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KRS § 81.420 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 81 / Section 81.420
81.420 Election whether to merge
Status: in_force

81.420 Election whether to merge.

(1) Elections shall be held at the next regular election if the ordinances of the legislative

bodies of the cities desiring merger or consolidation have been filed with the county

clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election.

The qualifications of voters and all other matters in regard to the election shall be

governed by the general election laws. The question shall be submitted in

substantially the following form:

"Are you in favor of merging or consolidating the city of _____ and the city of

_____ into one city, to be known as the city of _____"?

yes ____

no ____

(2) If a majority of the legal votes cast at the election in all of the cities, each city being

a separate unit in the elections, proposing to merge or consolidate shall favor the

merger or consolidation, then thirty (30) days after the certification of the results of

the election the cities shall become one (1) city of the class and organizational

structure of the largest of the old cities, but if a majority of the legal voters in either

city vote "No," the merger or consolidation shall fail.

(3) In addition to other public notice requirements, a merged or consolidated city shall

comply with the provisions of KRS 81A.470, but shall not be required to comply

with the provisions of KRS 81A.475.
KRS § 319C.060 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 319C / Section 319C.060
319C.060 Board's powers to regulate practice of applied behavior analysis -- Administrative regulations -- Fees
Status: in_force

319C.060 Board's powers to regulate practice of applied behavior analysis --

Administrative regulations -- Fees.

(1) The board shall have the right to regulate the practice of applied behavior analysis

in the state including behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts, and temporary

licensees, including licensure, limitations of activities, supervision, and educational

qualifications and continuing education requirements for behavior analysts, assistant

behavior analysts, temporary licensees and supervisees. The board shall administer

and enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall have the responsibility of

evaluating the qualifications of applicants for licensure.

(2) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13A relating to the licensure and regulation of behavior analysts, assistant

behavior analysts, and temporary licensees including:

(a) Establishing standards for licensure, temporary licensure, limitations of

activities, supervision, and compliance with the educational qualifications as

required by KRS 319C.080 for behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts,

and temporary licensees;

(b) Establishing the number of persons a licensed behavior analyst may supervise

at one (1) time, including temporary licensees and supervisees;

(c) Adopting a code of ethical standards and standards of practice for all licensed

behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts, and temporary licensees;

(d) Establishing a measure of continued competency as a condition of license

renewal and standards for suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue or renew

a license of a behavior analyst, assistant behavior analyst, or temporary

licensee;

(e) Governing the physical and mental examination of behavior analysts, assistant

behavior analysts, and temporary licensees who may be impaired by reason of

a mental, physical, or other condition that impedes their ability to practice

competently. For purposes of enforcing this section, the board shall have the

power to order an immediate temporary suspension in accordance with KRS

13B.125 if there is a reasonable cause to believe that a behavior analyst,

assistant behavior analyst, temporary licensee, or applicant may be impaired

by reason of a mental, physical, or other condition that impedes his or her

ability to practice competently; and

(f) Establishing reasonable fees for the licensure and license renewal of behavior

analysts, assistant behavior analysts, and temporary licensees.
KRS § 39A.015 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.015
39A.015 Definitions and chapter provisions applicable to KRS Chapters 39B to 39F
Status: in_force

39A.015 Definitions and chapter provisions applicable to KRS Chapters 39B to

39F.

The definitions and other provisions of this chapter shall apply to this chapter and to KRS

Chapters 39B, 39C, 39D, 39E, and 39F unless the language or context of a particular

statute requires otherwise.
KRS § 76.368 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 76 / Section 76.368
76.368 Power to discontinue water service
Status: in_force

76.368 Power to discontinue water service.

In the event a sewer construction district elects to proceed under KRS 76.366 and 76.367

it is granted the same authority relative to the cutting off of the water supply of its

delinquent users as is a sanitation district under KRS 220.510, when written request for

such cutting off is made by the commission to the water supplier. In the event this power

is used the plans of the sewer district shall only require prior approval by the metropolitan

sewer district as already provided in KRS 76.330, and in such event the water supplier

may require the sewer commission to supply an agent with full authority to receive

payments or accept arrangements to pay the delinquent charges, together with interest and

penalties thereon, to be present when the water is cut off and the water supplier may bill

the sewer commission its actual expenses involved.
KRS § 79.130 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 79 / Section 79.130
79.130 Authority of city or county officers, agents and employees to perform services under agreement -- Positions not incompatible
Status: in_force

79.130 Authority of city or county officers, agents and employees to perform

services under agreement -- Positions not incompatible.

