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KRS § 350.135 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 350 / Section 350.135
350.135 Requirements for transfer of surface coal mining permit -- Release of bond -- Regulations -- Approval by cabinet
Status: in_force

350.135 Requirements for transfer of surface coal mining permit -- Release of bond

-- Regulations -- Approval by cabinet.

(1) No surface coal mining permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be transferred by

sale, assignment, lease, or otherwise except upon the written approval by the cabinet

of a joint application submitted by both the transferor and the transferee. A basic fee

set by regulation, and bearing a reasonable relationship to the cost of processing the

transfer, but not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) shall accompany the

application and no acreage fee will be assessed. The transferee shall file with the

application a bond satisfactory to the cabinet which shall ensure reclamation of the

entire area of land affected under the permit, including areas previously affected by

the transferor. All rights and liabilities under the permit shall pass to the transferee

upon written approval of the transfer by the cabinet, except that the transferor shall

remain liable for any civil penalties resulting from violations occurring prior to the

date of approval of the transfer. The cabinet shall not approve transfer of a surface

coal mining permit to any person who would be ineligible to receive a new permit

under this chapter.

(2) After the cabinet has given its written approval to the transfer, the transferee may

conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations according to the approved

mining and reclamation plan of the original permittee. Any transferee seeking to

change the conditions of mining or reclamation operations, or any of the terms or

conditions of the original permit, shall apply for a new or revised permit pursuant to

the requirements of the cabinet.

(3) The cabinet shall not release the first permittee from bond liability under this

chapter as to that particular operation until the transferee, having filed a bond

satisfactory to the cabinet, receives written approval from the cabinet for the

transfer, and otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter, and provided

further that the transferee shall assume as part of his obligation under this chapter,

all liability for the reclamation of the area of land affected by the former permittee.

(4) The cabinet may promulgate reasonable regulations and administrative procedures

to implement this section.

(5) The cabinet shall approve the transfer application if:

(a) A joint agreement or sale has been executed;

(b) The transferee has posted bond satisfactory to the cabinet which insures

reclamation of the entire area of land affected under the permit;

(c) The transferee has paid the fee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section;

(d) The transferee has agreed to operate under provisions of the approved permit

being transferred.
KRS § 353.810 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.810
353.810 Carbon injection wells to be closed and plugged after completion of active injection -- Monitoring for leaking and migration -- Transfer of ownership and liability of storage facilities -- Finance and Administration Cabinet to effect transfer
Status: in_force

353.810 Carbon injection wells to be closed and plugged after completion of active

injection -- Monitoring for leaking and migration -- Transfer of ownership and

liability of storage facilities -- Finance and Administration Cabinet to effect

transfer.

(1) Upon completion of active injection, the storage operator shall notify the division of

the completion and close and plug the carbon injection wells as required by the

permit issued by USEPA for the demonstration carbon injection wells.

(2) The storage operator shall monitor the storage facility for leakage and migration for

the time period and by the methods required by the permit for the carbon injection

wells after completion of active injection and plugging of the carbon injection

wells.

(3) The ownership and liability for a storage facility may be transferred to:

(a) The federal government if a federal program exists; or

(b) The Finance and Administration Cabinet pursuant to subsections (4), (5), and

(6) of this section if a federal program does not exist.

(4) If no federal program exists, and the storage operator seeks to transfer the

ownership and liability of a storage facility to the Finance and Administration

Cabinet, after completion of the required period of monitoring following

completion and plugging, the storage operator shall notify the division of its intent

to transfer ownership of the stored carbon dioxide and associated liability to the

Finance and Administration Cabinet. The storage operator shall provide evidence to

the division of the satisfactory completion of all permit conditions pertaining to the

demonstration carbon injection well. Upon receipt and evaluation of satisfactory

evidence, the division shall forward the evidence to the Finance and Administration

Cabinet with a recommendation for the transfer of ownership of the stored carbon

dioxide and liability. The storage operator may then apply to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet for the transfer of ownership and liability for the stored

carbon dioxide.

(5) Ownership of and liability for the stored carbon dioxide shall remain with the

storage operator until the transfer is completed.

