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KRS § 383.220 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 383 / Section 383.220
383.220 Return of warrant -- Jury -- Oath
Status: in_force

383.220 Return of warrant -- Jury -- Oath.

At the time for holding the inquisition, the officer shall return the warrant to the court

with an indorsement stating when and upon whom it was executed and the place

designated by the officer for holding the inquisition, together with a panel of the jury;

whereupon, the clerk, whether the defendant is present or not, shall administer an oath to

the jurors in substance as follows: "You, and each of you, shall well and truly inquire into

and return whether or not the defendant (or defendants) is (or are) guilty of the forcible

entry (or detainer) complained of in the warrant in this cause: so help you God."
KRS § 620.535 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 620 / Section 620.535
620.535 Duties of association
Status: in_force

620.535 Duties of association.

The association shall:

(1) Adopt and approve state standards for all CASA volunteers, program directors, and

other staff, including, but not limited to, guidelines for training;

(2) Adopt and approve the uniform annual data reporting procedures for local programs

pursuant to KRS 620.505(2)(h); and

(3) Evaluate and make recommendations by February 1 in odd-numbered years to the

Supreme Court, the Governor, the Legislative Research Commission, and the

cabinet regarding:

(a) Laws of the Commonwealth and practices, policies, and procedures within the

Commonwealth affecting the welfare of children and families; and

(b) The effectiveness, or lack thereof, and the reasons therefor, of local CASA

volunteers advocating for permanent placement for the children in the

Commonwealth.
KRS § 66.051 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 66 / Section 66.051
66.051 Purposes for issuance of bonds -- Principal amount maximum
Status: in_force

66.051 Purposes for issuance of bonds -- Principal amount maximum.

(1) An issuer may issue bonds for the purpose of providing funds with which:

(a) To fund floating indebtedness;

(b) To fund the cost of providing a public service if the governing body

determines that an emergency exists and the public health or safety so

requires;

(c) To fund unfunded liabilities;

(d) To establish a reserve for past or future liabilities or casualties; or

(e) To pay one (1) or more final judgments rendered against the issuer, including

settlements of claims approved by a court.

(2) The principal amount of the bonds issued may not exceed the amount required for

subsections (1)(a) to (e) of this section, plus financing costs, permitted by this

chapter to be paid from the proceeds of bonds, plus, in the case of judgments, costs,

and expenses assessed or taxed against the issue and defense costs of the issuer.
KRS § 342.640 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.640
342.640 Coverage of employees
Status: in_force

342.640 Coverage of employees.

The following shall constitute employees subject to the provisions of this chapter, except

as exempted under KRS 342.650:

(1) Every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, in the

service of an employer under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or

implied, and all helpers and assistants of employees, whether paid by the employer

or employee, if employed with the knowledge, actual or constructive, of the

employer;

(2) Every executive officer of a corporation;

(3) Every person in the service of the state or any of its political subdivisions or

agencies, or of any county, city of any class, school district, drainage district, tax

district, public or quasipublic corporation, or other political entity, under any

contract of hire, express or implied, and every official or officer of those entities,

whether elected or appointed, while performing his official duties shall be

considered an employee of the state. Every person who is a member of a volunteer

ambulance service, fire, or police department shall be deemed, for the purposes of

this chapter, to be in the employment of the political subdivision of the state where

the department is organized. Every person who is a regularly-enrolled volunteer

member or trainee of an emergency management agency, as established under KRS

Chapters 39A to 39E, shall be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, to be in the

employment of this state. Every person who is a member of the Kentucky National

Guard, while the person is on state active duty as defined in KRS 38.010(4), shall

be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, to be in the employment of this state;

and

(4) Every person performing service in the course of the trade, business, profession, or

occupation of an employer at the time of the injury.
KRS § 441.810 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 441 / Section 441.810
441.810 Composition of authority -- Appointment -- Terms
Status: in_force

441.810 Composition of authority -- Appointment -- Terms.

(1) The regional jail authority shall be composed of members appointed by the county

judges/executive of the respective counties within the authority and the jailer of the

county where the regional jail is located. The county judge/executive of the most

populous county shall appoint three (3) members to the authority, and the remainder

of the county judges/executive shall each appoint two (2) members.

(2) Members of the authority shall serve four (4) year terms, except that one (1) of each

county judge/executive's original appointees shall serve a two (2) year term.

