KRS 151.460: Actions for penalties and injunctions.

(1) It shall be the duty of the cabinet's Office of Legal Services, or upon the secretary's

request, of the Attorney General, to bring an action for the recovery of the penalties

herein provided for and to bring an action for a restraining order, temporary or

permanent injunction, for the prevention or correction of a condition constituting or

threatening to constitute a violation of this chapter, except as provided for in KRS

151.299.

(2) All actions for penalties and injunctive relief for violations of this c hapter shall be

brought in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky by the cabinet's Office of

Legal Services, or upon the secretary's request, by the Attorney General in the

Circuit Court of the county in which the applicant resides, or in the Circuit Cou rt

having jurisdiction of the defendant.