Any veteran-owned business that is organized after August 1, 2018, is exempt from paying the filing fees for:
(1) Articles of incorporation, an amendment of articles of incorporation, amended and restated articles of incorporation, or a restatement of articles of incorporation under KRS Chapter 271B for a corporation or under KRS Chapter 273 for a nonprofit corporation;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 14A.2-165

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
  • Business trust: means a business trust governed as to its internal affairs by KRS Chapter 386 or a statutory trust governed as to its internal affairs by KRS Chapter
    386A. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. 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: means a business corporation governed as to its internal affairs by KRS Chapter 271B, a cooperative or association governed as to its internal affairs by KRS Chapter 272, a nonprofit corporation governed as to its internal affairs by KRS Chapter 273, and a rural electric or rural telephone cooperative corporation governed as to its internal affairs by KRS Chapter 279. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
  • Organized: means organized, incorporated, or formed. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership: means an association of two (2) or more persons to carry on as co- owners a business for profit formed under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070

(2) Articles of organization, an amendment of articles of organization, a restatement of articles of organization, or an amendment and restatement of articles of organization under KRS Chapter 275 for a limited liability company;
(3) A statement or renewal of statement of partnership under KRS Chapter 362; (4) A statement of partnership authority under Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 362; (5) A certificate of limited partnership under Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 362; or (6) A declaration of trust under KRS Chapter 386 for a business trust.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2020. — Created
2018 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018.