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KRS § 31.219 — KY Code / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 31.219
31.219 Appeal by public advocacy attorney
Status: in_force

31.219 Appeal by public advocacy attorney.

(1) It shall be the duty of the attorney employed by the Department of Public Advocacy

representing a client at trial to file a notice of appeal if his or her client requests an

appeal.

(2) After the trial attorney employed by the Department of Public Advocacy has filed a

notice of appeal as required by the Rules of Criminal Procedure, he or she shall

forward to the Appeals Branch of the Department of Public Advocacy a copy of the

final judgment, the notice of appeal, a statement of any errors committed in the trial

of the case which should be raised on appeal, and a designation of that part of the

record that is essential to the appeal.

(3) Any attorney employed by the Department of Public Advocacy who is representing

a client on appeal and who after a conscientious examination of said appeal believes

the appeal to be wholly frivolous after careful examinations of the record may

request the court to which the appeal has been taken for permission to withdraw

from the case. The attorney must file with that request a brief which sets forth any

arguments which might possibly be raised on appeal. A copy of the request for

permission to withdraw and the brief must be served upon the client in sufficient

time so that the client may raise any argument he or she chooses to raise.
KRS § 39A.352 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.352
39A.352 Volunteer health practitioners -- Application of KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366
Status: in_force

39A.352 Volunteer health practitioners -- Application of KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366.

KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366 shall apply to volunteer health practitioners registered with a

registration system that complies with KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366 and who provide health

services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
KRS § 381.510 — KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 381 / Section 381.510
381.510 Inquest may be quashed and new writ awarded
Status: in_force

381.510 Inquest may be quashed and new writ awarded.

The court to whom the inquest is returned may, upon the motion of either party, for good

cause, quash the inquest, and award a new writ as often as it is deemed necessary to the

ends of justice.
KRS § 61.797 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.797
61.797 Civil action for violation -- Damages
Status: in_force

61.797 Civil action for violation -- Damages.

(1) A person alleging a violation of KRS 61.791 to 61.799 may bring a civil action for

appropriate injunctive relief, damages, or both. Damages awarded under this section

may include one (1) of the following, as appropriate:

(a) A sum of money that reflects the actual damages caused by each violation of

KRS 61.791 to 61.799;

(b) A sum of money not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to

compensate for injury or loss caused by each violation of KRS 61.791 to

61.799; or

(c) For an intentional violation, a sum of money not to exceed three (3) times the

sum described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(2) A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought under KRS 61.791 to 61.799,

may award all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney

fees and witness fees, to the complainant in the action if the court determines that

the award is appropriate.

(3) A person who knowingly violates KRS 61.791 to 61.799 is guilty of a Class B

misdemeanor under KRS 532.020(3), and may be subject to a fine of not more than

one thousand dollars ($1,000).
KRS § 426.383 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 426 / Section 426.383
426.383 Creation of lien on defendant's property
Status: in_force

426.383 Creation of lien on defendant's property.

A lien shall be created on the property of the defendant by the levy of the attachment; or

by service of the summons, with the object of the action indorsed thereon, on the person

holding or controlling his property.
KRS § 421.576 — KY Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 421 / Section 421.576
421.576 Kentucky Crime Victim Bill of Rights as short title for KRS 421.500 to 421.575 -- Application -- Construction
Status: in_force

421.576 Kentucky Crime Victim Bill of Rights as short title for KRS 421.500 to

421.575 -- Application -- Construction.

(1) In order to establish the minimum conduct of criminal justice professionals with

respect to crime victims and to communicate the intent of the General Assembly

that victims of crime play an integral role in the criminal justice process, KRS

421.500 to 421.575 is hereby named the Kentucky Crime Victim Bill of Rights.

(2) The rights established by KRS 421.500 to 421.575 shall apply in all felony and

misdemeanor proceedings in a District or Circuit Court of the Commonwealth.

