Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals

Factors to be considered by racing and gaming corporation -- Temporary license -- Revocation of license. (1) The corporation may issue a service provider license to a qualified applicant. (2) A person applying for a service provider license under this chapter shall pay a nonrefun…

reports. (1) (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a restricted account to be known as the sports wagering administration fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received from the moneys collected under KRS 138.552, 230.811, and 230.814 and state appropriations. (b…

sporting event. (1) A person shall not place a sports wager on a game or event in which the person is a participant. (2) As used in this section, "participant" includes: (a) Players; (b) Coaches; (c) Referees, umpires, judges, or other officials involved in enforcing the rules of…

wagering. (1) An employee of any track shall not wager or be paid a prize from any wager placed with that sports wagering licensee or placed online via a website or mobile application with a service provider licensee that has an agreement with that sports wagering licensee. (2) A…

Administration -- Administrative regulations -- Annual report. (1) (a) There is established in the State Treasury a revolving account to be known as the Kentucky problem gambling assistance account. (b) The account shall be administered by the director of the Division of Behavior…

Restrictions -- Administrative regulations. (1) The corporation shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to govern the operation of fantasy contests and enforce KRS 230.830 to 230.848, but the corporation shall not limit or restrict lawful fa…

Fantasy contest service providers shall: (1) Implement procedures to prevent fraud, abuse, and money laundering; (2) Establish technical and operational measures to prevent underage participation in a fantasy contest; (3) Deploy identity verification procedures, which may require…

Background check -- Fee -- Administrative regulation -- Restrictions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not offer fantasy contests in the Commonwealth unless the person is licensed by the corporation as a fantasy contest service provider. (2) An app…

(1) As part of its submission for licensure or renewal, a fantasy contest service provider applicant shall: (a) Contract with a certified public accountant to conduct an independent audit, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles; (b) Annually contract with a test…

(1) The corporation shall investigate all reasonable allegations of prohibited conduct and refer any allegations it deems credible to the appropriate law enforcement agency. (2) The identity of any reporting person shall remain confidential unless that person authorizes disclosur…

Tampering with the outcome of a fantasy contest. (1) A person shall not participate in a fantasy contest in which the person is a restricted participant. (2) A restricted participant may participate in fantasy contests that are outside the scope of the individual's profession, re…

(1) (a) A fantasy contest service provider that is currently licensed as a sports wagering service provider under this chapter shall pay an: 1. Initial license fee of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500); and 2. Annual renewal fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000). (b) A …

(1) Each fantasy contest service provider shall include a statement regarding obtaining assistance with real-money gaming problems on the fantasy contest service provider's portal, website, computer, or mobile application and on all marketing materials and advertisements of the f…

(1) There is hereby established in the corporation a restricted account to be known as the purse stabilization fund. The fund shall consist of any moneys received from the excise tax collected under KRS 138.552 that derives from wagers placed on horse racing. (2) The fund shall b…

(1) Any person who violates KRS 230.070 or KRS 230.080(3) shall be guilty of a Class D felony. (2) Any person who violates KRS 230.090 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (3) Any person who violates KRS 230.680 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (4) Any person who re…

As used in this chapter, "place of entertainment" means a roadhouse, place offering intoxicating or nonintoxicating drinks for sale, tourist camp or place of public entertainment at which people assemble to eat, drink, dance, bathe, or engage in any game or amusement, or any plac…

No place of entertainment shall be operated outside the corporate limits of a city unless its owner or manager has a permit, issued to him by the county judge/executive in the county in which the place of entertainment is located, granting to him the privilege to operate the plac…

No permit shall be issued to a person who is not of good moral character or who will not, in the judgment of the court, obey the laws of the state in the carrying on of the business or who within two (2) years prior to the date of the filing of the application has been convicted …

Any person who desires a permit to operate a place of entertainment outside the corporate limits of a city shall file an application with the county clerk. The application shall set forth the true name of the owner of the place of entertainment, the exact location of the proposed…

At the time the application is filed, the applicant shall deposit twenty dollars ($20) with the county clerk which shall be used by the clerk to defray the cost of the notices required by KRS 231.060 to be published in a newspaper, to pay the clerk's cost for the docketing of the…

When the application is filed with the county clerk he shall have a notice that the application has been filed, published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424 in the county.

