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KRS § 150.363 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.363
150.363 Computer-assisted remote hunting unlawful -- Citizens with disabilities
Status: in_force

150.363 Computer-assisted remote hunting unlawful -- Citizens with disabilities.

(1) For purposes of this section, "computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a

computer or any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the

aiming and discharge of a rifle, shotgun, handgun, bow and arrow, crossbow, or any

other implement to hunt or harvest wildlife in the Commonwealth.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or harvest wildlife in the Commonwealth

by means of computer-assisted remote hunting.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to provide or operate a facility that allows others

to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting of wildlife in the Commonwealth.

(4) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit or prohibit the hunting

rights or privileges provided to citizens with disabilities pursuant to KRS 150.025,

the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Kentucky administrative regulations.

Additionally, this section shall not be construed to prohibit a person who is

physically impaired, to the degree that he or she cannot operate a device allowed for

taking of game under Kentucky law, from taking game, subject to administrative

regulations, with a device which is in the immediate vicinity of the permittee and

which the permittee operates using remote-control technology other than the

Internet.
KRS § 2.350 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.350
2.350 Official saddle of Kentucky
Status: in_force

2.350 Official saddle of Kentucky.

The Kentucky Springseat Saddle (Minihan) is named and designated the official saddle of

the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
KRS § 21.470 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 21 / Section 21.470
21.470 Exemption from taxation, execution -- Taxability after December 31, 1997
Status: in_force

21.470 Exemption from taxation, execution -- Taxability after December 31, 1997.

All retirement allowances and other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under the

provisions of KRS 21.350 to 21.510 are hereby exempted from any state, county or

municipal tax, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or any other

process whatsoever, nor shall any assignment thereof be enforceable in any court. Except

retirement benefits accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of KRS 21.350

to 21.510 on or after January 1, 1998, shall be subject to the tax imposed by KRS

141.020, to the extent provided in KRS 141.010 and 141.0215.
KRS § 29A.160 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.160
29A.160 Employer's duties
Status: in_force

29A.160 Employer's duties.

(1) An employer shall not deprive an employee of his employment, or threaten or

otherwise coerce him with respect thereto, because the employee receives a

summons, responds thereto, serves as a juror, or attends court for prospective jury

service.

(2) If an employer discharges an employee in violation of subsection (1) of this section,

the employee may within ninety (90) days of such discharge bring a civil action for

recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring the

reinstatement of the employee with full seniority and benefits. Damages recoverable

shall not exceed lost wages. If he prevails, the employee shall be allowed a

reasonable attorney's fee fixed by the court.
KRS § 422.132 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 422 / Section 422.132
422.132 Presumption of death following catastrophic event -- Declaration -- Death certificate -- Attorney General
Status: in_force

422.132 Presumption of death following catastrophic event -- Declaration -- Death

certificate -- Attorney General.

(1) A resident or nonresident of this Commonwealth who is exposed to a specific event

which has been declared a disaster or emergency pursuant to KRS Chapter 39A and

which is certified by the Governor as a catastrophic event that has resulted in the

loss of life to persons known or unknown and whose absence following that event is

not satisfactorily explained after diligent search or inquiry is presumed to be dead.

The death is presumed to have occurred at the time of the catastrophic event.

(2) A District Court may declare the absent person dead, if it is satisfied that the

absentee should be presumed dead under the provisions of subsection (1) of this

section. A declaration with respect to a nonresident shall affect only property

located within the Commonwealth.

(3) At the request of an applicant who has obtained a declaration based upon subsection

(1) of this section, the court shall order the registrar of vital statistics to issue, at no

cost to the applicant, a death certificate. The state registrar may indicate on the

certificate that it was issued to court order in accordance with this section.

(4) The Attorney General may initiate or intervene in any proceedings or action brought

pursuant to this section, including a class action law suit, on behalf of the citizens of

the Commonwealth to seek a declaration of death of an absentee under subsection

(1) of this section.
KRS § 157.660 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.660
157.660 Procedures for providing assistance for education technology
Status: in_force

157.660 Procedures for providing assistance for education technology.

The School Facilities Construction Commission shall be governed by the following

procedures in making an offer of assistance to local public school districts for providing

education technology:

(1) The base level of assistance to each eligible district shall be determined by dividing

the total amount available for education technology by the total of the prior year's

statewide average daily attendance of the eligible districts times the district's prior

year's average daily attendance.

