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KRS § 167.240 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 167 / Section 167.240
167.240 Authority to adopt rules and regulations
Status: in_force

167.240 Authority to adopt rules and regulations.

The State Department of Education is hereby authorized to adopt and promulgate such

rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of

KRS 167.210 to 167.240.
KRS § 96.926 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.926
96.926 User's appeal to Circuit Court
Status: in_force

96.926 User's appeal to Circuit Court.

(1) Any sewer user, or prospective sewer user, affected by the Second Ordinance may,

within thirty (30) days after publication of the Second Ordinance, file an action in

the Circuit Court of the county in which the city is situated attacking the validity of

the Second Ordinance from the standpoint of whether the governing body acted in

conformity with the procedures made mandatory by KRS 96.910 to 96.927.

Provided, however, that if any aggrieved sewer user or prospective sewer user files

in the office of the city clerk a written notarized statement of intent to file such an

action, the time for filing actions in the Circuit Court shall be fifteen (15) days after

such notice of intent to sue is filed with the clerk, or thirty (30) days after

publication of the Second Ordinance, whichever is later.

(2) Proceedings in the Circuit Court shall be tried according to the practice prescribed

for equity cases.

(3) In the event an action is filed as provided for by this section, the effective date of

the proposed sewer service charges as prescribed by the Second Ordinance shall be

the date judgment is entered by the Circuit Court, if such judgment is favorable.
KRS § 201.090 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 201 / Section 201.090
201.090 Children that board may have committed
Status: in_force

201.090 Children that board may have committed.

The board may file a petition and proceed as provided in KRS 201.100, whenever it has

probable cause to believe that any child under eighteen (18) years of age:

(1) Is abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated by its parents;

(2) Is habitually sent out or permitted to beg in public places or lives by begging;

(3) Associates with persons who tend to corrupt and contaminate him or her;

(4) Is known to be vicious or incorrigible; or

(5) Has parents who are in constant habits of drunkenness or gross debauchery or who

are living together in unlawful cohabitation.
KRS § 268.580 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 268 / Section 268.580
268.580 Owner to pay for damage to improvement caused by him -- No person to obstruct improvement
Status: in_force

268.580 Owner to pay for damage to improvement caused by him -- No person to

obstruct improvement.

(1) If repairs to any improvement become necessary by reason of the act or negligence

of any owner or his servant, agent, or stock, by which the improvement is

obstructed, any repairs necessary to restore it to its previous condition shall be made

by the owner at his own expense. Upon his failure to make the repairs within thirty

(30) days after being notified by the board, he shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor.

(2) The board may have the obstruction removed, paying the cost out of funds collected

from any district for which it is an outlet or of which it is a part, and if there is more

than one the expense shall be prorated between them. All amounts so paid with

interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum shall be charged to the owner in

fault, and may be recovered by the board in any court of competent jurisdiction, and

shall constitute a lien upon the land of such owner. When any such amount is

recovered it shall be returned to the fund from which it was paid.

(3) No person shall damage or in any way obstruct any drain, levee or other

improvement, or place any flood gate, bridge or fence across it without consent of

the board, by order entered upon its record, in which shall be specified the kind of

flood gate, bridge or fence, and it shall be erected in accordance with the order.

(4) The board shall enforce the provisions of this section.
KRS § 27A.070 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.070
27A.070 Administrative Office of the Courts to send notices of felony convictions to the State Board of Elections
Status: in_force

27A.070 Administrative Office of the Courts to send notices of felony convictions to

the State Board of Elections.

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall send certified notices of conviction of a

felony to the State Board of Elections within ten (10) days after the conviction becomes

final, including the exhaustion of all appeals, with regard to any person before the courts

of the Commonwealth.
KRS § 117.318 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 117 / Section 117.318
117.318 Ordering of challengers from polling places
Status: in_force

117.318 Ordering of challengers from polling places.

(1) It shall be the duty of a precinct election officer to warn a challenger who violates

any provision of KRS 117.187 and 117.316 to 117.318. If the challenger continues

to violate these provisions, the precinct election officer shall order the challenger

out of the polling place. Any challenger ordered from the polling place shall be

prohibited from acting as a challenger in any precinct in any election for a period of

five (5) years.