(3) Nothing in KRS 421.500 to 421.575 shall provide grounds for the victim to

challenge a charging decision or a conviction, to obtain a stay of trial, or to compel

a new trial. Law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, and Commonwealth's

attorneys and courts shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that victims of

crime receive the benefits of the rights set out in KRS 421.500 to 421.575.
KRS § 367.843 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.843
367.843 Action for relief by purchaser
Status: in_force

367.843 Action for relief by purchaser.

Any person who purchases a motor vehicle and thereby suffers any ascertainable loss of

money or property, real or personal, as a result of a violation of KRS 367.842, may bring

an action under the provisions of KRS 367.220 for relief.
KRS § 345.110 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 345 / Section 345.110
345.110 Public employer to withhold dues and deliver to bargaining unit
Status: in_force

345.110 Public employer to withhold dues and deliver to bargaining unit.

Subject to the requirements set forth in KRS 336.135, upon the written authorization

of any firefighters within a bargaining unit, the public employer shall deduct from the

payroll of the public employee the monthly amount of dues as certified by the

secretary of the exclusive bargaining representative and shall deliver the same to

the treasurer of the exclusive bargaining representative.
KRS § 2.275 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.275
2.275 Birthplace of beer cheese
Status: in_force

2.275 Birthplace of beer cheese.

Clark County, Kentucky, is named and designated as the birthplace of beer cheese.
KRS § 311.1951 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.1951
311.1951 Cooperation among medical examiner, coroner, and tissue procurement organizations
Status: in_force

311.1951 Cooperation among medical examiner, coroner, and tissue procurement

organizations.

(1) A medical examiner, coroner, and organ and tissue procurement organizations shall

cooperate with each other to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts

for the purpose of transplantation and therapy.

(2) If a medical examiner or coroner receives notice from a procurement organization

that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent

whose body is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner and a

postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner or

coroner denies recovery in accordance with KRS 311.1953, the medical examiner or

coroner or designee shall conduct, when practicable, a postmortem examination of

the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its

preservation for the purposes of the gift.

(3) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a

medical examiner or coroner for transplantation and therapy unless the part is the

subject of an anatomical gift of organs or tissues for transplantation.
KRS § 248.580 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 248 / Section 248.580
248.580 Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center -- Use of certain state funds
Status: in_force

248.580 Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center -- Use of certain

state funds.

(1) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center is hereby created.

(2) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center is to be overseen by the

Kentucky Tobacco Research Board and shall undertake not only research into

tobacco but also other research having related or complementary interests, including

but not limited to commercialization potential of tobacco and plant research, plant

natural products research and research into development of new crops based on

tobacco and other plants.

(3) The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center may share its physical

facility with other research operations having these and similar interests, subject to

approval of the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board.

(4) State funds appropriated by the General Assembly under KRS 248.510 to 248.570

shall be used solely for research conducted by, or operations of, the Kentucky

Tobacco Research and Development Center and the Kentucky Tobacco Research

Board.
KRS § 379.140 — KY Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 379 / Section 379.140
379.140 Discharge of assignee -- Notice -- Proceedings
Status: in_force

379.140 Discharge of assignee -- Notice -- Proceedings.

The assignee may, when he believes it is no longer to the interest of the estate to keep the

assignment open, move the District Court to discharge him from the trust and release him

from all liability. He shall have notice of his application to discharge published pursuant

to KRS Chapter 424. Sixty (60) days after the motion is entered, the court shall, upon

proof that the required notice was given, enter an order discharging the assignee from his

trust and releasing him from all liability, unless objection is made. If objection is made,

the court shall hear the same and make such orders as are proper.
KRS § 150.280 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.280
150.280 Propagation and holding of protected wildlife -- Permits -- Revocation for violation of state or federal law
Status: in_force

150.280 Propagation and holding of protected wildlife -- Permits -- Revocation for

violation of state or federal law.

(1) Except as provided by administrative regulation, a person shall not propagate or

hold protected wildlife without obtaining a permit to do so from the department.

The department shall promulgate administrative regulations governing all such

activity and prescribing permit fees. Any permit issued pursuant to this section may

be revoked for a violation by the holder thereof of any of the provisions of this

chapter, any administrative regulation of the department, or hunting, fishing, or

wildlife laws of the federal government.

(2) The department shall by administrative regulation identify species of wildlife

potentially damaging to native ecosystems and shall prohibit the transporting or

holding of these wildlife.
KRS § 455.100 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.100
455.100 Recompiled as KRS 421.135
Status: in_force

455.100 Recompiled as KRS 421.135.
KRS § 95.629 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.629
95.629 City's obligation in alternative pension fund provisions -- Pension fund support by city, how computed
Status: in_force

95.629 City's obligation in alternative pension fund provisions -- Pension fund

support by city, how computed.

(1) In case of insufficient funds the city will be held responsible for the payment of the

monthly payments of the pension fund after the entire proceeds of said pension fund

have been transferred to the general fund of the city that has adopted the alternative

pension fund provisions authorized by KRS 95.621.

