KRS 217.185: Duty of local prosecuting attorneys.

It shall be the duty of each Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney, or city attorney to

whom the cabinet or its agents report any violation of KRS 217.005 to 217.215, to cause

appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay a nd to be

prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of KRS 217.005 to

217.215 is reported to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the

person against whom such proceeding is contemplated may be given appropriat e notice

and an opportunity to present his views before the cabinet or its designated agent, either

orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to such contemplated

proceeding.