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KRS § 403.836 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.836
403.836 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
Status: in_force

403.836 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 403.828, or by other law of this state, if a

court of this state has jurisdiction under KRS 403.800 to 403.880 because a person

seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court

shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless:

(a) The parents and all persons acting as parents have acquiesced in the exercise

of jurisdiction;

(b) A court of the state otherwise having jurisdiction under KRS 403.822,

403.824, and 403.826 determines that this state is a more appropriate forum

under KRS 403.834; or

(c) No court of any other state would have jurisdiction under the criteria specified

in KRS 403.822, 403.824, and 403.826.

(2) If a court of this state declines to exercise its jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (1)

of this section, it may fashion an appropriate remedy to ensure the safety of the

child and prevent a repetition of the unjustifiable conduct, including staying the

proceeding until a child custody proceeding is commenced in a court having

jurisdiction under KRS 403.822, 403.824, and 403.826.

(3) If a court dismisses a petition or stays a proceeding because it declines to exercise

its jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, it shall assess against the

party seeking to invoke its jurisdiction necessary and reasonable expenses including

costs, communication expenses, attorney's fees, investigative fees, expenses for

witnesses, travel expenses, and child care during the course of the proceedings,

unless the party from whom fees are sought establishes that the assessment would

be clearly inappropriate. The court shall not assess fees, costs, or expenses against

this state unless authorized by law other than KRS 403.800 to 403.880.
KRS § 80.250 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 80 / Section 80.250
80.250 Authority may contract to manage
Status: in_force

80.250 Authority may contract to manage.

A housing authority may contract with the federal government to manage or operate any

low-income housing erected or owned by the federal government.
KRS § 67A.640 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.640
67A.640 Obligations of government
Status: in_force

67A.640 Obligations of government.

It is the intention of KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 that the payment of the required

contributions by the government shall include all allowances, annuities, benefits, and

administration expenses and shall be the obligation of the government.
KRS § 341.296 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.296
341.296 Investment of administration fund
Status: in_force

341.296 Investment of administration fund.

Such money in the unemployment compensation administration fund collected under

KRS 341.295, shall be invested by the State Treasurer in bonds and other interest-bearing

obligations of the United States of America, in such amounts, and in such of the securities

herein authorized, as the secretary may in his discretion prescribe and direct; provided,

however, such fund as may be accumulated under the above section may be invested by

the Sinking Fund Commission, upon the request of the secretary, in revenue bonds issued

by the State Property and Buildings Commission. The State Treasurer shall dispose of

securities or other property belonging to such fund only under the direction of the

secretary.
KRS § 382.115 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 382 / Section 382.115
382.115 Owner of land comprising subdivision -- Recording of plat prior to sale or transfer of any lot or parcel -- Requirements -- Penalties
Status: in_force

382.115 Owner of land comprising subdivision -- Recording of plat prior to sale or

transfer of any lot or parcel -- Requirements -- Penalties.

(1) As used in this section, "plat" and "subdivision" have the same meaning as in KRS

100.111.

(2) This section shall apply to sales and transfers of land in a county which has not

adopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100 relating to the subdivision of land

within its boundaries.

(3) (a) A person owning land comprising a subdivision, or his or her agent, shall not

sell or transfer any lot or parcel of land located within the subdivision by

reference to, by exhibition of, or by any other use of a plat of the subdivision,

before the plat has been recorded at the expense of the subdivider in the office

of the county clerk. Any such instrument of sale or transfer shall be void and

shall not be recorded unless the subdivision plat is subsequently recorded, but

all rights of a purchaser to damages are hereby preserved.

(b) The description of a lot or parcel of land subject to paragraph (a) of this

subsection by metes and bounds in any instrument of sale or transfer or other

document used in the process of selling or transferring the land shall not

exempt the person attempting to sell or transfer from recording a plat of the

subdivision, or from penalties under this section, or deprive the purchaser of

any rights or remedies he or she may otherwise have. Provided, however, a

person, or his or her agent, may agree to sell any lot or parcel of land located

within a subdivision by reference to an unrecorded plat or by reference to a

metes and bounds description of the lot or parcel, and any such executory

contract of sale or option to purchase that does so may be recorded and shall

be valid and enforceable so long as the subdivision plat is subsequently

recorded.

