(1) Youthful offenders shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Kentucky Parole Board and may be placed on parole to the Department of Corrections. The Parole Board may, with regard to a youthful offender, exercise any of the powers which it possesses pursuant to KRS Chapter 439, except as provided in KRS Chapters 600 to
645.
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 640.080

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(2) A youthful offender parole violator shall, except as provided in KRS Chapters 635 and 640, be incarcerated in a secure juvenile detention facility until eighteen (18) years of age, unless released prior to that age. Upon reaching eighteen (18) years of age, an incarcerated violator shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections.
Effective: April 13, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 538, sec. 20, effective April 13, 1998. — Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 143, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 107, effective April 10, 1988. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch.
423, sec. 141, effective July 1, 1987.

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