(6) Upon receipt of the evidence and recommendation of the division and the

application for transfer by the storage operator, the Finance and Administration

Cabinet shall take appropriate action to effect a transfer.
KRS § 96.5375 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.5375
96.5375 Rights of city owning or operating natural gas system to sell natural gas within and without city boundaries -- Limitations -- Prohibitions -- Definitions
Status: in_force

96.5375 Rights of city owning or operating natural gas system to sell natural gas

within and without city boundaries -- Limitations -- Prohibitions -- Definitions.

(1) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section and KRS 96.045 and

96.538, any city that owns and operates a municipal system for the acquisition,

distribution, or transmission of natural gas may extend the system into and furnish

and sell natural gas to any person or entity within the boundaries of the city or

within any territory outside of the city's boundaries. In exercising the authority

provided by this subsection, the city may install the necessary apparatus to provide

natural gas distribution or transmission service and may also condemn or otherwise

acquire rights-of-way as private utilities may do. The provisions of this subsection

shall apply to all cities of this Commonwealth transporting or distributing natural

gas as well as any board, commission, or agency thereof.

(2) A city, other than a city of the first class or a consolidated local government, may

acquire the entire plant of an existing natural gas distribution system only under the

same process and subject to the same limitations established by KRS 96.580,

96.590, and 96.600.

(3) No property owned or operated by an existing natural gas distribution system

located within the Commonwealth may be condemned by a city from another state.

(4) A natural gas utility, which, for purposes of this subsection, means a public, private

or municipally owned gas utility distributing or transporting natural gas to

customers within this Commonwealth, shall not:

(a) Extend its system for the purposes of furnishing or selling natural gas to any

person or entity that is currently being served by another natural gas utility; or

(b) Extend its system to furnish or sell natural gas to any person or entity when

there is another natural gas utility in closer proximity to the person or entity to

be served, unless the natural gas utility in closer proximity has declined to

provide service.

(5) The provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall only apply to extension of

service issues between a municipally owned natural gas utility servicing customers

located outside its municipal boundaries and a private or investor-owned natural gas

utility. The term "municipally owned" shall include systems distributing or

transporting natural gas that are owned by a city from another state.
KRS § 205.5516 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.5516
205.5516 Compliance of payment arrangements with state and federal laws and regulations
Status: in_force

205.5516 Compliance of payment arrangements with state and federal laws and

regulations.

All payment arrangements between the department, managed care organizations, and the

state pharmacy benefit manager shall comply with state and federal statutes, regulations

adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and any other agreement

between the department and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The

department may change a payment arrangement in order to comply with state and federal

statutes, regulations adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or any

other agreement between the department and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

services.
KRS § 367.6801 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.6801
367.6801 Short title for KRS 367.680 to 367.690
Status: in_force

367.6801 Short title for KRS 367.680 to 367.690.

KRS 367.680 to 367.690 may be cited as the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act.
KRS § 267.560 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 267 / Section 267.560
267.560 Appropriations to aid district
Status: in_force

267.560 Appropriations to aid district.

The fiscal court of any county may, when in its judgment the public interests and welfare

justify it, make appropriations to aid any drainage district of the county in making or

maintaining any improvement.
KRS § 6.248 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.248
6.248 Authorization of joint primary and cosponsorship of similar bills in opposite chambers -- Petition -- Approval -- Withdrawal -- Forms
Status: in_force

6.248 Authorization of joint primary and cosponsorship of similar bills in opposite

chambers -- Petition -- Approval -- Withdrawal -- Forms.

(1) If a bill is introduced in the Senate or the House of Representatives, and a

substantially similar bill is introduced in the opposite chamber, the primary

sponsors of each of the bills may jointly petition the Committee on Committees in

each chamber to authorize joint primary and cosponsorship by members of both

chambers of one or both bills.

(2) The petition shall be approved if jointly agreed to by both the Committee on

Committees in the Senate and the Committee on Committees in the House of

Representatives. The approval shall become effective upon receipt by the Senate

and House clerks of a properly completed form as provided in subsection (6) of this

section and subsequent report to both chambers of the authorized joint primary and

cosponsorship of a bill or bills.

(3) Upon the petition approval becoming effective, the primary sponsors and existing

cosponsors from both chambers shall be listed in the Legislative Record as joint

primary and cosponsors of one or both bills as follows:

(a) The primary Senate sponsor shall be listed as first sponsor of a Senate bill and

the primary House sponsor shall be listed as first sponsor of a House bill. The

primary sponsor from the opposite chamber shall be listed immediately after

the first sponsor.

