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KRS § 344.400 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 344 / Section 344.400
344.400 Unlawful practices in connection with credit transactions -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

344.400 Unlawful practices in connection with credit transactions -- Exceptions.

(1) It shall be an unlawful practice for any person, whether acting for himself or

another, in connection with any credit transaction because of race, color, religion,

national origin or sex to:

(a) deny credit to any person;

(b) increase the charges or fees for or collateral required to secure any credit

extended to any person;

(c) restrict the amount or use of credit extended or impose different terms or

conditions with respect to the credit extended to any person or any item or

service related thereto;

(d) attempt to do any of the unlawful practices defined in this section.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any party to a credit transaction

from considering the credit history of any individual applicant.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any party to a credit transaction

from considering the application of Kentucky law on dower, curtesy, descent and

distribution to the particular case or from taking reasonable action thereon.
KRS § 452.400 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.400
452.400 Certain actions concerning realty to be brought in county where land is situated
Status: in_force

452.400 Certain actions concerning realty to be brought in county where land is

situated.

Actions must be brought in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part

thereof, is situated:

(1) For the recovery of real property, or of an estate or interest therein;

(2) For the partition of real property except as is provided in KRS 452.420;

(3) For the sale of real property under a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance or charge,

except for debts of a decedent;

(4) For an injury to real property.
KRS § 426.160 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 426 / Section 426.160
426.160 Personal property -- Time and place of sale -- Advertisement
Status: in_force

426.160 Personal property -- Time and place of sale -- Advertisement.

Personal property may be sold at or in the vicinity of the place of levy in ten days after the

levy. The time and place of sale and a description of the property shall be advertised, by

posting written or printed notices ten days preceding the sale at three of the most public

places in the vicinity of the place of sale, and by newspaper notice if required by KRS

426.560.
KRS § 417.180 — KY Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417 / Section 417.180
417.180 Judgment or decree on award
Status: in_force

417.180 Judgment or decree on award.

Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting, an award, judgment

or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment

or decree. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and

disbursements may be awarded by the court.
KRS § 215.580 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215 / Section 215.580
215.580 Legal representation of local health department in enforcement
Status: in_force

215.580 Legal representation of local health department in enforcement.

The city, county, and Commonwealth's attorneys and the Attorney General, within their

respective jurisdictions, shall represent the local health department in the enforcement of

the provisions of KRS 215.520 to 215.600. However, a local health department may

employ an attorney to represent it in proceedings under KRS 215.520 to 215.600 and pay

the attorney reasonable compensation for the attorney's services.
KRS § 275.005 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.005
275.005 Purpose of limited liability company
Status: in_force

275.005 Purpose of limited liability company.

A limited liability company may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purpose,

including the provision of one (1) or more professional services conducted in or outside

the Commonwealth. Except as otherwise provided in KRS 275.150, if the purpose for

which a limited liability company is organized or its activities make it subject to one (1)

or more special provisions of law, the limited liability company shall also comply with

those provisions.
KRS § 213.091 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 213 / Section 213.091
213.091 "Delayed" death certificate
Status: in_force

213.091 "Delayed" death certificate.

(1) If a death occurring in the Commonwealth has not been registered within one (1)

year from the date of death, a certificate of death may be filed in accordance with

regulation of the cabinet pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. The certificate shall be

registered subject to the evidentiary requirements the cabinet shall by regulation

prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of death.

(2) Any certificate of death registered one (1) year or more after the date of death shall

be marked "delayed" and shall show on the face of the certificate the date of the

delayed registration.
KRS § 67.078 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.078
67.078 Quorum -- Majority of fiscal court required to pass ordinance -- Emergency acts -- Effective date
Status: in_force

67.078 Quorum -- Majority of fiscal court required to pass ordinance -- Emergency

acts -- Effective date.

(1) Unless otherwise provided by statute, a majority of a fiscal court shall constitute a

quorum and a majority of a quorum shall be sufficient to take action, except that a

majority of the fiscal court shall be required to pass an ordinance. No meeting shall

be held by the fiscal court without notice to all members thereof.

(2) A majority of the fiscal court may declare an emergency to exist by naming and

describing the emergency, and thereafter may adopt a county ordinance to address

that emergency without regard to the requirements of KRS 67.077.