(2) The provisions of KRS 117.187 and 117.316 to 117.318 shall apply to all

challengers in all elections conducted in the Commonwealth.
KRS § 380.990 — KY Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 380 / Section 380.990
380.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

380.990 Penalties.

(1) In any action brought alleging a violation of this chapter, if the court finds that a

person is willfully using or has willfully used a method, act, or practice declared

unlawful by this chapter, the Attorney General, upon petition to the court, may

recover, on behalf of the Commonwealth, a civil penalty of not more than five

thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 380.040 in the state is guilty of a

misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of five hundred

dollars ($500) or imprisonment not to exceed sixty (60) days, or both such fine and

imprisonment.

(3) A violation of this chapter shall be deemed an unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive

practice in the conduct of trade or commerce in violation of KRS 367.170. All of

the remedies, powers, and duties provided by KRS 367.190 to 367.300 and the

penalties pertaining to acts and practices declared unlawful under KRS 367.170

shall apply with equal force and effect to acts and practices in violation of this

chapter, except as provided in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) In addition to subsection (1) of this section:

(a) A court may make such additional orders or judgments as may be necessary to

restore to any person in interest any moneys or property, real or personal,

which may have been paid out as a result of any practice in violation of this

chapter;

(b) A court shall have jurisdiction in an action brought in the name of the

Commonwealth by the Attorney General or the county attorney, to enjoin, as

an unfair or deceptive trade practice pursuant to KRS 367.170, the

continuation of any debt-adjusting business or the offering of any debt-

adjusting services as defined in KRS 380.010;

(c) A court may appoint a receiver who shall have all the powers and authority

pursuant to KRS 367.210 for the property and money employed in the

transaction of business by a debt adjuster to ensure the return to debtors of

their money and property received by the debt adjuster which has not been

paid to the creditors of the debtors; and

(d) In any action brought by the Attorney General or a Commonwealth or county

attorney under this chapter, in which the Commonwealth has substantially

prevailed, the court shall award, in addition to the relief provide elsewhere in

this chapter, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, and litigation costs

including expert witness fees and expenses.
KRS § 56.080 — KY Code / Title VII / Chapter 56 / Section 56.080
56.080 Appraisal and valuation of state property
Status: in_force

56.080 Appraisal and valuation of state property.

Before July 1 of each year, the cabinet shall reconsider its appraisal and valuation of

public buildings and personal property belonging to or under the control and use of the

state or any state agency, and shall certify any changes in value to the agency that has the

custody or control of the property. The appraisal and valuation shall equal the amount that

the cabinet deems necessary to replace the property at the time of the appraisal, which

may be less actual depreciation.
KRS § 2.090 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.090
2.090 State flower
Status: in_force

2.090 State flower.

The goldenrod is the official state flower of Kentucky.
KRS § 319.005 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 319 / Section 319.005
319.005 Practice of psychology and use of title by persons not licensed or certified prohibited -- Voluntary health practitioners
Status: in_force

319.005 Practice of psychology and use of title by persons not licensed or certified

prohibited -- Voluntary health practitioners.

(1) No person shall engage in the practice of psychology as defined in KRS 319.010 or

hold himself or herself out by any title or description of services which incorporates

the words "psychological," "psychologist," or "psychology", unless licensed by the

board. No person shall engage in the practice of psychology in a manner that

implies or would reasonably be deemed to imply that he or she is licensed, unless he

or she holds a valid license issued by the board.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to volunteer health

practitioners providing services under KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366.
KRS § 120.095 — KY Code / Title X / Chapter 120 / Section 120.095
120.095 Recount of primary
Status: in_force

120.095 Recount of primary.

(1) Any candidate voted for at a primary held under KRS 118.015 to 118.035 and

118.105 to 118.255 may request a recount of the ballots by filing a petition with the

same court that contest petitions are required to be filed with, within ten (10) days

after the day of the primary, or, if the candidate is qualified to bring a contest

proceeding under KRS 120.055, by including a request for a recount in his or her

petition instituting the contest proceedings. Any candidate who is a contestee in a

contest proceeding under KRS 120.055 may request a recount in his or her answer

filed in the contest proceeding, but in that case the answer shall be filed within five

(5) days after the service of process on the petition. When a request for a recount is

made, the State Board of Elections or the county board of elections, whichever

would issue the certificate of nomination, shall be made a party defendant. The

party requesting the recount shall execute a bond with approved surety for the costs

of the recount, in an amount to be fixed by the Circuit Judge. Upon the bond being

filed, the clerk shall immediately notify the Circuit Judge of the request and the

filing of the bond, and the judge shall at once enter an order directing custody of the

voting machines, voting equipment, or voting system, the ballots, boxes, and all

papers pertaining to the election to be transferred to the Circuit Court, and fix a day

for the recount proceedings to begin. A copy of the order shall be served upon the

parties or their counsel in the same manner as notices are required to be served,

which shall be deemed sufficient notice of the proceeding. On the day fixed, the

court shall proceed to recount the ballots if their integrity is satisfactorily shown and

shall complete the recount as soon as practicable, and file and enter of record the

results thereof, and direct the state board or county board, whichever would issue

the certificate of nomination, to issue a certificate to the party entitled thereto as

shown by the recount.

