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KRS § 44.045 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 44 / Section 44.045
44.045 Motor vehicles, purchase for state use -- License plates -- Markings and administrative regulations
Status: in_force

44.045 Motor vehicles, purchase for state use -- License plates -- Markings and

administrative regulations.

(1) A passenger motor vehicle or vehicles may be purchased by the Finance and

Administration Cabinet for the use of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor.

(2) Motor vehicles, including passenger motor vehicles, may be purchased by the

Finance and Administration Cabinet as are deemed necessary by the secretary of the

Finance and Administration Cabinet or by the secretary of the Transportation

Cabinet for the discharge of the authorized duties and functions of the various

agencies of the state. The vehicles shall be used for official purposes only and for no

other purposes. The assignment of passenger motor vehicles to specific individuals

shall be discouraged but may be made upon approval by the secretary of the Finance

and Administration Cabinet of a written request to make the assignment by the head

of the agency involved.

(3) All motor vehicles purchased pursuant to this section shall be issued official license

plates and shall bear on one (1) door on each side the great seal of the

Commonwealth, and the words "For official use only." It shall not be necessary that

the vehicles purchased pursuant to subsections (1), (4), and (5) of this section bear

the seal and the words.

(4) The Department of Revenue, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the Department

of Law may, upon approval by the secretary of the Finance and Administration

Cabinet of a written request by the head of the agency involved, register a vehicle or

vehicles under KRS 186.020 and be issued regular license plates. The vehicles shall

be used for investigatory purposes only and for no other purposes.

(5) The Administrative Office of the Courts may register a vehicle or vehicles used by

Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals under KRS 186.020

and be issued regular license plates.

(6) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet may adopt administrative

regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A necessary to govern the use of those

state-owned vehicles acquired pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(7) Any person violating subsections (2) and (4) of this section shall, on conviction

thereof, be subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 44.990.
KRS § 529.120 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 529 / Section 529.120
529.120 Treatment of minor suspected of prostitution offense
Status: in_force

529.120 Treatment of minor suspected of prostitution offense.

(1) Notwithstanding KRS 529.020 or 529.080, if it is determined after a reasonable

period of custody for investigative purposes, that the person suspected of

prostitution or loitering for prostitution is under the age of eighteen (18), then the

minor shall not be prosecuted for an offense under KRS 529.020 or 529.080.

(2) A law enforcement officer who takes a minor into custody under subsection (1) of

this section shall immediately make a report to the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services pursuant to KRS 620.030. Pursuant to KRS 620.040, the officer may take

the minor into protective custody.

(3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall commence an investigation into

child dependency, neglect, or abuse pursuant to KRS 620.029.
KRS § 402.105 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 402 / Section 402.105
402.105 Marriage license valid for thirty days
Status: in_force

402.105 Marriage license valid for thirty days.

A marriage license shall be valid for thirty (30) days, including the date it is issued, and

after that time it shall be invalid.
KRS § 198B.135 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198B / Section 198B.135
198B.135 Presumption regarding defectiveness of building design, construction, materials, or supplies where injury, death, or damage occurs more than five years after completion or incorporation
Status: in_force

198B.135 Presumption regarding defectiveness of building design, construction,

materials, or supplies where injury, death, or damage occurs more than five

years after completion or incorporation.

In any action alleging defective building design, construction, materials, or supplies

where the injury, death, or property damage occurs more than five (5) years after the date

of completion of construction or incorporation of materials or supplies into the building,

there shall be a presumption that the building was not defective in design, construction,

materials, or supplies. This presumption may be overcome by a preponderance of the

evidence to the contrary.
KRS § 56.8173 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 56 / Section 56.8173
56.8173 Firm not to be considered when committee member or family member employed by or has interest in that firm
Status: in_force

56.8173 Firm not to be considered when committee member or family member

employed by or has interest in that firm.

(1) A selection committee shall not consider a firm for a built-to-suit lease when a

member of the committee, his spouse, either of his parents, or any of his children is

employed by that firm, or has a financial interest in that firm.

(2) For a period of one (1) year after a person ends his service on a selection committee,

the Commonwealth shall not consider a firm for a built-to-suit lease when the

person, his spouse, either of his parents, or any of his children is employed by that

firm or has a financial interest in that firm.
KRS § 13A.341 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.341
13A.341 Unenforceability of 702 KAR 1:195E, Face Coverings in School Facilities, after September 9, 2021
Status: in_force

13A.341 Unenforceability of 702 KAR 1:195E, Face Coverings in School Facilities,

after September 9, 2021.

