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KRS § 439.990 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.990
439.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

439.990 Penalties.

(1) Any warden or other officer of any prison or any peace officer who willfully fails or

refuses to execute or obey the orders of the department, one (1) of its divisions, or

the board, under any provision of KRS 439.250 to 439.560, shall be fined not less

than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).

(2) Any Commonwealth's attorney who willfully violates KRS 439.370 shall be fined

one hundred dollars ($100).

(3) Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 439.500 or 439.510

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by

a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding one

(1) year, or both. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to dismiss from office or

employment any officer or other employee of the department convicted for violating

any of the provisions of KRS 439.500.
KRS § 452.500 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.500
452.500 Removal of defendant after commencement of action
Status: in_force

452.500 Removal of defendant after commencement of action.

If, after the commencement of an action in the county of the defendant's residence, he

move therefrom, the service of a summons upon him in any other county shall have the

same effect as if it had been made in the county from which he moved.
KRS § 151.035 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 151 / Section 151.035
151.035 Official repository for groundwater information
Status: in_force

151.035 Official repository for groundwater information.

(1) The Kentucky Geological Survey shall be designated as the Commonwealth's

official repository for all information relating to the occurrence and quality of

groundwater as defined in KRS 151.100.

(2) The Energy and Environment Cabinet, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,

and any other cabinet, department, commission, board, or governmental agency,

except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, that, by statute, administrative

regulation, or as part of its routine activities, collects or generates information about

groundwater, shall transmit or cause to be transmitted that information to the

Kentucky Geological Survey within ninety (90) days of receipt or generation, or a

time determined between the Geological Survey and the other party.

(3) The information to be transmitted may include:

(a) Drillers logs and completion reports of wells drilled or dug for the purpose of

producing, testing, or monitoring groundwater;

(b) Geophysical logs of water wells;

(c) Water quality analyses of both organic and inorganic constituents;

(d) Results of all pump, extraction, and injection tests;

(e) Flow determinations of surface discharges of groundwater; and

(f) Any additional data as the Kentucky Geological Survey shall require.

(4) All institutions of higher learning shall be encouraged, but not required, to submit to

the Kentucky Geological Survey copies of all research data, including theses and

dissertations relating to the occurrence or quality of groundwater.
KRS § 441.137 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 441 / Section 441.137
441.137 Balance in inmate account or prisoner canteen account -- Return of balance -- Abandoned moneys
Status: in_force

441.137 Balance in inmate account or prisoner canteen account -- Return of

balance -- Abandoned moneys.

(1) For any moneys in an inmate account or prisoner canteen account of a jail that are

not returned to a prisoner at the time he or she is released from the jail, the jailer

shall transmit a check for the balance of the moneys by first class mail to the

released prisoner at his or her last known address. If the check is returned as

undeliverable, then the jailer shall attempt to contact the prisoner at a telephone

number on file, if any, to arrange the return of the moneys. If the moneys are not

claimed after the jailer fulfills the requirements of this subsection, the moneys shall

be presumed abandoned after one (1) year after the date the check is mailed or, if an

attempt to call is made, the date of the phone call.

(2) Any abandoned moneys as set out in subsection (1) of this section shall, if in a

prisoner account, be transferred into the canteen account if these are two (2)

different accounts, or shall remain in the canteen account and be available for the

purposes set out in KRS 441.135.
KRS § 519.010 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 519 / Section 519.010
519.010 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

519.010 Definitions for chapter.

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Benefit" means gain or advantage to the beneficiary or to a third person pursuant to

the desire or consent of the beneficiary;

(2) "Emergency response" means a response by two (2) or more first responders to a

reported incident that:

(a) Is of such an emergent nature that the exemptions provided under KRS

189.940 would apply; and

(b) Jeopardizes or could jeopardize public safety;

(3) "First responder" means:

(a) Peace officer;

(b) Fire personnel;

(c) Paid or volunteer emergency medical services personnel certified or licensed

pursuant to KRS Chapter 311A; or

(d) Private not-for-profit organization personnel providing fire, rescue, or

emergency medical services;

(4) "Governmental function" means any activity which a public servant is legally

authorized to undertake on behalf of the governmental unit which he or she serves;

(5) "Public record" includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, discs,

diskettes, recordings, magnetic or electronic images, optical images or other

documentary materials regardless of physical form or characteristics, which are

prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, received or retained by a public agency.