(2) Revenues of the city authorized by the city legislative body to support the pension

fund shall be computed by determining the amount needed to meet the monthly

requirements of KRS 95.621 to 95.629.
KRS § 67.380 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 67 / Section 67.380
67.380 Authority of fiscal court to regulate construction of buildings
Status: in_force

67.380 Authority of fiscal court to regulate construction of buildings.

The fiscal court of any county shall have authority, by order or resolution, to adopt, and to

enforce, regulations governing construction as defined by KRS 198B.010 pursuant to the

provisions of KRS 198B.060.
KRS § 104.650 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 104 / Section 104.650
104.650 Contracts for work, materials or supplies
Status: in_force

104.650 Contracts for work, materials or supplies.

All contracts for work, materials or supplies that may exceed one thousand dollars

($1,000) shall be advertised for bids by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. The

contract shall be let to the lowest and best bidder who shall give bonds with approved and

ample surety for the faithful performance of the contract. The contract shall be in writing,

in duplicate, and shall be accompanied by or refer to plans and specifications for the work

to be done, prepared by the chief engineer. The plans and specifications shall be made

and considered a part of the contract. The contract shall be adopted by the board and

signed by its president and by the contractor, and shall become a part of the records of the

district.
KRS § 96.195 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.195
96.195 City may issue interest-bearing warrants for improvements and extensions to electric power plants or waterworks
Status: in_force

96.195 City may issue interest-bearing warrants for improvements and extensions

to electric power plants or waterworks.

Municipal corporations in the Commonwealth of Kentucky which own and operate

municipal electric power plants or waterworks are authorized to issue interest-bearing

warrants in payment for extensions and improvements to electric power plants or

waterworks. The warrants shall bear interest at the rate or rates or method of determining

rates as the legislative body of the municipal corporation determines and be due not more

than five (5) years from date. They shall be payable only out of the income from the

operation of the electric power plants or waterworks.
KRS § 164.2849 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.2849
164.2849 Legislative finding
Status: in_force

164.2849 Legislative finding.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds and declares that it is in

the best interests of the Commonwealth to encourage and support adults to adopt and

provide foster care for children in the custody of the state. The General Assembly

recognizes that a child whose care, custody, and control has been assumed by the

Commonwealth as evidenced by termination of the rights of the biological parents and

adoption from state custody or a custodial commitment to the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice is a special ward of the state and

faces particular challenges in pursuing higher education. Because it is the intent of the

General Assembly to support adoption, foster parenting, and educational advancement,

the purpose of KRS 164.2847 is to provide postsecondary education advancement

opportunity for foster and adopted children who are or were wards of the state.
KRS § 281.624 — KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 281 / Section 281.624
281.624 Household goods carriers -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

281.624 Household goods carriers -- Administrative regulations.

The department shall promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter

13A to establish requirements and to set forth standards for household goods carriers,

including but not limited to the:

(1) Determination of weights;

(2) Establishment of rates for accessorial services;

(3) Types of discounts prohibited;

(4) Prohibition against a carrier acting as an agent for another carrier;

(5) Insurance provisions;

(6) Information required on a receipt or bill of lading;

(7) Information required on a freight bill;

(8) Liability of carriers;

(9) Estimation of charges;

(10) Absorption or advancement of dock charges;

(11) Information for prospective shippers;

(12) Minimum weight shipments; and

(13) Filing of tariffs.
KRS § 35.057 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.057
35.057 Confinement with enemy prisoners prohibited
Status: in_force

35.057 Confinement with enemy prisoners prohibited.

No member of the state military forces may be placed in confinement in immediate

association with enemy prisoners or other foreign nationals not members of the Armed

Forces.
KRS § 214.450 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214 / Section 214.450
214.450 Definitions for KRS 214.452 to 214.466
Status: in_force

214.450 Definitions for KRS 214.452 to 214.466.

As used in KRS 214.452 to 214.466, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Blood" means any blood, blood product, blood component, or blood derivative

including plasma.

(2) "Blood establishment" means a place of business under one (1) management at one

(1) general physical location which engages in the collection, preparation,

processing, labeling, packaging, and dispensing of blood to any health care facility,

health service, or health care provider and which is licensed by the United States

Food and Drug Administration. Blood establishment does not include autologous

blood donation programs permitted under KRS 214.456.

(3) "Blood-borne communicable disease" means any of those diseases which are

specifically so defined and set forth in administrative regulation promulgated by the

United States Food and Drug Administration.

(4) "Health facility" means any health facility set forth under KRS 216B.015 which

provides for the transfusion of blood into a living human body.

