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KRS § 177.376 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 177 / Section 177.376
177.376 Duties of board
Status: in_force

177.376 Duties of board.

The Kentucky Transportation Center Board shall:

(1) Recommend policies and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of

KRS 177.375 to 177.380;

(2) Review and recommend research, and technical assistance programs undertaken and

financed under the provisions of KRS 177.375 to 177.380;

(3) Review all progress on projects authorized under the provisions of KRS 177.375 to

177.380;

(4) Provide the Governor, the General Assembly and the Legislative Research

Commission with an annual report by January 15 of each year showing the status of

funds appropriated under the provisions of KRS 177.375 to 177.380 for the

operation and management of the Kentucky Transportation Center and the progress

of the Kentucky Transportation Center's technical assistance and research programs;

(5) Advise the General Assembly by January 30 during each even-numbered-year

regular session of the need for continuation of the Kentucky Transportation Center;

(6) Ensure that personnel and facilities of the regional universities and community

colleges are utilized when appropriate for completion of work or service functions

performed by the center; and

(7) Ensure that all authorized projects are directed toward transportation improvement

and more specifically toward strengthening the transportation system of Kentucky.
KRS § 260.767 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 260.767
260.767 Department guaranteed access to certain farms -- Required inspections -- Interference with performance of duty prohibited
Status: in_force

260.767 Department guaranteed access to certain farms -- Required inspections --

Interference with performance of duty prohibited.

(1) A representative of the department shall have access, at reasonable hours, to enter

onto any covered farm or any farm that is eligible for an exemption in accordance

with 21 C.F.R. pt. 112, KRS 260.765 to 260.772, or any administrative regulation

adopted pursuant to KRS 260.769 for the purpose of:

(a) Inspecting the farm;

(b) Securing samples or specimens; or

(c) Making copies of documents.

(2) The department shall make or cause to be made examinations of samples or

specimens secured pursuant to this section to determine whether any provision of

KRS 260.765 to 260.772 is being violated.

(3) No person shall impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent

a representative of the department or any other person in the performance of his or

her duty in connection with KRS 260.765 to 260.772 or any administrative

regulation adopted pursuant to KRS 260.769.
KRS § 311.1925 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.1925
311.1925 Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
Status: in_force

311.1925 Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and unless barred by KRS

311.1921 or 311.1923, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose

of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of

the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority

listed:

(a) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an

anatomical gift under KRS 311.1915(2) immediately before the decedent's

death;

(b) The spouse of the decedent;

(c) Adult children of the decedent;

(d) Parents of the decedent;

(e) Adult siblings of the decedent;

(f) Adult grandchildren of the decedent;

(g) Grandparents of the decedent;

(h) The persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at

the time of death; and

(i) Another adult who is related to the decedent by blood, marriage, or adoption,

or who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent.

(2) If there is more than one (1) member of a class listed in subsection (1)(a), (c), (d),

(e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of this section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an

anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a

person to which the gift may pass under KRS 311.1929 knows of an objection by

another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by

a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.

(3) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a

person in a prior class under subsection (1) of this section is reasonably available to

make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
KRS § 311.785 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.785
311.785 Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund
Status: in_force

311.785 Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund.

(1) The Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund is created as

a trust fund. The trust fund shall consist of appropriations, donations, gifts, or

grants made to the fund and shall be used by the state to pay for any costs or

expenses incurred by the state in relation to actions surrounding the defense of

KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786, 311.990, and 413.140. Funds

shall be distributed as directed by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(2) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the trust fund at the

close of the fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next

fiscal year.

(3) Any interest earned on the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund.

(4) Moneys in the trust fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in

subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 205.8469 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.8469
205.8469 Enforcement proceedings by Attorney General
Status: in_force

205.8469 Enforcement proceedings by Attorney General.

(1) The Attorney General, on behalf of the Commonwealth, may commence

proceedings to enforce KRS 205.8451 to 205.8483, and to prosecute for all other

criminal offenses that involve or are directly related to the use of any Medical

Assistance Program funds or services provided under this chapter.

