KRS 405.435: Information from employers and labor organizations upon hiring of

Kentucky residents -- Use of information in matters of paternity and child

support -- Fine for noncompliance -- Hearing.

(1) An employer or labor organization in the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall provide

information to the Office of the Attorney General when that employer or labor

organization hires an employee who resides or works in the Commonwealth, or

rehires or permits the return to work of an employee who has be en laid -off,

furloughed, separated, granted a leave without pay, or terminated from

employment, unless the reporting could endanger the safety of the employee or

compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission as determined by the

Attorney General.

(2) The employer shall provide the information within twenty (20) days of the hiring or

return to work of the employee. The information shall include:

(a) The employee's name, address, and Social Security number;

(b) The employer's name, address, and, if the employer has been assigned one,

federal and state employer identification numbers; and

(c) The date services for remuneration were first performed by the employee.

(3) An employer shall report the required information by submitting a copy of the

employee's W-4 form or, at the option of the employer, an equivalent form provided

by the Office of the Attorney General as prescribed by administrative regulation

promulgated by the office in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.

(4) The Office of the Attorney G eneral shall enter all new hire information into the

database of the office within five (5) business days.

(5) The Office of the Attorney General may promulgate administrative regulations in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A if the office determines exceptio ns are needed

to reduce unnecessary or burdensome reporting or are needed to facilitate cost -

effective operation of the office under this section.

(6) The Office of the Attorney General shall use the information collected pursuant to

this section for the l ocation of noncustodial parents, establishment, modification,

and enforcement of child support and any other matter related to paternity or child

support.

(7) If the employer fails to report as required by this section, the Office of the Attorney

General s hall give the employer written notice of the provisions of this section,

including the penalty for failure to report.

(8) If the employer has not filed a report within twenty (20) days from the date that the

written notice is sent to him, the Office of the Attorney General shall send a second

written notice.

(9) If the employer fails to file a W -4 or equivalent form within tw enty (20) days from

the date that the second written notice is sent, or supplies a false or incomplete

report, and the failure is a result of a conspiracy between the employee and the

employer to prevent the proper information from being filed within twent y (20)

days from the date that the second written notice is sent, the Office of the Attorney

General shall send the employer by certified mail, return receipt request, notice of

an administrative fine. The fine shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per

calendar month per person for any violation occurring after the second notice has

been given, and continuing until a W-4 or equivalent form is received by the office.

No fine shall be imposed for any period of less than one (1) full calendar month.

(10) The employer shall have ten (10) days after receipt of the administrative fine notice

to request a hearing before the Office of the Attorney General on whether the

administrative fine was properly assessed. If a timely request for a hearing is

received, the office shall schedule and conduct a hearing in accordance with

administrative regulations promulgated by the office in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13A.