{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-17.157","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 17.157","heading":"Funds withheld for failure to comply.","body":"If any public official or employee, except justices, judges, circuit clerks, and employees\nof the Court of Justice, required to report to the department neglects or refuses to comply\nwith the requests of the department, or its rules governing record system s and their\nmaintenance, the department chief shall give written notice thereof to the person or\npersons authorized by law to disburse funds of the governmental agency to the public\nofficial or employee involved. No funds of the governmental agency shall t hereafter be\npaid to the public official or employee, whether in the form of salary, fees, expenses,\ncompensation, or otherwise, until the department chief notifies the disbursing authority\nthat performance of the required duty has been completed.","path":["KRS Chapter 17"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1217","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:38Z","sha256":"89e375796d84e49169e2ffd7932044f1ae799b280a63d42dc57e2e7051e0cc38","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-17.1531","next":"us-ky/krs-17.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}