(b) Cosponsors from both chambers shall be listed after the primary sponsors,

with Senate cosponsors listed first on Senate bills and House cosponsors listed

first on House bills. Cosponsors from the opposite chamber shall be listed

immediately after cosponsors from the chamber of origin.

(4) Any member wishing to cosponsor a bill of the opposite chamber for which a

petition approval has become effective pursuant to this section may be allowed to

cosponsor upon motion made and adopted in the chamber of that member.

(5) Any sponsor or cosponsor of a bill, pursuant to this section, may withdraw

sponsorship or cosponsorship upon motion made and adopted in the chamber of

which the sponsor or cosponsor is a member.

(6) The staff of the Legislative Research Commission shall develop a form by which

primary sponsors pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may jointly petition the

Senate and House Committees on Committees and by which the Senate and House

Committees on Committees may, by signatures of their chairs, indicate written

approval.
KRS § 247.155 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.155
247.155 Gambling devices or games of chance not to be operated -- Exception
Status: in_force

247.155 Gambling devices or games of chance not to be operated -- Exception.

It shall be unlawful for any person to open, cause to be opened, carry on, conduct or

operate as owner, proprietor or employee any gambling device or game of chance within

the confines of the grounds of the Kentucky State Fair. Any person who violates any

provision of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five

hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. Each day in which a gambling device or game of

chance is so operated shall be considered a separate offense. This section shall not apply

to the sale of lottery tickets sold under the provisions of KRS Chapter 154A.
KRS § 247.5089 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 247 / Section 247.5089
247.5089 Use of assessment funds
Status: in_force

247.5089 Use of assessment funds.

The funds, including donations from individuals, concerns, corporations, and grants from

the state or governmental agencies, shall be used for the purpose of promoting and

stimulating, by research, market development and education, the increased use and sale,

domestic and foreign, of small grains and small grains products; and for the prevention,

modification, or elimination of trade barriers which obstruct the free flow of small grains

and small grains products to market. None of these funds shall be used to lobby as

defined in KRS 6.611. The duly certified association receiving the assessment funds shall,

upon the advice and consent of the Kentucky Small Grain Promotion Council, use and

disburse the same as follows:

(1) The association may first refund to itself therefrom the costs and expenses incurred

in the conduct of the referendum;

(2) The association may spend or disburse the necessary funds therefrom for

administrative costs and expenses, but no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the

funds collected in any marketing year shall be so utilized; and

(3) The balance remaining shall be used for the purposes provided in this section, as

determined by the Kentucky Small Grain Promotion Council.
KRS § 311A.165 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311A / Section 311A.165
311A.165 Emergency medical technicians -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in medical care facilities
Status: in_force

311A.165 Emergency medical technicians -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable

control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in

medical care facilities.

(1) An emergency medical technician may, subject to the provisions of this section,

perform any procedure:

(a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department of

Transportation training course for emergency medical technicians; and

(b) Any additional procedure authorized by the board by administrative

regulation.

(2) When there is a change in the United States Department of Transportation

curriculum for emergency medical technicians or the board approves an additional

skill or procedure by administrative regulation, no person who was not trained

under that curriculum or administrative regulation shall perform any activity or

procedure in the new curriculum or administrative regulation unless the person has

been trained according to the new curriculum or administrative regulation and

demonstrates competency in the new knowledge or skill. Competency in a new skill

shall be demonstrated through a return demonstration to a competent evaluator. If

the board adopts the new procedure or skill, the board shall promulgate an

administrative regulation specifying the new procedure, training requirements,

examination requirements, and a time period during which the emergency medical

technician shall successfully complete the new material or lose his or her

certification as an emergency medical technician.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nothing in this section shall

prevent an employer from exercising reasonable fiscal control over the costs of

providing emergency medical services to its citizens nor prevent the employer from

exercising any reasonable control over emergency medical technicians providing

emergency medical care upon behalf of the licensed entity or other provider.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit utilization of a certified

emergency medical technician for the purpose of such individual working with

primary responsibility and duties limited to hospitals, physician's offices, clinics, or

other definitive care facilities, except as an emergency medical technician trainee or

a full-time instructor of emergency medical technicians.
KRS § 197.057 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 197 / Section 197.057
197.057 Course for inmates on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma
Status: in_force

