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KRS § 211.576 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.576
211.576 Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council -- Administration by eligible entity -- Chair, vice chair, members -- Procedures -- Grants
Status: in_force

211.576 Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council -- Administration by eligible

entity -- Chair, vice chair, members -- Procedures -- Grants.

(1) The Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council is hereby established to advise the

General Assembly and state departments, agencies, commissions, authorities, and

private institutions that provide services for individuals diagnosed with a rare

disease.

(2) In order to reduce the administrative burden on state agencies, the council

authorized under KRS 211.576 to 211.578 shall be administered by an existing

eligible entity operating within the state defined in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) An eligible entity shall be a nonprofit organization as defined by 26 U.S.C. sec. 501

that operates within Kentucky and has experience working in the field of rare

diseases.

(4) The Governor or his or her designee shall appoint a chair and vice chair to the

advisory council to serve for an initial term of two (2) years.

(5) Upon their initial appointment, the chair and vice chair of the council shall appoint

other members of the council.

(6) Upon their initial appointment, the chair and vice chair of the council shall develop

and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a written description of the

intended mission of the council, including any state agencies and legislative

committees it intends to advise.

(7) After the initial appointments, the Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council shall

determine its procedures governing membership and participation, with the

following exceptions:

(a) The total council membership shall not exceed twenty (20) members;

(b) All future appointed members to the council shall be approved by a majority

vote of existing members;

(c) All existing and future members of the council, including the chair and vice

chair, shall serve terms of two (2) years, beginning on the day of the

Governor's appointment, shall be eligible to succeed themselves, and shall

serve until their successors are appointed; and

(d) Members of the council shall serve until replaced. A majority of the council

members shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting business.

(8) After members are appointed to the council, the council shall apply for, and accept,

any grant of money from the federal government, private foundations, or other

sources that may be available for programs related to rare diseases.
KRS § 15.220 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.220
15.220 Power of Attorney General not to affect powers or duties of local officers
Status: in_force

15.220 Power of Attorney General not to affect powers or duties of local officers.

Except as provided in KRS 15.190 to 15.240, the powers and duties conferred upon or

required of the Attorney General by KRS 15.190 to 15.240 shall not be construed to

deprive prosecuting attorneys of any of their authority in respect to criminal prosecutions,

or relieve them from any of their duties to enforce the criminal laws of the

Commonwealth.
KRS § 452.010 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.010
452.010 Grounds for change of venue
Status: in_force

452.010 Grounds for change of venue.

(1) The parties to any civil action in a Circuit Court may, by consent, have an order in

or out of court for its removal to any other Circuit Court.

(2) A party to any civil action triable by a jury in a Circuit Court may have a change of

venue when it appears that, because of the undue influence of his or her adversary

or the odium that attends the party applying or his or her cause of action or defense,

or because of the circumstances or nature of the case he or she cannot have a fair

and impartial trial in the county.

(3) A party to an action meeting the definition in KRS 452.005(1) shall have a change

of venue upon application to the court.
KRS § 503.085 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 503 / Section 503.085
503.085 Justification and criminal and civil immunity for use of permitted force -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

503.085 Justification and criminal and civil immunity for use of permitted force --

Exceptions.

(1) A person who uses force as permitted in KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and

503.080 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution

and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom the force

was used is a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010, who was acting in the

performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself

in accordance with any applicable law, or the person using force knew or reasonably

should have known that the person was a peace officer. As used in this subsection,

the term "criminal prosecution" includes arresting, detaining in custody, and

charging or prosecuting the defendant.

(2) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of

force as described in subsection (1) of this section, but the agency may not arrest the

person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force

that was used was unlawful.

(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, compensation for loss

of income, and all expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action

brought by a plaintiff, if the court finds that the defendant is immune from

prosecution as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 217.285 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 217 / Section 217.285
217.285 Display of choke-saving techniques posters
Status: in_force

217.285 Display of choke-saving techniques posters.

(1) Each food service establishment, having an on-premises seating capacity of twenty-

five (25) persons or more, shall post inside the establishment, in a location

conspicuous to employees, a choke-saving techniques poster meeting the following

requirements.

