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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 164.810 (2026)

Definitions for KRS 164.810 to 164.870

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(1) As used in KRS 164.810 to 164.870, the following terms shall have, unless the context shall otherwise indicate, the following meanings: (a) "University of Louisville" means the university which is situated in a city of the first class, and which has heretofore constituted a municipal university within the meaning and application of KRS 165.010 et seq.; (b) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky. (2) Consistent with the provisions of KRS 164.026 and Chapter 239 of the 1968 Kentucky Acts, the University of Louisville shall be maintained as a state institution effective July 1, 1970, subject to its qualification to receive the benefits of such status in the manner set forth in subsection (3) of this section. (3) The University of Louisville, having been chartered by Chapter 137, Acts of 1845- 6, approved February 7, 1846, effective in accordance with its terms on March 15, 1846; having become subject to the laws of the Commonwealth generally applicable to corporations of the same category according to the import of subsection seventeen of Section 59 of the present Constitution of the Commonwealth; and having duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State its acceptance of the present Constitution of the Commonwealth in accordance with Section 190 thereof; may qualify to receive the benefits of its status as a state institution, as provided in KRS 164.810 to 164.870, by action of its board of trustees in adopting and causing to be filed for public record such proceedings as are required by law, amending its charter or articles of incorporation in such manner as to conform to the provisions of KRS 164.810 to 164.870. Effective: May 30, 1997 History: Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 123, effective May 30, 1997. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 126, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 104, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1978–2020 · leading case: Cape Publications, Inc. v. Univ. of Louisville Found., Inc., 260 S.W.3d 818 (Ky. 2008).
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Cape Publications, Inc. v. Univ. of Louisville Found., Inc., 260 S.W.3d 818 (Ky. 2008). · cites it 2× “KRS 164.810 et seq. See also Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co.”
Univ. of Louisville v. Martin, 574 S.W.2d 676 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “Prior to July 1, 1970, the University of Louisville was a municipal institution under Chapter 165 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and, by KRS 164.810(3) promulgated that year, the university was designated as a “state institution”.”
Milby v. Liberty Life Assurance Co., 102 F. Supp. 3d 922 (W.D. Ky. 2015). “ville (“U of L”) — a state institution, see KRS 164.810 et seq. — issued a request for proposals for an Organization to assume operation and management of U.”
Rooks v. Univ. of Louisville, 574 S.W.2d 923 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “The University of Louisville is a “state institution” by virtue of KRS 164.810 and as such is sufficiently protected from civil negligence suits by the cloak of sovereign immunity.”
Averett v. Hardy (W.D. Ky. 2020). · cites it 2× “See Ky. Rev. Stat. § 164.810 (describing the University of Louisville “as a state institution”).”
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Univ. of Louisville v. Martin, 574 S.W.2d 676 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “Prior to July 1, 1970, the University of Louisville was a municipal institution under Chapter 165 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and, by KRS 164.810(3) promulgated that year, the university was designated as a “state institution”.”
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