(3) All county ordinances and other official actions shall state the effective date thereof.
KRS § 78.420 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 78 / Section 78.420
78.420 Chairman, vice chairman -- Administrative regulations -- Voting, quorum
Status: in_force

78.420 Chairman, vice chairman -- Administrative regulations -- Voting, quorum.

(1) Upon appointment and qualification of the members of the board, they shall meet

within the thirty (30) days following the creation of the board and elect their

chairman and vice chairman and adopt such rules and regulations and bylaws not

inconsistent with KRS 78.400 to 78.480 and 78.990 for the proper conduct of their

offices. In all matters requiring a vote, a majority of the board members present and

voting shall determine any question, provided that at least three (3) board members

be present to constitute a quorum.

(2) In cases of discipline, four (4) members of the board must be present to constitute a

quorum, one (1) of which must be a police officer as defined in subsection (3) of

KRS 78.410.
KRS § 131.585 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 131 / Section 131.585
131.585 State debt offset account
Status: in_force

131.585 State debt offset account.

There is hereby created within the Department of Revenue a state debt offset account,

which will be subject to the provisions of the restricted fund group, as provided in KRS

48.010(15)(f), and all funds collected under KRS 131.565(6) shall be credited thereto

with only the expenses of the Department of Revenue related to development,

implementation and administration of KRS 131.560 to 131.595 to be paid therefrom. This

account shall not lapse.
KRS § 189.375 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189 / Section 189.375
189.375 School or church bus signaling device -- Use -- Stopping regulated
Status: in_force

189.375 School or church bus signaling device -- Use -- Stopping regulated.

No school or church bus shall be licensed or operated for the transportation of school

children unless it is equipped with bus alternating flashing signal lamps and a stop arm

folding sign. The bus body shall be equipped with a system of four (4) red signal lamps,

two (2) on the front and two (2) on the rear of the bus, and four (4) amber signal lamps.

Each amber signal lamp shall be located near each red signal lamp, at the same level, but

closer to the vertical centerline of the bus. The bus body shall be equipped with a stop

arm folding sign on the driver's side with letters at least six (6) inches in height displaying

the word "stop" on both sides. Prior to stopping the school bus for the purpose of

receiving or discharging school children, the driver shall activate the amber flashing

signal lamps. Once the bus comes to a complete stop, the driver shall extend the stop arm

and activate the red flashing signal lights prior to opening the door so it shall be plainly

visible to traffic approaching from both directions that the bus is in the process of

receiving or discharging passengers. No driver shall stop a school or church bus for

receiving or discharging passengers in a no passing zone which does not afford

reasonable visibility to approaching motor vehicles from both directions unless a "School

Bus Stop Ahead" sign has been installed a reasonable distance before that spot in the

roadway. No driver shall stop a school or church bus for the purpose of receiving

passengers from or discharging passengers to the opposite side of the road on a highway

of four (4) or more lanes; provided, that this provision does not prohibit the discharging

of passengers at a marked pedestrian crossing.
KRS § 96A.370 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96A / Section 96A.370
96A.370 Joint agreements and multimunicipal compacts -- Commuter transportation agreements
Status: in_force

96A.370 Joint agreements and multimunicipal compacts -- Commuter

transportation agreements.

(1) In addition to all other powers and rights granted by KRS Chapter 96A, public

bodies are expressly authorized and empowered to enter into joint agreements and

multimunicipal compacts with transit authorities, and all other units of government,

both federal and state, for the acquisition, maintenance and operation of mass

transportation facilities. Any such agreements may provide for proportionate

payments by such public bodies for transit purposes based upon any reasonable

criteria, including, but not by way of limitation, population and actual mass transit

services rendered, or percentage of funding.

(2) Any such joint agreement or multimunicipal compact may provide by its terms that

notwithstanding the fact that a mass transportation program, together with the

source of funding therefor, has been approved by the electorate or electorates of one

(1) or more of such public bodies, any such public body may, in any annual period,

in lieu of utilizing such source of funding as approved by the electorate of any such

public body, use and apply for purposes of making payments or contributions under

such joint agreement or multimunicipal compact any other funds of such public

body legally available therefor. Provided, however, that any source of funding

approved by the electorate in connection with the approval of such a mass

transportation program shall not, as a result of such permissive funding by any such

public body from other legally available sources, be rendered void or nugatory.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary any transit authority created pursuant

to this chapter may enter into agreements with the Commonwealth or agency

thereof for the transportation of governmental employees to and from work stations

located within or outside the authority's transit area. For the purposes of this

subsection the Commonwealth may provide demonstration funds to encourage

commuter transportation for its employees. These funds shall be limited to one (1)

year of operation of new routes and shall not be used to subsidize the individual

governmental employee's cost of transportation.
KRS § 72.265 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 72 / Section 72.265
72.265 Coroner may act as county or district medical examiner
Status: in_force

72.265 Coroner may act as county or district medical examiner.

Where a duly elected coroner is a physician licensed to practice medicine in Kentucky, he

may be authorized by the department to perform the duties of a county or district medical

examiner and may be compensated by the department therefor.
KRS § 324B.020 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 324B / Section 324B.020
324B.020 Department of Professional Licensing within Public Protection Cabinet
Status: in_force

324B.020 Department of Professional Licensing within Public Protection

Cabinet.

