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KRS § 96.931 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.931
96.931 Definitions for KRS 96.930 to 96.943
Status: in_force

96.931 Definitions for KRS 96.930 to 96.943.

As used in KRS 96.930 to 96.943, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "City" means an incorporated municipality of any class;

(2) "Governing body" means the body vested by law with the legislative power of

a city;

(3) "Sewer body" means the body vested with responsibility for the control,

operation, and maintenance of a city's sewer facilities, which may be the

governing body or a board, commission, or agency, created by statute or by

city ordinance, or a private person, performing such functions under lawful

contract with the city;

(4) "Water supplier" means any person supplying water intended to be used, or

actually used, in any manner resulting in contamination and includes the city

itself, other cities and public bodies, and private operators of water-supplying

facilities;

(5) "Public health standards" means such standards as are lawfully prescribed

from time to time by the secretary for health and family services, the United

States Public Health Service, or any lawfully constituted county, city, or other

public board, department, or agency, vested with responsibility in this area.
KRS § 58.560 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 58 / Section 58.560
58.560 Bonds not indebtedness of Commonwealth
Status: in_force

58.560 Bonds not indebtedness of Commonwealth.

Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of KRS 58.500 to 58.590 are issued on

behalf of the Commonwealth but do not constitute a debt of the Commonwealth or of any

political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth or

of any such political subdivision, but such bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable

solely from the funds and security provided therefor under the provisions of KRS 58.500

to 58.590, and all such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to that effect.
KRS § 247.984 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.984
247.984 Farms to Food Banks Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

247.984 Farms to Food Banks Advisory Committee.

(1) The Farms to Food Banks Advisory Committee is hereby created for the purpose of

advising the department concerning the implementation and administration of the

program established under KRS 247.980 to 247.986. The committee shall be

composed of no fewer than ten (10) but no more than fifteen (15) members

appointed by the Commissioner. Membership on the committee shall include:

(a) Food and nutrition advocates;

(b) Regional food bank representatives;

(c) Local government representatives;

(d) Representatives of the department and Governor's Office;

(e) Agricultural commodity producers;

(f) Representatives of farm advocacy groups;

(g) Representatives of Kentucky public or private colleges and universities; and

(h) At-large members designated by the Commissioner.

(2) The advisory committee shall elect a chairperson during the first organizational

meeting.

(3) The committee shall:

(a) Advise the department concerning the implementation and administration of

KRS 247.980 to 247.986;

(b) Make recommendations to the department regarding the content of

administrative regulations promulgated by the department in accordance with

KRS 247.980 to 247.986;

(c) Advise the department on administration of the fund created pursuant to KRS

247.985 by developing a written plan for the expenditure of funds. The

committee shall meet at least one (1) time a year to review the plan and

prepare the annual report. The plan shall, at a minimum, include the

following:

1. A summary of existing food banks in Kentucky;

2. An evaluation of the needs of the hungry in Kentucky, including the

population of areas served by food banks, the percent of the population

that is at or below the federal poverty level, an estimate of the number of

school children who receive free or reduced-price meals, and other

criteria that can measure need; and

3. A proposal for distributing funds to areas of recognized need; and

(d) Provide to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission an annual

report by October 1 of each year. The initial report shall include the plan

developed under paragraph (c) of this subsection for the expenditure of funds.

The initial and future reports shall include details of the amounts and

recipients of funds distributed.

(4) Appointed committee members may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary

expenses incurred while engaged in carrying out the official duties of the

committee.

(5) The committee shall be attached to the Department of Agriculture for administrative

purposes.
KRS § 176.130 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 176 / Section 176.130
176.130 Certificates of eligibility for contractors -- Application -- When necessary
Status: in_force

176.130 Certificates of eligibility for contractors -- Application -- When necessary.

(1) Every person who seeks to procure, bid upon, or offer to bid upon any contract with

the department for the construction or maintenance of any public road or any

section thereof, before procuring a proposal form or submitting any bid to obtain

such contract, shall procure a certificate of eligibility from the department to bid on

such work.

(2) All applications for a certificate of eligibility shall be made to the department in

writing, and the department shall act upon the application within thirty (30) days

after the application is filed.

