{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-17.131","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 17.131","heading":"Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information System -- Committee to","body":"design  and implement  system  -- Uniform policy -- Duties -- Automated\nwarrant system  -- Denial of funds upon  failure of agency  or officer to\nparticipate in system.\n(1) There is hereby established the Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information\nSystem, referred to in this chapter as the \"system.\" The system shall be a joint\neffort of the criminal justice agencies, the Courts of Justice, and the Office of\nHomeland  Security. Notwithstanding any statutes, administrative regulations,\nand policies to the contrary, if standards and technologies other than those set\nby  the Commonwealth  Office of Technology are required, the executive\ndirector of the Commonwealth  Office of Technology shall review, expedite, and\ngrant appropriate exemptions to effectuate the purposes of the unified criminal\njustice information system. Nothing in this section shall be construed to hamper\nany  public officer or official, agency, or organization of state or local\ngovernment  from furnishing information or data that they are required or\nrequested to furnish and which they are allowed to procure by law, to the\nGeneral Assembly, the Legislative Research Commission, or a committee of\neither. For the purposes of this section, \"criminal justice agencies\" include all\ndepartments of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet except the Department of\nPublic  Advocacy,  the  Unified Prosecutorial System,  Commonwealth's\nattorneys, county attorneys, the Transportation Cabinet, the Cabinet for Health\nand Family Services, and any agency with the authority to issue a citation or\nmake  an arrest.\n(2) The program to design, implement, and maintain the system shall be under the\nsupervision of the executive director of the Office of Homeland  Security, in\nconsultation with the executive director of the Commonwealth  Office of\nTechnology and the Administrative Office of the Courts.\n(3) The  executive director of the Office of Homeland  Security, the executive\ndirector of the Commonwealth  Office of Technology, and a representative of\nthe Administrative Office of the Courts, or their respective designees, shall be\nresponsible for recommending  standards, policies, and other matters to the\nsecretary of justice and  public safety for promulgation of administrative\nregulations in accordance with KRS  Chapter 13A to implement the policies,\nstandards, and other matters relating to the system and its operation.\n(4) The  uniform policy shall include a system to enable the criminal justice\nagencies and the courts to share data stored in each other's information\nsystems. Initially, the uniform policy shall maximize the use of existing\ndatabases and platforms through the use of a virtual database created by\nnetwork  linking of existing databases and  platforms among  the various\ndepartments. The uniform policy shall also develop plans for the new open\nsystem platforms before the existing platforms become obsolete.\n(5) All criminal justice and participating public safety agencies shall follow the\npolicies established by administrative regulation for the exchange of data and\nconnection to the system.\n(6) The executive director of the Commonwealth  Office of Technology shall review\nhow  changes to existing criminal justice agency applications impact the new\nintegrated network. Changes to criminal justice agency applications that have\nan  impact on  the integrated network shall be  coordinated through and\napproved  by the executive director of the Office of Homeland  Security, in\nconsultation with the Commonwealth  Office of Technology.\n(7) Any future state-funded expenditures by a criminal justice agency for computer\nplatforms in support of criminal justice applications shall be reviewed by the\nOffice of Homeland Security and the Commonwealth  Office of Technology.\n(8) As part of the unified criminal justice information system, the executive director\nof the Office of Homeland  Security, in consultation with the secretary of the\nJustice and Public Safety Cabinet, the executive director of the Commonwealth\nOffice of Technology, and the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall design\nand implement an automated warrant system. The automated warrant system\nshall be compatible with any similar system required by the federal government\nfor inclusion of state information in federal criminal justice databases.\n(9) Any  criminal justice and public safety agency that does not participate in the\nsystem may be denied access to state and federal grant funds.","path":["KRS Chapter 17"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46876","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:37Z","sha256":"f31931c59e22ac7952b06948e824834e3d85a402ba8bd50c097710a7e421d4a3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-17.130","next":"us-ky/krs-17.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}