(2) The choke-saving techniques poster shall meet the following specifications:

(a) The poster shall depict through illustration and description procedures for the

removal of food which is lodged in a person's throat; and

(b) The techniques illustrated and described shall include, but need not be limited

to, the procedures whereby the choking person is grasped around the lower

chest and upper abdomen and given a quick jerk, thus putting increased

interabdominal pressure on the lungs and expelling the foreign matter.

(3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall produce or requisition the

production of the choke-saving techniques poster as provided in this section and

shall supply the posters to the local health departments for distribution without cost

to food establishments.
KRS § 281A.090 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281A / Section 281A.090
281A.090 Restrictions on driving
Status: in_force

281A.090 Restrictions on driving.

(1) Except when driving under a commercial learner's permit and accompanied by the

holder of commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person

shall drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state unless the

person holds a valid commercial driver's license with applicable endorsements valid

for the vehicle he or she is driving.

(2) No person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state

while his or her driving privilege for a commercial or noncommercial motor vehicle

is suspended, revoked, or canceled, or while he or she is subject to a

disqualification, or in violation of an out-of-service order.

(3) The licensee shall have in his or her immediate possession at all times when

operating a motor vehicle his or her commercial driver's license, and shall display

the license upon demand to the Transportation Cabinet, a license examiner, a peace

officer, a State Police officer, or an inspector or officer of the Department of

Vehicle Regulation. It shall be a defense to a violator of this subsection if the

person so charged produces in court a commercial driver's license, issued to him or

her before his or her arrest or violation and which was valid at that time.
KRS § 198B.120 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198B / Section 198B.120
198B.120 Injunctions to enforce building code compliance
Status: in_force

198B.120 Injunctions to enforce building code compliance.

The department or any local government agency enforcing the Uniform State

Building Code may obtain injunctive relief from any court of competent jurisdiction to

enjoin the offering for sale, delivery, use, occupancy or construction of any building

on which construction was begun after the effective date of the code, upon an

affidavit of the department or the local government agency specifying the manner in

which the construction, or if a building existing prior to the effective date of the code,

the reconstruction, alteration, repair or conversion does not conform to the

requirements of this chapter or the Uniform State Building Code.
KRS § 329A.030 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 329A / Section 329A.030
329A.030 Revolving fund
Status: in_force

329A.030 Revolving fund.

(1) All fees and other moneys received by the board pursuant to the provisions of KRS

329A.010 to 329A.090 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a

revolving fund for the use of the board.

(2) No part of this revolving fund shall revert to the general fund of this

Commonwealth.

(3) The revolving fund may be used to pay for:

(a) The compensation and reimbursement of board members for actual and

necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties;

(b) The compensation of all of the employees of the board;

(c) Those operational and capital expenses incurred in fulfilling the board's duties

as described in KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 and in administrative regulations;

and

(d) The development or sponsorship of at least six (6) hours of continuing

education courses annually, to be conducted in various areas of the state.
KRS § 39B.040 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39B / Section 39B.040
39B.040 Mutual aid arrangements with special districts and public and private agencies
Status: in_force

39B.040 Mutual aid arrangements with special districts and public and private

agencies.

(1) The local director of each local emergency management agency in the

Commonwealth may develop or cause to be developed mutual aid arrangements

with special districts and other public and private agencies within this

Commonwealth for reciprocal disaster and emergency response aid and assistance

in case of disaster or other emergency too great to be dealt with unassisted. The

arrangements shall be consistent with the Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan, the

local emergency operations plan, and the comprehensive emergency management

program of the Commonwealth, and in time of emergency it shall be the duty of

each local disaster and emergency services organizational unit, including each

special district, and each public or private agency, to render assistance in

accordance with the provisions of these mutual aid arrangements.