"Public record" shall not include any records owned by a private person or

corporation that are not related to functions, activities, programs, or operations

funded by state or local authority; and

(6) "Public servant" means:

(a) Any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision

thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state;

(b) Any person exercising the functions of any public officer or employee;

(c) Any person participating as advisor, consultant, or otherwise in performing a

governmental function, but not including witnesses; or

(d) Any person elected, appointed or designated to become a public servant

although not yet occupying that position.
KRS § 27A.060 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 27A / Section 27A.060
27A.060 Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain list of organizations to which persons sentenced to community labor for driving under the influence may work
Status: in_force

27A.060 Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain list of organizations to

which persons sentenced to community labor for driving under the influence

may work.

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:

(1) Maintain a list of eligible organizations for whom persons sentenced under KRS

189A.020 may perform community service work and which have agreed to make

proper reports to the court.

(2) Develop and distribute such forms as necessary to ensure compliance with the

reporting provisions of KRS 189A.020.
KRS § 278.225 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.225
278.225 Time limitation on billing -- Liability for unbilled service
Status: in_force

278.225 Time limitation on billing -- Liability for unbilled service.

All service supplied by a utility shall be billed within two (2) years of the service. No

customer shall be liable for unbilled service after two (2) years from the date of the

service, unless the customer obtained the service through fraud, theft, or deception.
KRS § 309.359 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 309 / Section 309.359
309.359 Reciprocity
Status: in_force

309.359 Reciprocity.

The board may grant a license to any person who is licensed, certified, or registered in

another state of the United States that has standards at least as stringent as those required

by KRS 309.358. The board may grant a license by endorsement to applicants licensed,

certified, or registered in another state of the United States that has lesser standards than

Kentucky's if the board determines that the applicant's combined initial training,

professional experience, continuing education, or other credentials constitute an

equivalent to the standards in KRS 309.358. Applicants who are not from a state that has

standards at least as stringent as those required by KRS 309.358 may appeal to the board

for a hearing to determine if their experience and education meet the criteria.
KRS § 395A.110 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 395A / Section 395A.110
395A.110 Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user
Status: in_force

395A.110 Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to

a trustee that is an original user of an account any digital asset of the account held in trust,

including a catalogue of electronic communications of the trustee and the content of

electronic communications.
KRS § 214.627 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214 / Section 214.627
214.627 Self-test for HIV infection
Status: in_force

214.627 Self-test for HIV infection.

Nothing in KRS 214.181, 214.625, or 214.995 shall be construed to prohibit a person

from obtaining or performing upon himself or herself a self-test designed to detect human

immunodeficiency virus infection.
KRS § 436.026 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 436.026
436.026 Sale or transfer of viable aborted child for use in experimentation prohibited
Status: in_force

436.026 Sale or transfer of viable aborted child for use in experimentation

prohibited.

Any person who shall sell, transfer, distribute, or give away any live or viable aborted

child or permits such child to be used for any form of experimentation shall be guilty of a

Class B felony. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting

adoption or foster care proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the

Commonwealth.
KRS § 131.083 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 131 / Section 131.083
131.083 Division of Taxpayer Ombudsman -- Duties -- Annual reports
Status: in_force

131.083 Division of Taxpayer Ombudsman -- Duties -- Annual reports.

The department shall provide the services of a Division of Taxpayer Ombudsman to carry

out the spirit and specific purposes of KRS 131.041 to 131.081. The division shall:

(1) Coordinate the resolution of taxpayer complaints and problems, if so requested by a

taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative;

(2) Provide recommendations to the department for new or revised informational

publications and recommend taxpayer and department employee education

programs needed to reduce or eliminate errors or improve voluntary taxpayer

compliance;

(3) Provide recommendations to the department for simplification or other

improvements needed in tax laws, regulations, forms, systems, and procedures to

promote better understanding and voluntary compliance by taxpayers; and

(4) At least annually, on or before October 1, prepare and submit a report to the

commissioner of the Department of Revenue summarizing the activities of the

division during the immediately preceding fiscal year, describing any

recommendations made pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section,

including the progress in implementing such recommendations, and providing such

other information as the division deems appropriate relating to the rights of

Kentucky taxpayers.
KRS § 197.070 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 197 / Section 197.070
197.070 Employment of prisoners -- Manufacture of clothing -- Industrial training
Status: in_force

197.070 Employment of prisoners -- Manufacture of clothing -- Industrial training.

(1) The Department of Corrections shall provide employment for all prisoners in the

penitentiaries and it shall exhaust every resource at its command to provide

employment for all prisoners in its custody.