(3) A certificate of eligibility is not necessary where the department purchases

equipment, material and supplies directly, except in the case of the purchase of

crushed stone in lots of more than one thousand (1,000) tons, or bituminous

materials in tank car lots.
KRS § 303.121 — KY Code / Title XXV / Chapter 303 / Section 303.121
303.121 Burial association benefits must be paid in money
Status: in_force

303.121 Burial association benefits must be paid in money.

It shall be unlawful for any burial association or any association engaged in the business

of issuing contracts, policies or agreements of burial insurance of any kind or character

whatsoever or any contracts of a similar nature to issue or cause to be issued any

agreement, policy, contract, bond, assurance or guarantee or to have any bylaws which

shall provide for the payment of any funeral or burial benefits in merchandise or services,

but all payments of benefits thereunder must be made in money.
KRS § 162.200 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.200
162.200 Use of funds -- Lien on building
Status: in_force

162.200 Use of funds -- Lien on building.

All money received from any bonds issued pursuant to KRS 162.170 shall be used solely

for the establishment or erection of the school building and necessary appurtenances,

except that the money may be used also to advance the payment of the interest on bonds

during the first three (3) years following the date of the bonds. There shall be a statutory

mortgage lien upon the school building and appurtenances in favor of the holders of the

bonds and coupons.
KRS § 248.570 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 248 / Section 248.570
248.570 Records -- Quarterly financial report to board
Status: in_force

248.570 Records -- Quarterly financial report to board.

(1) The Finance and Administration Cabinet and the University of Kentucky shall

maintain such records as necessary to account for all receipts and expenditures

credited to or charged against the tobacco research-trust fund and shall establish

such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of KRS

248.510 to 248.570.

(2) The University of Kentucky shall furnish to the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board

and the Legislative Research Commission a quarterly financial report showing the

status of funds and the status of all research projects authorized under the provisions

of KRS 248.510 to 248.570.
KRS § 344.020 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 344 / Section 344.020
344.020 Purposes and construction of chapter -- Effect
Status: in_force

344.020 Purposes and construction of chapter -- Effect.

(1) The general purposes of this chapter are:

(a) To provide for execution within the state of the policies embodied in the

Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended (78 Stat. 241), Title VIII of the

Federal Civil Rights Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 81), the Fair Housing Act as

amended (42 U.S.C. 360), the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act

of 1967 (81 Stat. 602), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-

336), and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 as amended (P.L. 102-166, amended by

P.L. 102-392);

(b) To safeguard all individuals within the state from discrimination because of

familial status, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age forty (40) and

over, or because of the person's status as a qualified individual with a

disability as defined in KRS 344.010 and KRS 344.030; thereby to protect

their interest in personal dignity and freedom from humiliation, to make

available to the state their full productive capacities, to secure the state against

domestic strife and unrest which would menace its democratic institutions, to

preserve the public safety, health, and general welfare, and to further the

interest, rights, and privileges of individuals within the state;

(c) To establish as the policy of the Commonwealth the safeguarding of the rights

of an individual selling or leasing his primary residence through private sale

without the aid of any real estate operator, broker, or salesman and without

advertising or public display.

(2) This chapter shall be construed to further the general purposes stated in this section

and the special purposes of the particular provision involved.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as indicating an intent to exclude local

laws on the same subject matter not inconsistent with this chapter.

(4) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal any other law of this

state relating to discrimination because of familial status, race, color, religion,

national origin, sex, age forty (40) and over, or because of the person's status as a

qualified individual with a disability as defined in KRS 344.030.
KRS § 381.9145 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 381 / Section 381.9145
381.9145 Alteration of units
Status: in_force

381.9145 Alteration of units.

Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner:

(1) May make any improvements or alterations to his or her unit that do not impair the

structural integrity, utility components, or mechanical systems or lessen the support

of any portion of the condominium;

(2) Shall not change the appearance of the common elements, or the exterior

appearance of a unit or any other portion of the condominium, without the written

permission of the association; and

(3) After acquiring an adjoining unit or an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may

remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures therein, even if the

partition in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the

structural integrity, utility components, or mechanical systems or lessen the support

of any portion of the condominium. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures

under this subsection is not an alteration of boundaries and neither creates a merged

unit nor modifies the basis for the calculation and collection of assessments.
KRS § 157.290 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.290
157.290 Tentative preapproval of plans for special education programs
Status: in_force

157.290 Tentative preapproval of plans for special education programs.

The local superintendent of schools shall present to the chief state school officer an

application for tentative preapproval of a plan for special education programs for

exceptional children.
KRS § 457.270 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 457 / Section 457.270
457.270 Real property
Status: in_force

