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KRS § 645.210 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 645 / Section 645.210
645.210 Contesting of intent to leave
Status: in_force

645.210 Contesting of intent to leave.

(1) After a notice of contest has been received, the hospital may continue the

hospitalization on an involuntary basis until a hearing has been held and the court

orders otherwise. In no case may the child be held more than fifteen (15) days

beyond the filing of the notice of contest, unless a certification hearing has been

held within seven (7) days of the filing of the notice of contest.

(2) A hearing to determine the necessity for continued hospitalization shall be held

within seven (7) days of the court's receipt of the notice of the contest. If the court

concludes that the child does not meet the criteria set out in KRS 645.090, the court

may order the child discharged or may enter an emergency custody order for

purposes of proceeding under other provisions of KRS Chapter 600 to 645 to secure

proper care for the child. The cabinet may place the child in a clinical treatment

facility, mental health group home or mental health care program.
KRS § 342.465 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.465
342.465 Persons not to act for unauthorized insurance company nor to make false statement or return
Status: in_force

342.465 Persons not to act for unauthorized insurance company nor to make false

statement or return.

No person shall act or assume to act in this state as agent for any such insurance carrier

whose authority to do business in this state has been suspended, while such suspension

remains in force. No person shall willfully make a false or fraudulent statement of the

business or condition of or false return concerning any such insurance carrier.
KRS § 514.110 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 514 / Section 514.110
514.110 Receiving stolen property
Status: in_force

514.110 Receiving stolen property.

(1) A person is guilty of receiving stolen property when he or she receives, retains, or

disposes of movable property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or having

reason to believe that it has been stolen, unless the property is received, retained, or

disposed of with intent to restore it to the owner.

(2) The possession by any person of any recently stolen movable property shall be

prima facie evidence that such person knew such property was stolen.

(3) Receiving stolen property is a Class B misdemeanor unless:

(a) The value of the property is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than

one thousand dollars ($1,000), in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor;

(b) The value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more but less

than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in which case it is a Class D felony;

(c) A person has three (3) or more convictions under paragraph (a) of this

subsection within the last five (5) years, in which case it is a Class D felony.

The five (5) year period shall be measured from the dates on which the

offenses occurred for which the judgments of conviction were entered;

(d) The value of the property is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, in which

case it is a Class C felony;

(e) The property is a firearm, regardless of the value of the firearm, in which case

it is a Class D felony;

(f) The property is anhydrous ammonia, regardless of the value of the ammonia,

in which case it is a Class D felony unless it is proven that the person violated

this section with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of

KRS 218A.1432, in which case it is a Class B felony for the first offense and a

Class A felony for each subsequent offense; or

(g) The offense occurs during a declared emergency as defined by KRS 39A.020

arising from a natural or man-made disaster, within the area covered by the

emergency declaration, and within the area impacted by the disaster, in which

case the person shall be charged one (1) level higher than the level otherwise

specified in this subsection.

(4) If any person commits two (2) or more separate offenses of receiving stolen

property within ninety (90) days, the offenses may be combined and treated as a

single offense, and the value of the property in each offense may be aggregated for

the purpose of determining the appropriate charge.
KRS § 61.525 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.525
61.525 Membership
Status: in_force

61.525 Membership.

Membership in the system shall consist of the following:

(1) All persons who become employees of a participating department after the date

such department first participates in the system;

(2) All persons who are employees of a department on the date the department first

participates in the system, either in service or on authorized leave from service, and

who elect within thirty (30) days following the department's participation, or in the

case of persons on authorized leave, within thirty (30) days of their return to active

service, to become members and thereby agree to make contributions as provided in

KRS 61.515 to 61.705;

(3) All persons who are employees of any credit union whose membership was initially

limited to employees of state government and their families and which subsequently

may have been extended to local government employees and their families;

(4) All persons who were professional staff employees of the Council on Postsecondary

Education or the Higher Education Assistance Authority and were contributing to

the system on the effective date of Executive Order 74-762 or 75-964, respectively,

and file a written election of their desire to continue in the system and all

administrative and professional staff employees of the Higher Education Assistance

Authority who, on or after January 1, 1993, are not participating in another

retirement plan sponsored by the Higher Education Assistance Authority;

(5) All persons who were professional staff employees of the Kentucky Authority for

Educational Television on and after July 1, 1974;

(6) All persons who are employees of the Teachers' Retirement System except

employees who are required to participate under the Teachers' Retirement System

under KRS 161.220(4)(d);

