Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 197.500 — Definitions for KRS 197.505 to 197.525
197.500. Definitions for KRS 197.505 to 197.525
As used in KRS 197.505 to 197.525, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Adult correctional facility" means any minimum or medium adult penal or correctional facility operated for the purpose of housing convicted felons for the department; and
(2) "Private provider" means a private legal entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth and which is in the business of establishing, operating, and managing adult correctional facilities.
Source notes
Effective: June 26, 2007
History and annotations
Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 233, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 93, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 418, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 68, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 445, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.
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