Members of the authority shall not be compensated for their service but may be

reimbursed for expenses actually incurred.
KRS § 353.592 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.592
353.592 Powers of the department
Status: in_force

353.592 Powers of the department.

In addition to the powers conferred upon the department by KRS 353.500 to 353.720 and

notwithstanding any provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720, the department is authorized

but not obligated to develop and promulgate a regulatory program for the purpose of

accepting primary responsibility for administration of the Underground Injection Control

Program under Section 1425 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Public Law 93-523 as

amended). To that end, the department shall include in any regulatory program developed

and promulgated under this provision:

(1) Regulations regarding the drilling, casing, operation, plugging, construction,

conversion, maintenance, and abandonment of class II wells to protect underground

sources of drinking water and to prevent their endangerment;

(2) Regulations prohibiting underground injection through class II wells except as

authorized by such regulations or by a permit issued pursuant thereto;

(3) Regulations requiring owners or operators of class II wells to demonstrate financial

responsibility for the costs of closure of all class II wells. Such demonstration of

financial responsibility may include but need not be limited to the well plugging

bond required by KRS 353.590(7) and (12);

(4) Regulations providing for reasonable public notice of applications for permits for

class II wells and providing for public participation in the issuance of such permits;

(5) Regulations establishing a schedule of fees for the mechanical integrity testing and

periodic registration of class II wells to be paid by the owners or operators thereof.

The schedule of fees shall be based upon the reasonable cost to the department of

administering the underground injection control program. The regulations may

provide for the collection of a fee prior to delegation of authority by the Federal

Environmental Protection Agency which shall be refunded by the department if the

department does not receive said delegation.

No regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall authorize the endangerment of

an underground source of drinking water or be more stringent than regulations

promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Underground

Injection Control Program of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 300f et seq.
KRS § 364.130 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 364 / Section 364.130
364.130 Liability of person entering upon and cutting timber growing upon land of another -- Measure of damages -- Exceptions with limitations on liability
Status: in_force

364.130 Liability of person entering upon and cutting timber growing upon

land of another -- Measure of damages -- Exceptions with limitations on

liability.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (4) of this section, any person,

regardless of state of mind or whether the person believes to be authorized or

not, who cuts or saws down, or causes to be cut or sawed down to convert to

his own use timber growing upon the land of another without legal right or

without color of title in himself to the timber or to the land upon which the timber

was growing shall pay to the rightful owner of the timber three (3) times the

stumpage value of the timber and shall pay to the rightful owner of the property

three (3) times the cost of any damages to the property as well as any legal

costs incurred by the owner of the timber.

(2) (a) If a defendant can certify that prior to cutting:

1. A signed statement was obtained from the person whom the

defendant believed to be the owner of all trees scheduled to be cut

that:

a. All of the trees to be cut were on his property and that none

were on the property of another; and

b. He has given his permission, in writing, for the trees on his

property to be cut; and

2. Either:

a. A written agreement was made with owners of the land

adjacent to the cut that the trees to be cut were not on their

property; or

b. Owners of the land adjacent to the cut were notified in writing,

delivered by certified mail, restricted delivery, and return

receipt requested, of the pending cut and they raised no

objection,

the court may render a judgment for no more than the reasonable value

of the timber, actual damages caused to the property, and any legal costs

incurred by the owner of the timber.

(b) With respect to paragraph (a)2.b. of this subsection, if no written objection

was received from the persons notified within seven (7) days from the

date of signed receipt of mail, it shall be presumed, for the purposes of

setting penalties only, that the notified owner had no objection to the

proposed cut.

(3) This section shall not be construed as repealing any of the provisions of KRS

514.030 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and any penalties provided by this

chapter shall be considered as additional thereto.

(4) A residential property owner or farmland owner maintaining his or her fence

row who unintentionally cuts, saws down, or otherwise removes the timber of

an adjoining property owner as the result of a good-faith mistake in the location

of an unmarked boundary line between the properties shall only be liable to the

adjoining property owner for the reasonable value of the timber, the actual

damages caused to the property, and any legal costs incurred by the adjoining

property owner if the cutting of the timber is later found to be unauthorized by a

court of competent jurisdiction.
KRS § 211.230 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.230
211.230 Enforcement of obedience to orders and process -- Coercion of witness to testify
Status: in_force

211.230 Enforcement of obedience to orders and process -- Coercion of witness to

testify.

In case of a failure on the part of any person, firm, or corporation to comply with any

lawful order of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or with process or in case of

the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be lawfully

interrogated, the Circuit Court, or a judge thereof, having jurisdiction may, on application

of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the secretary of the Cabinet for Health

and Family Services, compel obedience by proceedings as in contempt cases.
KRS § 341.110 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.110
341.110 Unemployment Insurance Commission -- Quorum -- Salaries
Status: in_force

341.110 Unemployment Insurance Commission -- Quorum -- Salaries.

(1) In the Education and Labor Cabinet, there shall be an Unemployment

Insurance Commission composed of the secretary or his or her duly authorized

representative, as ex officio chairman and two (2) members appointed by the

Governor.

