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KRS § 189.140 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189 / Section 189.140
189.140 Mufflers -- Noise regulation
Status: in_force

189.140 Mufflers -- Noise regulation.

(1) Every motor vehicle with an internal-combustion, steam or air motor shall be

equipped with a suitable and efficient muffler. No person while on a highway shall

operate a motor vehicle with the muffler cut out or removed. No cutout shall be so

arranged or connected as to permit its operation or control by the driver of any

motor vehicle while in position for driving.

(2) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or an off highway

vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor

of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle.

The original muffler shall comply with all of the noise requirements of KRS

Chapter 224 and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. No person shall operate

a motor vehicle with an exhaust system so modified.
KRS § 247.015 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.015
247.015 Department authorized to provide space on state property for sale of Kentucky agricultural commodities -- Administrative regulations -- Applicability
Status: in_force

247.015 Department authorized to provide space on state property for sale of

Kentucky agricultural commodities -- Administrative regulations --

Applicability.

(1) It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and for the public health and welfare

that the State Department of Agriculture shall have the authority to provide space on

all state property, in cooperation with the appropriate state agency under whose

jurisdiction the said real property falls, for those nonprofit agricultural commodity

organizations designated in section 501(c)(5) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code

to sell, give away, advertise, or promote Kentucky agricultural commodities.

(2) The department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, develop

administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of subsection (1) of this

section, which may include a reasonable fee to be paid by the agricultural

organization.

(3) This section shall not apply to existing contracts prior to July 15, 1986, but shall

apply to contract renewals and to new contracts after July 15, 1986.
KRS § 177.575 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 177 / Section 177.575
177.575 Maintenance by cabinet -- Identification signs
Status: in_force

177.575 Maintenance by cabinet -- Identification signs.

(1) The Transportation Cabinet shall attempt to maintain the character of a state-

maintained road that has been designated a scenic highway.

(2) The Transportation Cabinet shall erect and maintain appropriate scenic highway

identification signs on each road designated a scenic byway or scenic highway.

(3) The Transportation Cabinet shall conduct necessary routine maintenance and care of

a state-maintained road designated as a scenic highway.
KRS § 620.520 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 620 / Section 620.520
620.520 Information available to program directors and CASA volunteers
Status: in_force

620.520 Information available to program directors and CASA volunteers.

(1) The clerk of the court shall:

(a) Notify and provide a copy of all dependency, abuse, and neglect petitions to

the program director, as soon as the court makes a referral to the program

director for assignment of a CASA volunteer to the case;

(b) Provide a copy of all court orders issued pursuant to this section; and

(c) Notify the program director of all scheduled court hearings for cases to which

a CASA volunteer has been assigned.

(2) Upon appointment by the court to represent a child, the CASA volunteer shall have

access to all information and records pertaining to the child including, but not

limited to, the records of the following entities: the cabinet; child-caring facilities

operated or licensed by the cabinet; public and private schools; physical and mental

health care providers; law enforcement agencies; and other entities deemed

appropriate by the court.

(3) With court approval, the CASA volunteer may have access to information and

records pertaining to the parents or persons exercising custodial control or

supervision of the child assigned to the CASA volunteer, including information and

records of the court, the cabinet, public and private child care facilities, private and

public schools, and the medical and psychological records of the child assigned to

the volunteer. The volunteer shall have access to the medical and psychological

records of parents when the court determines that the information is essential to the

welfare of the child and the court orders it.
KRS § 384.090 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 384 / Section 384.090
384.090 Enforceability of contracts of infants executed to obtain benefits of federal law providing for the making or guaranty of loans to war veterans
Status: in_force

384.090 Enforceability of contracts of infants executed to obtain benefits of federal

law providing for the making or guaranty of loans to war veterans.

When the repayment, by the borrower, of money advanced or to be advanced under a

contract of loan or credit has, on application of the borrower, been made by or guaranteed

in whole or in part by the federal government or any agency thereof, under authority of

federal law enacted for the benefit of war veterans, the borrower shall not thereafter be

entitled to avoid the contract on the ground that he was an infant when the contract was

made, nor shall he or his spouse be entitled, on the ground of infancy, to avoid any

mortgage or other instrument of encumbrance executed contemporaneously with such

contract for the purpose of securing the same, nor any contractual transaction in

connection with such contract of loan or credit pursuant to which the borrower acquired

title to or an interest in the property encumbered to secure the loan or credit. For the

purpose of any litigation seeking to enforce the contract of loan or credit, or any

encumbrance securing the same; for the purpose of any contract or conveyance executed

under a settlement or refinancing plan approved by the federal authority by which the

original loan or guaranty was made; and for the purpose of making and executing any

contract or conveyance necessary to the full realization of the rights, privileges and

benefits intended to be conferred by the federal law, pursuant to which the loan or

guaranty was made, including contracts necessary for the proper utilization of the

property acquired with the proceeds of such contract of loan or credit; the borrower and

his spouse shall be deemed to be of full age.
KRS § 96A.060 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96A / Section 96A.060
96A.060 Board meetings -- Quorum
Status: in_force

96A.060 Board meetings -- Quorum.