(2) The local director of each local emergency management agency in the

Commonwealth may assist the division, acting on behalf of the Governor, in

negotiation of reciprocal mutual aid agreements between the Commonwealth and

other states, including foreign states or provinces, or their political subdivisions,

and shall carry out the arrangements or any agreements relating to the local political

subdivision.
KRS § 524.040 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 524 / Section 524.040
524.040 Intimidating a participant in the legal process
Status: in_force

524.040 Intimidating a participant in the legal process.

(1) A person is guilty of intimidating a participant in the legal process when, by use of

harassing communications as described in KRS 525.080, physical force, or a threat

directed to a person he or she believes to be a participant in the legal process, he or

she:

(a) Influences, or attempts to influence, the testimony, vote, decision, or opinion

of that person;

(b) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to avoid legal process summoning

him or her to testify;

(c) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to absent himself or herself from

an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned;

(d) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to withhold a record, document, or

other object from an official proceeding;

(e) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to alter, destroy, mutilate, or

conceal an object with intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for

use in an official proceeding; or

(f) Hinders, delays, or prevents the communication to a law enforcement officer

or judge of information relating to the possible commission of an offense or a

violation of conditions of probation, parole or release pending judicial

proceedings.

(2) For purposes of this section:

(a) An official proceeding need not be pending or about to be instituted at the

time of the offense; and

(b) The testimony, record, document, or other object need not be admissible in

evidence or free of a claim of privilege.

(3) Intimidating a participant in the legal process is a Class D felony.

(4) In order for a person to be convicted of a violation of this section, the act against a

participant in the legal process or the immediate family of a participant in the legal

process shall be related to the performance of a duty or role played by the

participant in the legal process.
KRS § 100.401 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.401
100.401 Legislative intent
Status: in_force

100.401 Legislative intent.

It is the intent of KRS 100.401 to 100.419 to strengthen the enforcement of binding

elements which have been approved as part of a land use development plan in a county

containing a consolidated local government. This is intended to be done by extending to a

planning commission in counties containing a consolidated local government the

authority to issue remedial orders and impose civil fines in order to provide an equitable,

expeditious, effective, and inexpensive method of ensuring compliance with approved

land use plans as they apply to binding element agreements. KRS 100.401 to 100.419 is

intended and shall be construed to provide an additional or supplemental means of

obtaining compliance with local zoning ordinances and nothing contained in KRS

100.401 to 100.419 shall prohibit the enforcement of local zoning ordinances by any

other means authorized by law.
KRS § 61.904 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.904
61.904 Administration -- Administrative regulations -- Employees
Status: in_force

61.904 Administration -- Administrative regulations -- Employees.

KRS 61.900 to 61.930 shall be administered by the secretary, or by any agency within the

cabinet designated by the secretary and acting under his authority. The secretary shall

promulgate and enforce such administrative regulations as may be reasonable and

necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 61.900 to 61.930. The secretary may appoint

such employees, and delegate such duties to the same, as he or she, in his or her sound

discretion, deems appropriate.
KRS § 525.100 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 525 / Section 525.100
525.100 Public intoxication
Status: in_force

525.100 Public intoxication.

(1) A person is guilty of public intoxication when he appears in a public place

manifestly under the influence of a controlled substance, or other intoxicating

substance, excluding alcohol (unless the alcohol is present in combination with any

of the above), not therapeutically administered, to the degree that he may endanger

himself or other persons or property, or unreasonably annoy persons in his vicinity.

(2) Public intoxication is a Class B misdemeanor.
KRS § 121.210 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 121 / Section 121.210
121.210 Central campaign committee -- Designation -- Duties
Status: in_force

121.210 Central campaign committee -- Designation -- Duties.

(1) Each candidate or slate of candidates may designate one (1) central campaign

committee as a campaign committee. If so designated, the central campaign

committee shall receive all reports made by any other campaign committee

authorized in writing by the candidate or slate of candidates to accept contributions

or make expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or

election, of the candidate or slate of candidates who designated a central campaign

committee.

(2) Each statement or report which a campaign committee is required to file with or

furnish to the registry shall, if that committee is not a central campaign committee,

be furnished instead to the central campaign committee for the candidate on whose

behalf that committee is, or is established for the purpose of, accepting

contributions or making expenditures.