The county attorney, after an application has been filed, shall investigate the applicant and file with the county judge/executive a written report setting forth the facts revealed by his investigation, recommending the granting or the denial of the permit. The report shall be fi…

After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date on which the application is filed, the county judge/executive shall hear evidence in support of or in opposition to the granting of the permit. Any person desiring to oppose the permit shall have filed in writing allegations …

(1) From the decision of the county judge/executive refusing to grant the permit, the applicant may appeal to the Circuit Court, where the appeal shall be tried as an action in equity, and the evidence shall be heard in open court. (2) From the decision of the county judge/execut…

The county judge/executive shall, by an order entered in his order book, fix reasonable hours of operation for places of entertainment throughout the county.

No person who has been granted a permit shall allow: (1) Drunken, disorderly, or boisterous persons, or persons of lewd or lascivious reputation to congregate in or about the premises; (2) People to congregate there for immoral or unlawful purposes or to permit any man or woman w…

Upon the conviction of the owner or manager of a place of entertainment for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter: (1) The judgment of the court shall provide for the forfeiture of the permit; (2) A copy of the judgment shall be certified by the court in which the …

The conviction of the owner or manager of a place of entertainment for violation of the alcohol beverage control laws may be an additional ground for revocation and forfeiture of the place of entertainment permit by the county judge/executive.

The sheriff, deputy sheriff and county patrolmen of each county shall visit places of entertainment regularly. Upon their observing any violation of this chapter, by the owner or manager, they shall make arrests without warrants for violations committed within their presence.

No movie theater, drive-in theater, or other facility requiring a fee for admission shall show a "X" or "R" rated movie in their previews if a "G" or "GP" movie is playing.

(1) Any person who violates KRS 231.020 shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or confined in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both. Each day that a place of entertainment is operated without a permit shall be a separate offense. (2) Except as p…

As used in this chapter, "nudist" means any person who displays any part of his private person naked before persons of the opposite sex, not his husband or wife, at their solicitation or with their consent, for religious or health purposes, excepting for purposes of examination a…

-- Renewal. No person shall own or operate a nudist society unless he first secures a license from the county judge/executive in the county in which the nudist society will be located. Any person who desires a license shall file an application with the county clerk setting forth …

A license to operate a nudist society may be revoked by order of the county judge/executive at any time, following a hearing upon reasonable notice to the licensee and a finding by the county judge/executive that: (1) The activities of the nudist society are not being effectively…

Each licensed nudist society shall be subject to such reasonable inspection by the sheriff or deputies designated by him as may reasonably be deemed necessary to enforce KRS 232.010 to 232.041 and 232.991, and acting in a reasonable manner sheriffs or deputy sheriffs shall have t…

Any person who owns or operates a nudist society, whether for religious or health purposes, without a valid license from the county judge/executive shall be fined not less than five hundred ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned in the county jail for n…

As used in this chapter, "house of prostitution" means any building, erection or other place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution. It includes the ground upon which the building stands, and all improvements upon that ground.

Any person who erects, establishes, continues, maintains, owns, occupies, leases or subleases a house of prostitution shall be guilty of a nuisance, and the house of prostitution, the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments and all other contents of the house of prostitution are…

prostitution enjoined. The Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney, or any citizen of the county in which the house of prostitution is located, may maintain an action in equity in the name of the state, upon the relation of the Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney or citiz…

keeping house of prostitution. (1) If any person is convicted in any court of this state of maintaining a house of prostitution, the county attorney or prosecuting attorney of the court in which the conviction has occurred shall, or any citizen of the state may, institute injunct…

Upon the presentation of a petition alleging that a house of prostitution exists, the court may grant a temporary injunction without bond, if the existence of the house of prostitution is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court by evidence in the form of affidavit, deposi…

The Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney or other attorney representing the relator may, with the approval of the court, grant immunity from prosecution to any witness who testifies for the relator.

If the complaint is filed by a citizen, it shall be dismissed only upon a sworn statement by the relator and his attorney, setting forth the reasons why the action should be dismissed. Dismissal shall be approved by the Commonwealth's or county attorney in writing or in open cour…

No injunction shall issue against an owner, nor shall an order be entered requiring any premises to close or be kept closed, if the owner and his agent have in good faith attempted to prevent those premises from being used as a house of prostitution.

fees. (1) If the existence of a house of prostitution is established, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment. That order shall direct the removal from the house of prostitution of all fixtures, furniture, musical instruments or other movable property use…

Proceeds of the sale of the personal property, as provided in KRS 233.100, shall be applied in the payment of the costs of the action and abatement, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defendant.