Title III, Executive Branch

custodial account -- Priority to investments enhancing economic welfare of Commonwealth -- Investment committee of funds -- Cap on amount of assets managed by any one investment manager. (1) The board shall be the trustee of funds created by KRS 16.505 to 16.652 and KRS 61.701 an…

The following subjects shall be administered in the same manner subject to the same limitations and requirements as provided for the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as follows: (1) Cessation of membership, as provided for by KRS 61.535; (2) Medical examiners and hearing proc…

participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits and rights. (1) For members who begin participating in the State Police Retirement System prior to January 1, 2014, it is hereby declared that in consideration of the contributions by the member, and in f…

(1) All city and county law enforcement agencies shall cause a photograph, a set of fingerprints, and a general description report of all persons arrested on a felony charge to be made and two (2) copies of each item forwarded within thirty (30) days after the arrest to the Depar…

cooperate with cabinet. (1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall: (a) Receive and file fingerprints, photographs, and other records pertaining to the investigation of crime and the apprehension of criminals; and (b) Cooperate with the state, county, and city law enforcing …

The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall forward one (1) copy of each photograph, set of fingerprints, and general description report received by it in a criminal case to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

informal adjustment -- Confidentiality -- Provision of records -- Exception -- Violation. (1) The following agencies are parts of Kentucky's juvenile justice system and shall, subject to restrictions imposed by state or federal law, disclose and share with each other all informat…

design and implement system -- Uniform policy -- Duties -- Automated warrant system -- Denial of funds upon failure of agency or officer to participate in system. (1) There is hereby established the Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information System, referred to in this chapter…

(1) A centralized criminal history record information system shall be established in the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet under the direction, control and supervision of the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police. (2) A centralized criminal history records infor…

(1) Each law enforcement or other public agency in possession of arrest records, fingerprints, photographs, or other data whether in documentary or electronic form shall upon written request of the arrestee as provided herein segregate all records relating to the arrestee in its …

The commissioner shall appoint a qualified person to administer the centralized criminal history record information system. He shall have statistical training and experience and possess a knowledge of criminal law enforcement and administration and of penal and correctional insti…

The Department of Kentucky State Police shall: (1) Collect data necessary for the operation of the centralized criminal history record information system from all persons and agencies mentioned in KRS 17.150; (2) Prepare and distribute to all such persons and agencies forms to be…

Control of funds. (1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Kentucky State Police, shall: (a) Coordinate all efforts of the state's various departments and agencies to promote traffic safety and make recommendations regarding the prevention of unnecessary duplicati…

Public inspection exemptions -- Administrative regulations -- Information from the Court of Justice. (1) Every sheriff, chief of police, coroner, jailer, prosecuting attorney, probation officer, parole officer; warden or superintendent of a prison, reformatory, correctional schoo…

Department of Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with specified state agencies -- Contents -- Access -- Identification numbers. (1) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall, in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Department of Juvenile Justice, t…

of Kentucky State Police, Administrative Office of the Courts, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services. All data supplied to the centralized criminal history record information system by the Department of Kentucky State Police, Administrative Of…

Courts. All data supplied to the centralized criminal history record information system by the Administrative Office of the Courts shall include the uniform citation number applicable to the information reported.

days of receipt of information from certain levels. The Department of Kentucky State Police shall update the centralized criminal history record information system within thirty (30) days of receipt of information. The update shall include information from the: (1) Offender level…

Annual reporting. (1) The uniform offense report shall contain provisions for obtaining information as to whether or not specific crimes appear from their facts and circumstances to be caused as a result of or reasonably related to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. …

(1) The annual report of the department shall contain statistics showing: (a) The number and type of offenses known to public authorities; (b) The personal and social characteristics of criminals and delinquents; and (c) The administrative action taken by law enforcement, judicia…

If any public official or employee, except justices, judges, circuit clerks, and employees of the Court of Justice, required to report to the department neglects or refuses to comply with the requests of the department, or its rules governing record systems and their maintenance,…

pleas, and Alford pleas involving specified crimes. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employer may request from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or the Administrative Office of the Courts, or both, records of all available convictions involving any felony of…

assessment -- Fee. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Criminal history records information": 1. Means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, indictments, information, or other formal crimi…

centers -- Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex crimes -- Conviction information for applicant seeking employment as child-serving professional. (1) As used in this section, "sex crime" means a conviction or a plea of guilty to a sex crime speci…

departments, ambulance services, and rescue squads. (1) As used in this section, "felony offender" means any person who has been convicted of, entered an Alford plea to, or pleaded guilty to the commission of a capital offense or a felony. (2) Any paid or volunteer fire departmen…

