There are excluded from the tax imposed by KRS § 136.604:
(1) Multichannel video programming services the purchase of which is prohibited from taxation under the Constitution or laws of the United States;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 136.608

  • public funds: means sums actually received in cash or negotiable instruments from all sources unless otherwise described by any state agency, state- owned corporation, university, department, cabinet, fiduciary for the benefit of any form of state organization, authority, board, bureau, interstate compact, commission, committee, conference, council, office, or any other form of organization whether or not the money has ever been paid into the Treasury and whether or not the money is still in the Treasury if the money is controlled by any form of state organization, except for those funds the management of which is to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission pursuant to KRS §. 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

(2) Multichannel video programming services purchased by any cabinet, department, bureau, commission, board, or other statutory or constitutional agency of the state, and multichannel video programming services purchased by counties, cities, schools, or special districts as defined in KRS § 65.005. This exclusion shall apply only to purchases for use solely in the governmental function. A purchaser not qualifying as a governmental agency or unit shall not be entitled to the exemption even though the purchaser may be the recipient of public funds or grants; and
(3) Multichannel video programming services purchased by resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, and religious institutions which have qualified for exemption from income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided that the service is to be used solely within the educational, charitable, or religious function of the institution.
Effective: January 1, 2006
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 92, effective January 1, 2006.