(3) Each central campaign committee shall receive all reports and statements filed with

or furnished to it by other campaign committees, and shall consolidate and furnish

the reports and statements to the registry, together with its own reports and

statements as prescribed by KRS 121.180.
KRS § 95.880 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.880
95.880 Payment obligations of the city
Status: in_force

95.880 Payment obligations of the city.

It is the intention of KRS 95.851 to 95.884 and KRS 95.991 that the payment of the

required contributions by the city, all allowances, annuities, benefits, and administration

expenses shall be the obligation of the city.
KRS § 244.090 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 244 / Section 244.090
244.090 Persons whom licensees may not employ -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

244.090 Persons whom licensees may not employ -- Exceptions.

(1) A person holding any license shall not knowingly employ in connection with the

licensed business any person who:

(a) Has been convicted of any felony within the last two (2) years;

(b) Has been twice convicted of any misdemeanor or offense directly or indirectly

attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages within the last two (2) years;

(c) For the purposes of selling and serving alcoholic beverages, is under the age

of twenty (20) years, unless the person employed is at least eighteen (18) years

of age and under the supervision of a person twenty (20) years of age or older;

or

(d) Within two (2) years prior to the date of the person's employment, has had any

license issued under KRS Chapters 241 to 244 or under any other act or

ordinance relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, or transportation

of alcoholic beverages revoked for cause.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section shall not apply if the

employee's duties do not involve the sale, service, delivery, or traffic in alcoholic

beverages at the licensed premises.

(3) A person under the age of twenty (20) years of age whose employment is authorized

under subsection (1) of this section shall not have duties that include bartending or

any activities listed in KRS 529.010(3).

(4) A person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age whose employment does not

include the sale or service of alcoholic beverages may work in the warehouse of a

wholesaler or distributor if there is an employee on the premises who is twenty-one

(21) years of age or older.

(5) Violation of this section shall subject both employer and employee to penalties

provided in this chapter and shall be cause for revocation of license.
KRS § 403.310 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.310
403.310 Hearings: custody proceedings shall receive priority
Status: in_force

403.310 Hearings: custody proceedings shall receive priority.

(1) Custody proceedings shall receive priority in being set for hearing.

(2) The court may tax as costs the payment of necessary travel and other expenses

incurred by any person whose presence at the hearing the court deems necessary to

determine the best interests of the child.

(3) The court without a jury shall determine questions of law and fact. If it finds that a

public hearing may be detrimental to the child's best interests, the court may

exclude the public from a custody hearing, but may admit any person who has a

direct and legitimate interest in the particular case or a legitimate educational or

research interest in the work of the court.

(4) If the court finds it necessary to protect the child's welfare that the record of any

interview, report, investigation, or testimony in a custody proceeding be kept secret,

the court may make an appropriate order sealing the record.
KRS § 95.621 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.621
95.621 Adoption by city described in KRS 95.518 of alternative fund, effect -- Members excluded, how -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988
Status: in_force

95.621 Adoption by city described in KRS 95.518 of alternative fund, effect --

Members excluded, how -- Coverage provided in County Employees

Retirement System after August 1, 1988.

(1) If a city described in KRS 95.518 adopted the alternative pension fund provisions

under KRS 95.621 to 95.629 prior to August 1, 1988, to govern the pension fund for

its policemen and firefighters, all the provisions in this section are mandatory. The

provisions of KRS 95.620 shall apply to any city which has adopted KRS 95.621 to

95.629.

(2) Any member of the police or fire department serving at the time of passage of the

ordinance and not desiring to participate in the fund and its benefits may be

excluded by notifying the board of trustees of the pension fund in writing of his

desire not to participate within ten (10) days after the effective date of this

ordinance.

(3) (a) After August 1, 1988, no new pension fund shall be created pursuant to this

section, and cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1,

1988, shall participate in the County Employees Retirement System effective

August 1, 1988;

(b) Cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1, 1988, shall

provide for the retirement of police or firefighters rehired after August 1,

1988, by placing such employees in the County Employees Retirement

System;

(c) Cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1, 1988, shall

place police or firefighters newly hired after August 1, 1988, in the County

Employees Retirement System;

(d) Cities which were covered by this section on or prior to August 1, 1988, shall

offer employees hired on or prior to August 1, 1988, membership in the

County Employees Retirement System under the alternate participation plan

as described in KRS 78.530(3), but such employees may elect to retain

coverage under this section; and

(e) The city shall certify that all police and firefighters placed in the County

Employees Retirement System, and not covered by Social Security for their

employment with the city, are employed in hazardous positions. If the police

and firefighters are covered by Social Security for their employment with the

city, the city may certify that they are employed in hazardous positions.