As used in this section and KRS 17.170 and 17.175, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "DNA sample" or "deoxyribonucleic acid sample" means a blood or swab specimen from a person, as prescribed by administrative regulation, that is required to provide a DNA sample pursuant…

required to provide DNA sample -- Persons and procedures authorized for DNA sample collection -- Administrative regulation -- Penalties for refusing to provide DNA sample or tampering with samples or containers. (1) Any DNA sample collected pursuant to the law in effect prior to …

classification of evidence -- Exemption from KRS 61.870 to 61.884 -- Expungement of information and destruction of DNA sample -- Penalty for unlawful use of DNA database identification system. (1) A centralized database of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) identification records for co…

Fees and costs. (1) In addition to the requirements specified in KRS 422.285, any evidence submitted for testing and analysis pursuant to KRS 422.285 or 422.287 shall be of probative value. When the motion is filed with the court requesting testing and analysis of evidence pursua…

(1) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall design, implement, and maintain an automated fingerprint identification system. (2) The automated fingerprint identification system shall be compatible with any similar system required by the federal government for inclusion of st…

check on oneself through name-based or fingerprint-supported search -- Definitions for section -- Prerequisites and limitations on search and release of information -- Fees -- Administration regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Fingerprint card" means the standard Feder…

(1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Call location information" means the best available location information, including but not limited to information obtained using historical cellular site information or a mobile locator tool; (b) "Emergency responder" has the same meaning a…

In enacting a fire department aid law it is the intention of the General Assembly to supplement local efforts to prevent the loss of lives and property by fire. The inadequacy of present facilities, the high cost of acquisition and maintenance of modern firefighting equipment and…

The term "hydraulic brake fluid" as used in KRS 17.310 to 17.340 shall mean the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle.

(1) Every hydraulic brake fluid that shall be sold, offered for sale, or used for service in any vehicle shall conform to the standards and specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers applicable to such fluid. (2) The Transportation Cabinet shall adopt and enforce regul…

(1) Every manufacturer of any hydraulic brake fluid sold, offered for sale, or used for service in any vehicle shall submit to the Transportation Cabinet for approval a laboratory analysis report for each product produced, sold, or used in Kentucky. The analysis shall be conducte…

The Transportation Cabinet shall approve the laboratory analysis report as to its conformity with the standards required by KRS 17.310 to 17.340, and no hydraulic brake fluid shall be sold in this state after September 1, 1960, unless such approval has been granted.

(1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall establish within the cabinet a "Kentucky Missing Child Information Center," which shall serve as a central repository of and clearinghouse for information about Kentucky children believed to be missing and children from other states…

child -- Transportation and return of child once located. (1) Upon notification by a parent, guardian, person exercising custodial control or supervision, or the authorized representative of the Department for Community Based Services of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services…

recovered children. (1) Upon receipt of a report of a missing child who was born in the Commonwealth, the Department of Kentucky State Police shall notify within forty-eight (48) hours the state registrar of vital statistics for the Commonwealth of the disappearance of such child…

As used in KRS 17.500 to 17.580: (1) "Approved provider" means a mental health professional licensed or certified in Kentucky whose scope of practice includes providing mental health treatment services and who is approved by the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board, under …

against minors -- Persons required to register -- Exemption for registration for juveniles to be retroactive -- Manner of registration -- Penalties -- Notifications of violations required. (1) The cabinet shall develop and implement a registration system for registrants which inc…

(1) A registrant, upon his or her release by the court, the Parole Board, the cabinet, or any detention facility, shall be required to register for a period of time required under this section. (2) (a) Lifetime registration is required for: 1. Any person who has been convicted of…

The cabinet may share information gathered pursuant to KRS 17.510 with law enforcement agencies of this state, other states, and the federal government in the course of their official duties.

KRS 17.500 to 17.540 may be cited as the "Sex Offender Registration Act."

- Penalties. (1) As used in this section, "social media platform": (a) Means a website or application that is open to the public, allows a user to create an account, and enables users to do all of the following: 1. Interact socially with other users within the confines of the web…

Violations -- Exception. (1) No registrant, as defined in KRS 17.500, shall reside within one thousand (1,000) feet of a high school, middle school, elementary school, preschool, publicly owned or leased playground, or licensed day care facility. The measurement shall be taken in…

communicate with or gather information about minors -- Exception for parents -- Registrant prohibited from photographing, filming, or making a video of a minor without consent of minor's parent or guardian. (1) (a) As used in this subsection, "electronic communications" means any…

17.580 and 17.991. The following shall be immune from suit for good faith conduct under KRS 17.500 to 17.580 and 17.991: (1) Law enforcement agencies including the cabinet; (2) Independent contractors acting under the direction of law enforcement agencies; (3) State and county of…

registrant -- Harboring -- Violation. (1) A person shall be guilty of making a false statement to a law enforcement official when he or she intentionally misleads any law enforcement official regarding a noncompliant registrant. (2) A person shall be guilty of harboring when he o…