Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 241.140 (2026)

Functions of county administrator -- Jurisdiction

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Each county administrator shall have the same duties and functions regarding local license applications and renewals as the department with respect to state licenses. Each county administrator shall have the same duties and functions regarding local license penalization as the board with respect to state license penalization. If any city appoints its own administrator under KRS 241.160, the county administrator in that county shall have jurisdiction over only that portion of the county which lies outside the corporate limits of that city, unless the city does not have an adequate police force. Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 62, sec. 10, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 555, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 522, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1998. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-110. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2017). This statute was amended by 2017 Ky. Acts chs. 18 and 62, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1971–2004 · leading case: Kentucky Licensed Beverage Ass'n v. Louisville-Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't, 127 S.W.3d 647 (Ky. 2004).

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Kentucky Licensed Beverage Ass'n v. Louisville-Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't, 127 S.W.3d 647 (Ky. 2004). · cites it 4× “KRS 241.140 states: The functions of each county administrator shall be the same, with respect to local licenses and regulations, as the functions of the board with respect to state licenses and regulations, except that no regulation adopted by a county administrator may be less…”

Bickett v. Palmer-Ball, 470 S.W.2d 341 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). “KRS 241.140. It is our opinion that the resolution adopted by the fiscal court of Daviess County which purported to establish a quota of three (3) wholesale beer or malt beverage licenses was not authorized by statute and was ineffective.”

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