KRS 67A.6901: Definitions for KRS 67A.6901 to 67A.6911.

As used in KRS 67A.6901 to 67A.6911:

(1) "Secretary" means the secretary of the cabinet;

(2) "Corrections personnel" means an employee of an urban-county government

permanently assigned to a detention facility and working in any capacity in that

detention facility;

(3) "Cabinet" means the Education and Labor Cabinet;

(4) "Exclusive representative" means the labor organization which has been

designated by the cabinet as the representative of the majority of police

officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel in

appropriate units or has been so recognized by the urban-county government;

(5) "Firefighter" means an employee of an urban-county government engaged in

serving the public by providing fire protection, including those covered by KRS

Chapter 95;

(6) "Firefighter personnel" means dispatch communications officers;

(7) "Labor organization" means any chartered labor organization of any kind in

which police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel

participate and which exists for the primary purpose of dealing with

urban-county governments concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rate

of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of employment;

(8) "Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, labor organizations,

associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in

bankruptcy, or receivers; and

(9) "Police officer" means an employee, sworn or certified, of an urban-county

government who participates in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program

Fund provided in KRS 15.410 to 15.510.