457.270 Real property.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting

general authority with respect to real property authorizes the agent to:

(1) Demand, buy, lease, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of

credit, or otherwise acquire or reject an interest in real property or a right incident to

real property;

(2) Sell; exchange; convey with or without covenants, representations, or warranties;

quitclaim; release; surrender; retain title for security; encumber; partition; consent

to partitioning; subject to an easement or covenant; subdivide; apply for zoning or

other governmental permits; plat or consent to platting; develop; grant an option

concerning; lease; sublease; contribute to an entity in exchange for an interest in

that entity; or otherwise grant or dispose of an interest in real property or a right

incident to real property;

(3) Pledge or mortgage an interest in real property or right incident to real property as

security to borrow money or pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt of

the principal or a debt guaranteed by the principal;

(4) Release, assign, satisfy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise a mortgage, deed of

trust, conditional sale contract, encumbrance, lien, or other claim to real property

which exists or is asserted;

(5) Manage or conserve an interest in real property or a right incident to real property

owned or claimed to be owned by the principal, including:

(a) Insuring against liability or casualty or other loss;

(b) Obtaining or regaining possession of or protecting the interest or right by

litigation or otherwise;

(c) Paying, assessing, compromising, or contesting taxes or assessments or

applying for and receiving refunds in connection with them; and

(d) Purchasing supplies, hiring assistance or labor, and making repairs or

alterations to the real property;

(6) Use, develop, alter, replace, remove, erect, or install structures or other

improvements upon real property in or incident to which the principal has, or claims

to have, an interest or right;

(7) Participate in a reorganization with respect to real property or an entity that owns an

interest in or right incident to real property and receive, and hold, and act with

respect to stocks and bonds or other property received in a plan of reorganization,

including:

(a) Selling or otherwise disposing of them;

(b) Exercising or selling an option, right of conversion, or similar right with

respect to them; and

(c) Exercising any voting rights in person or by proxy;

(8) Change the form of title of an interest in or right incident to real property; and

(9) Dedicate to public use, with or without consideration, easements or other real

property in which the principal has, or claims to have, an interest.
KRS § 171.145 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.145
171.145 Authority to provide library services for qualified readers with disabilities
Status: in_force

171.145 Authority to provide library services for qualified readers with disabilities.

For the benefit of qualified readers with disabilities of Kentucky, the Department for

Libraries and Archives may make available books and other reading matter in Braille,

talking books or any other medium of reading used by qualified readers with disabilities.

To this end, the department is authorized to provide library services for qualified citizens

with disabilities of the Commonwealth through contract, agreement or otherwise with the

Library of Congress or any regional library thereof.
KRS § 625.065 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 625 / Section 625.065
625.065 Putative father party to proceedings
Status: in_force

625.065 Putative father party to proceedings.

(1) The putative father of a child shall be made a party and brought before the

circuit court in the same manner as any other party to an involuntary

termination action if one (1) of the following conditions exists:

(a) He is known and voluntarily identified by the mother by affidavit;

(b) He has registered with the cabinet pursuant to KRS 199.503 as a putative

father prior to the birth of the child, or if he did not have notice prior to the

birth of the child, within twenty-one (21) days after the birth of the child;

(c) He has caused his name to be affixed to the birth certificate of the child;

(d) He has commenced a judicial proceeding claiming parental right;

(e) He has contributed financially to the support of the child, either by paying

the medical or hospital bills associated with the birth of the child or

financially contributing to the child's support; or

(f) He has married the mother of the child or has lived openly or is living

openly with the child or the person designated on the birth certificate as

the biological mother of the child.

(2) Any person to whom none of the above conditions apply shall be deemed to

have no parental rights to the child in question.
KRS § 386.478 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 386 / Section 386.478
386.478 Insubstantial allocations not required -- When allocation presumed insubstantial
Status: in_force

386.478 Insubstantial allocations not required -- When allocation presumed

insubstantial.