(7) Membership in the system shall not include persons who are not eligible to

participate in the system as provided by KRS 61.522 or those employees who are

simultaneously participating in another state-administered defined benefit plan

within Kentucky other than those administered by the Kentucky Retirement

Systems, except for employees who have ceased to contribute to one (1) of the

state-administered retirement plans as provided in KRS 21.360; and

(8) Effective January 1, 1998, employees of the Kentucky Community and Technical

College System who were previously contributing members and are not required to

participate in the Teachers' Retirement System as a member; employees who were

previously contributing members transferred from the former Cabinet for

Workforce Development as provided in KRS 164.5805(1)(a) and who have not

exercised the option to participate in the new Kentucky Community and Technical

College personnel system as provided in KRS 164.5805(1)(e); and new employees

as of July 1, 1997, who are not eligible under the Teachers' Retirement System or

who are not contributing to an optional retirement plan established by the board of

regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
KRS § 391.225 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 391 / Section 391.225
391.225 Perfection of title of surviving spouse
Status: in_force

391.225 Perfection of title of surviving spouse.

If the title to any property to which KRS 391.210 to 391.260 applies was held by the

decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order

of the probate court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the

heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the probate court. Neither the

personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered

has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is

property to which KRS 391.210 to 391.260 applies, unless a written demand is made by

the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest.
KRS § 78.200 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 78 / Section 78.200
78.200 Omitted, 1948
Status: in_force

78.200 Omitted, 1948.

Catchline at time of omission: Qualifications of applicants; political activity.
KRS § 371.100 — KY Code / Title XXX / Chapter 371 / Section 371.100
371.100 Contract for sale of standing timber to be written
Status: in_force

371.100 Contract for sale of standing timber to be written.

No contract for the sale of standing trees or standing timber shall be enforceable by action

unless the contract or some memorandum thereof is in writing, signed by the person to be

charged or by his duly authorized agent.
KRS § 160.105 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.105
160.105 Fire and extended insurance coverage -- Primary liability insurance coverage
Status: in_force

160.105 Fire and extended insurance coverage -- Primary liability insurance

coverage.

The Kentucky Board of Education shall by regulation require each school district to:

(1) Provide for fire and extended insurance coverage on each building owned by the

board which is not surplus to its needs as shown by the approved facilities plan. The

requirement for such coverage shall not exceed replacement cost and shall allow for

the features of coinsurance and deductibles; and

(2) Provide each certified employee of the district with primary liability insurance

coverage for an amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the

protection of the employee from liability arising in the course and scope of pursuing

the duties of employment.
KRS § 278.2211 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.2211
278.2211 Remedies for noncompliance utility and affiliate -- Access to records -- Disallowance of costs -- Audit
Status: in_force

278.2211 Remedies for noncompliance utility and affiliate -- Access to records --

Disallowance of costs -- Audit.

(1) If the commission finds that a utility has not complied with any provision of this

chapter for any transaction between a utility and its affiliate, or if a utility has failed

to provide sufficient evidence of its compliance, then the commission may:

(a) Access the books and records of a utility's nonregulated affiliate; and

(b) Order that the costs attached to any transactions be disallowed from rates.

(2) If, after inspecting an affiliate's books and records, the commission finds that a

utility has not complied with any provision of KRS 278.010 to 278.450, the

commission may perform a financial audit of the utility's affiliate to the extent

necessary to ensure compliance with KRS 278.010 to 278.450.
KRS § 100.133 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.133
100.133 Planning commission -- Members, appointment -- Qualifications
Status: in_force

100.133 Planning commission -- Members, appointment -- Qualifications.

(1) Before a planning unit may engage in planning operations, a planning commission

shall be appointed for the unit in conformance with an adopted agreement.

(2) A planning commission shall consist of at least five (5), but not more than twenty

(20) members.

(3) The Governor shall have the privilege of appointing a member to the commission to

which the capital city belongs in addition to the number of members specified for

that planning commission.

(4) Where extraterritorial jurisdiction is exercised for subdivision regulations or other

regulations, the county judge/executive of each affected county may appoint a

member to the planning commission of the planning unit exercising such

jurisdiction in addition to the number of members specified for that planning

commission.

(5) At least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of every planning commission shall be

citizen members.

(6) A regional planning commission shall include at least one (1) citizen member from

each joint planning unit who is also a member of the joint planning commission.

