the board not later

than the fifteenth of each September.
KRS § 45.251 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45 / Section 45.251
45.251 Expenditures -- Scope -- Methodology -- Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

45.251 Expenditures -- Scope -- Methodology -- Recordkeeping.

(1) Expenditures shall be limited to the amounts and purposes for which appropriations

are made. All expenditures shall be reflected in the unified and integrated system of

accounts as provided by KRS 45.305.

(2) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall prescribe all information technology

standards, system attributes, and components to be used in, or in conjunction with,

the unified accounting system. The components must be consistent with

Commonwealth standards contained within the information technology architecture,

as provided by the Commonwealth Office of Technology.

(3) The Governor, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission shall

designate the officer or employee authorized to approve advices of employment,

purchase orders and contracts, and requisitions for reservation of funds, and no

advice, order, contract, or requisition shall be honored as a commitment statement

unless the designation has been conveyed to the Finance and Administration

Cabinet.

(4) The Finance and Administration Cabinet may approve for payment any expenditure

presented by a budget unit, provided that the Finance and Administration Cabinet is

able to determine that the expenditure is to satisfy a liability of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky created on behalf of that budget unit in fulfilling the governmental

function assigned to that budget unit and that the expenditure is being made from

the unexpended balance of a proper allotment.

(5) Subsidiary records shall be maintained to report the financial operation and

condition of each budget unit. These subsidiary records shall be compatible with the

unified accounting system prescribed by subsection (1) of this section and by KRS

45.305, and may be on the accrual basis or cash basis. Expenditures may be by prior

encumbrances or by straight disbursements. The subsidiary records may be

maintained by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and by the budget unit

involved. When a budget unit is authorized to maintain subsidiary records, the

Finance and Administration Cabinet shall have authority to prescribe the accounting

and preauditing procedures. The unified system of accounts shall conform to

accepted management and accounting principles.
KRS § 311A.195 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311A / Section 311A.195
311A.195 Administration of epinephrine -- Supply of epinephrine and needles -- Medical protocols
Status: in_force

311A.195 Administration of epinephrine -- Supply of epinephrine and needles --

Medical protocols.

(1) Any emergency medical technician and any paramedic shall be authorized to

administer epinephrine to any person whom the EMT or paramedic has been called

to attend if the EMT or paramedic makes an assessment that the person is exhibiting

symptoms consistent with an anaphylactic reaction. The EMT or paramedic shall

follow the medical protocol established by the medical director of the employing

licensed ambulance service in determining the appropriate dose or doses of

epinephrine and the routes for administration.

(2) Every ambulance provider in the Commonwealth shall:

(a) Maintain an adequate supply of epinephrine and disposable sterile needles and

syringes on every ambulance that it operates; and

(b) Establish medical protocols to be used by EMT providers and paramedics in

determining symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction, the appropriate dose or

doses of epinephrine, and the routes for administration.
KRS § 403.355 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.355
403.355 Definition of "safe child drop-off location" -- Child custody exchanges in these locations
Status: in_force

403.355 Definition of "safe child drop-off location" -- Child custody exchanges in

these locations.

(1) As used in this section, "safe child drop-off location" means any public building

owned, leased, or occupied by the Commonwealth, or by any city or county within

the Commonwealth, to which access is limited and security measures, including

metal detectors, are in place.

(2) Any separation agreement, decree of divorce, temporary custody order, or post-

decree order may require that exchanges of child custody take place in a safe child

drop-off location at a point past the metal detectors and other security measures.

(3) Public buildings owned, leased, or occupied by the Commonwealth, or by any city

or county within the Commonwealth, to which access is limited and in which

security measures, including metal detectors, are in place, may allow access to

spaces otherwise open to the public for use as a safe child drop-off location, but no

such building shall be required to make any other accommodation for such use.
KRS § 48.620 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 48 / Section 48.620
48.620 Revision of allotment schedule
Status: in_force

48.620 Revision of allotment schedule.

(1) Allotments shall be made as provided by the allotment schedule, and may be

revised upon the written certification of the Governor, the Chief Justice, and the

Legislative Research Commission for their respective branches of government. No

revisions of the allotment schedule may provide for an allotment or allotments in

excess of the amount appropriated to that budget unit in a branch budget bill, or for

expenditure for any other purpose than specified in a branch budget bill.

(2) Revisions of allotments under this section shall be reported and reviewed as

provided by KRS 48.500(3).