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KRS § 311.786 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.786
311.786 Construction of KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786, 311.990, and 413.140
Status: in_force

311.786 Construction of KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786, 311.990,

and 413.140.

KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786, 311.990, and 413.140 shall not be

construed to repeal, by implication or otherwise, any law regulating or restricting

abortion. An abortion that complies with KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786,

311.990, and 413.140 but violates any otherwise applicable provision of state law

shall be deemed unlawful as provided in such provision. An abortion that complies

with the provisions of state law regulating or restricting abortion but violates the

provisions of KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786, 311.990, and 413.140

shall be deemed unlawful as provided in those sections. If some or all of the

provisions of KRS 213.101, 311.595, 311.781 to 311.786, 311.990, and 413.140 are

temporarily or permanently restrained or enjoined by judicial order, all other

provisions of state law regulating or restricting abortion shall be enforced as though

such restrained or enjoined provisions had not been adopted. But, whenever such

temporary or permanent restraining order or injunction is stayed or dissolved, or

otherwise ceases to have effect, such provisions shall have full force and effect.
KRS § 515.010 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 515 / Section 515.010
515.010 Definition
Status: in_force

515.010 Definition.

The following definition applies in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Physical force" means force used upon or directed toward the body of another

person.
KRS § 259.110 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 259.110
259.110 Stray equine and stray cattle may be taken up -- By whom -- When
Status: in_force

259.110 Stray equine and stray cattle may be taken up -- By whom -- When.

A stray equine may be taken up and posted by any person or entity if it is found running at

large outside of its enclosure or if it can be determined from the circumstances that its

owner has abandoned it. Stray cattle may be taken up and posted by any freeholder by

legal or equitable title or by a tenant of an unexpired lease for not less than three (3) years

when found on his place of residence.
KRS § 381.250 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 381 / Section 381.250
381.250 Certification prohibited when more than one patent
Status: in_force

381.250 Certification prohibited when more than one patent.

If two (2) or more patents have been issued for the same land, whether by this state or by

the State of Virginia, no county clerk or other county or state officer shall officially

certify that the records show, or that the fact is that the title is in any of the patentees, or

in any person claiming under any of the patents.
KRS § 161.810 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 161 / Section 161.810
161.810 Continuance of status in case of annexation or consolidation of schools
Status: in_force

161.810 Continuance of status in case of annexation or consolidation of schools.

If an entire school district or that part of a school district which comprises the territory in

which a school or schools are situated is transferred to any other district, or if the schools

in an independent or county school district are consolidated or centralized, the teachers in

such consolidated or centralized schools employed on continuing contracts immediately

prior to such transfer, consolidation, or centralization shall, subject to the limitations

imposed by KRS 161.800, have continuing service status in the newly centralized or

consolidated school, or in the district to which the territory is transferred.
KRS § 393A.540 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393A / Section 393A.540
393A.540 Filing a claim under KRS 393A.510 -- Request for administrative hearing
Status: in_force

393A.540 Filing a claim under KRS 393A.510 -- Request for administrative

hearing.

Not later than one (1) year after filing a claim under KRS 393A.510(1), the claimant may

request in writing an administrative hearing, to be conducted in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13B.
KRS § 411.030 — KY Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 411 / Section 411.030
411.030 Action for seduction -- Proof
Status: in_force

411.030 Action for seduction -- Proof.

An action for seduction may be maintained without any allegation or proof of the loss of

service of the victim by reason of the wrongful act of the defendant.
KRS § 147B.110 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 147B / Section 147B.110
147B.110 Duties and functions
Status: in_force

147B.110 Duties and functions.

The Governor's Financial Policy Council shall perform the following duties and

functions:

(1) Review the state revenue forecast and official revenue estimates;

(2) Review long-term expenditure patterns;

(3) Review federal economic, taxation, and budget policies and report to the Governor

regarding the impact of such policies on the state economy and upon the state's

finances;

(4) Review state infrastructure and capital investment needs and advise the Governor

regarding needed changes and revisions;

(5) Review and make recommendations regarding economic issues as are deemed

appropriate; and

(6) Provide other financial analyses as requested by the Governor or the Governor's

Office for Policy and Management.
KRS § 12.200 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 12 / Section 12.200
12.200 Definition for KRS 12.210 to 12.230
Status: in_force

12.200 Definition for KRS 12.210 to 12.230.

The term "department" as used in KRS 12.210 to 12.230 shall be construed to mean and

to include each and every executive or administrative department, program cabinet,

division, office and independent agency as said terms are defined and set forth in KRS

Chapter 12, and shall include any administrative department, program cabinet, division,

office and independent agency heretofore or hereafter designated as such by the General

Assembly.
KRS § 164.3061 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.3061
164.3061 Teacher preparation programs for elementary regular education to include instructional strategies and resources for mathematics instruction -- List of approved teacher preparation assessments and evaluation rubric -- Reports
Status: in_force

164.3061 Teacher preparation programs for elementary regular education to

include instructional strategies and resources for mathematics instruction --

List of approved teacher preparation assessments and evaluation rubric --

Reports.