(2) Any party may appeal from the judgment to the Court of Appeals, in the same

manner as provided in KRS 120.075, all of the provisions of which statute shall be

applicable.

(3) If a proceeding for recount is asked and prosecuted in a contest proceeding, it shall

not await the preparation or trial of the contest in the Circuit Court or in the Court

of Appeals. The action of the courts shall be final, concluding the parties as to the

question of a recount of the ballots, and certificates shall then be issued to the

parties entitled thereto.
KRS § 100.984 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 100 / Section 100.984
100.984 Residential care facility for persons with disabilities
Status: in_force

100.984 Residential care facility for persons with disabilities.

Any sponsoring private or governmental agency shall be permitted to operate a residential

care facility in any residential district, zone, or subdivision subject only to compliance

with the same limitations upon area, height, yard, screening, parking, number of dwelling

units, and number of occupants per dwelling unit as apply to other residences in the

district, zone, or subdivision. For purposes of determining the number of occupants in a

residential care facility, or in any of the dwelling units which comprise the facility,

employees of the sponsoring agency providing services to persons with disabilities shall

be counted only if their permanent residence is maintained at the facility. No conditional

use permit not otherwise required for other residences within a zone or land use category

shall be required for the operation of a residential care facility.
KRS § 183.720 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 183 / Section 183.720
183.720 Additional bonds
Status: in_force

183.720 Additional bonds.

If the legislative body of the governmental unit finds that the bonds authorized will be

insufficient to accomplish the purpose desired, additional bonds may be authorized and

issued in the same manner.
KRS § 273.215 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.215
273.215 General standards for directors
Status: in_force

273.215 General standards for directors.

(1) A director of a nonprofit corporation subject to the provisions of KRS 273.161 to

273.387 shall discharge his duties as a director, including his duties as a member of

a committee:

(a) In good faith;

(b) On an informed basis; and

(c) In a manner he honestly believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.

(2) Such director shall be considered to discharge his duties on an informed basis if he

makes, with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise

under similar circumstances, inquiry into the business and affairs of the

corporations, or into a particular action to be taken or decision to be made.

(3) In discharging his duties such director shall be entitled to rely on information,

opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial

data, if prepared or presented by:

(a) One (1) or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director

honestly believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

(b) Legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters the director

honestly believes are within the person's professional or expert competence; or

(c) A committee of the board of directors of which he is not a member if the

director honestly believes the committee merits confidence.

(4) A director of a nonprofit corporation shall not be considered to act in good faith if

he has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise

permitted by subsection (3) of this section unwarranted.

(5) In addition to any other limitation on such director's liability for monetary damages

contained in any provision of the corporation's articles of incorporation adopted in

accordance with the provisions of KRS 273.248, any action taken as a director, or

any failure to take any action as a director, shall not be the basis for monetary

damages or injunctive relief unless:

(a) The director has breached or failed to perform the duties of the director's

office in compliance with this section; and

(b) In the case of an action for monetary damages, the breach or failure to perform

constitutes willful misconduct or wanton or reckless disregard for human

rights, safety or property.

(6) A person bringing an action for monetary damages under this section shall have the

burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence the provisions of subsection

(5)(a) and (b) of this section, and the burden of proving that the breach or failure to

perform was the legal cause of the damages suffered.

(7) Nothing in this section shall eliminate or limit the liability of any director for any

act or omission occurring prior to July 15, 1988.
KRS § 189A.090 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.090
189A.090 Operating motor vehicle while license is suspended for driving under the influence prohibited -- Operating motor vehicle without ignition interlock license or hardship license prohibited -- Penalties
Status: in_force

189A.090 Operating motor vehicle while license is suspended for driving under the

influence prohibited -- Operating motor vehicle without ignition interlock

license or hardship license prohibited -- Penalties.

(1) No person shall operate or be in physical control of a motor vehicle or motorcycle

while his or her license is suspended under this chapter, unless the person has a

valid:

(a) Ignition interlock license in the person's possession and:

1. The motor vehicle or motorcycle is equipped with a functioning ignition

interlock device; or

2. The person is operating or in physical control of an employer's motor

vehicle or motorcycle in accordance with KRS 189A.340(6); or

(b) Hardship license in the person's possession.

