{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-13a.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 13A.010","heading":"Definitions for chapter.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Administrative body\" means each state board, bureau, cabinet, commission,\ndepartment, authority, officer, or other entity, except the General Assembly and the\nCourt of Justice, authorized by law to promulgate administrative regulations;\n(2) \"Administrative regulation\" means each statement of general applicability\npromulgated by an administrative body that implements, interprets, or prescribes\nlaw or policy, or describes the organization, p rocedure, or practice requirements of\nany administrative body. The term includes an existing administrative regulation, a\nnew administrative regulation, an emergency administrative regulation, an\nadministrative regulation in contemplation of a statute, and  the amendment or\nrepeal of an existing administrative regulation, but does not include:\n(a) Statements concerning only the internal management of an administrative\nbody and not affecting private rights or procedures available to the public;\n(b) Declaratory rulings;\n(c) Intradepartmental memoranda not in conflict with KRS 13A.130;\n(d) Statements relating to acquisition of property for highway purposes and\nstatements relating to the construction or maintenance of highways; or\n(e) Rules, regulations, and poli cies of the governing boards of institutions that\nmake up the postsecondary education system defined in KRS 164.001\npertaining to students attending or applicants to the institutions, to faculty and\nstaff of the respective institutions, or to the control a nd maintenance of land\nand buildings occupied by the respective institutions;\n(3) \"Adopted\" means that an administrative regulation has become effective in\naccordance with the provisions of this chapter;\n(4) \"Authorizing signature\" means the signature of the head of the administrative body\nauthorized by statute to promulgate administrative regulations;\n(5) \"Commission\" means the Legislative Research Commission;\n(6) \"Effective\" means an administrative regulatio n that has completed the legislative\ncommittee review established by KRS 13A.290, 13A.330, and 13A.331;\n(7) \"Federal mandate\" means any federal constitutional, legislative, or executive law or\norder that requires or permits any administrative body to engag e in regulatory\nactivities that impose compliance standards, reporting requirements, recordkeeping,\nor similar responsibilities upon entities in the Commonwealth;\n(8) \"Federal mandate comparison\" means a written statement containing the\ninformation required by KRS 13A.245;\n(9) \"Filed\" or \"promulgated\" means that an administrative regulation, or other\ndocument required to be filed by this chapter, has been submitted to the\nCommission in accordance with this chapter;\n(10) \"Full review\" means that a filed administrative regulation is on an agenda for:\n(a) The subcommittee as the last step required by this chapter prior to assignment\nin accordance with KRS 13A.290(6);\n(b) A legislative committee as the last step required by this chapter for an\nordinary administr ative regulation before becoming effective upon\nadjournment in accordance with KRS 13A.331(1) and (2); or\n(c) A legislative committee as an emergency administrative regulation being\nreviewed after assignment in accordance with KRS 13A.290(6) and (7);\n(11) \"Last effective date\" means the latter of:\n(a) The most recent date an ordinary administrative regulation became effective,\nwithout including the date a technical amendment was made pursuant to KRS\n13A.040(10), 13A.2255(2), or 13A.312; or\n(b) The date a ce rtification letter was filed with the regulations compiler for that\nadministrative regulation pursuant to KRS 13A.3104(4), if the letter stated\nthat the administrative regulation shall remain in effect without amendment;\n(12) \"Legislative committee\" means an interim joint committee, a House or Senate\nstanding committee, a statutory committee, or a subcommittee of the Legislative\nResearch Commission;\n(13) \"Local government\" means and includes a city, county, urban -county, charter\ncounty, consolidated local g overnment, special district, or a quasi -governmental\nbody authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes or a local ordinance;\n(14) \"Major economic impact\" means the combined implementation and compliance\ncosts of an administrative regulation are at least fiv e hundred thousand dollars\n($500,000) over any two (2) year period;\n(15) \"Proposed administrative regulation\" means an administrative regulation that:\n(a) Has been filed by an administrative body; and\n(b) Has not become effective or been withdrawn;\n(16) \"Regulatory impact analysis\" means a written statement containing the provisions\nrequired by KRS 13A.240;\n(17) \"Signature\" means the application of letters or numbers that signify the intent to\nsign, are uniquely linked to the signer, and are:\n(a) Produced by manual or handwritten means;\n(b) An image of the manual or handwritten signature produced under paragraph\n(a) of this subsection; or\n(c) Produced by using a digital signature scheme or electronic confirmation\nmethod that allows for verification of authenticity;\n(18) \"Small business\" means a business entity, including its affiliates, that:\n(a) Is independently owned and operated; and\n(b) 1. Employs fewer than one hundred fifty (150) full-time employees or their\nequivalent; or\n2. Has gross annual sales of less than six million dollars ($6,000,000);\n(19) \"Statement of consideration\" means the document required by KRS 13A.280 in\nwhich the administrative body summarizes the comments received, its responses to\nthose comments, and the a ction taken, if any, as a result of those comments and\nresponses;\n(20) \"Subcommittee\" means the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee of the\nLegislative Research Commission;\n(21) \"Tiering\" means the tailoring of regulatory requirements to fit the p articular\ncircumstances surrounding regulated entities; and\n(22) \"Written comments\" means comments submitted to the administrative body's\ncontact person identified pursuant to KRS 13A.220(6)(d) via hand delivery, United\nStates mail, email, or facsimile and  may include but is not limited to comments\nsubmitted internally from within the promulgating administrative body or from\nanother administrative body.","path":["KRS Chapter 13A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56286","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:30Z","sha256":"a2dc381ed1a0e33cd2b127d0a9e570ad89ecd179bbebeffb48350f55abfc6252","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-139.990","next":"us-ky/krs-13a.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}