(2) The secretary shall represent the state and the public. One (1) member shall

be appointed as a representative of labor and one (1) as a representative of

employers. The chairman and one (1) other member of the commission shall

constitute a quorum.

(3) The members representing labor and employers shall be appointed on the

basis of their merit and fitness to perform their duties and exercise the

responsibilities of their offices. They shall be citizens of this state and not less

than thirty (30) years of age.

(4) The terms of each member appointed to represent labor and employers shall

be for four (4) years from the date of appointment and until a successor is

appointed and qualified, except that appointments to vacancies shall be for the

unexpired term.

(5) The compensation of the members representing labor and employers shall be

$12,000 each per annum.
KRS § 141.4244 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 141 / Section 141.4244
141.4244 Nonrefundable credit for producers of cellulosic ethanol
Status: in_force

141.4244 Nonrefundable credit for producers of cellulosic ethanol.

(1) (a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, a cellulosic ethanol

producer shall be eligible for a nonrefundable tax credit against the taxes

imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and 141.0401 in an amount certified by

the department under subsection (3) of this section. The credit rate shall be

one dollar ($1) per cellulosic ethanol gallon produced, unless the total amount

of approved credit for all cellulosic ethanol producers exceeds the annual

cellulosic ethanol tax credit cap. If the total amount of approved credit for all

cellulosic ethanol producers exceeds the annual cellulosic ethanol tax credit

cap, the department shall determine the amount of credit each cellulosic

ethanol producer receives by multiplying the annual cellulosic ethanol tax

credit cap by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of approved

credit for the cellulosic ethanol producer and the denominator of which is the

total approved credit for all cellulosic ethanol producers.

(b) The credit allowed under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be applied both

to the income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and to the limited

liability entity tax imposed under KRS 141.0401, with the ordering of credits

as provided in KRS 141.0205.

(2) The credit provided under subsection (1) of this section shall not be carried forward

to a return for any other period.

(3) Each cellulosic ethanol producer eligible for the credit provided under subsection

(1) of this section shall file a cellulosic ethanol tax credit claim for cellulosic

ethanol gallons produced in this state on forms prescribed by the department by

January 15 following the close of the preceding calendar year. The department shall

determine the amount of the approved credit based on the amount of cellulosic

ethanol produced in this state during the preceding calendar year and shall issue a

credit certificate to the cellulosic ethanol producer by April 15 following the close

of the preceding calendar year.

(4) In the case of a cellulosic ethanol producer that has a fiscal year end for purposes of

computing the tax imposed by KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401, the amount of

approved credit provided under subsection (1) of this section shall be claimed on

the return filed for the first fiscal year ending after the close of the preceding

calendar year.
KRS § 202C.120 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 202C / Section 202C.120
202C.120 Notification of receiving psychiatric facility -- Transportation of patient
Status: in_force

202C.120 Notification of receiving psychiatric facility -- Transportation of

patient.

(1) The court which orders any respondent transferred to a forensic psychiatric

facility under KRS 202C.050 or 504.110(3), shall at once notify the receiving

hospital or psychiatric facility that such order has been made, advising of the

sex and condition of the respondent and any other pertinent information.

(2) After the forensic psychiatric facility has been so notified, the court shall order

the sheriff of the county or other peace officer to transport the respondent

within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, from the county

in which the respondent is located to the forensic psychiatric facility designated

by the cabinet. The sheriff or other peace officer may, upon agreement of a

person authorized by the peace officer, authorize the cabinet, a private agency

on contract with the cabinet, or an ambulance service designated by the

cabinet to transport the respondent to the forensic psychiatric facility.

(3) Any respondent released from a forensic psychiatric facility under KRS

202C.030 or 202C.060 shall be transported to the respondent's county of

discharge by a sheriff or other peace officer, by an ambulance service

designated by the cabinet, or by other appropriate means of transportation

which is consistent with the treatment plan of that respondent. The cost of

transporting the respondent to the respondent's county of discharge when

performed by a peace officer, ambulance service, or other private agency on

contract with the cabinet shall be paid by the cabinet in accordance with an

administrative regulation issued by the cabinet pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.
KRS § 393A.450 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 393A / Section 393A.450
393A.450 Deposit of funds by administrator
Status: in_force

393A.450 Deposit of funds by administrator.