197.057 Course for inmates on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma.

(1) The department shall make available a one and one-half (1.5) hour course for

inmates that addresses the prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined

in KRS 620.020. In addition to presenting the consequences of vigorously shaking

an infant or young child, this course shall suggest methods of calming crying

infants, techniques for caregivers to use to calm themselves when confronted with

an infant that is crying inconsolably, and discuss selecting appropriate care

providers for infant children. Training in recognizing pediatric abusive head trauma

may be designed in collaboration with organizations and agencies that specialize in

the prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head trauma approved by the

secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

(2) The department shall encourage local jails to provide a course similar to that

described in subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 309.336 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 309 / Section 309.336
309.336 Master licensed diabetes educator -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

309.336 Master licensed diabetes educator -- Administrative regulations.

(1) An applicant for licensure as a master licensed diabetes educator shall:

(a) File a written application on forms provided by the board; and

(b) Provide proof of completion of the credentialing program of the American

Association of Diabetes Educators or the National Certification Board for

Diabetes Educators as a certified advanced diabetes manager or a certified

diabetes educator.

(2) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations to do the following,

including but not limited to:

(a) Establish a fee for licensure; and

(b) Establish additional requirements for a master licensed diabetes educator as

the board determines are necessary.
KRS § 365.680 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 365 / Section 365.680
365.680 Permit fee -- Bond
Status: in_force

365.680 Permit fee -- Bond.

(1) Each application for a transient merchant permit shall be accompanied by a permit

fee pursuant to KRS 64.012, to be retained by the office of the county clerk or the

officer of an urban-county government having the responsibility for the issuance of

business permits and licenses generally. In addition, any applicant who will be

selling goods, wares or merchandise during the permit period which have an

aggregate market value of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or more, shall

secure and submit evidence of security, a cash bond or a surety bond in the amount

of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or five percent (5%) of the retail value of any

goods, wares or merchandise to be offered for sale, whichever sum is greater. Such

evidence of security shall be held by the Attorney General and he shall issue a

certificate of security to be used by the applicant as evidence of security.

(2) The surety bond required by this section shall be in favor of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky and shall assure the payment by the applicant of all taxes that may be due

from the applicant to the state or any political subdivision of the state, the payment

of any fines that may be assessed against the applicant or its agents or employees for

violation of the provisions of KRS 365.650 to 365.695, and for the satisfaction of

all judgments that may be rendered against the transient merchant or its agents or

employees in any cause of action commenced by any purchaser of goods, wares or

merchandise within one (1) year from the date of the sale by such transient

merchant.

(3) The bond shall be maintained so long as the transient merchant conducts business in

the Commonwealth of Kentucky and for a period of one (1) year after the

termination of such business and shall be released only when the transient merchant

furnishes satisfactory proof to the Attorney General that it has satisfied all claims of

purchasers of goods, wares or merchandise from such merchant, and that all state

and local sales taxes and other taxes have been paid.
KRS § 65.016 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.016
65.016 Prohibition against requiring any employer to pay employee a certain wage or fringe benefit
Status: in_force

65.016 Prohibition against requiring any employer to pay employee a certain

wage or fringe benefit.

The legislative body of any city, county, consolidated local government,

urban-county government, charter county government, or unified local government

shall not have the authority to require any employer to pay to an employee a certain

wage or fringe benefit other than as determined by the employer.
KRS § 118.750 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 118 / Section 118.750
118.750 Publication of proclamations and writs by sheriffs
Status: in_force

118.750 Publication of proclamations and writs by sheriffs.

Immediately on receipt of a proclamation or writ of election, or other sufficient

information thereof, the sheriff shall give notice thereof by publication pursuant to KRS

Chapter 424 and by handbills posted at the courthouse door and at the several places of

voting.
KRS § 80.322 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 80 / Section 80.322
80.322 Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090
Status: in_force

80.322 Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

The board of each authority shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to

65A.090.
KRS § 158.6457 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.6457
158.6457 Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457
Status: in_force

158.6457 Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457.

As used in this section and KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, and 158.6455, unless the

context requires otherwise:

(1) "Accountability index" means the statistic, as provided by KRS 158.6455(1),

that combines a school's academic and nonacademic factors;

(2) "Core content for assessment" means the content identified for all students to

know that is to be included on the state assessment; and

(3) "Nonacademic factors" means the statistic that describes school success on:

(a) Increasing attendance and decreasing retention rates at the elementary

school level;

(b) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates

at the middle school level; and

(c) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates

and improving the transition to adult life at the secondary school level.