(1) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter or in which the commission or the cabinet is an interested party, the commission or the cabinet may be represented by any qualified attorney who is designated by the secretary for that purpose. The expenses and compensation of such special attorney and any experts employed in connection with such proceedings shall be considered a proper cost of the administration of this chapter.
(2) All criminal actions for violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any rules or regulations issued under it, shall be prosecuted by the Attorney General of this state, or, at his request and under his direction, by the county attorney or Commonwealth attorney of any county in which the employing unit has a place of business or the violator resides or has filed a claim.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 341.570


Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(23),(31). — Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1. — Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 216, sec. 23. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec.
1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4748g-17.