(1) The General Assembly finds that 702 KAR 1:195E, Face Coverings in School Facilities,

was found deficient but remained effective notwithstanding the finding of deficiency

pursuant to KRS 13A.330, on or after August 17, 2021, and before September 9, 2021,

as evidenced by records of the Legislative Research Commission.

(2) Contrary provisions of any section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes notwithstanding, the

administrative regulation referenced in subsection (1) of this section shall be null, void, and

unenforceable five (5) working days from September 9, 2021.

(3) Contrary provisions of any section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes notwithstanding, the

administrative body shall be prohibited from promulgating an administrative regulation that

is identical to, or substantially the same as, the administrative regulation referenced in

subsection (1) of this section for a period beginning on September 9, 2021, and

concluding on June 1, 2023.

(4) The administrative regulation referenced in subsection (1) of this section shall be available

to the public, in the office of the Legislative Research Commission's regulations compiler.
KRS § 16.060 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 16 / Section 16.060
16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers
Status: in_force

16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers.

It shall be the duty of the commissioner, each officer of the department, and each

individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class to detect and prevent crime,

apprehend criminals, maintain law and order throughout the state, to collect, classify and

maintain information useful for the detection of crime and the identification,

apprehension and conviction of criminals and to enforce the criminal, as well as the

motor vehicle and traffic laws of the Commonwealth. To this end the commissioner, each

officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R

Class is individually vested with the powers of a peace officer and shall have in all parts

of the state the same powers with respect to criminal matters and enforcement of the laws

relating thereto as sheriffs, constables granted peace officer powers and police officers in

their respective jurisdictions, and shall possess all the immunities and matters of defense

now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs, constables granted peace officer

powers and police officers in any suit brought against them in consequence of acts done

in the course of their employment. Any warrant of arrest may be executed by the

commissioner, any officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper

R Class or CVE R Class.
KRS § 162.055 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.055
162.055 Use of school property by public for recreational, sporting, academic, literary, artistic, or community uses -- Limited civil immunity
Status: in_force

162.055 Use of school property by public for recreational, sporting, academic,

literary, artistic, or community uses -- Limited civil immunity.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Nonschool hours" refers to those times occurring during the school week

which precede or follow regular classroom instruction and also includes

weekends, holidays, and vacation breaks;

(b) "Public members of the community" includes, in addition to ordinary

community members, both students who are not involved in a school-

sanctioned curricular or extracurricular activity during nonschool hours and

school staff when not working as employees of the school;

(c) "Recreation" includes any indoor or outdoor game or physical activity, either

organized or unorganized, undertaken for exercise or sport;

(d) "School property" includes all indoor or outdoor school structures, facilities,

and land, whether owned, rented, or leased by the school or school district;

and

(e) "Sport" means an activity requiring physical exertion and skill, and which by

its nature and organization is competitive, includes a set of rules, and is

generally accepted in the community as a sport.

(2) A local school board may authorize the use of school property by public members

of the community during nonschool hours for the purpose of recreation, sport,

academic, literary, artistic, or community uses pursuant to policies adopted by the

local school board.

(3) A school district and its board members, officers, and employees shall retain the

same immunities for any claim for loss or injury arising from use of indoor or

outdoor school property or facilities during nonschool hours allowed under this

section as would otherwise apply or be available had the use occurred during school

hours or for school-related activities.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

(a) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to persons or property;

(b) Relieve any person using the school property for recreation from any

obligation which he or she may have in the absence of this section to exercise

care in his or her use of the school property and his or her activities thereon, or

from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care;

(c) Ripen into a claim for adverse possession, absent a claim of title or legal right;

or

(d) Limit the liability protections available under KRS 411.190 or other law.
KRS § 91.481 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91 / Section 91.481
91.481 Definitions for KRS 91.484 to 91.527 and 92.810
Status: in_force

91.481 Definitions for KRS 91.484 to 91.527 and 92.810.

As used in KRS 91.484 to 91.527 and 92.810, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Collector" means any city of the first class or any city which has adopted the

provisions of KRS 65.8834;

(2) "Land taxes" mean general taxes on real property and include the taxes both on land

and improvements thereon;

(3) "Master commissioner" or "circuit clerk" means the master commissioner and the

circuit clerk of the judicial district in which any collector is located;

(4) "Tax bill" means the statement of the land taxes and the lien thereon, levied and

assessed by any taxing authority; and

(5) "Tax lien" means the lien of any tax bill established pursuant to KRS 91.560.
KRS § 165A.990 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 165A / Section 165A.990
165A.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

165A.990 Penalties.

