KRS 45.990: Penalties.

(1) Any officer, agent, or employee of any budget unit who willfully fails or refuses to

comply with any of the provisions of KRS 45.011 to 45.031, 45.121, 45.142,

45.151, 45.242, 45.244, 45.251, 45.253, 45.305, or 45.313, or who expends any

money in violation of any of the provisions of those sections, shall be subject to

prosecution in the Franklin Circuit Court, and upon conviction shall be guilty of a

violation.

(2) If any person incurs, or orders or votes for the incurrence of, any obligations in

violation of any of the provisions of KRS 45.244, he and his sureties shall be jointly

and severally liable therefor.

(3) Any employee of the Office of Material and Procurement Services established

within the Office of the Controller, or any official of the Commonw ealth of

Kentucky, elective or appointive, who shall take, receive, or offer to take or receive,

either directly or indirectly, any rebate, percentage of contract, money, or other

things of value, as an inducement or intended inducement in the procurement of

business, or the giving of business, including, but not limited to, personal service

contracts, for, or to, or from, any person, partnership, firm, or corporation, offering,

bidding for, or in open market seeking to make sales to the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C felony.

(4) Every person, firm, or corporation offering to make, or pay, or give, any rebate,

percentage of contract, money, or any other thing of value, as an inducement or

intended inducement, in the procurement of business, or the giving of business,

including, but not limited to, personal service contracts, to any employee of the

Office of Material and Procurement Services or to any official of the

Commonwealth, elective or appointive, in his efforts to bid for , or offer for sale, or

to seek in the open market, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C felony.