(2) In addition to the period of license suspension imposed by KRS 189A.070, any

person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall:

(a) For a first offense within a ten (10) year period, be guilty of a Class B

misdemeanor and have his or her license suspended by the Transportation

Cabinet for six (6) months, unless at the time of the offense the person was

also operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of KRS

189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), in which event the person shall be guilty

of a Class A misdemeanor and have his or her license suspended by the

Transportation Cabinet for a period of one (1) year;

(b) For a second offense within a ten (10) year period, be guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor and have his or her license suspended by the Transportation

Cabinet for one (1) year, unless at the time of the offense the person was also

operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of KRS

189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), in which event the person shall be guilty

of a Class D felony and have his or her license suspended by the

Transportation Cabinet for a period of two (2) years; and

(c) For a third or subsequent offense within a ten (10) year period, be guilty of a

Class D felony and have his or her license suspended by the Transportation

Cabinet for two (2) years, unless at the time of the offense the person was also

operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of KRS

189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), in which event the person shall be guilty

of a Class D felony and have his or her license suspended by the

Transportation Cabinet for a period of five (5) years.

(3) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section may apply for an ignition

interlock license for the remainder of the original period of suspension under KRS

189A.070 and for the entire period of the new suspension if the person is and

remains otherwise eligible for such license pursuant to KRS 189A.340.

(4) The ten (10) year period under this section shall be measured in the same manner as

in KRS 189A.070.
KRS § 273.252 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.252
273.252 Filing requirements
Status: in_force

273.252 Filing requirements.

Each document delivered by a domestic or foreign corporation to the Secretary of State

for filing shall satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.2-010 to 14A.2-150.
KRS § 186A.095 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186A / Section 186A.095
186A.095 Time for application for registration and title on vehicle imported into Commonwealth
Status: in_force

186A.095 Time for application for registration and title on vehicle imported into

Commonwealth.

An owner of a vehicle for which a certificate of registration or title, and license plate must

be obtained shall be allowed a fifteen (15) day grace period from the date on which he

purchased a vehicle or brings a vehicle into the Commonwealth from another state,

during which time the owner shall apply for and obtain motor vehicle insurance pursuant

to KRS 304.39-080, a certificate of registration or title, and a license plate in his name.
KRS § 178.365 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 178 / Section 178.365
178.365 County road engineer to approve contracts
Status: in_force

178.365 County road engineer to approve contracts.

All contracts let by the railroad company under KRS 178.350 to 178.385 shall be

submitted to and approved by the county road engineer.
KRS § 223.160 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 223 / Section 223.160
223.160 Operators of water treatment plant to have certificate of competency -- Limited certificate of competency
Status: in_force

223.160 Operators of water treatment plant to have certificate of competency --

Limited certificate of competency.

(1) It is the intent of KRS 223.160 to 223.220, 223.991, and 224.10-024 that every

operator in responsible charge of a water treatment plant or water distribution

system be required to hold a valid and effective certificate of competency issued by

the Energy and Environment Cabinet in a class equal to or higher than the class of

the particular treatment plant or distribution system where he is currently employed

in order to protect the public health. Operators other than those in responsible

charge of such facilities shall also be eligible to apply for certification.

(2) An operator of a water treatment facility for a school and for a semipublic water

supply shall be entitled to a limited certificate of competency for his particular

facility provided he has demonstrated that he has the knowledge and experience

required to operate properly the particular water treatment facility for which he is

responsible. A limited certificate of competency so issued is not transferable to any

other water treatment facility, nor is the period of operation under such a limited

certificate eligible for consideration toward the experience requirements for a

certificate of competency as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
KRS § 61.930 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.930
61.930 Citation of act
Status: in_force

61.930 Citation of act.

KRS 61.900 to 61.926 may be cited as "The Special Law Enforcement Officer Act."
KRS § 527.030 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 527 / Section 527.030
527.030 Defacing a firearm
Status: in_force

527.030 Defacing a firearm.

(1) A person is guilty of defacing a firearm when he intentionally defaces a firearm.

(2) Defacing a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor.
KRS § 625.020 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 625 / Section 625.020
625.020 Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

625.020 Jurisdiction.

The Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings under this chapter. In any case

where the consent form under KRS 625.0403 is filed with the District Court, the District

Court shall have jurisdiction of voluntary termination proceedings under this chapter.