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.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: 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.
Notes of Decisions
TECO Mechanical Contractor, Inc. v. Commonwealth (2012)
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“rted in whole or in part by public funds, including publicly owned or controlled corporations, authorized by law to enter into any contract for the construction of public works and any nonprofit corporation funded to act as an agency and instrumentality of the government agency…”
Phipps v. Commonwealth (1996)
kyctapp
“Since KRS Chapter 197 only applies to "penitentiaries,” Phipps’ argument that KRS 197.500(2), regarding the “[privatization of prisons,” excludes county jails from the definition of “adult correctional facilit[ies]” for purposes of KRS 197.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 197.500(2) — 1 case
Phipps v. Commonwealth (1996)
kyctapp
“Since KRS Chapter 197 only applies to "penitentiaries,” Phipps’ argument that KRS 197.500(2), regarding the “[privatization of prisons,” excludes county jails from the definition of “adult correctional facilit[ies]” for purposes of KRS 197.”
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