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KRS § 45.353 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45 / Section 45.353
45.353 Referral for review and consideration -- Review standards and criteria -- Vote required for approval
Status: in_force

45.353 Referral for review and consideration -- Review standards and criteria --

Vote required for approval.

(1) The Commission shall refer each block grant application received to the designated

review body for review and consideration.

(2) The designated review body shall review and consider each block grant application

according to the following standards and criteria, and shall make an affirmative

finding of fact that:

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, block grant and other

funds specified in the application have been included in an appropriation

provision or any branch budget bill enacted by the General Assembly in

anticipation of such application;

(b) Any excess in the total amount of block grant funds sought over the total

amount of such funds anticipated and included in an appropriation provision

or any branch budget bill, has been included in a surplus expenditure plan

approved by the General Assembly;

(c) A budget reduction plan specifying programs and services to be eliminated or

to be reduced in scope if federal funding diminishes or is cut, has been

included;

(d) The budget reduction plan does not propose to increase the ratio of state funds

to federal funds if federal funding diminishes or is cut;

(e) Block grant and other funds to be provided under the application are fairly and

equitably distributed among those programs, services, or recipients eligible for

block grant funding;

(f) Block grant and other funds to be provided under the application are not to be

used to fund programs or services that would duplicate or supplant existing

programs or services funded by the private sector;

(g) The intended uses of block grant and other funds specified in the application

are in compliance with the applicable federal and state laws pertaining to such

block grant funds; and

(h) The amount of block grant and other funds to be retained by the state

administering agency for administrative purposes does not exceed an amount

allowable under federal law.

(3) For the purpose of the review and consideration of a block grant application, the

findings of fact and any other reports or recommendations of the designated review

body need only be approved by a majority of the members present at the public

hearing held according to KRS 45.352.
KRS § 189A.460 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.460
189A.460 Transportation Cabinet's responsibility as to administrative regulations and forms relating to hardship licenses
Status: in_force

189A.460 Transportation Cabinet's responsibility as to administrative regulations

and forms relating to hardship licenses.

The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations and shall issue

hardship license application forms and other forms necessary for the implementation of

KRS 189A.400 to 189A.460.
KRS § 151.260 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 151 / Section 151.260
151.260 Applications for permit -- Time for approval or rejection -- Emergency action plan administrative regulation
Status: in_force

151.260 Applications for permit -- Time for approval or rejection -- Emergency

action plan administrative regulation.

(1) All applications for permits required by KRS 151.250 shall be in the form and

manner prescribed by the cabinet.

(2) Unless waived by the cabinet, all plans and specifications submitted for approval

shall be drawn by an engineer, licensed to practice as a professional engineer under

the provisions of KRS Chapter 322.

(3) Upon receipt of all plans and specifications, the cabinet shall notify the applicant in

writing within twenty (20) working days for a floodplain permit application, and

within forty-five (45) working days for a dam permit application, either that the

permit will be issued or denied, or that certain modifications in the plans or

specifications must be made before a permit will be issued.

(4) The secretary may establish, by administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to

KRS Chapter 13A, a requirement for the owner of any dam classified by the cabinet

as high hazard, moderate hazard, or significant hazard to develop, exercise, and

maintain an emergency action plan certified by the owner of the dam.
KRS § 132.815 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.815
132.815 Monthly reports from certified electrical inspectors -- Use of information
Status: in_force

132.815 Monthly reports from certified electrical inspectors -- Use of information.

(1) Each electrical inspector certified under KRS 227.489 shall submit a monthly report

to the Department of Revenue showing the names and addresses of all persons,

firms, or corporations for which inspections were conducted for new buildings, new

or relocated mobile homes, and other new or relocated structures during the

preceding month. Each building, mobile home, or other structure shall be identified

by county and property address, or property location in those instances where the

address is insufficient to reveal the physical location of the property.

(2) The information provided shall be used for the purpose of making and maintaining

accurate assessment records. The Department of Revenue shall provide to each

electrical inspector the necessary forms and instructions for filing the report

required under subsection (1).
KRS § 65.029 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.029
65.029 Appropriation to West End Opportunity Partnership conditioned upon partnership's receipt of private and consolidated local government funding
Status: in_force

65.029 Appropriation to West End Opportunity Partnership conditioned upon

partnership's receipt of private and consolidated local government

funding.

