KRS 441.450: Approval required for remodeling or reconstruction of existing facilities --

When approval not required.

(1) Any political subdivision, combination of subdivisions, or regional jail authority

desiring to remodel or reconstruct an existing local corr ectional facility wherein the

construction will involve physical change of the structure shall obtain the approvals

required by KRS 441.420 to 441.440 and shall reconstruct or modify the local

correctional facility in accordance with the approval.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, existing local correctional

facilities may be renovated without the approval of the construction authority.

(3) (a) If the renovation includes an increase in the square footage of an existing local

correctional facility to add prisoner bed space, that renovation shall be deemed

an expansion and shall require the approval of the construction authority as

provided in KRS 441.420 to 441.450.

(b) If the renovation includes an increase in the square footage of an existing local

correctional facility, the authority shall not approve the application unless the

resulting renovation of the local correctional facility results in a facility with a

bed capacity of one hundred fifty (150) inmate beds or more.