KRS 45.620: Action against contractor -- Hiring of minority or woman contractor or

subcontractor.

(1) The Finance and Administration Cabinet may investigate the employment practices

of any contractor or subcontractor to determine if any of the provisions of KRS

45.560 to 45.640 have been violated. If any contractor is found by the cabinet to

have engaged in an unlawful practice under KRS 45.560 to 45.640 during the

course of performing under a contract or subcontract covered under KRS 45.560 to

45.640, the cabinet shall so certify to the contracting agency and such certification

shall be binding upon the contracting agency unless it is reversed in the course of

judicial review.

(2) If the contractor is found to have committed an unlawful practice under KRS 45.560

to 45.640, the contracting agency may cancel or terminate the contract, conditioned

upon a program for future compliance approved by the contracting agency and the

cabinet. The contracting agency may declare such a contractor ineligible to bid on

further contracts with that agency until such time as the contractor complies in full

with the requirements of KRS 45.560 to 45.640.

(3) The equal employment provisions of KRS 45.560 to 45.640 may be met in part by a

contractor by subcontracting to a minority or woma n contractor or subcontractor.

For the provisions of KRS 45.560 to 45.640, a minority or woman contractor or

subcontractor shall mean a business that is owned and controlled by one (1) or more

persons disadvantaged by racial, ethnic, or gender circumstances.