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KRS 171.410

Definitions for KRS 171.420 to 171.740

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case York v. Commonwealth (1991)

Most recently applied in Commonwealth, Department of Corrections v. Chestnut (April 2008)

Effective: July 15, 1986 History: Amended 1986 Ky

As used in KRS 171.420 to 171.740:

(1) "Public record or record" means all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, disks, diskettes, recordings, and other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which are prepared, owned, used, in the possession of or retained by a public agency. "Public record" shall not include any records owned by a private person or corporation that are not related to functions, activities, programs or operations funded by state or local authority;

(2) "Department" means the Department for Libraries and Archives;

(3) "Commission" means the State Archives and Records Commission; and (4) "Public agency" means every state or local office, state department, division, bureau, board, commission and authority; every legislative board, commission, committee and officer; every county and city governing body, council, school district board, special district board, municipal corporation, and any board, department, commission, committee, subcommittee, ad hoc committee, council or agency thereof; and any other body which is created by state or local authority and which derives at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its funds from state or local authority.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.