(7) If one (1) city only joins with one (1) county, then each shall have equal

representation.

(8) Except as provided in KRS 100.137, at least one (1) of the county representatives of

the planning commission of a joint planning unit containing a county with an

unincorporated area population exceeding one thousand (1,000) persons shall be a

resident of the unincorporated area of that county.

(9) Whenever this chapter requires a city without its consent to belong to a joint

planning unit, then KRS 100.137 shall apply.
KRS § 160.617 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.617
160.617 Utility rate increase
Status: in_force

160.617 Utility rate increase.

Notwithstanding KRS 278.040(2), or any other provision to the contrary, any utility,

cable service provider, or satellite broadcast and wireless cable service provider required

to pay the tax authorized by KRS 160.613 or 160.614 may increase its rates in any school

district in which it is required to pay the school tax by the amount of the school tax

imposed, up to three percent (3%). Any utility, cable service provider, or satellite

broadcast and wireless cable service provider so increasing its rates shall separately state

on the bills sent to its customers the amount of the increase and shall identify the amount

as: "Rate increase for school tax."
KRS § 209.170 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 209 / Section 209.170
209.170 Staffing requirements
Status: in_force

209.170 Staffing requirements.

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide for sufficient social worker

staff to implement the provisions of this chapter. This staff shall obtain the training

provided under KRS 194A.545.
KRS § 67.230 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.230
67.230 General election laws to apply
Status: in_force

67.230 General election laws to apply.

It shall be the duty of the officers of said election in each voting precinct to hold said

election the same hours they are by law required to hold election for county officers and

said election shall be held and conducted in all respects under the general election laws

obtaining in this Commonwealth at the time of the election.
KRS § 171.786 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.786
171.786 Meaning of military heritage designation -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

171.786 Meaning of military heritage designation -- Administrative regulations.

(1) Designation of an historic geographic site as a military heritage site means that the

site cannot be destroyed, removed, or significantly altered, other than for repair or

renovation without the written consent of the commission.

(2) Designation of an object as a military heritage object means that the object cannot

be destroyed, removed, sold, or significantly altered, other than for repair or

renovation or temporary loan not exceeding one (1) year without the written consent

of the commission.

(3) The commission shall promulgate administrative regulations defining permitted and

forbidden activities relating to military heritage sites and military heritage objects

and which activity requires either written permission of the commission or action by

the commission to rescind the designation of the site as a military heritage site or

rescind the designation of the object as a military heritage object.
KRS § 516.110 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 516 / Section 516.110
516.110 Criminal simulation in the second degree
Status: in_force

516.110 Criminal simulation in the second degree.

(1) A person is guilty of criminal simulation in the second degree when, with intent to

defraud, he or she:

(a) Makes or alters any object in such manner that it appears to have an antiquity,

rarity, source, or authorship which it does not in fact possess;

(b) Uses any product to alter the results of a test designed to detect the presence of

alcohol or a controlled substance in that person; or

(c) Possesses an object so simulated with knowledge of its character.

(2) Criminal simulation in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
KRS § 452.455 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.455
452.455 Where action against common carrier upon contract to carry property or for tort must be brought
Status: in_force

452.455 Where action against common carrier upon contract to carry property or

for tort must be brought.

Excepting the actions mentioned in KRS 452.465, an action against a common carrier,

whether a corporation or not, upon a contract to carry property, must be brought in the

county in which the defendant, or either of several defendants, resides; or in which the

contract is made; or in which the carrier agrees to deliver the property. An action against

such carrier for an injury to a passenger, or to other person or his property, must be

brought in the county in which the defendant, or either of several defendants, resides; or

in which the plaintiff or his property is injured; or in which he resides, if he resides in a

county into which the carrier passes; provided, if the action be brought by a personal

representative, the residence of the decedent, and not that of the personal representative

shall control.
KRS § 12.515 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 12 / Section 12.515
12.515 Agency liaisons -- Duties
Status: in_force

12.515 Agency liaisons -- Duties.

(1) The following agencies shall designate a liaison to the Office for Faith-Based

and Community Nonprofit Social Services:

(a) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(b) The Department of Workforce Development;

(c) The Department of Agriculture;

(d) The Kentucky Housing Corporation;

(e) The Education and Labor Cabinet; and

(f) The Economic Development Cabinet.