(1) Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, at

such time and place as may be fixed by the board as a matter of record. Special

meetings of the board may be called by the chairman or any two (2) members of the

board upon oral or written notice to all members at least forty-eight (48) hours in

advance. Each notice of a special meeting shall state the time, place and purpose or

purposes thereof. Notice may be waived by any member, orally or in writing,

before, at or after such special meeting; and the presence of any member at any such

special meeting shall constitute a waiver of any defect of notice, unless such

member shall cause it to appear of record that his attendance is only for the purpose

of objecting to any deficiency in the notice or the time or manner of giving the

same.

(2) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction

of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and may compel

the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the

authority may previously have provided for, according to its bylaws. The

affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum shall be necessary for the adoption of any

motion, measure or resolution. Passage of any motion, measure or resolution may

be by voice vote, provided:

(a) At the request of any member the yea and nay votes shall be recorded upon

call of the roll, and

(b) Such record shall be made in all proceedings involving any adjustment of

rates and charges for use of the services and facilities of the mass

transportation system of the authority, authorization of proceedings to acquire

property through exercise of the power of eminent domain, the issuance of

revenue bonds or mortgage bonds of the authority, a request that general

obligation bonds be issued by any public body for the benefit of the authority,

or approval and authorization of any lease agreement wherein the authority is

the lessor and a public body or public bodies (or any combination thereof)

may be the lessee or lessees, as provided in this chapter.
KRS § 132.193 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.193
132.193 Assessment of possessory interests in tax-exempt personal property -- Lessee's liability
Status: in_force

132.193 Assessment of possessory interests in tax-exempt personal property --

Lessee's liability.

(1) Leased personal property exempt from taxation when held by a natural person,

association, or corporation in connection with a business conducted for profit, shall

be subject to taxation in the same amount and to the same extent as though the

lessee were the owner of the property, except personal property used in vending

stands operated by blind persons under the auspices of the Division of Kentucky

Business Enterprise.

(2) Taxes shall be assessed to lessees of exempt personal property and collected in the

same manner as taxes assessed to owners of other personal property, except that

taxes due under this section shall not become a lien against the personal property.

When due, such taxes shall constitute a debt due from the lessee to the state, county,

school district, special district, city, urban-county government, charter county,

consolidated local government, or unified local government for which the taxes

were assessed and if unpaid shall be recoverable by the state as provided in KRS

Chapter 134.
KRS § 100.317 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.317
100.317 Relationship to official map
Status: in_force

100.317 Relationship to official map.

No proposed public facility improvements shall be placed upon the official map other

than those included in the short-term capital improvements budget.
KRS § 15.257 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.257
15.257 Requirements for distribution of explanatory materials -- Open Records and Open Meetings laws -- Retention and management of public records
Status: in_force

15.257 Requirements for distribution of explanatory materials -- Open Records

and Open Meetings laws -- Retention and management of public records.

(1) The Office of the Attorney General shall, within ninety (90) days of June 20, 2005,

and thereafter, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of any legislation

amending the provisions of the Open Meetings Act or the Open Records Act,

distribute to all county judge/executives, mayors, county attorneys, city attorneys,

superintendents of public school districts, presidents of each of the state public

postsecondary education institutions identified in KRS 161.220(4)(b) or

164.001(13) or (17), and attorneys of public school districts and public

postsecondary education institutions throughout Kentucky written information

prepared by the Office of the Attorney General that explains the procedural and

substantive provisions of the Open Meetings Act, KRS 61.805 to 61.850, and the

Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884, together with the information required

by KRS 171.223 to be prepared by the Department for Libraries and Archives

concerning proper retention and management of public records. This distribution

may be by electronic means.

(2) All superintendents of public school districts and the presidents of each of the state

public postsecondary education institutions identified in KRS 161.220(4)(b) or

164.001(13) or (17) shall be responsible for designating and submitting the names

and addresses of the attorneys to whom this information shall be disseminated to the

Office of the Attorney General.
KRS § 41.400 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 41 / Section 41.400
41.400 Child victims' trust fund -- Limitation on disbursement
Status: in_force

41.400 Child victims' trust fund -- Limitation on disbursement.

(1) The child victims' trust fund is created as a separate fund in the office of the State

Treasurer. The fund shall be expended only as provided in this section.

