KRS 196.073

If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the commissioner of the Department of Corrections to consent to the transfer of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of the state in the treaty, upon application of the offender.