If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by KRS

386.480, 386.482, 386.484, or 386.486 is unsubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire

amount to principal. An allocation is presumed to be insubstantial if:

(1) The amount of the allocation would increase or decrease net income in an

accounting period, as determined before the allocation, by less than ten percent

(10%); or

(2) The value of the asset producing the receipt for which the allocation would be made

is less than ten percent (10%) of the total value of the trust's assets at the beginning

of the accounting period.
KRS § 417.100 — KY Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417 / Section 417.100
417.100 Representation by attorney
Status: in_force

417.100 Representation by attorney.

A party has the right to be represented by an attorney at any proceeding or hearing under

this chapter. A waiver thereof prior to the proceeding or hearing is ineffective.
KRS § 514.150 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 514 / Section 514.150
514.150 Possession of stolen mail matter
Status: in_force

514.150 Possession of stolen mail matter.

(1) A person is guilty of possession of stolen mail matter when he knowingly or having

reason to believe that it has been the subject of theft in violation of KRS 514.140:

(a) Possesses;

(b) Buys;

(c) Receives;

(d) Conceals;

(e) Deals in; or

(f) Sells;

any mail matter (as defined in KRS 514.140).

(2) Possession of stolen mail matter is a Class D felony.
KRS § 136.525 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 136 / Section 136.525
136.525 Apportionment of net capital for financial institutions with taxable business activity within and without the Commonwealth
Status: in_force

136.525 Apportionment of net capital for financial institutions with taxable

business activity within and without the Commonwealth.

(1) A financial institution whose business activity is taxable both within and without

this Commonwealth shall apportion its net capital pursuant to the provisions of this

section.

(2) Net capital shall be apportioned to this Commonwealth by multiplying total net

capital by the apportionment percentage. The apportionment percentage is

determined by adding together the financial institution's receipts factor as

determined under the provisions of KRS 136.530, property factor as determined

under the provisions of KRS 136.535, and payroll factor as determined under the

provisions of KRS 136.540 and dividing the sum by three (3). If one (1) of the

factors is missing, the two (2) remaining factors are added and the sum is divided by

two (2). If two (2) of the factors are missing, the remaining factor is the

apportionment percentage. A factor is missing if both its numerator and

denominator are zero (0), but it is not missing merely because the numerator is zero

(0).

(3) Each factor shall be calculated by the method of accounting used by the financial

institution for the taxable year.

(4) If the apportionment provisions of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 do not fairly represent

the extent of the financial institution's business activity in this Commonwealth, the

financial institution may petition for or the department may require, in respect to all

or any part of the financial institution's business activity, if reasonable:

(a) Separate accounting;

(b) The exclusion of any one (1) or more of the factors;

(c) The inclusion of one (1) or more additional factors which will fairly represent

the financial institution's business activity in this Commonwealth; or

(d) The employment of any other method to effectuate an equitable apportionment

of the financial institution's net capital.
KRS § 438.325 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 438 / Section 438.325
438.325 Notice to employee of prohibitions -- Penalty
Status: in_force

438.325 Notice to employee of prohibitions -- Penalty.

(1) Each owner of a retail establishment selling or distributing tobacco products,

alternative nicotine products, or vapor products shall notify each individual

employed in the retail establishment as a retail sales clerk that the sale of tobacco

products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to any person under the

age of twenty-one (21) years and the purchase of tobacco products, alternative

nicotine products, or vapor products by any person under the age of twenty-one (21)

years are prohibited.

(2) Each owner of a retail establishment selling or distributing tobacco products,

alternative nicotine products, or vapor products shall notify each individual

employed in the retail establishment as a retail sales clerk that proof of age is

required from a prospective buyer or recipient if the person has reason to believe

that the prospective purchaser or recipient is under the age of twenty-one (21).

(3) The notice to employees that is required in subsection (1) of this section shall be

provided before the person commences work as a retail sales clerk, or, in the case of

a person employed as a retail sales clerk on March 26, 2020, within thirty (30) days

of that date. The employee shall signify receipt of the notice required by this section

by signing a form that states as follows:

"I understand that under the law of the Commonwealth of Kentucky it is illegal to

sell or distribute tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products

to persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years and that it is illegal for persons

under the age of twenty-one (21) years to purchase tobacco products, alternative

nicotine products, or vapor products."

(4) The owner of the retail establishment shall maintain the signed notice that is

required pursuant to subsection (3) of this section in a place and in a manner so as

to be easily accessible to any employee of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage

Control or the Department of Agriculture conducting an inspection of the retail

establishment for the purpose of monitoring compliance in limiting the sale or

distribution of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to

persons under the age of twenty-one (21) as provided in KRS 438.305 to 438.350.

(5) Any owner of the retail establishment violating subsections (1) to (4) of this section

shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than

five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. The fine shall be administered by the

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in a civil enforcement procedure.