(c) The plat shall be in the form of a rectangle, and the county clerk shall not be

required to record a plat exceeding twenty-four (24) inches on one (1) side

and thirty-six (36) inches on the other. Each county clerk shall provide a plat

cabinet with an appropriate index for those plats which are too large to be

placed in a plat book.

(4) A person, owner, or agent who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be fined

not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500)

for each lot or parcel which was the subject of sale or transfer, or a contract for sale

or transfer.
KRS § 230.375 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 230 / Section 230.375
230.375 Kentucky Race Track Retirement Plan
Status: in_force

230.375 Kentucky Race Track Retirement Plan.

(1) The board of directors of the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund, Inc., may

create and fund the Kentucky Race Track Retirement Plan. The board shall use no

more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual sum paid by the corporation

under KRS 230.361 to 230.373 to fund the plan.

(2) The plan shall be provided for the benefit of Thoroughbred trainers, assistant

trainers, exercise riders, grooms, stable attendants, and other stable employees who

can demonstrate that they are not otherwise eligible to participate in any other

private or public, nonself-funded retirement or pension plan.

(3) The Kentucky Race Track Retirement Plan shall be administered by the board of

directors of the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund, Inc., for the charitable

and benevolent purposes set forth in KRS 230.374, and no part of the sums

administered by the fund for the plan or any net earnings of the plan shall inure to

the benefit of any private individual, director, officer, or member of the fund, or any

of the persons who paid sums to the corporation under the provisions of KRS

230.361 to 230.373.

(4) The board of directors of the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund, Inc., shall

be the trustee of the plan's funds and shall have full power to invest and reinvest

funds. Investments shall be diversified to balance the risks associated with various

investment options to maintain the long-term solvency of the plan. The board shall

have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of any of the

investments in which any of the plan's funds have been invested, as well as of the

proceeds of investments belonging to the plan. The board members or any

investment manager shall discharge their duties with respect to the assets of the

plan solely in the interest of the plan's members and:

(a) For the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to plan members and their

beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan;

(b) With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances that a

prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would

use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and

(c) In accordance with any other laws or instruments governing the

administration of the plan's funds.
KRS § 395.657 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 395 / Section 395.657
395.657 Trial commissioner may make settlement
Status: in_force

395.657 Trial commissioner may make settlement.

Any duty required of the District Judge under KRS 395.600 to 395.655 may, if authorized

by rules of the Supreme Court, be performed by the trial commissioner appointed

pursuant to KRS 24A.100.
KRS § 77.045 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 77 / Section 77.045
77.045 Certified copies of resolution and ordinance admissible in evidence
Status: in_force

77.045 Certified copies of resolution and ordinance admissible in evidence.

(1) A copy of a resolution of the fiscal court declaring that there is need for an air

pollution control district, duly certified by the county clerk, is admissible in

evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.

(2) A copy of an ordinance of the legislative body of the largest city within the county

declaring that there is need for an air pollution control district, duly certified by the

clerk of such legislative body, is admissible in evidence in any suit, action or

proceeding.
KRS § 179.725 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 179 / Section 179.725
179.725 Minute book
Status: in_force

179.725 Minute book.

(1) The secretary of the board of trustees shall keep a minute book, appropriately bound

and marked, in which the minutes of each meeting of the board shall be kept,

together with all resolutions, tax levies, and other important material the board may

designate. A copy of all material required to be kept by the secretary shall be on file

in the office of the clerk of the county in which the greater part of the subdivision

road district lies. The public shall have the right to inspect the book and its contents

at all times.