(1) Any person, company, firm, corporation, association, society, or partnership, or any

officer or employee thereof, who shall violate the provisions of KRS 165A.310 to

165A.410 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished

by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the

county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Each day's failure to comply with the provisions of KRS 165A.310 to 165A.410

shall be a separate violation.

(2) No note, negotiable instrument, or contract relating to payment for a course or

courses of instruction shall be enforceable by any proprietary school in the courts of

this state, unless said proprietary school and its agents shall have complied with the

provisions of KRS 165A.310 to 165A.410.
KRS § 386.590 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 386 / Section 386.590
386.590 Investment adviser's contract
Status: in_force

386.590 Investment adviser's contract.

No person shall serve or act as investment adviser of a fiduciary investment company

except pursuant to a written contract, which contract has been approved by the vote of a

majority of the outstanding voting securities of such fiduciary investment company and:

(1) Precisely describes all compensation to be paid thereunder;

(2) Shall continue in effect for a period more than two (2) years from the date of its

execution, only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least

annually by the board of directors or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting

securities of such company;

(3) Provides, in substance, that it may be terminated at any time, without the payment

of any penalty, by the board of directors of such company or by vote of a majority of

the outstanding voting securities of such company on not more than 60 days' written

notice to the investment adviser; and

(4) Provides, in substance, for its automatic termination in the event of its assignment

by the investment adviser.
KRS § 15.630 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.630
15.630 Injunctive relief against inspecting agency
Status: in_force

15.630 Injunctive relief against inspecting agency.

(1) If any inspecting agency conducts or threatens to conduct an inspection, or employs

or threatens to employ a standard, in violation of KRS 15.605 to 15.635, the

Attorney General, on his own initiative or upon a sworn complaint with good cause

shown by any person aggrieved by the alleged violation, shall apply to the Franklin

Circuit Court or to the Circuit Court of the county in which the alleged violation

occurred or is likely to occur for injunctive relief against the inspecting agency.

(2) Any person aggrieved by an inspection conducted or about to be conducted, or by

the employment of or threat to employ a standard, in violation of KRS 15.605 to

15.635, may file a sworn complaint with the Attorney General or may apply to the

Franklin Circuit Court or the Circuit Court of the county in which the alleged

violation occurred or is likely to occur for injunctive relief against the inspecting

agency.
KRS § 38.130 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.130
38.130 Discharge of officer for unfitness for service
Status: in_force

38.130 Discharge of officer for unfitness for service.

The Governor may order any commissioned officer before an efficiency board consisting

of three (3) officers senior in rank to the officer whose fitness for service is under

examination. The board shall have the powers of courts of inquiry and courts-martial to

subpoena witnesses and produce testimony and shall inquire into the moral character,

capacity and general fitness of the commissioned officer. The board shall make a record

of all proceedings. If the findings of the board are unfavorable to the officer and are

approved by the Governor, he shall be discharged from the service. No officer shall

participate in the examination or decision of the board in any case in which the decision

would affect his own grade or promotion. Failure to appear when ordered before a board

constituted under this section shall be sufficient grounds for a finding of the board that

the officer ordered to appear be discharged.
KRS § 508.075 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 508 / Section 508.075
508.075 Terroristic threatening in the first degree
Status: in_force

508.075 Terroristic threatening in the first degree.

(1) A person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the first degree when he or she:

(a) Intentionally makes false statements that he or she or another person has

placed a weapon of mass destruction on:

1. The real property or any building of any public or private elementary or

secondary school, vocational school, or institution of postsecondary

education;

2. A school bus or other vehicle owned, operated, or leased by a school;

3. The real property or any building public or private that is the site of an

official school-sanctioned function;

4. The real property or any building owned or leased by a government

agency;

5. The real property or any building owned or leased by a domestic

violence shelter as defined in KRS 511.085;

6. Any workplace; or

7. The real property or any building public or private that is the site of any

gathering of three (3) or more persons; or

(b) Intentionally and without lawful authority, places a counterfeit weapon of

mass destruction at any location or on any object specified in paragraph (a) of

this subsection.

(2) A counterfeit weapon of mass destruction is placed with lawful authority if it is

placed, with the written permission of the chief officer of the school or other

institution, as a part of an official training exercise and is placed by a public

servant, as defined in KRS 522.010.

(3) A person is not guilty of commission of an offense under this section if he or she,

innocently and believing the information to be true, communicates a threat made by

another person to school personnel, domestic violence shelter personnel, a peace

officer, a law enforcement agency, a public agency involved in emergency

response, or a public safety answering point and identifies the person from whom

the threat was communicated, if known.