(1) As used in this section, "development area" means a region within a

consolidated local government bounded by:

(a) To the south, Algonquin Parkway to the South Seventh Street

intersection, but including the unincorporated communities adjacent to

Park Duvalle and Algonquin:

1. Beginning at the Ohio River, at the southwest corner of Chickasaw

Park and then along the park's southern boundary to Southwestern

Parkway;

2. Southwestern Parkway south to Algonquin Parkway;

3. Algonquin Parkway to South Forty-first Street;

4. South Forty-first Street south to Bells Lane;

5. Bells Lane east to Cane Run Road;

6. Cane Run Road north to Linwood Avenue;

7. Linwood Avenue east to Beech Street;

8. Beech Street south to Wingfield Lane;

9. Wingfield Lane east to Dixie Highway;

10. Dixie Highway north to Algonquin Parkway; and

11. Algonquin Parkway east to South Seventh Street;

(b) To the east, South Seventh Street north to Ninth Street and Ninth Street

north to the Ohio River; and

(c) The Ohio River to the north and west;

(2) Prior to any development actions taken by the West End Opportunity

Partnership, a minimum investment shall be pledged within the order listed and

received by the West End Opportunity Partnership:

(a) A combined total of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be pledged

by and received from private sector investors and a consolidated local

government, with a minimum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) pledged

by a consolidated local government; and

(b) 1. Only upon verification of receipt of the twenty million dollars

($20,000,000) pledged under paragraph (a) of this subsection,

general fund moneys in the amount of ten million dollars

($10,000,000) shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to the

Department for Local Government for use by the West End

Opportunity Partnership for revitalization of the development area.

2. The Kentucky State Treasurer shall verify that the West End

Opportunity Partnership received the full twenty million dollars

($20,000,000) in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection

prior to the General Assembly appropriating ten million dollars

($10,000,000) from the general fund. The West End Opportunity

Partnership shall provide the Kentucky State Treasurer the

information needed to verify receipt of the funds. Within thirty (30)

days of verifying the funds, the Kentucky State Treasurer shall notify

the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.

3. If the West End Opportunity Partnership has not received the full

twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in accordance with paragraph

(a) of this subsection prior to June 30, 2022, the General Assembly

shall not appropriate the ten million dollars ($10,000,000) required

by subparagraph 1. of this paragraph.
KRS § 386.502 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 386 / Section 386.502
386.502 Application of KRS 386.450 to 386.504 to trusts
Status: in_force

386.502 Application of KRS 386.450 to 386.504 to trusts.

The provisions of KRS 386.450 to 386.504 shall apply to all trusts administered

under Kentucky law, except as otherwise specifically provided in the instrument

creating the trust, regardless of when created.
KRS § 352.161 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 352 / Section 352.161
352.161 Examination of conveyor belts
Status: in_force

352.161 Examination of conveyor belts.

All mines utilizing conveyor belts shall have one (1) or more persons to examine the

conveyor belts while in operation in the mine to determine that no coal or mine refuse is

being transported on the conveyor belt in a manner which would pose a threat to the

health and safety of the employees or to the safety of the mine.
KRS § 186.750 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.750
186.750 Definitions for KRS 186.750 and 186.752
Status: in_force

186.750 Definitions for KRS 186.750 and 186.752.

As used in this section and KRS 186.752:

(1) "Bi-fuel system" means the power system of motor vehicles that are powered by

gasoline and either CNG or LNG;

(2) "Cabinet" means the Transportation Cabinet;

(3) "Clean transportation fuel" means:

(a) Propane, CNG, LNG, bi-fuel systems, or electricity when they are used as

motor vehicle fuel; or

(b) Other transportation fuels determined by the division to be comparable with

respect to emissions;

(4) "Compressed natural gas" or "CNG" means pipeline quality natural gas that is

compressed and provided for sale or use as a motor vehicle fuel;

(5) "Conversion" means:

(a) Repowering a motor vehicle or special mobile equipment by replacing its

original gasoline or diesel powered engine with one capable of operating on

clean transportation fuel; or

(b) Retrofitting a motor vehicle or special mobile equipment with parts that

enable its original gasoline or diesel powered engine to operate on clean

transportation fuel;

(6) "Division" means the Division for Air Quality within the Energy and Environment

Cabinet;

(7) "Liquefied natural gas," "liquid natural gas," or "LNG" means pipeline-quality

natural gas treated to remove water, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and other

components that will freeze and condensed into liquid form for sale or use as a

motor vehicle fuel;

(8) "Liquefied petroleum gas," "propane," or "LPG" means a hydrocarbon mixture

produced as a by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining and

condensed into liquid form for sale or use as a motor fuel;

(9) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled device by which a person or property may

be transported upon a public highway, except a device moved by human or animal

power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or which derives its power

from overhead wires; and

(10) "Special mobile equipment" means a motor vehicle or mobile equipment not

designed or used primarily to transport people, including but not limited to

construction or maintenance equipment.
KRS § 160.294 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 160 / Section 160.294
160.294 Recycling requirement for local school districts -- Exemptions
Status: in_force

160.294 Recycling requirement for local school districts -- Exemptions.

(1) Each local board of education shall adopt a plan and procedures for recycling white

paper and cardboard in all board-owned and operated facilities.

