Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals

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 …

As used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Advertise" means the use of handbills, placards, posters, billboards, pictures, printed or written material or newspapers or other publications, or radio, television…

License age requirement. (1) Every licensee shall be subject to the administrative regulations promulgated by the commission. (2) No person shall participate in an unarmed combat show in any capacity without holding a license issued by the commission. (3) The commission shall est…

Notification when supplying broadcast facilities -- Examination of books and records. (1) Every person conducting an unarmed combat show, other than those holding a permit under subsection (1) of KRS 229.061, shall furnish to the commission a written report, verified by the perso…

(1) No person shall conduct or advertise a show without a promoter license issued by the commission to conduct the show. Show dates shall be approved as determined through the promulgation of an administrative regulation. (2) Any person applying for a promoter license shall file …

(1) USA Boxing is the only sanctioning body recognized to conduct combat sports not covered under this chapter. (2) All other sanctioning bodies shall be nonprofit and submit a request to the commission to be recognized as a sanctioning body according to the requirements the comm…

exhibition -- Boxing show contracts to be filed with commission before show. (1) A boxing, kickboxing, or muay thai contest or exhibition shall not consist of more than twelve (12) rounds. The duration of the rounds shall be determined by the commission through the promulgation o…

(1) The commission may issue a permit, without the payment of any taxes or license fee, to any accredited college, university, school, Young Men's Christian Association, Young Men's Hebrew Association, or organization that in the judgment of the commission is of like character, t…

(1) No person shall provide training or instruction for any wrestling show without holding a promoter license granted by the commission. (2) No person shall train as a wrestler without being licensed by the commission. Effective:June 29, 2017

Contestants in a boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, or mixed martial arts show shall be examined by a reputable licensed physician appointed by the commission, and shall meet the health and fitness requirements as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the commissio…

Decisions may be rendered in any unarmed combat show permitted by this chapter in the discretion of the commission and by any method it prescribes through the promulgation of administrative regulations. Effective:June 29, 2017

All structures or parts of structures used, or intended to be used, for an unarmed combat show shall conform to any building codes, safety codes, and local laws that apply to the structure or the location and use of the structure. Effective:June 29, 2017

Officers -- Compensation -- Expenses -- Quorum. (1) The Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission is hereby created and established as an agency of state government charged with the responsibility for regulatory oversight and the establishment of sound policies and procedures gove…

(1) To carry out the functions relating to the commission's duties and responsibilities and to afford the full experience and resources of the Public Protection Cabinet, the secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet may appoint an executive director pursuant to KRS 12.050. The s…

Administrative regulations -- Development of regulatory programs and procedures. (1) The commission is vested with the sole direction, management, control, and jurisdiction over all unarmed combat shows to be conducted, held, or given within the Commonwealth. The commission is he…

(1) Any action of the commission, including any action of a commission employee, taken under KRS 229.200 may be appealed, and upon appeal an administrative hearing shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. The commission may provide for hearing officers or impanel no…

-- Grounds -- Penalties for violation of chapter. (1) The commission may suspend, reprimand, revoke, probate, or refuse to renew or issue a license if it has reason to believe the licensee or applicant has: (a) Violated any provision of this chapter; (b) Violated any administrati…

All peace officers, who are informed or who have reason to believe that a show in violation of this chapter or administrative regulations promulgated in accordance with this chapter is taking place or will be taking place within their jurisdiction, shall suppress and prevent it. …

Wrestling Commission. (1) The fees and charges collected by the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to a separate revolving or trust and agency fund account established for the purpose of administrating this chapter. The cos…

-- Membership -- Compensation -- Duties -- Conduct of meetings. (1) The Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission Medical Advisory Panel is hereby created and established as an agency of state government. (2) (a) The panel shall consist of three (3) to five (5) physicians appointe…

No person shall knowingly enter or cause to be entered for competition, or compete, for a prize or stake, or drive any horse, under an assumed name, or out of its proper class, where the prize or stake is to be decided by a contest of speed.

performance. (1) No person shall change the name of any horse for the purpose of entry for competition in any contest of speed, after the horse has once contested for a prize or stake, except as provided by the code of rules of the association under which the contest is advertise…