(1) As used in this section, "department" means the Kentucky Department of

Education.

(2) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, postsecondary institutions offering

teacher preparation programs for elementary regular education shall include

kindergarten through grade three (3) evidence-based instructional strategies,

department-identified valid and reliable high-quality resources for mathematics

instruction related to KRS 158.8402, and:

(a) Evidence-based instructional strategies determined by the department to be

effective at improving student learning for the range of students in their

classrooms, including students needing to make progress toward proficiency,

exceptional students, and students who are multilingual learners;

(b) High-quality instructional resources as determined by the department to be

effective at improving student learning for the range of students in their

classrooms, including students needing to make progress toward proficiency,

exceptional students, and students who are multilingual learners;

(c) The use of a range of assessment data for designing instruction and

intervention;

(d) Progress monitoring of student performance; and

(e) Field experience and student teaching placements with teachers that model,

and supervisors with knowledge of, paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection.

(3) By January 1, 2025, the Education Professional Standards Board shall:

(a) Develop and maintain a list of approved teacher preparation assessments that

are determined by the board to be an effective evaluation of mathematics

instruction, content and practice standards, and skills; and

(b) Develop an evaluation rubric for observing teacher candidates with focus on

mathematics content and pedagogical knowledge.

(4) The Education Professional Standards Board shall report program data to an

external evaluator for analysis of postsecondary teacher preparation programs with

the goal of using the results to help increase the success of new teacher candidates

in demonstrating mathematics instruction, content knowledge, and skills.

(5) The Education Professional Standards Board shall report to the Legislative

Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Education the

results provided by the external evaluator's analysis and data on all assessments

required for certification, including the number of students testing, the number of

students passing, and the number of times an individual student takes a test prior to

passing.
KRS § 278.2203 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.2203
278.2203 Cost allocation of regulated and nonregulated activity
Status: in_force

278.2203 Cost allocation of regulated and nonregulated activity.

(1) A utility that engages in a nonregulated activity shall identify all costs of the

nonregulated activity and report the costs in accordance with the guidelines in the

USoA and the cost allocation methods described in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) In allocating costs between regulated and nonregulated activities, a utility shall

utilize one (1) of the following cost allocation methods:

(a) The fully distributed cost method; or

(b) A cost allocation method recognized or mandated by the rules of the SEC

promulgated pursuant to 15 U.S.C. sec. 79, et seq., or promulgated by the

FERC or by the USDA.

(3) A utility's compliance with federal cost allocation methods shall constitute

compliance with the provisions of KRS 278.010 to 278.450.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, a utility may report an

incidental nonregulated activity as a regulated activity if:

(a) The revenue from the aggregate total of the utility's nonregulated incidental

activities does not exceed the lesser of two percent (2%) of the utility's total

revenue or one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually; and

(b) The nonregulated activity is reasonably related to the utility's regulated

activity.

(5) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as requiring a utility to violate

any cost allocation methods required to be employed under any service agreement

validly existing as of July 14, 2000, for the term of the existing agreement, except

where the commission makes the determination that a service agreement was

executed for the purpose of avoiding provisions of KRS 278.010 to 278.450.
KRS § 262.220 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 262 / Section 262.220
262.220 Election for supervisors -- County clerk's duties
Status: in_force

262.220 Election for supervisors -- County clerk's duties.

The county clerk shall cause the names of all nominees on behalf of whom nominating

petitions have been filed under KRS 262.210 to be prepared for presentation to the voters

in the regular elections as provided in KRS 117.145. In counties encompassing more than

one (1) soil and water conservation district, where portions of more than one (1) district

are within the boundaries of a single voting precinct, separate votes shall be taken for the

election of supervisors. The election of soil and water conservation district supervisors

shall be subject to the provisions of KRS Chapter 118 for the conduct of regular elections,

except that the cost of placing the names of the nominees before the voters shall be borne

by the commission.
KRS § 68.127 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 68 / Section 68.127
68.127 Emergency floodwall operation fund, fiscal court of county containing city of the first class may establish -- Additions to fund -- Investment of funds -- Gifts
Status: in_force

68.127 Emergency floodwall operation fund, fiscal court of county containing city

of the first class may establish -- Additions to fund -- Investment of funds --

Gifts.

