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KRS 532.350

Definitions for chapter

Known as the Kentucky Racial Justice Act

The act spans §§ 532–532 (55 sections).

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Jones v. Commonwealth (2011)

Most recently applied in Blevins v. Commonwealth (June 2014)

Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this chapter:

(1) (a) "Restitution" means any form of compensation paid by a convicted person to a victim for counseling, medical expenses, lost wages due to injury, or property damage and other expenses suffered by a victim because of a criminal act;

(b) "Reimbursement" means payment of expenses associated with incarceration, including but not limited to medical expenses, food, and lodging;

(c) "Sinking fund" means the fund created and used by local governments to provide maintenance of jail facilities and capital construction; improvement of law enforcement, jail, and judicial facilities; and other long-term expenditures associated with those areas; and (d) "Local government" means any county, urban-county, or charter county government.

(2) Definitions in KRS 441.005 apply to this chapter.

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