(1) Each agency which has had an award or judgment against it upon a claim filed pursuant to KRS § 45A.240 to KRS § 45A.270 shall furnish a certified copy of the award of judgment to the Finance and Administration Cabinet. The first five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of any award or judgment against the Department of Highways, Transportation Cabinet, shall be paid out of the state road fund, upon warrants drawn by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet upon the State Treasurer. The first five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of any award or judgment against other departments or agencies of the state, which are not maintained by appropriations out of the general fund, shall be paid out of the funds created or collected for the maintenance and operation of such department or agency, upon warrants drawn by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet upon the State Treasurer. The first five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of any award or judgment against all other departments and agencies of the state shall be paid out of the general fund, upon warrants drawn by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet upon the State Treasurer.
(2) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall request an appropriation from the next even-numbered-year regular session of the General Assembly for the purpose of satisfying all such awards and judgments granted during the preceding two (2) fiscal years which are not satisfied under subsection (1) of this section.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 45A.270

  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 21, 2001
History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 11, effective June 21, 2001. — Amended and reenacted as KRS § 45A.270, 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 54, effective January 1,
1979. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. II, sec. 9(1) and ch. 181, sec. 6. — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 7.
Formerly codified as KRS § 44.330.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, A, 30, (2) at 1653.