(2) In enforcing KRS 205.8451 to 205.8483, the Attorney General may subpoena

witnesses or documents to the grand jury, District Court, or Circuit Court of the

county or counties where venue lies, and subpoena witnesses or documents to the

Office of the Attorney General to secure testimony for use in civil or criminal trials,

investigations, or hearings affecting the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
KRS § 197.010 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 197 / Section 197.010
197.010 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

197.010 Definitions for chapter.

Definitions as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;

(2) "Classification" means the systematic assignment of a prisoner to a custody level,

program, and penitentiary;

(3) "Department" means Department of Corrections;

(4) "Eligible sexual offender" means a sexual offender for whom the sentencing court,

department officials, or both have determined that he or she:

(a) Has demonstrated evidence of a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder, but

not active psychosis or an intellectual disability; and

(b) Is likely to benefit from the program;

(5) "Institution" means any institution under the control of the Department of

Corrections;

(6) "Life skills program" means a program that provides strategies for offenders to

assist in removing barriers to successful reintegration into the community and

addresses skill areas, including time management, money management, use of

technology, communication, and social skills;

(7) "Penitentiaries" includes the state penal institutions for males at Eddyville,

LaGrange, the Green River Correctional Complex, the Luther Luckett Correctional

Complex, the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women, the Northpoint Training

Center, the Roederer Correctional Complex, the Eastern Kentucky Correctional

Complex, the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex, Frankfort Career

Development Center, Blackburn Correctional Complex, and Bell County Forestry

Camp, together with the branches thereof, any private prison as provided by KRS

197.500, and any other similar institutions hereafter established;

(8) "Promising practices" means programs and strategies that have some research or

data showing positive outcomes, but do not have enough evidence yet to meet the

standard of an evidence-based program;

(9) "Sexual offender" means any person convicted of, pleading guilty to, or entering an

Alford plea to a sex crime as defined in KRS 17.500; and

(10) "State agency" means any department, board, commission, or agency of the state

government.
KRS § 437.410 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 437 / Section 437.410
437.410 Definitions
Status: in_force

437.410 Definitions.

As used in KRS 437.410 to 437.429, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Animal" means any warm or cold blooded animal used in food or fiber production,

agriculture, research, testing, or education, including poultry, fish, and insects;

(2) "Animal facility" means any vehicle, building, structure, or premises, where an

animal or animal records are kept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for

sale;

(3) "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent;

(4) "Deprive" means to withhold an animal or other property from the owner

permanently or for so extended a period of time that a major portion of the value or

enjoyment of the animal or property is lost to the owner, to restore the animal or

other property only upon payment of reward or other compensation, or to dispose of

an animal or other property in a manner that makes recovery of the animal or

property by the owner unlikely;

(5) "Effective consent" means consent by a person legally authorized to act for the

owner. Consent is not effective if induced by force, threat, false pretenses, or fraud,

if given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner, if

given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxication

is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions, or if given solely

to detect the commission of an offense;

(6) "Owner" means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property,

whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor;

(7) "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation,

joint stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two (2) or more persons having a joint

or common interest, or other legal entity;

(8) "Possession" means actual care, custody, control, or management.
KRS § 190.053 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 190 / Section 190.053
190.053 Citation of suspected violators
Status: in_force

190.053 Citation of suspected violators.

If a licensee is found to be violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or any

administrative regulation promulgated by the commission pursuant thereto, or is found to

be permitting any of its salesmen to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or any

administrative regulation promulgated by the commission pursuant thereto, the

commission may, upon complaint or upon its own motion, issue its order to a licensee

notifying it to appear before the commission at a fixed time and place, at which time and

place the commission shall have a hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter

13B. If the commission is satisfied, after a hearing, that the licensee has violated or

refused to observe any of the provisions of this chapter, or any order or administrative

regulation of the commission, or has permitted any of its salesmen to violate any of the

provisions of this chapter or any order or administrative regulation promulgated by the

commission pursuant thereto, the commission may suspend or revoke the license of the

licensee. The renewal by the commission of any license shall not be construed to be a

waiver or condonement of any violation which occurred prior to renewal and shall not

prevent subsequent proceedings against the licensee for the violation.
KRS § 30A.040 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 30A / Section 30A.040
30A.040 Office in each county -- Branch offices -- Office hours
Status: in_force

30A.040 Office in each county -- Branch offices -- Office hours.