(1) The fiscal court of any county containing a city of the first class is hereby

authorized and empowered to establish a fund to be designated and known as an

emergency floodwall operation fund and to set aside in said fund and acquire

therein from year to year funds for the purpose of operating floodwalls when such

operation shall become necessary because of flood or other emergency. The fund

herein provided shall be a permanent fund and the sums accumulated shall not be

used for any other purpose.

(2) The fiscal court of such county may add to the fund from year to year such moneys

out of its general revenue as it deems advisable or necessary.

(3) All moneys in said fund shall be kept as other county funds, but shall be invested

under the supervision of said fiscal court only in obligations of the United States

government.

(4) Such fiscal court shall have the power, upon the approval of the majority of the

members thereof, to receive any funds by gift or devise to be placed in or become a

part of such emergency floodwall operation fund upon such terms and conditions as

the fiscal court shall deem proper.
KRS § 260.560 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 260.560
260.560 Department to administer egg marketing law -- Administrative regulations -- Hearings -- Appeals
Status: in_force

260.560 Department to administer egg marketing law -- Administrative regulations

-- Hearings -- Appeals.

(1) The department shall administer all provisions and exercise all administrative

powers in the egg marketing law. The department may promulgate reasonable

administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the egg marketing

law.

(2) The department may conduct administrative hearings, in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13B, to the extent necessary for proper administration of the egg marketing

law.

(3) Any final order of the department refusing, revoking, or suspending an egg license

may be appealed by the aggrieved party to the Franklin Circuit Court in accordance

with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 65.873 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.873
65.873 Local restrictions on use of mobile telephone in motor vehicle prohibited
Status: in_force

65.873 Local restrictions on use of mobile telephone in motor vehicle prohibited.

No city, county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, or special

district shall impose a restriction on the use of a mobile telephone in a motor vehicle.
KRS § 235.440 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 235 / Section 235.440
235.440 Houseboat with marine toilet to have marine sanitation device
Status: in_force

235.440 Houseboat with marine toilet to have marine sanitation device.

No houseboat equipped with marine toilet facilities shall be on the waters of the

Commonwealth unless the houseboat is equipped with a marine sanitation device.
KRS § 386.466 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 386 / Section 386.466
386.466 "Entity" defined -- Character of receipts from entities
Status: in_force

386.466 "Entity" defined -- Character of receipts from entities.

(1) In this section, "entity" means a corporation, partnership, limited partnership,

limited liability company, statutory or business trust, regulated investment

company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, or any other organization

in which a trustee has an interest other than a trust or estate to which KRS 386.468

applies.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trustee shall allocate to income

money received from an entity.

(3) A trustee shall allocate the following receipts from an entity to principal:

(a) Property other than money;

(b) Money received in one (1) distribution or a series of related distributions in

exchange for part or all of a trust's interest in the entity;

(c) Money received in total or partial liquidation of the entity; and

(d) Money received from an entity that is a regulated investment company or a

real estate investment trust, if the money distributed is a capital gain dividend

for federal income tax purposes.

(4) Money is received in partial liquidation:

(a) To the extent that the entity, at or near the time of a distribution, indicates that

it is a distribution in partial liquidation; or

(b) If the total amount of money and property received in a distribution or series

of related distributions is greater than twenty percent (20%) of the entity's

gross assets, as shown by the entity's year end financial statements

immediately preceding the initial receipt.

(5) Money is not received in partial liquidation, nor may it be taken into account under

paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of this section to the extent that it does not exceed

the amount of income tax that a trustee or beneficiary shall pay on taxable income

of the entity that distributes the money.

(6) A trustee may rely upon a statement made by an entity about the source or character

of a distribution if the statement is made at or near the time of distribution by the

entity's board of directors or other person or group of persons authorized to exercise

powers to pay money or transfer property comparable to those of a corporation's

board of directors.
KRS § 199.803 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 199 / Section 199.803
199.803 Limitation on purpose of release of child’s educational records
Status: in_force

199.803 Limitation on purpose of release of child’s educational records.

In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g,

when a statute within this chapter refers to the release of educational records, the purpose

of the release shall be limited to providing the department with the ability to effectively

serve the needs of the child whose records are sought, and any educational records shall

only be released to persons authorized by statute and shall not be released to any other

person without the written consent of the parent of the child.
KRS § 503.040 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 503 / Section 503.040
503.040 Execution of public duty
Status: in_force

503.040 Execution of public duty.

(1) Unless inconsistent with the ensuing sections of this code defining justifiable use of

physical force or with some other provisions of law, conduct which would

otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable when it is required or authorized by a

provision of law imposing a public duty or by a judicial decree.