The Department of Professional Licensing is hereby created within the Public

Protection Cabinet. The department shall be managed by a commissioner, who shall

be appointed by the Governor.
KRS § 237.100 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.100
237.100 Notification of purchase of firearm or attempt to purchase firearm -- Immunity
Status: in_force

237.100 Notification of purchase of firearm or attempt to purchase firearm --

Immunity.

(1) Upon receipt of notice that a person barred from purchasing a firearm under 18

U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(8) has purchased or attempted to purchase a firearm, the Justice

and Public Safety Cabinet shall make a reasonable effort to provide notice to the

petitioner who obtained the domestic violence order issued under KRS 403.740 that

the respondent to the order has attempted to purchase a firearm. The Justice and

Public Safety Cabinet may contract with a private entity in order to provide

notification.

(2) The notification shall be limited to a petitioner who has:

(a) Received a domestic violence protective order issued or reissued under KRS

403.740 on or after July 15, 2002;

(b) Received a domestic violence protective order that involves a respondent who

is prohibited by 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(8) from possessing a firearm; and

(c) Provided the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or the entity with a request for

notification.

(3) Any person carrying out responsibilities under this section shall be immune from

civil liability for good faith conduct in carrying out those responsibilities. Nothing

in this subsection shall limit liability for negligence.
KRS § 61.526 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.526
61.526 Employee and employer may file statement of facts at retirement office -- Procedures for verification
Status: in_force

61.526 Employee and employer may file statement of facts at retirement

office -- Procedures for verification.

(1) Upon becoming a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the

County Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System,

the employee and employer may file in the retirement office, in the form and

detail as the authority may prescribe, a statement of facts pertaining to the

employee and other information the authority may require, including but not

limited to a record of military service and previous employment with the

employer.

(2) If the records of the employer employing the member during the time the

service was rendered do not substantiate the statement of facts filed by the

member, the member shall be notified of any discrepancy. The member shall

be advised that he has the responsibility of supplying verification of any

unsubstantiated service.

(3) At the request of the member, or the beneficiary if the member is deceased,

the Authority's executive director shall arrange a time and place or process to

receive additional information in regard to the unsubstantiated service. After

filing the request, the member or the beneficiary if the member is deceased,

shall have a reasonable time but no more than six (6) months to present the

additional information to substantiate the unsubstantiated service.

(4) The system may allow a member to retire or obtain a refund without the

member submitting a statement of facts pertaining to the member as described

by this section.
KRS § 422.325 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 422 / Section 422.325
422.325 Proper procedure for obtaining records required
Status: in_force

422.325 Proper procedure for obtaining records required.

No institution or person shall be held in contempt or otherwise penalized for failure of

production unless the business records of the institution indicate that the costs provided

herein have been established and tendered. No sanction or remedy for contempt shall be

applied against any such person or institution unless a subpoena or order expressly

commanding the person's presence has been issued by authority of the court or other

body.
KRS § 381.9113 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 381 / Section 381.9113
381.9113 Eminent domain
Status: in_force

381.9113 Eminent domain.

(1) If a unit is acquired by eminent domain, or if part of a unit is acquired by eminent

domain leaving the unit owner with a remnant which may not practically or lawfully

be used for any purpose permitted by the declaration, the award shall compensate

the unit owner for his or her unit and its interest in the common elements, whether

or not any common elements are acquired. Upon acquisition, unless the decree

otherwise provides, that unit's allocated interests are automatically reallocated to the

remaining units in proportion to the respective allocated interests of those units

before the taking, and the association shall promptly prepare, execute, and record an

amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocations. Any remnant of a unit

remaining after part of a unit is taken under this subsection is thereafter a common

element.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, if part of a unit is acquired by

eminent domain, the award shall compensate the unit owner for the reduction in

value of the unit and its interest in the common elements, whether or not any

common elements are acquired. Upon acquisition, unless the decree otherwise

provides:

(a) The unit's allocated interests are reduced in proportion to the reduction in the

size of the unit; and

(b) The portion of the allocated interests divested from the partially acquired unit

are automatically reallocated to that unit and the remaining units in proportion

to the respective allocated interests of those units before the taking, with the

partially acquired unit participating in the reallocation on the basis of its

reduced allocated interests.

