As used in KRS § 171.420 to KRS § 171.740:
(1) “Public record or record” means all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, disks, diskettes, recordings, and other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which are prepared, owned, used, in the possession of or retained by a public agency. “Public record” shall not include any records owned by a private person or corporation that are not related to functions, activities, programs or operations funded by state or local authority;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 171.410

  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. 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) “Department” means the Department for Libraries and Archives;
(3) “Commission” means the State Archives and Records Commission; and
(4) “Public agency” means every state or local office, state department, division, bureau, board, commission and authority; every legislative board, commission, committee and officer; every county and city governing body, council, school district board, special district board, municipal corporation, and any board, department, commission, committee, subcommittee, ad hoc committee, council or agency thereof; and any other body which is created by state or local authority and which derives at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its funds from state or local authority.
Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 245, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
74, Art. VIII, B, sec. 2. — Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 32. — Amended 1966
Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 159. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 106, Art. V, sec. 2. — Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 1.