(2) The funds shall be applied to the projects listed in the district's technology plan, and

the funds shall be applied to projects in the priority order listed on the plan except

as provided in KRS 157.655(2). The first priority for the expenditure of each new

offer of assistance shall be to meet the previous obligations of bonds, leases, or

other financial agreements made for education technology by the district.

(3) The commission shall establish administrative regulations by which a district that

receives an offer of assistance but does not have the local match shall be able to

accumulate a credit for the state offer of assistance for a period not to exceed three

(3) years.

(4) All unused state funds allocated according to the provisions of subsection (1) of this

section shall be reallocated by the commission. The reallocation shall follow the

process and intent as set forth in this section with eligible districts being those

districts which have the available local matching funds and have not completely

implemented the Kentucky Education Technology System.
KRS § 247.4453 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.4453
247.4453 Definitions
Status: in_force

247.4453 Definitions.

As used in KRS 247.4451 to 247.4483, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

(2) "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;

(3) "Producer" means every person who produces milk and causes the same to be

marketed as milk;

(4) "New producer" means a producer who was not engaged in the business of

producing milk at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the

provisions of KRS 247.4451 to 247.4483;

(5) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative,

or other business entity;

(6) "Milk" means milk from cows and all of its natural components; and

(7) "Purchaser" means any person, including any distributor, processor, or bulk milk

handler, who purchases or receives on consignment milk within the state for sale,

shipment, storage, processing, or manufacture.
KRS § 211.991 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.991
211.991 Penalty for violation of KRS 211.670
Status: in_force

211.991 Penalty for violation of KRS 211.670.

(1) Any person who intentionally violates any of the provisions of KRS 211.670 shall

be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) The penalty provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed as

restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the benefit of

the Department for Public Health.
KRS § 202B.280 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 202B / Section 202B.280
202B.280 Peace officer authorized to take absent resident into custody and return resident to ICF/ID
Status: in_force

202B.280 Peace officer authorized to take absent resident into custody and return

resident to ICF/ID.

If a resident undergoing involuntary treatment on an inpatient basis is absent from the

ICF/ID without or in excess of authorization from the ICF/ID staff, the person in charge

or that person's designee may notify the appropriate sheriff or other peace officers who

shall take the resident into custody and return the resident to the ICF/ID.
KRS § 352.660 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 352 / Section 352.660
352.660 Prohibition of termination or disciplining of miners for reporting unsafe mines or violations
Status: in_force

352.660 Prohibition of termination or disciplining of miners for reporting unsafe

mines or violations.

No licensee, operator, mine superintendent, mine manager, or other supervisory personnel

shall terminate or otherwise discipline a miner for reporting or documenting to or

cooperating with regulatory agencies in their investigation of unsafe mining practices or

conditions or violations of provisions of KRS Chapter 351 or 352.
KRS § 151.810 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 151 / Section 151.810
151.810 State geographer -- Appointment -- Duties
Status: in_force

151.810 State geographer -- Appointment -- Duties.

(1) There is created the Office of State Geographer. The state geographer shall be

appointed by the Governor and shall serve for a term of one (1) year. No one (1)

person shall be appointed state geographer for two (2) terms in succession nor shall

the state geographer be from the same institution of higher education as the person

immediately preceding him as state geographer. The state geographer shall serve

without compensation.

(2) The state geographer shall be a person who holds a graduate degree in geography

from an accredited college or university and who has demonstrated a professional

knowledge of Kentucky geography through his teaching or research activities.

(3) To the extent funds permit, the state geographer shall:

(a) Utilize the facilities of geography departments of major universities in the

state;

(b) Advise state officials and agencies on geographic matters;

(c) Serve as a resource for teachers of geography and for publishers of geography

textbooks and atlases;

(d) Assist state and local officials with boundary studies;

(e) Advise state and local agencies on mapping and cartographic programs;

(f) Assist state and local officials with planning, zoning and land-use studies;

(g) Cooperate with other states in exchanging geographic information; and

(h) Compile, analyze and disseminate geographic information necessary to

perform the foregoing duties.
KRS § 132.018 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.018
132.018 Reduction of tax rate on personal property
Status: in_force