(2) Subdivision road districts shall be subject to the provisions of KRS 65.007, 65.060

to 65.070 and 65.164 to 65.176.
KRS § 248.750 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 248 / Section 248.750
248.750 Definitions for KRS 248.750 to 248.769
Status: in_force

248.750 Definitions for KRS 248.750 to 248.769.

As used in KRS 248.750 to 248.769:

(1) "Cigarettes" has the same meaning as in KRS 138.130;

(2) "Department" means the Department of Revenue;

(3) "Importer" has the same meaning as in 26 U.S.C. sec. 5702(k);

(4) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures or produces cigarettes within

or without the Commonwealth;

(5) "Master settlement agreement" means the settlement agreement (and related

documents) entered into on November 23, 1998, by Kentucky and leading United

States tobacco product manufacturers;

(6) "Nonparticipating manufacturer" has the same meaning as in KRS 131.600;

(7) "Package" has the same meaning as in 15 U.S.C. sec. 1332(4); and

(8) "Person" has the same meaning as in KRS 446.010.
KRS § 140.050 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 140 / Section 140.050
140.050 Taxation of surviving owner of a joint interest
Status: in_force

140.050 Taxation of surviving owner of a joint interest.

Whenever any real or personal property is held jointly in the names of two (2) or more

persons, or as tenants by the entirety, or is deposited in banks or other depositories jointly

in the names of two (2) or more persons and is payable to either or to the survivor upon

the death of the other, the right of the surviving tenant by the entirety or the surviving

joint tenant or joint depositor to the immediate ownership or possession and enjoyment of

the property shall be deemed a transfer of one-half (1/2) or other proper fraction thereof,

taxable under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as though the part of the

property to which the transfer relates belonged to the tenants by the entirety, joint tenants

or joint depositors as tenants in common, and had been bequeathed or devised to the

surviving tenant by the entirety, joint tenant or joint depositor by the deceased tenant by

the entirety, joint tenant or joint depositor.
KRS § 362.483 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 362 / Section 362.483
362.483 Right of assignee to become limited partner
Status: in_force

362.483 Right of assignee to become limited partner.

(1) An assignee of a partnership interest, including an assignee of a general partner,

may become a limited partner if and to the extent that:

(a) The assignor gives the assignee that right in accordance with the provisions of

the partnership agreement; or

(b) All other partners consent.

(2) An assignee who has become a limited partner shall have, to the extent assigned, the

rights and powers, and shall be subject to the restrictions and liabilities, of a limited

partner under the partnership agreement and KRS 362.403 to 362.525. An assignee

who becomes a limited partner also shall be liable for the obligations of his assignor

to make and return contributions as provided in KRS 362.455 and 362.475.

However, the assignee shall not be obligated for liabilities unknown to the assignee

at the time he became a limited partner and which could not be ascertained from the

partnership agreement.

(3) If an assignee of a partnership interest becomes a limited partner, the assignor shall

not be released from his liability to the limited partnership under KRS 362.427 and

362.455.
KRS § 418.010 — KY Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 418 / Section 418.010
418.010 Service and form of notice
Status: in_force

418.010 Service and form of notice.

(1) Notice of such motion shall be served on the party against whom judgment is

sought, at least ten (10) days before the motion is made. The motion and notice

thereof shall be served by an officer authorized to serve a summons, and the service

and return shall be made in the manner prescribed for service of summons by the

Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) The notice shall state the nature and grounds of the motion, and the day on which it

will be made.
KRS § 164.2815 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.2815
164.2815 Student identification badges must contain hotline number contact information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide prevention -- Posting of information on sexual extortion in residential and instructional buildings -- Requirements
Status: in_force

164.2815 Student identification badges must contain hotline number contact

information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide

prevention -- Posting of information on sexual extortion in residential and

instructional buildings -- Requirements.

(1) Any student identification badge issued by a public or private postsecondary

education institution, vocational school, or any other institution that offers a

postsecondary degree, certificate, or licensure shall contain the contact information

for:

(a) A national domestic violence hotline;

(b) A national sexual assault hotline; and

(c) A national suicide prevention hotline.

(2) Beginning August 1, 2025, a public or private postsecondary education institution,

vocational school, or any other institution that offers a postsecondary degree,

certificate, or licensure shall post in a prominent location in every residential

facility and buildings containing instructional spaces, student services, or academic

support services, a legible printed sign in English and Spanish at least eight and

one-half (8.5) inches by eleven (11) inches in size that shall contain:

(a) A description of sexual extortion consistent with the definition in KRS

531.125;

(b) Contact information for state or local law enforcement for reporting or

seeking assistance relating to sexual extortion;

(c) Contact information for federal law enforcement for reporting or seeking

assistance relating to sexual extortion;

(d) Contact information for a national suicide prevention hotline; and

(e) The Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a Quick Response (QR) code, or

similar resource to identify the website address for informational and support

resources regarding sexual extortion provided by the National Center for

Missing and Exploited Children or any federally funded successor entity.
KRS § 404.060 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 404 / Section 404.060
404.060 Married women as parties to actions
Status: in_force

404.060 Married women as parties to actions.

(1) A married woman may sue, and be sued, as a single woman.

