Title XL, Crimes and Punishments

(1) Except for capital improvements, utilities and building insurance and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the jailer shall have authority to authorize expenditures from the jail budget. Such expenditures shall only be made in accordance with the line item ja…

(1) The county treasurer shall keep books of accounts of all receipts and disbursements from the jail budget and make such reports as are required by the state local finance officer. (2) The county treasurer, in cooperation with the jailer, shall monthly report to the fiscal cour…

annually detail the duties and compensation of jailer not subject to salary schedule -- Jailer's quarterly reports. (1) The jailer who operates a full-service jail shall receive a monthly salary pursuant to any salary schedule in KRS Chapter 64 applicable to jailers operating a f…

When a change of venue is granted, the cost of incarcerating the defendant shall be paid by the county from which the action is removed.

outstanding expenses and reimbursement if prisoner not convicted -- Local policy of fee and expense rates -- Adjustments to per diem rate -- Billing and collection methods. (1) (a) A prisoner in a county jail shall be required beginning from the prisoner's booking date to reimbur…

As used in KRS 441.420 to 441.450: (1) (a) "Local correctional facility" means a jail as defined in KRS 441.005, and any other facility by whatever name known that is operated by a unit of local government, combination of units of local governments, or regional jail authority for…

architectural plans and engineering services -- Fee schedule. (1) No political subdivision of this Commonwealth, combination of subdivisions, or regional jail authority shall build a new local correctional facility unless: (a) The facility meets the approval or complies with the …

facility -- Delay of final decision -- Prerequisites for approval -- Review of architectural plans by department's jail consultants. (1) Any political subdivision, or combination of subdivisions, desiring to build a local correctional facility shall make application, in writing, …

Except as provided in KRS 441.450, local correctional facilities shall be constructed pursuant to the approved architectural plans, and no alterations to the architectural plans or construction shall be made unless prior approval is obtained from the construction authority or the…

When approval not required. (1) Any political subdivision, combination of subdivisions, or regional jail authority desiring to remodel or reconstruct an existing local correctional facility wherein the construction will involve physical change of the structure shall obtain the ap…

requirements. (1) The fiscal court of each county shall provide for the transportation of prisoners as necessary from the jail budget. All vehicles used for the purpose of transporting prisoners shall be equipped with security screens and two (2) way radios. (2) The fiscal court …

(1) If an inmate is confined in a detention facility, he shall be transported as necessary in accordance with the following provisions: (a) If he is lodged in an urban-county facility in the county where the trial is to be held, the jailer shall carry out this duty; and (b) In al…

Agreement between originating jail and receiving jail -- Restrictions on receiving jail -- Transport by sheriff -- Review of transfer order by Circuit Judge. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Originating jail" means a jail that has been ordered by the court to transfer prisoners …

expenses. (1) As used in this section, "receiving jail" means a jail that has been ordered by the court to receive prisoners. (2) (a) Immediately upon the receipt of a copy of an order made pursuant to KRS 441.520(2)(a), the sheriff, or if there is no sheriff, the coroner, shall …

compensation. If there exists threatened violence or intense feeling and public indignation against a person charged with a crime and in the custody of an officer, and the Circuit Judge of the county that has jurisdiction of the offense charged is of the opinion that the person c…

reformatory -- Who pays. (1) The expense of keeping and dieting a prisoner transferred to the penitentiary or reformatory pursuant to KRS 441.540 shall be borne by the unit of government. (2) The unit of government shall pay the expenses directly to the Department of Corrections.…

(1) When a prisoner in a jail, regional jail, or holdover is injured, is or becomes sick or ill, or requires specialized medical care or long-term medical care which is not available at the local jail, the jailer or other person in charge of the jail, regional jail, or holdover m…

As used in KRS 441.610 to 441.695, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Agreement" means a written contract between the authority and any person, firm, corporation, local government, or public entity providing for the construction, reconstruction, improvement or repair and…

(1) KRS 441.625 to 441.695 is intended solely to provide an additional and alternative method of constructing, reconstructing, improving, or repairing and financing jails and appurtenant facilities for any local government in this state to the end that such projects expedite the …

Membership -- Corporate character -- Officers -- Staff -- Records. (1) There is created and established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet a Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority, composed of ten (10) members who shall be: (a) The secretary of t…

Regulations. (1) If any of the officers of the authority whose signatures or facsimiles thereof appear on any bonds of the authority or on any other instruments or documents pertaining to the functions of the authority, shall cease to be such officers before delivery of the bonds…

revenue bond anticipation notes. The authority may: (1) Determine the number and location of regional jails and regional juvenile detention centers, in order to prevent duplication of effort and unnecessary costs; (2) Construct, reconstruct, improve, or repair any jail and appurt…

of authority's financial participation in projects. If the authority deems it suitable, feasible, necessary, or expedient that any project or projects be financed or refinanced and constructed by the authority, the authority may make one (1) or more written agreements in which th…

The authority and any local government are authorized and empowered to enter into a lease with respect to any project according to any agreement or agreements made pursuant to KRS 441.630. Any lease may contain, in substance, any of the following provisions and such other provisi…

delivery of bond or note certificates. (1) The authority may provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to pay any part of the cost of any projects undertaken pursuant to an agreement and lease; provided that, the authority shall not issue bonds before July 15, 1983, and until the…

Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695 do not constitute a debt of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds shall be…

In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695 may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company in or outside …

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695 and the trustee under any trust indenture, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust indenture, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceed…

Bonds issued by the authority are securities in which all public officers and public bodies, agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, bank associations, investment companies, executors, administra…

(1) The authority may provide for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest …

All moneys, received under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695, either from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are to be held and applied solely as provided in KRS 441.625 to 441.695. The proceedings or the trust indenture shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank…

The authority is not required to pay any taxes or assessments of any nature whatsoever, upon any project or projects owned by the authority or leased by the authority; or any property acquired or used by the authority under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695; or upon the in…

The authority shall convey in fee simple and at no additional costs to the lessee, any project to the lessee when all bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 441.625 to 441.695 in connection with said project and all interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount f…

- Investments. (1) There is created and established a Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority fund which shall consist of the following: (a) Rentals received under leases made by the authority pursuant to KRS 441.625 to 441.695; (b) Appropriations by the Gen…

Nothing in KRS 56.440 to 56.540 and KRS 45A.045 shall be construed to apply to any project undertaken by the authority pursuant to KRS 441.625 to 441.695.

By January 1 each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the Office of the State Budget Director and to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and …

(1) Two (2) or more counties may by ordinances establish a regional jail authority. (2) The authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and e…

(1) The regional jail authority shall be composed of members appointed by the county judges/executive of the respective counties within the authority and the jailer of the county where the regional jail is located. The county judge/executive of the most populous county shall appo…

A regional jail may contain court facilities for judicial proceedings not involving a jury.

Failure to meet standards. (1) (a) The Department of Corrections shall, through the promulgation of administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A, develop an evacuation and relocation protocol for jailers of local and regional jails to follow in the development of individual e…

(1) A violation of KRS 441.035 shall be deemed a Class A misdemeanor. (2) No officer or employee of the authority shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the sale or purchase of any bonds authorized by KRS 441.625 to 441.695. Violation of this provision shall be punishabl…