Insofar as is necessary to effect the purpose of KRS 79.110 to 79.180, officers, agents,

servants and employees of the subdivision of government providing the service shall be

sworn in and authorized to act within the area covered by any contractual agreement and

no such qualification or authorization to act shall be considered the holding of

incompatible positions.
KRS § 6.656 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.656
6.656 Chair and vice chair -- Meetings -- Compensation of members
Status: in_force

6.656 Chair and vice chair -- Meetings -- Compensation of members.

(1) The chair and the vice chair of the commission shall be elected by a majority vote of

the members of the commission. The chair and the vice chair shall serve terms of

one (1) year and may be reelected. The chair shall preside at meetings of the

commission. The vice chair shall preside in the absence or disability of the chair.

(2) The commission shall meet within ninety (90) days of February 18, 1993. The time

and place of the meeting shall be determined by the chair. Thereafter, the

commission shall meet at such times deemed necessary at the call of the chair or a

majority of its members. A quorum shall consist of five (5) or more members. An

affirmative vote of five (5) or more members shall be necessary for commission

action.

(3) A member of the commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per day and

reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his

official duties as a member of the commission for meeting days and for a maximum

of two (2) nonmeeting days per month devoted to commission-related work.
KRS § 27A.620 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.620
27A.620 Forwarding of designations of agencies to circuit clerks
Status: in_force

27A.620 Forwarding of designations of agencies to circuit clerks.

All designations made by the Chief Justice pursuant to KRS 27A.600 to 27A.640 shall be

forwarded to each circuit clerk for the judicial district or districts which shall be served by

the agency designated.
KRS § 5.117 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.117
5.117 Seventeenth Senatorial District
Status: in_force

5.117 Seventeenth Senatorial District.

The Seventeenth Senatorial District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Fayette KY (part)

A104 - Bell School House

A116 - Trailside

A183 - Silver Creek (part)

210670037031006, 210670037031017, 210670037041013,

210670037041018, 210670037041019, 210670037041020,

210670037041021, 210670037041022, 210670037041023,

210670037041024, 210670037041025, 210670037041026

A187 - Town Branch

A189 - Westmorland

A190 - Greenway

A194 - Majestic View

A196 - Stallion Run

A197 - Valley Brook

A198 - Whiteberry

A204 - Locust Blossom (part)

210670037012027

County: Grant KY

County: Kenton KY (part)

B101 - Bracht (part)

211170637012005, 211170637012006, 211170637012007,

211170637012008, 211170637012009, 211170637012011,

211170637012012, 211170637012020, 211170637012025,

211170637012026, 211170637012027, 211170637012028,

211170637012029, 211170637012030, 211170637012031,

211170637012032, 211170637012033, 211170637012034,

211170637012035, 211170637012041, 211170637012042,

211170637012043, 211170637012044, 211170637012045,

211170637012046, 211170637012047, 211170637012048

B105 - Decoursey (part)

211170659002006, 211170659002009, 211170659002017,

211170659002027

B115 - Independence #1

B116 - Independence #2

B118 - Independence #4

B119 - Morningview

B120 - Nicholson #1 (part)

211170637011044, 211170637011045

B121 - Nicholson #2

B123 - Piner

B125 - Erlanger #11 (part)

211170636043009, 211170636043011

B129 - Visalia

B130 - Whites Tower

B131 - Independence #5

B132 - Independence #6 (part)

211170658001000, 211170658001015, 211170658001020,

211170658001021, 211170658001022, 211170658001023,

211170658001025, 211170658001026, 211170658002000,

211170658002001, 211170658002002, 211170658002013,

211170658002016, 211170658002017, 211170658002027,

211170659002010, 211170659002011, 211170659002012,

211170659002013, 211170659002014, 211170659002016,

211170668022000, 211170668022001, 211170668022002,

211170668022003, 211170668022004, 211170668022005,

211170668022006, 211170668022007, 211170668022008,

211170668022009, 211170668022010, 211170668022011,

211170668022012, 211170668022013

B133 - Independence #7

B136 - Independence #9

B137 - Independence #10 (part)

211170636092015, 211170636093008, 211170636093015,

211170636093016, 211170636093019, 211170636093021,

211170636102001, 211170636102002, 211170636102003,

211170636102004, 211170636102005, 211170636102006,

211170636102007, 211170636102008, 211170636102009

B140 - Independence #11

County: Scott KY
KRS § 42.615 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.615
42.615 Annual reports of retirement funds
Status: in_force

42.615 Annual reports of retirement funds.

Each retirement fund listed in this section shall make a report according to generally

accepted accounting principles of all money received and disbursed by the listed fund

during each fiscal year on or before the first day of October after the fiscal year, showing

receipts, expenditures, depositories, rates of interest paid by depositories, investments,

and rates of return on investments by each listed fund to the Legislative Research

Commission. The funds which shall be reported are:

(1) Kentucky employees' retirement fund;

(2) State Police retirement fund;

(3) County employees' retirement fund;

(4) Kentucky retirement systems insurance fund;

(5) Funds controlled by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Kentucky;

(6) Judicial retirement fund;

(7) Legislators retirement fund; and

(8) The Kentucky state public employees deferred compensation trust fund.
KRS § 209A.070 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 209A / Section 209A.070
209A.070 Confidentiality of the identity of domestic violence program clients or former clients
Status: in_force

209A.070 Confidentiality of the identity of domestic violence program clients

or former clients.