No official timer at any horse race shall announce willfully and falsely a slower or faster time than that actually accomplished by a horse.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Advance deposit account wagering" means a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which an individual may establish an account with a person or entity licensed by the corporation, and may place a pari-mutuel wager throu…

gaming corporation's power to exclude undesirables -- Jurisdiction over sports wagering, fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, and charitable gaming. (1) (a) It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in furtherance of its responsibility to foster and to encourage legitim…

gaming corporation. (1) There is established, under the jurisdiction of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, the backside improvement fund. This revolving fund shall consist of money allocated to the fund under the provisions of KRS 230.3615, together with any other …

Annual audit -- Annual report -- Office -- Meetings -- Responsibilities -- Operations -- Limitations -- Enforcement -- Administrative regulations. (1) There is hereby created and established the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation to regulate all forms of live horse raci…

interest -- Compensation -- Powers and duties -- Background check -- Removal -- Ethics. (1) (a) The affairs and responsibilities of the corporation shall be administered by a board of directors composed of seventeen (17) members. All seventeen (17) members shall be appointed by t…

(1) The Governor shall appoint a president, who shall act as chief executive officer of the corporation, from a list of up to three (3) names provided by the board of directors of the corporation. The president may be removed by the board of directors. The president shall have th…

managers -- Regulation authority -- Office of Charitable Gaming. (1) The president of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation shall establish offices within the corporation. Each office shall have specific duties assigned by the president. Topics addressed by the offices…

(1) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of KRS 61.520 to the contrary, the corporation shall participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System effective July 1, 2024, and all eligible employees shall participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System effective July 1, 20…

-- Duties, qualifications, and training -- Compensation. (1) (a) The president of the corporation may employ, dismiss, or take other personnel action and determine the reasonable compensation of stewards, veterinarians, inspectors, and persons not otherwise identified in KRS Chap…

Corporation -- Administrative regulations -- Problem or compulsive gamblers -- Conduct of sports wagering and charitable gaming. The corporation shall have all powers necessary and proper to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter on and after July 1,…

Attorney General -- Duties of licensed online gaming operator -- Penalties -- Administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Child support arrearage" means a past-due child support obligation of five hundred dollars ($500) or more owed by an individual per Title IV…

(1) (a) There is hereby created a panel, to be known as the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council, to advise the corporation on the conduct of equine drug research and testing commissioned by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation. (b) The council shall consist of nine …

(1) No person shall hold or conduct any horse race meeting for any stake, purse, or reward within the Commonwealth of Kentucky without securing the required license from the corporation. (2) The corporation shall investigate the qualifications of each applicant for a license to c…

All licenses granted under this chapter: (1) Shall be in writing; (2) Shall be subject to all administrative regulations and conditions as may from time to time be prescribed by the corporation; (3) Shall contain conditions as may be considered necessary or desirable by the corpo…

(1) As used in this section, "the nearest five cent ($0.05) increment" means: (a) Amounts ending in one cent ($0.01) and two cents ($0.02) are rounded down to the nearest ten cents ($0.10); (b) Amounts ending in three cents ($0.03) and four cents ($0.04) are rounded up to the nea…

wagering as a receiving track -- Application -- Racing dates. (1) Any person desiring to conduct horse racing at a horse race meeting within the Commonwealth of Kentucky or to engage in simulcasting and intertrack wagering as a receiving track during any calendar year shall first…

gaming. (1) (a) Every person not required to be licensed under KRS 230.300 who desires to participate in horse racing in the Commonwealth as a horse owner, trainer, jockey, apprentice jockey, agent, stable employee, racing official, association employee, or employee of a person o…

stewards' decision -- Review -- Frivolous appeals. (1) Every license granted under this chapter is subject to denial, revocation, or suspension, and every licensee or other person participating in Kentucky horse racing may be assessed an administrative fine and required to forfei…

Any licensee or any applicant aggrieved by any final order of the corporation may appeal to the Circuit Court of the county in which the licensee or applicant works or resides in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.

The state budget director, the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Department of Revenue, and the State Treasurer shall transfer to the corporation all existing moneys, including carry forward balances and interest, by June 30, 2025, and any future receipts s…