Every Circuit Court and every District Court shall have a clerk's office in each county,

and shall have such branch offices within the county as are approved by the Supreme

Court. Minimum office hours of the clerk's offices shall be determined by the Supreme

Court.
KRS § 18A.170 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.170
18A.170 Certification of division directors who do not make policy
Status: in_force

18A.170 Certification of division directors who do not make policy.

It is further provided that the responsible departmental, board, commission or agency

head shall at the time at which he elects to come under the provisions of KRS 18A.005 to

18A.200, certify to the board the positions of those division directors or heads under their

jurisdiction whose duties are nonpolicy making together with a sufficient statement of

their duties to enable the board to determine whether or not, as a matter of fact, such

duties are nonpolicy making in their nature. He shall, at any time subsequent to coming

under the provisions of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 certify to the board additional division

directors or heads whose duties are nonpolicy making. At the time of certification notice

thereof shall be given to the interested division director or head in the form of a copy of

the statement certifying the duties of his office. The board may conduct such hearings as

it may deem necessary, and shall conduct hearings pursuant to the administrative

provisions of KRS 18A.095 in the event of a difference of opinion between the certifying

officer and the interested division director or head, before entering its findings of fact and

an order either classifying or denying classification to such position. Either the certifying

officer or the division director or head may appeal the findings of fact and the final order

of the board by initiating action in the Franklin Circuit Court pursuant to the provisions

of KRS 418.040 et seq.
KRS § 58.040 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 58 / Section 58.040
58.040 Bonds negotiable and tax-free -- Method of sale -- Payable solely from revenue
Status: in_force

58.040 Bonds negotiable and tax-free -- Method of sale -- Payable solely from

revenue.

(1) Bonds issued pursuant to KRS 58.010 to 58.140 shall be negotiable and shall not be

subject to taxation.

(2) If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons

ceases to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the officer's signature or

countersignature shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had

remained in office until delivery.

(3) The bonds shall be sold in a manner and upon the terms as the governmental agency

determines and as provided in KRS 424.360. Any contract for the acquisition of a

public project may provide that payment shall be made in bonds.

(4) The bonds shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the public project

and shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state, county, city, or political

subdivision within the meaning of the Constitution.

(5) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that the bond has been issued

under the provisions of KRS 58.010 to 58.140 and that the bond does not constitute

an indebtedness of the governmental agency within the meaning of the Constitution.
KRS § 37.180 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 37 / Section 37.180
37.180 Governor is commander in chief -- Adjutant general is executive officer
Status: in_force

37.180 Governor is commander in chief -- Adjutant general is executive officer.

The Governor shall be commander in chief of the Kentucky active militia, and the

adjutant general shall be the executive officer and shall be responsible to the Governor for

the proper functioning of the Kentucky active militia, and he is hereby authorized and

empowered to take necessary action to perfect and maintain an efficient organization for

the purposes herein set out. He shall have charge of all matters of administration and

organization, which shall be in all respects, insofar as necessary and applicable, the same

as that of the National Guard.
KRS § 212.375 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 212 / Section 212.375
212.375 Burden of proof
Status: in_force

212.375 Burden of proof.

The burden of proving lack of financial ability to pay shall be upon the person claiming

such lack.
KRS § 67.682 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.682
67.682 County cemetery fund -- Administrative regulations relating to county cemetery board
Status: in_force

67.682 County cemetery fund -- Administrative regulations relating to county

cemetery board.

(1) The Department for Local Government shall establish a county cemetery fund to

receive appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, revolving funds, and any other

funds from public and private sources.

(a) Moneys deposited in the fund shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer and

any unallocated or unencumbered balances in the fund shall be invested as

provided in KRS 42.500(9).

(b) Income earned from investment, including unallotted or unencumbered

balances in the fund, shall not lapse, shall be returned to the Department for

Local Government, and may be redistributed to other counties.

(2) The Department for Local Government shall promulgate administrative regulations

related to responsibilities of the boards, grant appropriation amounts and eligible

expenditures, application and reporting procedures, accountability criteria for grant

recipients, and other issues of importance to the board's operation.
KRS § 645.200 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 645 / Section 645.200
645.200 Responsibilities of hospital after receipt of notice of intent to leave
Status: in_force

645.200 Responsibilities of hospital after receipt of notice of intent to leave.

(1) An authorized staff physician of the hospital shall discharge the child from the

hospital within five (5) days, exclusive of holidays and weekends, after receipt of a

child's notice of intent to leave, unless the hospital, the parent, or other person

exercising custodial control or supervision files a notice of contest with the court

within the five (5) day period.