All information that identifies a current or former client of a domestic violence

program is confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except as provided

by law. The cabinet shall have access to client information relating to any domestic

violence program for the limited purpose of monitoring the program.
KRS § 156.495 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.495
156.495 Program to identify and locate missing children enrolled in Kentucky schools
Status: in_force

156.495 Program to identify and locate missing children enrolled in Kentucky

schools.

(1) The Department of Education shall weekly distribute the names, provided by the

Department of Kentucky State Police, of all missing children and children who have

been recovered to all public and private schools admitting children in preschool

through grade twelve (12).

(2) Every public and private school in this state shall notify local law enforcement or

the Department of Kentucky State Police at its earliest known contact with any child

whose name appears on the list of missing Kentucky children.

(3) The department shall encourage each public and private school to engage in a

program whereby the parents of children who are absent from school are notified in

person or by telephone to verify if they know that the child is not attending school.
KRS § 148.892 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 148 / Section 148.892
148.892 Short title for KRS 148.870 to 148.892
Status: in_force

148.892 Short title for KRS 148.870 to 148.892.

KRS 148.870 to 148.892 may be cited as the Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail Act.
KRS § 66.523 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 66 / Section 66.523
66.523 Public improvements financing plan -- Contents -- Implementation -- Annual report of board
Status: in_force

66.523 Public improvements financing plan -- Contents -- Implementation --

Annual report of board.

(1) The board shall prepare a public improvements financing plan which shall become

the basis of all its operations including its requests to the fiscal court for

appropriations for improvements and facilities described in KRS 66.520. In

preparing the plan the board may use the services of all governmental agencies

having any duties in connection with the matters of statewide concern described in

KRS 66.520. The plan shall include in detail the sources of revenue to defray the

costs of all projects. Revenue from appropriations made under KRS 66.520 and

planned revenue from annual rental payments shall not be aggregated with each

other or any other sources of revenue for any improvement contemplated.

(2) The board shall submit its plan to the fiscal court before incurring any obligation

(aside from costs incident to preparation of the plan) with respect to any public

improvement. If the fiscal court does not disapprove of the plan in part or as a

whole within ninety (90) days from the time the board transmits the plan to the

fiscal court, the board may implement the plan to the extent it was not disapproved.

The failure of the fiscal court to disapprove the plan, or part of it, shall in no way be

deemed to make any obligation incurred by the board under the plan an obligation

of the fiscal court.

(3) Annually, at least ninety (90) days prior to the adoption of the proposed county

budget pursuant to KRS 68.240, the board shall submit to the fiscal court a report of

its affairs. Any supplements or amendments to the board's plan shall be included in

the report. The fiscal court shall have ninety (90) days to disapprove of any

supplements or amendments. Disapproval or the lack of it for all or any parts of the

supplements or amendments shall have the same results as subsection (2) orders for

the original plan.

(4) No amendment or supplement shall reduce or release any prior obligation of the

board without consent of the obligees.
KRS § 311.601 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.601
311.601 Adoption of administrative regulations -- Continuing education requirements
Status: in_force

311.601 Adoption of administrative regulations -- Continuing education

requirements.

(1) The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations to effectuate and implement

the provisions of KRS 311.550 to 311.620, including but not limited to regulations

designed to ensure the continuing professional competency of present and future

licensees. As an adjunct to the power conferred upon the board by this section, the

board may require licensees to submit to interrogation as to the nature and extent of

their postgraduate medical education and to require licensees found to be deficient

in their efforts to keep abreast of new methods and technology, to obtain additional

instruction and training therein.

(2) As part of the continuing medical education which the board adopts to ensure

continuing professional competency of present and future licensees, the board shall

ensure that:

(a) Current practicing pediatricians, including those certified in medicine and

pediatrics, radiologists, family practitioners, and those physicians practicing

in an emergency medicine or urgent care setting, demonstrate completion of a

one (1) time course of at least one (1) hour of continuing medical education

approved by the board and covering the recognition and prevention of

pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS 620.020, prior to December

31, 2017; and

(b) Future practicing pediatricians, including those certified in medicine and

pediatrics, radiologists, family practitioners, and those physicians who will

practice in an emergency medicine or urgent care setting, demonstrate

completion of a one (1) time course of at least one (1) hour of continuing

medical education, or its equivalent, approved by the board and covering the

recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in

KRS 620.020, within five (5) years of licensure. Future practicing

pediatricians, including those certified in medicine and pediatrics,

radiologists, family practitioners, and those physicians who will practice in an

emergency medicine or urgent care setting may apply pediatric abusive head

trauma curriculum taught in their medical school education to count towards

the required one (1) hour of continuing medical education.
KRS § 329A.015 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 329A / Section 329A.015
329A.015 License required to hold self out as private investigator -- Criminal background check
Status: in_force

329A.015 License required to hold self out as private investigator -- Criminal

background check.