(2) She may defend an action against her and her husband for herself, and for him also

if he fail to defend.

(3) If a husband desert his wife, she may bring or defend for him any action which he

might bring or defend, and shall have the powers and rights with reference thereto

which he would have had but for such desertion.

(4) If a female party to an action marry, her husband may be made a party by a motion,

causing the fact to be stated upon the record; and the action shall not be delayed by

reason of the marriage.

(5) But if a wife be adjudged mentally disabled, or imprisoned, the actions mentioned

in subsections (1), (2) and (3), of this section must be prosecuted or defended by her

guardian, conservator, or curator, if she have one, and if she have none, must be

prosecuted by her next friend, or defended by her guardian ad litem.
KRS § 341.500 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 341 / Section 341.500
341.500 Accounts and deposits
Status: in_force

341.500 Accounts and deposits.

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the treasurer and custodian of the fund. He shall

administer the fund in accordance with the direction of the secretary and shall pay

all vouchers approved by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and drawn upon

the fund in accordance with regulations prescribed by the secretary. He shall

maintain within the fund three (3) separate accounts: a clearing account; an

unemployment trust fund account; and a benefit account.

(2) All money payable to the fund, upon receipt thereof by the cabinet, shall be

forwarded to the Treasurer, who shall immediately deposit it in the clearing

account. Refunds payable under KRS 341.330 may be paid from the clearing

account upon warrants issued by the Treasurer under the direction of the secretary.

After clearance thereof, all other money in the clearing account shall be

immediately deposited with the secretary of the federal treasury to the credit of the

account of this state in the unemployment trust fund, established and maintained

under Section 904 of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620), as amended, any other

law to the contrary notwithstanding.

(3) The benefit account shall consist of all money requisitioned from the state's account

in the unemployment trust fund. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,

money in the clearing and benefit accounts may be deposited by the Treasurer,

under the direction of the secretary, in any bank or public depository in which

general funds of the state may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge

or premium shall be paid out of the fund.
KRS § 412.060 — KY Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 412 / Section 412.060
412.060 Interest
Status: in_force

412.060 Interest.

In all cases of contribution, interest shall be allowed from the time the right accrues.
KRS § 345.050 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 345 / Section 345.050
345.050 Activities prohibited and duty to bargain in good faith
Status: in_force

345.050 Activities prohibited and duty to bargain in good faith.

(1) Except as provided in KRS 336.130, public employers, their representatives or

their agents are prohibited from:

(a) Interfering, restraining or coercing firefighters in the exercise of the rights

guaranteed in KRS 345.030;

(b) Dominating or interfering with the formation, existence or administration

of any labor organization;

(c) Discriminating in regard to hiring or tenure of employment or any term or

condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any

labor organization;

(d) Discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because he

has signed or filed any affidavit, petition or complaint or given any

information or testimony under this chapter;

(e) Refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a labor organization

which is the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit,

including but not limited to the discussing of grievances with the exclusive

representative.

(2) Labor organizations or their agents are prohibited from:

(a) Restraining or coercing:

1. Firefighters in the exercise of the right guaranteed in subsection (1)

of KRS 345.030, and

2. A public employer in the selection of his representative for the

purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances;

(b) Refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a public employer, if

they have been designated in accordance with the provisions of this

chapter as the exclusive representative of firefighters in an appropriate

unit.

(3) For the purposes of this chapter, to bargain collectively is to carry out in good

faith the mutual obligation of the parties, or their representatives; to meet

together at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the

budget-making process; to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours

and other conditions of employment; to negotiate an agreement; to negotiate

any question arising under any agreement; and to execute a written contract

incorporating any agreement reached, if requested by either party. The

obligation shall not be interpreted to compel either party to agree to a proposal,

or require either party to make a concession.