KRS 286.12-135: Judicial review of order -- Additional evidence -- Appeal.

(1) Any person aggrieved by a final order of the commissioner under this subtitle may

obtain a review of the order in Franklin Circuit Court by filing with that court,

within thirty (30) days after entry of the order, a written petition requesting that the

order be modified or set aside in whole or in part.

(2) A copy of the petition under subsection (1) of this section shall be served upon the

commissioner, and thereupon the commissioner shall certify and file with the court

a copy of the filing, testimony, an d other evidence upon which the order was

entered.

(3) Upon the filings under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the Franklin Circuit

Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm, modify, enforce, or set aside the

order at issue.

(4) No objection to the order may be considered by the court unless it was urged before

the commissioner or there were reasonable grounds for the failure to do so.

(5) (a) If either party applies to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence and

shows to the satis faction of the court that the additional evidence is material

and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce the evidence

in the hearing before the commissioner, the court may order the additional

evidence be taken before the commissioner and be adduced upon the hearing

in a manner and upon conditions as the court may consider proper.

(b) The commissioner:

1. May modify his or her findings as to the facts by reason of the additional

evidence so taken; and

2. Shall file:

a. Any modified or new findings, which, if supported by substantial

evidence, shall be conclusive; and

b. Any recommendation for the modification or setting aside of the

original order.

(6) The commencement of proceedings under this section does n ot, unless specifically

ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the commissioner's order.

(7) An appeal may be taken from the judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court to the

Court of Appeals on the same terms and conditions as an appeal is taken in civil

actions.