(2) Copies of the notice of contest shall be delivered by the party originating it to:

(a) The child or his attorney;

(b) The child's parent or other person exercising custodial control or supervision;

and

(c) The hospital.

(3) The proponent of continued hospitalization shall file a petition for certification with

his notice of contest.
KRS § 249.030 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 249 / Section 249.030
249.030 Authority for administrative regulations -- Publication of data
Status: in_force

249.030 Authority for administrative regulations -- Publication of data.

(1) The state entomologist, with the advice and consent of the director and the

Commissioner, may promulgate, modify, and enforce administrative regulations and

orders needed to carry out KRS 249.020 to 249.100.

(2) The state entomologist may publish bulletins, circulars, and reports containing

information concerning inspections, insects, weeds, and plant diseases.

(3) The state entomologist shall publish annually a list of the certified nurserypersons

and nursery dealers licensed to do business in the Commonwealth and the list shall

be furnished to interested persons.

(4) The administrative regulations and publications shall be printed from time to time

and furnished to interested persons.
KRS § 220.530 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 220 / Section 220.530
220.530 Annexation of district or part of district by city
Status: in_force

220.530 Annexation of district or part of district by city.

Where a city having existing sewers constructed and maintained by general tax funds of

the city annexes an entire sanitation district, the city shall be bound for all the debts and

liabilities, and be the owner of all the property and rights, of the district, the users of

sewers in the district shall be relieved from any further rentals and obligations, and the

district shall thereupon be automatically dissolved. If only a portion of a sanitation district

is annexed, the city shall be the owner of all the sewers within the annexed portion, the

amount of the existing debts and liabilities for which the city shall be bound shall be in

such proportion as the amount of rentals within the territory annexed bears to the amount

of rentals in the entire district, the city shall in the same proportion contribute its

proportionate share to the cost of the operation and maintenance of a sewer disposal plant

or system as long as such plant or system is used by the property within the annexed area,

and the users of sewers in the annexed portion shall be relieved from any further rentals

or obligations to the district. Any city annexing a portion of a sanitation district may

furnish sewage disposal for the portion of the district annexed and discontinue the use of

the district's sewage disposal plant or system, in which event the city shall be relieved

from any further contribution towards the cost of operation or maintenance of the

district's plant or system.
KRS § 311.728 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.728
311.728 Physician must be physically present with patient to perform or induce abortion -- Use of telehealth prohibited
Status: in_force

311.728 Physician must be physically present with patient to perform or induce

abortion -- Use of telehealth prohibited.

A physician performing or inducing an abortion shall be present in person and in the same

room with the patient. The use of telehealth as defined in 304.17A-005 shall not be

allowed in the performance of an abortion.
KRS § 431.062 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 431 / Section 431.062
431.062 Detention in jail prior to trial prohibited for certain offenses, exceptions
Status: in_force

431.062 Detention in jail prior to trial prohibited for certain offenses, exceptions.

(1) No person shall be detained in jail prior to trial for any offense defined in KRS

431.060, 500.080, or 532.020 as a violation unless:

(a) He has previously failed to make a court appearance required in connection

therewith; or

(b) Is a fugitive from justice.

(2) This section shall not apply to the offenses listed in KRS 431.015 or 222.202.
KRS § 422.317 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 422 / Section 422.317
422.317 Copy of patient's medical record to be supplied on patient's written request -- Exception for Department of Corrections
Status: in_force

422.317 Copy of patient's medical record to be supplied on patient's written

request -- Exception for Department of Corrections.

(1) Upon a patient's written request, a hospital licensed under KRS Chapter 216B or a

health care provider shall provide, without charge to the patient, a copy of the

patient's medical record. A copying fee, not to exceed one dollar ($1) per page, may

be charged by the health care provider for furnishing a second copy of the patient's

medical record upon request either by the patient or the patient's attorney or the

patient's authorized representative.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall not be considered as a health care provider

under this section; however, the department may make medical records of an

individual inmate available to that individual inmate unless the department, through

its designee, determines that the provision of the record is subject to the provisions

of KRS 197.025.