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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 42.744: Addition of nonlicensed raster -based datasets of publicly funded Kentucky

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  1. KRS Chapter 42

locations to the Geospatial Data Warehouse -- Exceptions -- Confidentiality.

(1) All entities in Kentucky that create or purchase digital ortho -rectified aerial

imagery, remotely sensed imagery, LiDAR, digital elevation models, or any other

form of nonlicensed raster -based datasets of locations in Kentucky using public

funds, in whole or in part, shall provide a copy of the information to the

Commonwealth Office o f Technology, Division of Geographic Information

Systems, without cost, in order to allow the Commonwealth Office of Technology

to effectively discharge its statutory responsibility to maintain an accurate and

complete central statewide geographic informat ion clearinghouse for official state

use. The imagery provided to the Commonwealth Office of Technology shall be

added to Kentucky's secure Geospatial Data Warehouse for official government use

only.

(2) All entities in Kentucky that create or purchase dig ital ortho -rectified aerial

imagery, remotely sensed imagery, LiDAR, digital elevation models, or any other

form of raster-based datasets of locations in Kentucky using public funds, in whole

or in part, shall create or purchase that information in a nonli censed format

whenever such a format is available.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to roads, land parcels, structure

locations, or other vector-based datasets acquired with public funding.

(4) The Commonwealth Office of Technology shall not disclose to the general public or

make available for distribution, download, or purchase any data that an entity

providing data under subsection (1) of this section has requested remain

confidential.

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