132.018 Reduction of tax rate on personal property.

(1) If the tax rate applicable to real property levied by a county fiscal court, district

board of education, or legislative body of a city, consolidated local government,

urban-county government, or other taxing district is reduced as a result of

reconsideration by the county fiscal court, district board of education, or legislative

body of a city, consolidated local government, urban-county government, or other

taxing district under the provisions of KRS 132.017(2)(j), the tax rate applicable to

personal property levied under the provisions of KRS 68.248(1), 132.024(1),

132.029(1), and 160.473(1) shall be reduced by the respective county fiscal court,

district board of education, or legislative body of a city, consolidated local

government, urban-county government, or other taxing district to an amount which

will produce the same percentage increase in revenue from personal property as the

percentage increase in revenue from real property resulting from the reduced tax

rate applicable to real property.

(2) If the tax rate applicable to real property levied by a county fiscal court, district

board of education, or legislative body of a city, consolidated local government,

urban-county government, or other taxing district is reduced, under the provisions

of KRS 132.017(3), as a result of a majority of votes cast in an election being

opposed to such a rate, the tax rate applicable to personal property levied by the

respective county fiscal court, district board of education, or legislative body of a

city, consolidated local government, urban-county government, or other taxing

district shall be reduced, without further action by the levying body, to an amount

which will produce the same percentage increase in revenue from personal property

as the percentage increase in revenue from real property resulting from the reduced

tax rate applicable to real property.
KRS § 132.510 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.510
132.510 Fiduciary's report of personal property held
Status: in_force

132.510 Fiduciary's report of personal property held.

Every executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy,

receiver or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity shall, when required, file with the

Department of Revenue a sworn inventory showing in detail the amount and character of

personal property in his hands, unless the inventory has been filed as a public record in

the court in which the fiduciary qualifies. The department may examine the books and

accounts of any person acting in a fiduciary capacity. No fiduciary shall receive a final

discharge until he has satisfied the court settling his accounts that all taxes against the

estate have been paid.
KRS § 65.7643 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.7643
65.7643 Construction of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 with respect to Communications Act of 1934
Status: in_force

65.7643 Construction of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 with respect to Communications

Act of 1934.

KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 shall not be construed as enabling the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, including the Public Service Commission of Kentucky, to regulate CMRS in

contravention of Section 332(c)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47

U.S.C. sec. 332(c)(3).
KRS § 237.115 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.115
237.115 Construction of KRS 237.110 -- Prohibition by local government units of carrying concealed deadly weapons in governmental buildings -- Restriction on criminal penalties
Status: in_force

237.115 Construction of KRS 237.110 -- Prohibition by local government units of

carrying concealed deadly weapons in governmental buildings -- Restriction on

criminal penalties.

(1) Except as provided in KRS 527.020, nothing contained in KRS 237.109 or 237.110

shall be construed to limit, restrict, or prohibit in any manner the right of a college,

university, or any postsecondary education facility, including technical schools and

community colleges, to control the possession of deadly weapons on any property

owned or controlled by them or the right of a unit of state, city, county, urban-

county, or charter county government to prohibit the carrying of concealed deadly

weapons in that portion of a building actually owned, leased, or occupied by that

unit of government.

(2) Except as provided in KRS 527.020, the legislative body of a state, city, county, or

urban-county government may, by statute, administrative regulation, or ordinance,

prohibit or limit the carrying of concealed deadly weapons in that portion of a

building owned, leased, or controlled by that unit of government. That portion of a

building in which the carrying of concealed deadly weapons is prohibited or limited

shall be clearly identified by signs posted at the entrance to the restricted area. The

statute or ordinance shall exempt any building used for public housing by private

persons, highway rest areas, firing ranges, and private dwellings owned, leased, or

controlled by that unit of government from any restriction on the carrying or

possession of deadly weapons. The statute, administrative regulation, or ordinance

shall not specify any criminal penalty for its violation but may specify that persons

violating the statute or ordinance may be denied entrance to the building, ordered to

leave the building, and if employees of the unit of government, be subject to

employee disciplinary measures for violation of the provisions of the statute or

ordinance. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to be a violation of

KRS 65.870 if the requirements of this section are followed. The provisions of this

section shall not apply to any other unit of government.