No person or company shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a private

investigator or use any terms, titles, or abbreviations that express, infer, or imply that the

person is licensed as a private investigator unless the person at the time holds a license to

practice private investigating issued and validly existing under the laws of this

Commonwealth as provided in this chapter. All applicants shall pass a criminal

background check based on criteria established under KRS 329A.035.
KRS § 132.645 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 132 / Section 132.645
132.645 Payment of compensation to property valuation administrator
Status: in_force

132.645 Payment of compensation to property valuation administrator.

(1) The property valuation administrator of each county shall be paid from the State

Treasury each month as provided in KRS 132.590.

(2) Deputies, other authorized personnel, and other authorized expenditures of the

property valuation administrator's office shall be paid from the State Treasury

monthly as approved by the Department of Revenue as provided in KRS

132.590(2).
KRS § 507A.020 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 507A / Section 507A.020
507A.020 Fetal homicide in the first degree
Status: in_force

507A.020 Fetal homicide in the first degree.

(1) A person is guilty of fetal homicide in the first degree when:

(a) With intent to cause the death of an unborn child or with the intent necessary

to commit an offense under KRS 507.020(1)(a), he causes the death of an

unborn child; except that in any prosecution, a person shall not be guilty under

this subsection if he acted under the influence of extreme emotional

disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse, the

reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in

the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed

them to be. However, nothing contained in this section shall constitute a

defense to a prosecution for or preclude a conviction of fetal homicide in the

second degree or any other crime; or

(b) Including but not limited to the operation of a motor vehicle under

circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, he wantonly

engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to an unborn child and

thereby causes the death of an unborn child.

(2) Fetal homicide in the first degree is a capital offense.
KRS § 69.240 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 69 / Section 69.240
69.240 Judgments in favor of the Commonwealth -- County attorney to collect
Status: in_force

69.240 Judgments in favor of the Commonwealth -- County attorney to collect.

The county attorney shall investigate and inquire into the condition of all unsatisfied

judgments in his county in favor of the Commonwealth. He shall take all necessary steps,

by motion, action or otherwise to collect unsatisfied judgments and cause them to be paid

into the State Treasury.
KRS § 393.250 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393 / Section 393.250
393.250 Source of payment of expenses -- County attorney to collect judgments
Status: in_force

393.250 Source of payment of expenses -- County attorney to collect judgments.

Any necessary expense required to be paid by the state in administering and enforcing this

chapter shall be paid out of the abandoned property fund.
KRS § 131.606 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 131 / Section 131.606
131.606 Legislative findings and purposes
Status: in_force

131.606 Legislative findings and purposes.

The General Assembly finds that violations of KRS 131.600 and 131.602 threaten the

integrity of the tobacco master settlement agreement, the fiscal soundness of the state, and

the public health. The legislature finds that enacting procedural enhancements will aid

enforcement of KRS 131.600 and 131.602 and thereby safeguard the master settlement

agreement, the fiscal soundness of the state, and the public health.
KRS § 107.160 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 107 / Section 107.160
107.160 Assessment to constitute lien on benefited property -- Precedence
Status: in_force

107.160 Assessment to constitute lien on benefited property -- Precedence.

Each annual improvement assessment, including an initial levy payable on a lump-sum or

cash basis, with any penalty or interest incident to the nonpayment thereof, shall

constitute a lien upon the lot or parcel of benefited property against which it is assessed.

The lien shall attach to each lot or parcel of benefited property as the same is described by

the owner's deed of record in the county clerk's office at the time of the publication of the

first ordinance, as herein provided, and thereupon shall take precedence over all other

liens, whether created prior to or subsequent to the publication of said ordinance, except

state and county taxes, general municipal taxes, and prior improvement taxes and shall

not be defeated or postponed by any private or judicial sale, by any mortgage, or by any

error or mistake in the description of the property or in the names of the owners. No error

in the proceedings of the governing body shall exempt any benefited property from the

lien for the improvement assessment, or from the payment thereof, or from the penalties

or interest thereon, as herein provided. No error in the proceedings of the governing body

shall exempt any property from liability for payment of any annual improvement

assessment, or for any interest or penalty incident to nonpayment thereof. The city's

governing body, or any court of competent jurisdiction, shall have power to make such

rules and orders as may be required to do justice to all parties.