(2) Each agency identified in subsection (1) of this section shall, in cooperation

and coordination with the Office for Faith-Based and Community Nonprofit

Social Services:

(a) Review and evaluate existing policies that affect government funding

opportunities for faith-based and nonprofit community organizations and

report to the office, within ninety (90) days of June 20, 2005, actions

necessary to implement KRS 12.510; and

(b) Amend existing policies and administrative regulations or implement new

policies or administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter

13A consistent with the principles established in KRS 12.500 to 12.520.
KRS § 334.020 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 334 / Section 334.020
334.020 Requirement of license or permit
Status: in_force

334.020 Requirement of license or permit.

No person shall engage in the sale or practice of fitting hearing instruments or display a

sign or in any other way advertise or represent himself or herself as a person who

practices the sale or fitting of hearing instruments unless he or she holds:

(1) An unsuspended, unrevoked license issued by the board pursuant to KRS 334.080;

(2) A current, unsuspended, unrevoked apprentice permit pursuant to KRS 334.090.

The license or permit shall be conspicuously posted in each office or place of

business; or

(3) A license to practice as an audiologist issued by the Kentucky Board of Speech-

Language Pathology and Audiology pursuant to KRS Chapter 334A.
KRS § 186.860 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.860
186.860 Authorization to develop and join the Nonresident Violator Compact
Status: in_force

186.860 Authorization to develop and join the Nonresident Violator Compact.

The secretary of the Transportation Cabinet, the commissioner of the Department of

Vehicle Regulation, or a duly authorized agent, is hereby authorized and directed to

negotiate with other states for the purpose of developing and joining the "Nonresident

Violator Compact." The department may promulgate regulations concerning the

administration of such compact and shall prescribe the penalties and procedures for the

required compliance.
KRS § 262.793 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 262 / Section 262.793
262.793 Transfer of assets and funds of district on discontinuance to soil and water conservation district -- Proration, when -- Collection of revenue for maintenance
Status: in_force

262.793 Transfer of assets and funds of district on discontinuance to soil and water

conservation district -- Proration, when -- Collection of revenue for

maintenance.

(1) Where a watershed conservancy district board has been discontinued as provided in

KRS 262.789, any funds or assets of the district shall be transferred to the soil and

water conservation district where the watershed conservancy district lies to be used

solely for the same purposes as they were used prior to the discontinuance and only

within the boundaries of the watershed conservancy district from which the tax was

collected. In the event that the area of the discontinued watershed conservancy

district encompassed two (2) or more soil and water conservation districts, any

funds or assets to be handed over shall be prorated among the soil and water

conservation districts according to the percentage of revenue contributed by the

landowners within each such soil and water conservation district.

(2) Where a watershed conservancy district board is discontinued, the board or boards

of the soil and water conservation district or districts to which its funds are

transferred shall have the authority to collect revenue from within the boundaries of

and in the same manner as the discontinued watershed conservancy district,

including making periodic adjustments to the revenue amounts collected. The funds

collected shall be expended by the board or boards of the soil and water

conservation district or districts for the maintenance of works of improvement done

by the discontinued watershed conservancy district board, even if the works of

improvement are located outside of the soil and water conservation district

collecting the revenue, and for no other purpose.
KRS § 311.824 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.824
311.824 Additional remedies for failure to comply with KRS 311.823
Status: in_force

311.824 Additional remedies for failure to comply with KRS 311.823.

In addition to whatever remedies are available under the laws of this

Commonwealth, failure to comply with the requirements of KRS 311.823 shall:

(1) Provide a basis for a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages. Any

conviction under KRS 311.823 shall be admissible in a civil suit as prima facie

evidence of a failure to provide medically appropriate and reasonable medical

care and treatment to a born-alive infant. Any civil action may be based on a

claim that the death of or injury to the born-alive infant was a result of simple

negligence, gross negligence, wantonness, willfulness, intentional conduct, or

another violation of the legal standard of care;

(2) Provide a basis for professional disciplinary action for the suspension or

revocation of the license of a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice

registered nurse, nurse, or pharmacist. A conviction of any physician, physician

assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, nurse, or pharmacist for failure

to comply with KRS 311.823(2) shall result in the automatic suspension of his

or her license for a period of at least one (1) year and the license shall be

reinstated after that time only under such conditions as the licensing body shall

require to ensure compliance with KRS 311.823; and

(3) Provide a basis for recovery for the parent of the infant, or the parent or

guardian of the mother if the mother is a minor, for the wrongful death of the

infant, whether or not the infant was viable at the time the attempted abortion

was performed.