(2) The State Treasurer shall credit to the trust fund all amounts received for this

purpose and any amounts received under KRS 141.440.

(3) The State Treasurer shall invest trust fund money in the same manner as surplus

funds are invested. Earnings shall be credited to the trust fund.

(4) Until the total amount of assets in the trust fund exceeds twenty million dollars

($20,000,000), not more than one-half of the money contributed to the trust fund

each year, plus the earnings credited to the trust fund during the previous fiscal year,

and the money earned by the sale of child victims' trust fund license plates pursuant

to KRS Chapter 186, shall be available for disbursement upon the authorization of

the state board as provided in KRS 15.935. After such time that the State Treasurer

certifies that the assets in the trust fund exceed twenty million dollars

($20,000,000), only the earnings credited to the trust fund shall be available for

disbursement upon the authorization of the state board as provided in KRS 15.935.

(5) Funds granted or funds received as gifts or donations to the child victims' trust fund

shall be available for disbursement upon appropriation by the General Assembly,

and funds authorized for expenditure shall not be considered assets for purposes of

subsection (4) of this section.
KRS § 365.720 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 365 / Section 365.720
365.720 Definitions for KRS 365.720 to 365.730
Status: in_force

365.720 Definitions for KRS 365.720 to 365.730.

As used in KRS 365.720 to 365.730, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability

company, association, or other entity, however organized and whether or not

organized to operate at a profit. "Business" shall not mean a bank as defined in 12

U.S.C. sec. 1813(a) or Subtitles 1, 2, and 3 of KRS Chapter 286, a credit union as

defined in 12 U.S.C. sec. 1752 or Subtitle 6 of KRS Chapter 286, a savings

association as defined in 12 U.S.C. sec. 1813(b), or an association as defined in

Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 286. The term includes an entity that destroys records;

(2) "Customer" means an individual who provides personal information to a business

for the purpose of purchasing or leasing a product or obtaining a service for

business;

(3) "Individual" means a natural person;

(4) "Personally identifiable information" means data capable of being associated with a

particular customer through one (1) or more identifiers, including but not limited to

a customer's name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, fingerprints,

photographs or computerized image, Social Security number, passport number,

driver identification number, personal identification card number or code, date of

birth, medical information, financial information, tax information, and disability

information; and

(5) "Records" means any material, regardless of the physical form, on which

information is recorded or preserved by any means, including in written or spoken

words, graphically depicted, printed, or electromagnetically transmitted.
KRS § 95.8641 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.8641
95.8641 Applicability of benefits
Status: in_force

95.8641 Applicability of benefits.

The provisions of KRS 95.860 to 95.864, as amended by 1980 Acts Chapter 367, relating

to maximum benefits from a combination of disability or survivor benefits and workers'

compensation benefits, or reduction of disability or survivor benefits because of benefits

paid pursuant to workers' compensation laws, shall be retroactive to June 21, 1974, and

shall supersede Sections 3.(4), 4.(4), 5. and 6.(3) of 1974 Acts Chapter 396 as they relate

to reduction of disability or survivor benefits because of benefits paid pursuant to

workers' compensation laws.
KRS § 81A.400 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 81A / Section 81A.400
81A.400 Powers of cities to annex or reduce boundaries
Status: in_force

81A.400 Powers of cities to annex or reduce boundaries.

The boundaries of any city other than a city of the first class shall remain as established

by law until changed as provided in KRS 81A.410 to 81A.470 or KRS 81.500. The

legislative body of any city other than a city of the first class may annex any

unincorporated territory pursuant to KRS 81A.420, or reduce the boundaries of the city

under the provisions of KRS 81A.440. A city may merge with a contiguous city pursuant

to KRS 81.410 to 81.440, or there may be the transfer of incorporated territory between

two (2) cities pursuant to KRS 81.500.
KRS § 164.810 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.810
164.810 Definitions for KRS 164.810 to 164.870
Status: in_force

164.810 Definitions for KRS 164.810 to 164.870.

(1) As used in KRS 164.810 to 164.870, the following terms shall have, unless the

context shall otherwise indicate, the following meanings:

(a) "University of Louisville" means the university which is situated in a city of

the first class, and which has heretofore constituted a municipal university

within the meaning and application of KRS 165.010 et seq.;

(b) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky.