(4) Terroristic threatening in the first degree is a Class C felony.
KRS § 236.005 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 236 / Section 236.005
236.005 Title
Status: in_force

236.005 Title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety

Act, and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall apply to all boilers and pressure

vessels.
KRS § 38.238 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.238
38.238 Employer required to grant employee leave to serve in National Guard
Status: in_force

38.238 Employer required to grant employee leave to serve in National Guard.

An employee shall be granted a leave of absence by his or her employer for the period

required to perform active duty or training in the National Guard of this or any other state.

Upon the employee's release from a period of active duty or training, the employee shall

be permitted to return to his or her former position of employment with the seniority,

status, pay or any other rights or benefits he or she would have had if he or she had not

been absent, except that no employer shall be required to grant an employee a leave of

absence with pay.
KRS § 142.317 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 142 / Section 142.317
142.317 Exemption from tax for charitable providers
Status: in_force

142.317 Exemption from tax for charitable providers.

Charitable providers as defined in KRS 142.301 shall be exempt from the taxes imposed

by KRS 142.303, 142.307, 142.309, 142.311, 142.314, 142.315, 142.316, 142.361, and

142.363, as well as the provisions of KRS 142.321, 142.333, 142.341, and 142.343 upon

providing proper certification to the department.
KRS § 198B.714 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198B / Section 198B.714
198B.714 Reciprocity for licensees of other states
Status: in_force

198B.714 Reciprocity for licensees of other states.

(1) The licensing requirements for a home inspector may be waived for a person

moving to Kentucky from another jurisdiction, and the person may be granted a

license as a home inspector if:

(a) The other jurisdiction grants the same privileges to licensees of Kentucky as

Kentucky grants to licensees of that other jurisdiction;

(b) The person is licensed in the other jurisdiction;

(c) The licensing requirements of the other jurisdiction are determined by the

board to be substantially similar to the requirements of KRS 198B.700 to

198B.738; and

(d) The person states that he or she has studied, is familiar with, and will abide by

KRS 198B.700 to 198B.738 and the administrative regulations promulgated

by the board.

(2) A person seeking a license as a home inspector under this section shall:

(a) Apply on a form prescribed and provided by the board; and

(b) Pay the applicable licensing fee established by the board.
KRS § 18A.138 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.138
18A.138 Affirmative action plan for state government
Status: in_force

18A.138 Affirmative action plan for state government.

(1) To ensure equal employment opportunity for all Kentuckians regardless of race,

color, religion, national origin, disability, sex, or age, the affirmative action plan

dated July 1, 1984, confirmed as part of Executive Order 84-549 continued in force

by Executive Order 88-100, and incorporated herein by reference, shall be the

official affirmative action plan for Kentucky state government. Copies of the plan,

as well as the plans developed by individual agencies pursuant to the state plan,

shall be maintained on file and made available for inspection in the Office of the

Secretary of Personnel.

(2) Every program cabinet, department, and agency of state government shall comply

with the provisions of the affirmative action plan.

(3) Equal employment opportunities shall be an integral part of each cabinet,

department, and agency program, and any program evaluation shall include an

assessment of equal opportunity performance.

(4) The secretary of personnel shall be responsible for the implementation of the plan.

In fulfilling his duties, he shall:

(a) Require all cabinets, departments, and agencies of state government to

develop programs consistent with the plan;

(b) Provide any technical assistance he may deem appropriate to accomplish the

purposes of the plan;

(c) Provide, through the Personnel Cabinet, an annual analysis to ensure that

persons protected by antidiscrimination laws are not adversely affected by

examination and selection procedures;

(d) Provide for validation of examination procedures;

(e) Provide for procedures to monitor appointments and salary adjustments to

ensure that standards are uniformly applied so as to prevent salary disparity;

(f) Report to the Governor semiannually on actions taken pursuant to the plan;

and

(g) Review the plan on an annual basis and recommend necessary changes in

consultation with the appropriate agencies.

(5) The secretary of personnel may also:

(a) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with this chapter and

KRS Chapter 13A to implement the affirmative action plan;

(b) Implement programs to ensure that reasonable accommodations exist for

persons with disabilities to allow them better access to all employment

opportunities in state government; and

(c) Appoint an affirmative action advisory committee to assist him in

implementation of the affirmative action plan.
KRS § 77.095 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 77 / Section 77.095
77.095 Employment of professional, technical or other advisers, experts and employees
Status: in_force

77.095 Employment of professional, technical or other advisers, experts and

employees.

The air pollution control board of any air pollution control district in the Commonwealth

may employ and remove at pleasure professional and technical advisers, experts, and

other employees, skilled or unskilled, as it deems requisite for the performance of its

duties.