The department shall maintain its main office in Frankfort, Kentucky, using suitable rooms and offices belonging to this state, and shall be provided necessary office furniture to be paid for by the state. The commissioner shall provide necessary supplies, books, periodicals, and maps and shall provide a seal for the authentication of orders, awards, or proceedings of the administrative law judges, on which shall be inserted the words “Department of Workers’ Claims, State of Kentucky, official seal.” The board and the administrative law judges may hold sessions at any place within the state where necessary and shall have power to sue or institute legal proceedings in any court of this state, under existing laws as to jurisdiction of actions. Unless consented to by the commissioner, all actions or proceedings against the board or a member in his or her official capacity, or against an administrative law judge or the commissioner in his or her official capacity, shall be brought in the courts of Franklin County.
Effective: July 15, 2010
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 342.240

  • Board: means the Workers' Compensation Board. See Kentucky Statutes 342.0011
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 342.0011
  • Department: means the Department of Workers' Claims in the Education and
    Labor Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 342.0011
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1805, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 514, sec. 13, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1996 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 58, effective December 12, 1996. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, Part 15, sec. 80, effective April 4, 1994. — Amended 1987 1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 26, effective January 4, 1988. — Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4926.

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