(2) The department shall acquire necessary equipment and materials and have

manufactured all clothing, except that privately furnished, that is needed for the

usual and suitable clothing of all state prisoners, and of all inmates in all state

institutions, who are required to be clothed by the state. The department shall

acquire equipment for the manufacture and production of all other state supplies,

that in the reasonable discretion of the department is deemed practicable, and shall

have the products manufactured, sold, and distributed as provided in this chapter.

(3) The department shall establish industrial training in the penitentiaries and shall

classify state prisoners according to the uses for prison labor and ability and talent

of the prisoners, utilizing the best available local talent and other talent that may be

obtained at an economical and practical cost, and shall select a suitable number of

guards with the qualifications, when possible, and thereby avoid duplicate expense.
KRS § 216.337 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216 / Section 216.337
216.337 Plans for hospital needs of district
Status: in_force

216.337 Plans for hospital needs of district.

The board, in cooperation with regional or state comprehensive health planning councils,

where established, shall plan for the unmet hospital needs in the district.
KRS § 189.210 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 189 / Section 189.210
189.210 Maximum weight permitted on highway
Status: in_force

189.210 Maximum weight permitted on highway.

(1) No person shall operate on a highway any vehicle, object or contrivance, other than

a motor truck or semitrailer truck, which weighs more than fifteen (15) tons,

including the weight of the vehicle, object or contrivance and load, except as

provided by subsection (2). This shall not apply to vehicles run upon tracks or fire

apparatus belonging to any municipal or volunteer fire department or used by such a

department in the discharge of its functions.

(2) The county judge/executive or the county road engineer of any county upon an

application in writing by the owner or person having charge of, may grant

permission for the movement of vehicles, objects or structures limited by subsection

(1), over the highways within that county and located outside of a city. The

permission shall be in writing and the county judge/executive or the county road

engineer may grant it subject to such conditions and restrictions as in his judgment

are necessary for the preservation and protection of the highways. The city engineer

or mayor of any city may in like manner grant permission as to the highways within

the city.
KRS § 318.190 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 318 / Section 318.190
318.190 Jurisdiction for enforcement actions
Status: in_force

318.190 Jurisdiction for enforcement actions.

(1) The Circuit Court where the violation occurs shall have jurisdiction and venue in all

civil and injunctive actions instituted by the department for the enforcement of the

provisions of KRS Chapter 318 and the State Plumbing Code and the orders issued

thereunder.

(2) The Franklin Circuit Court shall hold concurrent jurisdiction and venue in all civil

and injunctive actions instituted by the department, or upon the secretary's request

by the Attorney General, for the enforcement of the provisions of KRS Chapter 318,

the State Plumbing Code and the orders issued thereunder and other rules and

regulations of the department.

(3) The District Court where the violation occurs shall have jurisdiction and venue in

all criminal actions for the enforcement of the provisions of KRS Chapter 318 and

the State Plumbing Code and the orders issued thereunder. The Franklin Circuit

Court shall hold concurrent jurisdiction and venue on all appeals of criminal actions

for the enforcement of the provisions of KRS Chapter 318 and the State Plumbing

Code and the orders issued thereunder.
KRS § 434.095 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 434 / Section 434.095
434.095 Obtaining real estate loan by substituting or making false instrument -- Subsequent offenses
Status: in_force

434.095 Obtaining real estate loan by substituting or making false instrument --

Subsequent offenses.

