{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-173.850","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 173.850","heading":"Definitions for KRS 173.860 and 173.870.","body":"Unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"State librarian\" means the state librarian as defined in KRS 171.130;\n(2) \"Governmental unit\" means any county or city or urban-county government or other\nagency or instrumentality which is authorized by Kentucky Revised Statutes to levy\nand collect taxes for public purposes; and\n(3) \"Qualifying library\" means any free public library supported in whole or in part with\nmoney derived from taxation, and governed by a board as provided for in KRS\n173.040, 173.340, 173.500 or 173.725, which is located in any county containing a\ncity of the first class, a city with a population equal to or greater than twenty\nthousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, an urban -\ncounty government, or any county in which there are no incorporated areas.","path":["KRS Chapter 173"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43830","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:24Z","sha256":"662543a8596435cd8c9c79720f3a7fb00ca6b588541f3533fafeb9275d2fe58d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-173.810","next":"us-ky/krs-173.860"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}