(3) If part of the common elements is acquired by eminent domain, the portion of the

award attributable to the common elements taken shall be paid to the association

and, unless the declaration provides otherwise, the award attributable to the

acquisition of a limited common element shall be equally divided among the owners

of the units to which that limited common element was allocated at the time of

acquisition.

(4) The court decree shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the

condominium is located.
KRS § 279.460 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 279 / Section 279.460
279.460 Effect of consolidation or merger
Status: in_force

279.460 Effect of consolidation or merger.

(1) In the case of a consolidation the existence of the consolidating cooperatives shall

cease and the articles of consolidation shall be deemed to be the articles of

incorporation of the new cooperative; and in the case of a merger the separate

existence of the merging cooperative shall cease and the articles of incorporation of

the surviving cooperative shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, if any, that

changes therein are provided for in the articles of merger.

(2) All the rights, privileges, immunities and franchises and all property, real and

personal, including without limitation applications for membership, all debts due on

whatever account and all other choses in action, of each of the consolidating or

merging cooperatives shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in the new or

surviving cooperative without further act or deed.

(3) The new or surviving cooperative shall be responsible and liable for all the

liabilities and obligations of each of the consolidating or merging cooperatives and

any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of the

consolidating or merging cooperatives may be prosecuted as if the consolidation or

merger had not taken place, but the new or surviving cooperative may be substituted

in its place.

(4) Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any of such

cooperatives shall be impaired by such consolidation or merger.
KRS § 344.180 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 344 / Section 344.180
344.180 Commission's powers and duties
Status: in_force

344.180 Commission's powers and duties.

The powers and duties of the commission shall be:

(1) To employ an executive director and other necessary personnel within the limits of

funds made available;

(2) To conduct research projects or make studies into and publish reports on

discrimination in Kentucky;

(3) To receive and investigate complaints of discrimination and to recommend ways of

eliminating any injustices occasioned thereby;

(4) To hold public hearings and request the attendance of witnesses;

(5) To cooperate with other organizations, public and private, to discourage

discrimination;

(6) To encourage fair treatment for all persons regardless of race or national ancestry;

(7) To make an annual report to the Governor of its activities under this chapter.
KRS § 311.7701 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.7701
311.7701 Definitions for KRS 311.7701 to 311.7711
Status: in_force

311.7701 Definitions for KRS 311.7701 to 311.7711.

As used in KRS 311.7701 to 311.7711:

(1) "Conception" means fertilization;

(2) "Contraceptive" means a drug, device, or chemical that prevents conception;

(3) "Fertilization" has the same meaning as in KRS 311.781;

(4) "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic

contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac;

(5) "Fetus" means the human offspring developing during pregnancy from the

moment of conception and includes the embryonic stage of development;

(6) "Frivolous conduct" has the same meaning as in KRS 311.784;

(7) "Gestational age" means the age of an unborn human individual as calculated

from the first day of the last menstrual period of a pregnant woman;

(8) "Gestational sac" means the structure that comprises the extraembryonic

membranes that envelop the fetus and that is typically visible by ultrasound

after the fourth week of pregnancy;

(9) "Intrauterine pregnancy" means a pregnancy in which the fetus is attached to

the placenta within the uterus of the pregnant woman;

(10) "Medical emergency" has the same meaning as in KRS 311.781;

(11) "Physician" has the same meaning as in KRS 311.720;

(12) "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition that begins with

fertilization, when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring, and

that is calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the woman;

(13) "Serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily

function" has the same meaning as in KRS 311.781;

(14) "Spontaneous miscarriage" means the natural or accidental termination of a

pregnancy and the expulsion of the fetus, typically caused by genetic defects in

the fetus or physical abnormalities in the pregnant woman;

(15) "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care, and diligence that

a physician of the same medical specialty would employ in like circumstances.

As applied to the method used to determine the presence of a fetal heartbeat

for purposes of KRS 311.7704, "standard medical practice" includes employing

the appropriate means of detection depending on the estimated gestational

age of the fetus and the condition of the woman and her pregnancy; and

(16) "Unborn child" and "unborn human individual" have the same meaning as

"unborn child" has in KRS 311.781.