Any person who, with intent to defraud, either substitutes one (1) instrument in writing

for another and by this means causes the making of a loan or the extension of credit, or

induces by any fraudulent instrument in writing the making of a loan or the extension of

credit as a part of a transaction by which either the title to real property is transferred or

valuable improvements are placed on real property in this state, whether for the benefit of

himself or another, is guilty of a Class D felony.
KRS § 164.7927 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.7927
164.7927 Student financial aid and advancement trust fund
Status: in_force

164.7927 Student financial aid and advancement trust fund.

(1) (a) The student financial aid and advancement trust fund created by KRS

164.7911 is intended to provide financial assistance that encourages student

access to postsecondary education including regionally accredited or

nationally accredited technical institutions and colleges, community colleges,

public universities, and regionally accredited private colleges and universities.

(b) Appropriations shall be made to the trust fund and allotted to universities and

the Kentucky Community and Technical College System or to the Kentucky

Higher Education Assistance Authority as the Council on Postsecondary

Education deems appropriate. Appropriations made to this trust fund may be

used for the College Access Program, the Kentucky Tuition Grant Program,

or other student financial aid programs as authorized by the General

Assembly.

(c) The council shall establish separate subsidiary programs and related accounts

that are consistent with this section, the adopted strategic agenda, the biennial

budget process, and the availability of any resources to the student financial

aid and advancement trust fund.

(2) (a) The Council on Postsecondary Education, in consultation with the Kentucky

Higher Education Assistance Authority, shall determine the nature and

purposes of budget requests for funding support to the student financial aid

and advancement trust fund. The determination shall be based upon the

financial assistance needs and requirements of students of postsecondary

regionally accredited or nationally accredited private or public institutions.

(b) A minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the student financial aid and

advancement trust fund appropriation shall be allotted for the purpose of

assisting individuals whose available income, determined in accordance with

part F of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended, is at or

below one hundred percent (100%) of the federal income poverty guidelines.

From the foregoing allotment, administrators of programs funded under this

section may exercise discretion in accordance with 20 U.S.C. sec. 1087tt in

awarding student financial assistance benefits on a case-by-case basis to

individuals with disabilities, as defined by Title II of the Americans with

Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. secs. 12131 et seq., whose available income is

above the federal income poverty guidelines, whether or not the student

qualifies for vocational rehabilitation services. Any funds remaining after all

eligible students have been served under this paragraph may be used for other

purposes as provided in this section.

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

under this section. 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 student financial aid and advancement trust

fund.
KRS § 268.510 — KY Code / Title XXII / Chapter 268 / Section 268.510
268.510 Board may make improvements, control water power -- Condemn property
Status: in_force

268.510 Board may make improvements, control water power -- Condemn

property.

(1) In order to effect the drainage, protection and reclamation of the land and other

property in any district organized under this chapter subject to assessment, to

protect cities from overflow, and to promote the public health or general welfare of

the community, the board acting for the district may clean out, alter, construct or

maintain any drain in or out of the district, and construct and maintain any levees,

dikes, dams, revetments, reservoirs, holding basins, floodways, pumping stations,

syphons and any other work and improvements deemed necessary to preserve and

maintain the works or prevent overflow of land or protect any city or parts thereof

in or out of the district. The board may construct or enlarge any bridge needed in or

out of the district across any drain or other improvement or any public highway,

railroad right-of-way, track, grade, fill or cut, subject to the provisions of KRS

268.530; construct roadways upon, along and over levees and embankments;

remove any fence, building or improvement in or out of the district.

(2) The board may hold, control and acquire by donation or purchase, or, if need be,

condemn any land, easement, railroad right-of-way, sluice, conduit, sewer, holding

basin or franchise in or out of the district for any purpose provided for in this

chapter.

(a) The board may also condemn, pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of

Kentucky, for the use of the district any property within or without the district

not acquired or condemned by the board on the report of the appraisers.

(3) The board may control all water power created by the construction of improvements

in the district, and construct and maintain any hydroelectric power plants to develop

such power for the use of the district and use any funds in the treasury of the district

not otherwise appropriated for the construction and maintenance of such plants. The

board may lease any power in excess of that required for the use of the district. The

proceeds of such lease shall be turned in to the treasury of the district.

(4) However, the construction or maintenance of any improvement shall not impair

navigation upon any navigable stream in this state.