(2) Consistent with the provisions of KRS 164.026 and Chapter 239 of the 1968

Kentucky Acts, the University of Louisville shall be maintained as a state institution

effective July 1, 1970, subject to its qualification to receive the benefits of such

status in the manner set forth in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) The University of Louisville, having been chartered by Chapter 137, Acts of 1845-

6, approved February 7, 1846, effective in accordance with its terms on March 15,

1846; having become subject to the laws of the Commonwealth generally applicable

to corporations of the same category according to the import of subsection

seventeen of Section 59 of the present Constitution of the Commonwealth; and

having duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State its acceptance of the present

Constitution of the Commonwealth in accordance with Section 190 thereof; may

qualify to receive the benefits of its status as a state institution, as provided in KRS

164.810 to 164.870, by action of its board of trustees in adopting and causing to be

filed for public record such proceedings as are required by law, amending its charter

or articles of incorporation in such manner as to conform to the provisions of KRS

164.810 to 164.870.
KRS § 139.5313 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 139 / Section 139.5313
139.5313 Application of taxes to mortuary industry
Status: in_force

139.5313 Application of taxes to mortuary industry.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, morticians, undertakers, and funeral

directors are consumers of all items including caskets and vaults, which they use or

consume in the performance of their services and the taxes imposed by this chapter apply

at the time of the sale to the mortician, undertaker, or funeral director.
KRS § 342.1227 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.1227
342.1227 Loan or transfer of funds of funding commission prohibited
Status: in_force

342.1227 Loan or transfer of funds of funding commission prohibited.

Except as provided in KRS 342.829, funds which are under the jurisdiction of the

commission shall not:

(1) Be loaned to the Commonwealth or any instrumentality or agency thereof;

(2) Be subject to transfer to the Commonwealth or any agency or instrumentality

thereof, except for purposes specifically authorized by this chapter;

(3) Be expended for any other purpose than one authorized by this chapter.
KRS § 68.530 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 68 / Section 68.530
68.530 Fiscal court resolution and order designating submission of proposals to voters -- Election -- Framing of questions
Status: in_force

68.530 Fiscal court resolution and order designating submission of proposals to

voters -- Election -- Framing of questions.

(1) In the event the fiscal court of any county determines that the public interest

requires the establishment of one or more public service programs and that existing

county revenues are inadequate to reasonably provide for such programs, the fiscal

court may by resolution and order determine that one or more questions for the

establishment of any such public service program shall be submitted to the

electorate of such county. Such resolution and order shall designate with specificity

each public service program to be submitted, together with the proposed source of

funding therefor, which shall be either an ad valorem tax levy of a certain maximum

number of cents per each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation subject

to constitutional limits, or an occupational license tax subject to the limitations of

KRS 68.520 to 68.550.

(2) The fiscal court shall, following adoption of the resolution and order identified in

subsection (1) of this section, cause to be prepared a question for submission to the

voters of the county at an election held pursuant to notice as prescribed in KRS

424.130. Said election shall be held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled

November election, as provided by law. The question as it will appear on the ballot

shall be filed with the county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August

preceding the regular election. The question shall be so framed that any voter who

wishes to vote for the public service program or any individual public service

program if there be more than one, may signify his approval by voting "Yes," and

any voter who wishes to vote against the public service program or any individual

public service program so submitted may do so by voting "No."
KRS § 311.907 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.907
311.907 Temporary licenses -- Cancellation of temporary licenses
Status: in_force

311.907 Temporary licenses -- Cancellation of temporary licenses.

(1) If the executive director of the board, based upon verified information contained in

the application, determines that an applicant is eligible for licensure as an athletic

trainer under this section, the executive director may issue to the applicant, on

behalf of the board, a temporary license. The temporary license shall be

nonrenewable and shall entitle the holder to practice as an athletic trainer for a

maximum of six (6) months from the date of issuance, unless the temporary license

is canceled by the executive director. The executive director may cancel the

temporary license:

(a) At any time, without a hearing, for reasons deemed sufficient after appropriate

consultation with the president of the board;

(b) Immediately, upon direction by the board; or

(c) Upon the board's denial of the holder's application for a regular license.

(2) The executive director shall present to the board the application for licensure made

by the holder of the temporary license. If the board issues a regular license to the

holder of a temporary license, the fee paid in connection with the temporary license

shall be applied to the regular license fee.

(3) If the executive director cancels a temporary license, he or she shall promptly

notify, by United States certified mail, the holder of the temporary license at the last

known address on file with the board. The temporary license shall be terminated

and of no further force or effect three (3) days after the date the notice was sent by

certified mail.