The administrator shall deposit in the State Treasury all funds received under this chapter,

including proceeds from the sale of property under KRS 393A.400 to 393A.440.
KRS § 5.296 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.296
5.296 Ninety-sixth Representative District
Status: in_force

5.296 Ninety-sixth Representative District.

The Ninety-sixth Representative District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Boyd KY (part)

A109 - East Fork

A119 - Fannin 2

A121 - Cannonsburg

A122 - Marsh Run

C102 - Princess

C110 - Pyramid

C111 - Willow

C114 - Meads 1

C117 - Meads 2

County: Carter KY

County: Lewis KY
KRS § 150.645 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.645
150.645 Liability of landowner consenting to hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities on premises -- Claims for property damage by state employees participating in wildlife management practices
Status: in_force

150.645 Liability of landowner consenting to hunting, fishing, and other outdoor

activities on premises -- Claims for property damage by state employees

participating in wildlife management practices.

(1) An owner, lessee, or occupant of premises who gives permission to another person

to hunt, fish, trap, camp, hike, rock climb, boulder, or rappel upon the premises

shall owe no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by the person or to give

warning of any hazardous conditions on the premises, and the owner, lessee, or

occupant, by giving his or her permission, does not thereby extend any assurance

that the premises are safe for such purpose, or constitute the person to whom

permission is granted an invitee to whom a duty of care is owed. The owner, lessee,

or occupant giving permission for any of the purposes stated above shall not be

liable for any injury to any person or property caused by the negligent acts of any

person to whom permission is granted. This section shall not limit the liability

which would otherwise exist for willful and malicious failure to guard or to warn

against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity; or for injury suffered in

any case where permission to hunt, fish, trap, camp, hike, rock climb, boulder, or

rappel was granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if any, as set

forth in KRS 411.190(1)(d), paid to said owner, lessee, or occupant by the state.

The word "premises" as used in this section includes lands, rocks, boulders, cliffs,

private ways, and any buildings and structures thereon. Nothing in this section

limits in any way any liability which otherwise exists.

(2) Department employees who participate in bona fide wildlife management practices

are agents of the department and state and, in the event property damage does

occur, a claim for property damages may only be brought in the Board of Claims

pursuant to KRS 49.040 to 49.180.
KRS § 610.300 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 610 / Section 610.300
610.300 Evidence in public offense investigations
Status: in_force

610.300 Evidence in public offense investigations.

(1) Physical evidence shall be obtained and utilized in the investigation of public

offenses involving children in the same manner as it is obtained and utilized in the

investigation of public offenses involving adults.

(2) Except for fingerprint records, all records and physical evidence so obtained shall

be surrendered to the court upon motion for good cause shown. All records,

including fingerprint records, shall be subject to expungement in the manner

provided in KRS 431.076 for circumstances specified therein.

(3) The court shall, upon receipt of physical evidence, return any evidence which is not

contraband and is not needed for further prosecution, to its lawful owner. The

fingerprint cards created pursuant to KRS Chapters 600 to 645 shall be transferred

pursuant to KRS 17.110.
KRS § 243.250 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 243.250
243.250 Business authorized by quota retail drink license -- Restrictions on purchasing
Status: in_force

243.250 Business authorized by quota retail drink license -- Restrictions on

purchasing.

(1) A quota retail drink license shall authorize the licensee to purchase, receive,

possess, and sell distilled spirits and wine at retail by the drink for consumption on

the licensed premises, or off-premises consumption pursuant to KRS 243.081. The

licensee shall purchase distilled spirits and wine only from licensed wholesalers,

except for purchases made pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) (a) The holder of a quota retail drink license may purchase distilled spirits and

wine by the package from licensees authorized to sell distilled spirits and wine

at retail, but only if those distilled spirits and wine have first gone through the

three (3) tier system.

(b) Any purchase made pursuant to this subsection shall:

1. Only be sold by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises or

off-premises consumption pursuant to KRS 243.081;

2. Be reported quarterly on a form prescribed by the department; and

3. Include a copy of each receipt of purchase.

(c) The holder of a quota retail drink license shall not purchase at retail more

than:

1. Nine (9) liters of distilled spirits per month; and

2. Nine (9) liters of wine per month.
KRS § 411.210 — KY Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 411 / Section 411.210
411.210 Action for theft of identity or trafficking in stolen identities -- Statute of limitations
Status: in_force

411.210 Action for theft of identity or trafficking in stolen identities -- Statute of

limitations.

(1) In addition to pursuing any other remedy, anyone who is a victim under KRS

434.872, 434.874, 514.160, or 514.170, shall have a cause of action, either where

the victim resides or the defendant resides, for compensatory and punitive damages

against anyone who violates KRS 434.872, 434.874, 514.160, or 514.170 and, if

successful, shall be awarded reasonable costs and attorneys' fees.

(2) The statute of limitations for cases under the provisions of this section shall be five

(5) years from the date of the discovery of the violation of KRS 434.872, 434.874,

514.160, or 514.170.