Title III, Executive Branch

(1) The Attorney General shall prepare a pamphlet of not more than two (2) pages explaining to victims and witnesses of crime: (a) How the criminal justice system functions from the point of the complaint through the trial; (b) The role of the attorney for the Commonwealth; (c) T…

(1) The Attorney General shall develop and administer a program for the protection of crime victims and witnesses and their immediate families. (2) Within the limits of the administrative regulations, guidelines, and appropriations for this purpose, the program shall provide fund…

(1) The Department of Law shall have the following powers, duties and functions: (a) To prevent or remedy damage to the environment caused by any person, group, partnership, association, body corporate or politic, or any agency, department, board, commission, division, or authori…

and Open Meetings laws -- Retention and management of public records. (1) The Office of the Attorney General shall, within ninety (90) days of June 20, 2005, and thereafter, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of any legislation amending the provisions of the Open Meeti…

The Department of Law is hereby authorized to call upon any other state department, agency, commission, authority or institution, for whatever help or assistance said department deems necessary to investigate and prosecute cases involving environmental damage, and such other depa…

As used in KRS 15.262 to 15.278, unless the context suggests otherwise: (1) "Advisory committee" means the General Regulatory Sandbox Advisory Committee; (2) "Applicable agency" means a department or agency of the state that by law regulates a business activity and persons engage…

Expenses -- Meetings. (1) The General Regulatory Sandbox Advisory Committee is hereby established for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the Kentucky Office of Regulatory Relief concerning the implementation and administration of the General Regulatory Sandbox …

(1) The Kentucky Office of Regulatory Relief is hereby created within the Office of the Attorney General. (2) (a) There shall be a director within the regulatory relief office responsible for administering KRS 15.262 to 15.278. The director shall be appointed by the Attorney Gene…

(1) The General Regulatory Sandbox Program is hereby created within the Kentucky Office of Regulatory Relief to provide relevant information regarding the regulatory sandbox program, including informing an applicant whether it may be more suitable to apply for the program describ…

(1) Upon receipt of an application, the regulatory relief office shall: (a) Classify the application and any related information provided by the applicant as a protected record in accordance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884; (b) Consult with each applicabl…

(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall promulgate and enforce administrative regulations to govern at least the following aspects of the operation of the local alternatives-to-detention fund: (a) Application procedures, including granting and denying applications; (b) Progr…

regulatory relief office -- Review of application -- Written agreement. (1) (a) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (g) of this subsection, no later than thirty (30) days after the day on which an applicable agency receives a complete application for review, the applicable agency shall…

participation -- Notice of approval. (1) The director shall deny an application for participation in the regulatory sandbox if the applicant or any person who seeks to participate with the applicant in demonstrating an offering has been convicted, entered a plea of nolo contender…

jurisdictions -- Immunity from actions and charges during demonstration period -- Criminal liability -- Termination of participation -- Liability for business losses and expenses. (1) Once an application is approved by the regulatory relief office, the sandbox participant has twe…

(1) The director shall submit an annual written report to the Attorney General on the activities of the regulatory relief office, which includes: (a) Information regarding each participant in the regulatory sandbox created in KRS 15.268, including which industries each participan…

Confidentiality of information and record copies. (1) A Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center is hereby created as part of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. (2) The Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center shall provide its reports and recommendations to …

Meetings -- Criteria for award of moneys from opioid abatement trust fund. (1) There is hereby established the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission. The commission shall be attached to the Department of Law for administrative purposes. (2) (a) The commission shall consis…

(1) As used in this section, "commission" means the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission created in KRS 15.291. (2) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be known as the opioid abatement trust fund. Moneys in the fund shall be di…

(1) There is hereby established a supplemental attorney fees fund to be used to compensate private attorneys to be known as the local government fee fund. These funds shall be maintained and administered by Wilmington Trust, N.A., which was appointed the Directed Trustee of the s…

Administrative regulations. (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice or a local organization approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice may form local juvenile delinquency prevention councils for the purpose of encouraging the initiation of, or supporting ongoing, interagency c…

Members -- Organization -- Duties -- Duties of Attorney General. (1) As used in this section, "consent order" means the consent order of December 21, 1998, agreed to in Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Philip Morris Inc. et al., Docket Number 98-CI-01579, Franklin Circuit Court. (2) T…

Notification system -- Per diem charge to lodge juveniles in state-owned or contracted preadjudication facilities -- Fiscal court approval before state takeover, purchase, or control -- Provision of mental health services to detained youth. (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice …

As used in KRS 15.310 to 15.510, 15.990, and 15.992, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Basic training course" means the peace officer or court security officer basic training course provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training or a course approved and recogni…

system -- Access. (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Corrections, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Department of Kentucky State Police shall be responsible for the recording of those data elements …

The Department of Juvenile Justice shall update its database within thirty (30) days of receipt of information. The update shall include information from the: (1) Offender records; (2) Institutional records; and (3) Administrative records.