(5) "Health care provider" means any person licensed or certified under the laws of the

Commonwealth as a dentist, physician, osteopath, registered nurse, practical nurse,

paramedic, emergency medical technician, or physician assistant.

(6) "Health service" means any health service as set forth under KRS 216B.015 and

which provides for the transfusion of blood into a living human body.

(7) "Transfuse" means to transfer blood from one (1) person to another.

(8) "Donor" means either a paid or volunteer donor of blood.

(9) "Untested blood" means blood that has not been tested or blood for which test

results have not yet been returned.
KRS § 95A.400 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95A / Section 95A.400
95A.400 Purpose of thermal vision grant program
Status: in_force

95A.400 Purpose of thermal vision grant program.

The thermal vision grant program, which is administered pursuant to KRS 95A.400 to

95A.440 and appropriations for the thermal vision grant program in the state budget, is

designed to:

(1) Reduce and prevent the loss of life by creating better equipped firefighters

throughout the Commonwealth; and

(2) Upgrade the capabilities of local firefighters by providing financial assistance to be

used to purchase thermal vision devices.
KRS § 322.220 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 322 / Section 322.220
322.220 Petition for reissuance of license after revocation
Status: in_force

322.220 Petition for reissuance of license after revocation.

A person whose license has been revoked may petition the board to reissue. The board

shall investigate the petition and may reissue the license upon a finding that the person

has complied with any terms prescribed by the board and is again able to competently

practice.
KRS § 365.567 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 365 / Section 365.567
365.567 Registrability
Status: in_force

365.567 Registrability.

A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be

distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered pursuant to KRS

365.567 to 365.581 if it:

(1) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter;

(2) Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a

connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or

bring them into contempt or disrepute;

(3) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United

States, any state or municipality, any foreign nation, or any simulation of the

insignia;

(4) Consists of or comprises the name, signature, or portrait of a particular living

individual, except by the individual's written consent; or

(5) Consists of a mark which when used on or in connection with the goods or services

of the applicant:

(a) Is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them;

(b) Is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the

goods or services; or

(c) Is primarily merely a surname.

However, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the registration of an applicant's

mark which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services. The

Secretary may accept proof of continuous use as evidence that the mark has become

distinctive if the mark has been used by the applicant in this state for the five (5)

years immediately preceding the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made;

or

(6) Consists of or comprises a mark so resembling a mark registered in this state or a

mark or trade name previously used in this state by another that has not been

abandoned, as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods or

services of the applicant, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.
KRS § 320.220 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 320 / Section 320.220
320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions
Status: in_force

320.220 Licensure requirement -- Exemptions.

(1) No person shall practice optometry in this Commonwealth or hold himself or

herself out as being able to do so unless he or she is the holder of a license duly

issued to him or her by the board and registered in the manner provided by KRS

320.290.

(2) A license to practice optometry shall not be required by physicians or osteopaths

currently licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy at any place in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit persons from fitting, adjusting,

or dispensing visual aid glasses or other lenses or appurtenances if the fitting,

adjusting, or dispensing is done upon the written prescription of a currently licensed

optometrist, physician, or osteopath, nor shall this chapter be construed as requiring

these persons to be licensed under this chapter.

(4) Nothing in this chapter or in the administrative regulations promulgated by the

board pursuant to this chapter shall be interpreted to limit or restrict a licensed

health care practitioner or provider from engaging in the full scope of practice

authorized by the license for that person's profession, training, or services.
KRS § 394.450 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 394 / Section 394.450
394.450 Contribution when title to estate devised to heir fails
Status: in_force

394.450 Contribution when title to estate devised to heir fails.

When any real or personal estate is devised to any heir at law of the testator, and the title

to the estate, or any part thereof, proves invalid, such devisee shall have contribution from

the others, unless it appears from the will that such was not the intention of the testator.
KRS § 299.540 — KY Code / Title XXV / Chapter 299 / Section 299.540
299.540 Fees of Department of Insurance
Status: in_force

299.540 Fees of Department of Insurance.

(1) The commissioner shall collect and pay into the State Treasury the following fees

relative to assessment or cooperative fire insurance companies:

(a) For filing a copy of articles of incorporation of the company, $10;

(b) For filing annual statement of the company, $10; and

(c) For filing papers and keeping records on change of territory, $5.

(2) No other charges than those provided in this section shall be made against

assessment or cooperative fire insurance companies by the Department of Insurance

unless agreed to by the respective companies.