(2) A local board of education shall be exempt from the requirement to establish a

recycling program as described in this section if:

(a) There is no recycling facility within the county or within a reasonable distance

in an adjoining geographic area; or

(b) The district cannot locate a recycling vendor to service the school district,

without incurring a negative fiscal impact.

(3) The board may delegate to each school or school council the responsibility for

designing its own procedures; however, the superintendent or the superintendent's

designee shall periodically review the operating procedures to assure that recycling

is being carried out.
KRS § 31.235 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 31.235
31.235 Payment for representation upon failure of department to provide attorney -- Decision of public advocate final
Status: in_force

31.235 Payment for representation upon failure of department to provide attorney

-- Decision of public advocate final.

If a court, after finding that the Department of Public Advocacy fails to provide an

attorney to a person eligible for representation under KRS Chapter 31, appoints, under

the court's inherent authority, an attorney to provide representation to the needy person,

the public advocate is hereby authorized to pay reasonable and necessary fees and

expenses subject to the following limitations:

(1) No fee shall be paid in excess of the prevailing maximum fee per attorney paid by

the Department of Public Advocacy for the type of representation provided, and no

hourly rate shall be paid in excess of the prevailing hourly rate paid by the

Department of Public Advocacy for the type of representation provided; and

(2) Each fee plus expenses incurred in the defense shall be presented by the defense

attorney to the Circuit Judge who shall review the fee and expenses request and

shall approve, deny, or modify the amount of compensation and fee listed therein.

After final approval of the fee and expenses the Circuit Judge shall, if state

compensation is desired, certify the amount and transmit the document to the public

advocate who shall review the fee and expense request and shall approve, deny, or

modify the request. The request as approved or modified shall then be paid.

Requests for payment of assigned counsel by the state shall be denied if the public

advocate finds that compensation is not warranted. The decision of the public

advocate in all matters of fee and expense compensation shall be final.
KRS § 431.215 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 431 / Section 431.215
431.215 Conveyance of prisoner to institution of confinement
Status: in_force

431.215 Conveyance of prisoner to institution of confinement.

(1) If the judgment imposes a sentence of death or confinement in the penitentiary,

county jail or other institution, two (2) certified copies thereof shall be furnished

forthwith to the sheriff who shall execute the same by delivering the defendant and

a certified copy of the judgment to the person in charge of the penitentiary, jail or

institution of confinement and making a written return thereof in the office of the

circuit clerk within ten (10) days after the execution.

(2) When the judgment imposes a sentence of death or confinement in the penitentiary,

the county in which the prisoner is incarcerated shall receive from the State

Treasury a fee per day beginning on the day on which judgment was rendered and

ending the day that the defendant is delivered to the penitentiary. The fee shall be

paid to the county treasurer for use for the incarceration of prisoners as provided in

KRS 441.025.
KRS § 311.373 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.373
311.373 Definitions -- Fraudulent assisted reproduction -- Cause of action -- Damages -- Statute of limitations -- Penalty
Status: in_force

311.373 Definitions -- Fraudulent assisted reproduction -- Cause of action --

Damages -- Statute of limitations -- Penalty.

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than

through sexual intercourse, including but not limited to:

1. Intrauterine insemination;

2. In vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; and

3. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection;

(b) "Health care provider" means an individual licensed by the Kentucky Board of

Medical Licensure or the Kentucky Board of Nursing, pursuant to KRS

Chapters 311 and 314; and

(c) "Human reproductive material" means a human sperm or ovum, or a human

organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.

(2) A person is guilty of fraudulent assisted reproduction when he or she is a health care

provider performing an assisted reproduction procedure on a patient and:

(a) Knowingly causes the use of human reproductive material from a donor whom

the patient did not give written consent to receive it from; or

(b) Intentionally causes the use of his or her own human reproductive material

without the patient's knowledge and written consent.