The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council is hereby established as an independent administrative body of state government to be made up as follows: (1) The Attorney General of Kentucky, the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police, the commissioner of the Department of …

(1) Any county, urban-county, or charter county may apply to the Department of Juvenile Justice to construct, operate, or contract for the operation of a youth alternative center. (2) The youth alternative center shall be a nonsecure facility and shall be under the jurisdiction o…

The business of the council shall be conducted in the following manner: (1) The council at its initial meeting to be held promptly after the appointment of its members, shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from among its members who shall serve until the first meeting in the …

The members of the council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their functions.

(1) The council is vested with the following functions and powers: (a) To prescribe standards for the approval and continuation of approval of schools at which law enforcement and telecommunications training courses required under KRS 15.310 to 15.510, 15.530 to 15.590, and 15.99…

service training courses for certified peace officers -- Administrative regulations -- Sexual assault investigation training course -- Domestic violence and abuse training. (1) The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall approve mandatory training subjects to be taught to all stud…

No person shall be disqualified from holding a position as a peace officer by reason of his residence or voting eligibility, except as provided in the Constitution.

-- Purpose -- Oversight by Office of Drug Control Policy -- Members of KY- ASAP Board -- Duties of board. (1) As used in this section and KRS 15A.342 and 15A.344, "KY-ASAP" means the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy. (2) The Office of Drug Control Policy shall administe…

Subject to approval by the secretary, the department may make its facilities and services available upon the following terms: (1) The department may determine to which law enforcement agencies, corrections agencies, and court agencies and its officers it will offer training; (2) …

administrative regulations -- Reports. The Office of Drug Control Policy shall be responsible for all matters relating to the research, coordination, and execution of drug control policy and for the management of state and federal grants, including but not limited to the preventi…

coordination boards -- Role of KY-ASAP -- Local long-term community strategy. (1) KY-ASAP shall establish in each county a local tobacco addiction and alcohol and substance abuse advisory and coordination board to assist in planning, overseeing, and coordinating the implementatio…

As used in KRS 15.350 to 15.370: (1) "Police training" includes all formal police training activities in the Commonwealth with the exception of on-the-job training, training conducted at police roll calls, and training conducted by institutions of higher education. The Kentucky L…

(1) The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall have the power to certify police instructors and to recertify the same. Said certifications shall be done pursuant to regulations issued by the council for the purpose of assuring high quality police instructors in the Commonwealth. …

No person shall act as a police instructor or engage in police training as defined in KRS 15.350 unless he shall possess a certification or waiver of certification issued by the council.

Exemptions. (1) The following officers employed or appointed as full-time, part-time, or auxiliary officers, whether paid or unpaid, shall be certified by the council if all minimum standards set forth in KRS 15.380 to 15.404 have been met: (a) Department of Kentucky State Police…

A person certified after December 1, 1998, under KRS 15.380 to 15.404 or qualified under the requirements set forth in KRS 15.440(1)(d)6. shall, at the time of becoming certified, meet the following minimum qualifications: (1) Be a citizen of the United States; (2) Be at least tw…

(1) In order to maintain his or her certification as a peace officer, each certified peace officer shall annually meet the marksmanship qualification requirement for a retired peace officer as specified in KRS 237.140. Each law enforcement agency or other employing agency whose o…

(1) The council shall administer the physical agility, polygraph, psychological, and drug screen tests at cost for those agencies requesting council-administered tests. Agencies may petition the council for waiver of the costs of these tests upon a showing of undue financial hard…

The following certification categories shall exist: (1) "Precertification status" means that the officer is currently employed or appointed by an agency and: (a) Meets or exceeds all those minimum qualifications set forth in KRS 15.382, but has not successfully completed a basic …

security officer -- Training of person in precertification status -- Issuance or denial -- Right of appeal -- Transfer. (1) Within five (5) working days of employment or appointment, the chief executive officer of the employing agency, or his designee, shall file a report with th…

Any person who is aggrieved by a determination by the employing agency or by the council that he fails to meet the requirements for precertification status may: (1) If the determination was made by the employing agency, appeal the decision in the same manner as other employment a…

reporting -- Subpoenas -- Administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Agency" means any law enforcement agency, or other unit of government listed in KRS 15.380, that employs a certified peace officer; (b) "Final order" has the same meaning as in KRS 13B.010 and…

status -- Lapse or retirement of certification -- Action by council. (1) Within ten (10) working days from separation from service, the chief executive officer of the employing agency or his designee shall file with the council a summary report that provides the relevant informat…

(1) If the council believes an agency's job task analysis to be insufficient or erroneous, the council shall file a declaratory action in Franklin Circuit Court to declare the job task analysis invalid. (2) Until the job task analysis has been declared invalid and all appeals hav…

requirements of KRS 15.380 to 15.404. (1) An agency may be required to pay for all training received by a person from the Department of Criminal Justice Training or any other facility approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council if the agency knowingly employs or appoints a p…