(2) The justification afforded by subsection (1) applies when:

(a) The defendant believes his conduct to be required or authorized by the

judgment or direction of a competent court or tribunal or in the lawful

execution of legal process, notwithstanding lack of jurisdiction of the court or

defect in the legal process; or

(b) The defendant believes his conduct to be required or authorized to assist a

public officer in the performance of his duties, notwithstanding that the officer

exceeded his legal authority.
KRS § 168.030 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 168 / Section 168.030
168.030 Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
Status: in_force

168.030 Kentucky Authority for Educational Television.

An independent agency and instrumentality of the Commonwealth is hereby created and

established to be known as "The Kentucky Authority for Educational Television," the

same being a public body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, the power in

its own name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, to adopt and use a

corporate seal, to adopt bylaws for the orderly conduct of its affairs and to alter the same

from time to time, to prescribe and enforce regulations governing the use of educational

television and television facilities and related functions and facilities, and generally to

have and use all powers of private corporations as set forth in KRS Chapter 271B, except

as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions of KRS 168.010 to 168.100.
KRS § 164.7919 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.7919
164.7919 Comprehensive university excellence trust fund
Status: in_force

164.7919 Comprehensive university excellence trust fund.

(1) (a) The comprehensive university excellence trust fund created by KRS 164.7911

shall consist of six (6) separate accounts: one (1) for Eastern Kentucky

University; one (1) for Kentucky State University; one (1) for Morehead State

University; one (1) for Murray State University; one (1) for Northern

Kentucky University; and one (1) for Western Kentucky University.

(b) Funds appropriated to the comprehensive university excellence trust fund or

any subsidiary fund created by the Council on Postsecondary Education shall

be apportioned to each of the comprehensive universities proportional to their

respective share of total general fund appropriations in each fiscal year,

excluding debt service appropriations and specialized, noninstructional

appropriations.

(c) The purpose of the comprehensive university excellence trust fund is to

provide financial assistance to encourage comprehensive universities to

develop at least one (1) nationally recognized program of distinction or at

least one (1) nationally recognized applied research program consistent with

the goals established in KRS 164.003(2).

(2) The council shall develop the criteria and process for submission of an application

under this section. Each university may apply to the council for financial assistance

from the comprehensive university excellence trust fund. The council shall

determine the matching funds or internal reallocation requirements from the

applicants to qualify for funding. Financial assistance that may be awarded by the

council shall be consistent with the adopted strategic agenda, the biennial budget

process, and the availability of any resources to the comprehensive university

excellence trust fund.
KRS § 90.180 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 90 / Section 90.180
90.180 Appointments to positions in classified service -- Probationary appointments
Status: in_force

90.180 Appointments to positions in classified service -- Probationary

appointments.

(1) All appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230

shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be determined by

competitive examinations, except in the case of emergency appointments which

may be made only in accordance with the definition given in KRS 90.110; provided

that all original appointments, except emergency appointments as defined in KRS

90.110, shall be probationary appointments for a period of not less than six (6), nor

more than twelve (12), months, after which probationary period regular

appointments shall be given to all probationary employees who are deemed to be

satisfactory by the respective appointing authority.

(2) Except in the case of emergency appointments as defined in KRS 90.110, all

appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 shall

be made by appointing authorities only from an eligible list certified by the

personnel director as qualified and eligible for appointment from an appropriate

eligible list as defined in KRS 90.110; provided however, that all employees

holding positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 on the effective

date thereof who were holding positions in classified service under provision of

previous acts, shall be considered as having satisfied hereunder all of the

qualifications for obtaining and holding such appointments as they then had, and

further provided that all employees holding positions subject to the provisions of

KRS 90.110 to 90.230, on the effective date thereof, and who were not holding

positions in classified service under provisions of previous acts, shall be considered

as having satisfied hereunder all of the qualifications for obtaining and holding

original appointments under KRS 90.110 to 90.230, and shall be considered as

having been given probationary appointments, as defined in KRS 90.110, as of the

effective date thereof.