Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals

previously owned manufactured or mobile home transported into Commonwealth -- Homes installed before July 13, 2004, excepted. (1) No person shall transport into the Commonwealth of Kentucky any previously owned manufactured or mobile home for the purpose of resale or use as a dwe…

The department or its designee shall license retailers under KRS 227.550 to 227.660. The issuance of a license shall be contingent upon the applicant's chief managing officer passing a test administered by the department. Before issuing a license, the department shall require pro…

Reports and records. (1) A retailer shall not engage in business in this state without a license issued by the department pursuant to KRS 227.550 to 227.660. (2) Application for license shall be made to the department or its designee at such time, in such form and contain such in…

(1) Before any license is issued or renewed, the applicant shall file or have on file with the department a liability insurance policy issued by an insurance carrier authorized to transact insurance business within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The policy of insurance shall be is…

certificate of acceptability -- Payments in lieu of suspension. (1) A license, certification, or certificate of acceptability may be denied, suspended, or revoked on the following grounds: (a) A showing of insolvency in a court of competent jurisdiction; (b) Material misstatement…

certificate of acceptability -- Dispute resolution process -- Appeal. (1) The department or its designee may deny the application for a license, certification, or certificate of acceptability within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof by written notice to the applicant, statin…

personnel. (1) The department is empowered to inspect all mobile homes which are not covered by the federal act and previously owned recreational vehicles for which it has issued a seal of approval. (2) The department may establish and require training programs in the concept, te…

Subject to KRS Chapters 18A and 64, the department may set qualifications for, employ, and fix the compensation of state inspectors as the department deems necessary to carry out the functions of KRS 227.550 to 227.650. To carry out KRS 227.550 to 227.650, the department may auth…

standards. (1) All recreational vehicles sold, leased, or offered for sale or lease by a retailer to a consumer in this state shall be constructed in accordance with the most recent ANSI standards on recreational vehicles. (2) All park vehicles sold, leased, or offered for sale o…

As used in KRS 227.700 to 227.750, "fireworks" means any composition or device for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation, and which meets the definition of "consumer fireworks" as defined in KRS 227.702 or "display" fir…

As used in KRS 227.700 to 227.750, "consumer fireworks" means fireworks that are suitable for use by the public, designed primarily to produce visible effects by combustion, and that comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States…

Items listed in this section are classified as novelties and trick noisemakers and are not classified as consumer fireworks by the United States Department of Transportation, and their transportation, storage, retail sale, possession, sale, and use shall be allowed throughout the…

As used in KRS 227.700 to 227.750, "display fireworks" means pyrotechnic devices or large fireworks designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation. This term includes, but is not limited to, firecrackers containing more than two…

(1) Items described in KRS 227.702 are legal for retail sale provided all applicable federal and state requirements with respect thereto are met. (2) Items described in KRS 227.706 are not legal for retail sale but are legal under permits granted pursuant to KRS 227.710 for the p…

No person, firm, copartnership, or corporation shall offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, keep with intent to sell, possess, use, or explode any display fireworks, except as follows: (1) (a) In cities the chief of the fire department, or mayor, or similar official whe…

Except as provided in KRS 227.710, the consumer fireworks described in KRS 227.702 may be offered for sale, sold at retail, or kept with the intent to sell, only if the following requirements are met: (1) Any person, firm, co-partnership, nonprofit, or business intending to sell …

No permit shall be issued under KRS 227.710 unless the applicant shall give bond or evidence of liability insurance deemed adequate by the official to whom application for the permit is made, in a sum not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000). However, the local fire chief o…

Nothing in KRS 227.710 to 227.750 shall prevent the retail sale and use of explosives or signaling flares used in the course of ordinary business or industry, or gold star producing sparklers, which contain no magnesium or chlorate, toy snakes which contain no mercury, smoke nove…

Notice of proposed disposal of fireworks required -- Administrative hearing -- KRS 227.700 to 227.750 not to conflict with local ordinances. (1) The state fire marshal, or any fire department having jurisdiction which has been deputized to act on behalf of the state fire marshal,…

pyrotechnic devices -- Report to state fire marshal and local fire chief required -- Contents and time of filing of reports -- Consequences of failure to submit a report. (1) For the purposes of this section, "APA 87-1" means the latest document: Standard for Construction and App…

As used in KRS 227.770 to 227.784: (1) "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking, whether made wholly or in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespective of size or shape, and whether or not the tobacco or substance is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient…

Certification -- Reports and recommendations. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, no cigarettes shall be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold to persons located in this state unless the cigarettes have been tested in accorda…

marshal -- Recertification -- Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act enforcement fund. (1) Each manufacturer shall submit to the state fire marshal a written certification attesting that: (a) Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested…

A manufacturer shall place on each individual package of cigarettes the letters "FSC" or "FS" which signify "Fire Standards Compliance," indicating compliance with the fire safety performance standard set forth in KRS 227.772(1)(d). The letters shall appear in eight (8) point typ…

(1) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, or any other person or entity who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of KRS 227.772, for the first offense shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000…

Examinations by Attorney General and state fire marshal. (1) The state fire marshal may promulgate administrative regulations if necessary to carry out the purposes of KRS 227.770 to 227.784 in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A. (2) The Department of Revenue, in t…

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the fire prevention and public safety fund. The fund shall consist of all moneys recovered as penalties under KRS 227.778 and moneys collected for fees pursuant to KRS 227.715. (2) Notwithstanding…

Kentucky -- Adoption of federal standards -- Local regulation preempted. (1) Nothing in KRS 227.770 to 227.784 shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of KRS 227.772 if the cigarettes are or wi…

As used in KRS 227.800 to 227.810, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; (2) "Fountain" means all devices that artificially produce or contain a jet or stream of water; (3) "Ground-fault circuit-interr…

fountains and pools -- Standards to be adopted by administrative regulations -- Prohibition of exemption by local governmental action. (1) A ground-fault circuit-interrupter shall be installed on all existing and new fountains and pools that are located in a public place within t…

(1) Except for manufactured homes manufactured under the federal act, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any provision of a lawful order, rule, or regulation made under the provisions of this chapter, or who induces another to violate any provisions of this …

Any person, firm, or corporation who violates subsections (2), (3), (4) or (5) of KRS 227.410 shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) and not more than fifty dollars ($50).

Any person who willfully manufactures a manufactured home, sells, or offers for sale a manufactured home, mobile home, or recreational vehicle in this state in violation of KRS 227.550 to 227.660 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by …