(3) Unless otherwise specifically provided by the Kentucky Revised Statutes or

applicable federal law, no criminal penalty shall attach to carrying a concealed

firearm or other deadly weapon at any location at which an unconcealed firearm or

other deadly weapon may be constitutionally carried.
KRS § 363.770 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 363 / Section 363.770
363.770 Meat, poultry, seafood to be sold by weight only
Status: in_force

363.770 Meat, poultry, seafood to be sold by weight only.

Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as one (1) of several

elements comprising a ready-to-eat meat sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on

the premises where sold, all meat, meat products, poultry (whole or parts), and all seafood

except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or sold as food shall be offered or exposed

for sale and sold by weight. When meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or

associated with some other food element or elements to form either a distinctive food

product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or

exposed for sale and sold by weight, and the quantity representation may be the total

weight of the product or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for

each of the several elements of the product or combination: provided, that, for ready-to-

cook, whole carcass, stuffed poultry, ready-to-cook stuffed poultry roasts, rolls, bars, and

logs, and ready-to-cook stuffed poultry products designated by terms of similar import,

the label must show the total net weight of the poultry product and, in proximity thereto, a

statement specifying the minimum weight of poultry in the product.
KRS § 424.160 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 424 / Section 424.160
424.160 Rates for newspaper advertising required by law
Status: in_force

424.160 Rates for newspaper advertising required by law.

(1) For all newspaper advertising required by law, the publisher is entitled to receive

payment for each insertion at a rate per column inch. The advertisement shall be set

in no larger than seven (7) point type on solid leading. The rate shall not exceed the

lowest noncontract classified rate paid by advertisers. The terms and conditions of

any volume discounts given to commercial customers shall be extended to public

agencies of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Newspapers shall give all local public

agencies a written notice of at least thirty (30) days of an advertising rate increase.

(2) If by law or by the nature of the matter to be published, a display form of

advertisement is required, or if the person or officer responsible for causing an

advertisement to be published determines in his discretion that a display form is

practicable or feasible, and so directs the newspaper, the advertisement shall be

published in display form and the newspaper shall be entitled to receive its

established display rate.

(3) If it is provided by statute that an advertisement shall be published of the filing of a

petition or application seeking official action, the filing, if required by other than a

governmental official or agency, shall not be deemed complete unless there is

deposited with the petition or application an amount sufficient to pay the cost of

publication.

(4) The expense of advertisements in judicial proceedings shall be taxed as costs by the

clerk of the court.
KRS § 18A.227 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.227
18A.227 Flexible benefits plan for employees and retirees
Status: in_force

18A.227 Flexible benefits plan for employees and retirees.

(1) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "Cafeteria plan" shall mean a flexible benefits plan which meets the

requirements of Section 125 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code;

(b) "Employee" shall mean a person, including an elected public official, who is

regularly employed by any department, board, agency, or branch of state

government, and who is a contributing member to any one (1) of the

retirement systems administered by the state;

(c) "Cabinet" shall mean the Personnel Cabinet;

(d) "Change in family status" shall have the same meaning as used in Section 125

of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

(e) "Salary reduction contribution" means all employer contributions that are

excludable from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) As part of the employee benefits provided to state employees under this chapter, the

cabinet may develop and make available to eligible employees a flexible benefits

plan which meets the requirements for treatment as a cafeteria plan under Section

125 of the Internal Revenue Code. The plan shall be in writing and shall be

available on an equal basis to all eligible employees within each county.

(3) Options available under the plan may include, but are not limited to:

(a) Health insurance coverage;

(b) Managed health care coverage;

(c) Catastrophic illness coverage;

(d) Dental insurance;

(e) Term life insurance-accidental, death, or dismemberment;

(f) Vision insurance;

(g) Long term disability insurance;

(h) Long term medical care; and

(i) Any other benefits which may be offered under the provisions of the Internal

Revenue Code and which the cabinet determines to be in the best interests of

state employees.

(4) Any employee who desires to participate in options offered under the plan, may

direct that any options elected shall be funded through payroll deduction. Once an

option is chosen, it shall not be changed until the end of the period for which

election is made unless the employee experiences a change in family status, other

change of status, or special enrollment rights under the Federal Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 which necessitates a revision of his

benefit election.

(5) Any employee contributions required toward the purchase of the selected options

shall be made by a salary reduction contribution, to the extent the benefits would be

considered to be tax-free under Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, and by

after-tax salary deduction where the elected option is not tax-free.