(3) (a) The patient who undergoes an assisted reproduction procedure in violation of

subsection (2) of this section;

(b) The patient's surviving spouse or partner listed on the child's birth certificate;

(c) The child conceived through assisted reproduction as a result of a violation of

subsection (2) of this section; or

(d) A donor whose human reproductive material is used without the donor's

consent or in a manner inconsistent with the donor's consent;

shall have a civil cause of action against any health care provider, the health care

provider's employer, or both, for a violation of the provisions of subsection (2) of

this section.

(4) A civil action may be maintained under this section whether or not the person

alleged to have violated subsection (2) of this section has been charged or convicted

of the alleged crime.

(5) Liability under this section shall include:

(a) Liquidated damages of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) plus the costs of the

fertility treatment and reasonable attorney's fees; or

(b) Compensatory and punitive damages including the costs of the fertility

treatment plus the costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees.

(6) An action under this section shall be commenced no later than five (5) years after:

(a) The eighteenth birthday of the child conceived through the fraudulent assisted

reproduction; or

(b) The earliest of the dates when:

1. The person first discovers evidence against the defendant through

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis;

2. The person first becomes aware of the existence of a record that

provides evidence against the defendant; or

3. The defendant confesses to the offense.

(7) A violation of subsection (2) of this section is a Class D felony.
KRS § 323.020 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 323 / Section 323.020
323.020 License required
Status: in_force

323.020 License required.

Except as otherwise provided hereinafter, no person shall practice architecture in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky without first obtaining a license under the provisions of this

chapter, it being the purpose of this chapter to safeguard the life, health, property and

welfare of the public.
KRS § 503.110 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 503 / Section 503.110
503.110 Use of force by person with responsibility for care, discipline, or safety of others
Status: in_force

503.110 Use of force by person with responsibility for care, discipline, or safety of

others.

(1) The use of physical force by a defendant upon another person is justifiable when the

defendant is a parent, guardian, or other person entrusted with the care and

supervision of a minor or an incompetent person or when the defendant is a teacher

or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor, for a special

purpose, and:

(a) The defendant believes that the force used is necessary to promote the welfare

of a minor or mentally disabled person or, if the defendant's responsibility for

the minor or mentally disabled person is for a special purpose, to further that

special purpose or maintain reasonable discipline in a school, class, or other

group; and

(b) The force that is used is not designed to cause or known to create a substantial

risk of causing death, serious physical injury, disfigurement, extreme pain, or

extreme mental distress.

(2) The use of physical force by a defendant upon another person is justifiable when the

defendant is a warden or other authorized official of a correctional institution, and:

(a) The defendant believes that the force used is necessary for the purpose of

enforcing the lawful rules of the institution;

(b) The degree of force used is not forbidden by any statute governing the

administration of the institution; and

(c) If deadly force is used, its use is otherwise justifiable under this code.

(3) The use of physical force by a defendant upon another person is justifiable when the

defendant is a person responsible for the operation of or the maintenance of order in

a vehicle or other carrier of passengers and the defendant believes that such force is

necessary to prevent interference with its operation or to maintain order in the

vehicle or other carrier, except that deadly physical force may be used only when

the defendant believes it necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury.

(4) The use of physical force by a defendant upon another person is justifiable when the

defendant is a doctor or other therapist or a person assisting him at his direction,

and:

(a) The force is used for the purpose of administering a recognized form of

treatment which the defendant believes to be adapted to promoting the

physical or mental health of the patient; and

(b) The treatment is administered with the consent of the patient or, if the patient

is a minor or a mentally disabled person, with the consent of the parent,

guardian, or other person legally competent to consent in his behalf, or the

treatment is administered in an emergency when the defendant believes that

no one competent to consent can be consulted and that a reasonable person,

wishing to safeguard the welfare of the patient, would consent.
KRS § 251.470 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 251 / Section 251.470
251.470 Posting of license
Status: in_force

251.470 Posting of license.

The license issued by the department shall be posted in the licensee's place of business in

this state.
KRS § 446.110 — KY Code / Title XLI / Chapter 446 / Section 446.110
446.110 Offenses committed and rights accruing prior to repeal of law
Status: in_force

446.110 Offenses committed and rights accruing prior to repeal of law.

No new law shall be construed to repeal a former law as to any offense committed against

a former law, nor as to any act done, or penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred, or any

right accrued or claim arising under the former law, or in any way whatever to affect any

such offense or act so committed or done, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so

incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising before the new law takes effect, except that

the proceedings thereafter had shall conform, so far as practicable, to the laws in force at

the time of such proceedings. If any penalty, forfeiture or punishment is mitigated by any

provision of the new law, such provision may, by the consent of the party affected, be

applied to any judgment pronounced after the new law takes effect.