{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-199.430","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 199.430","heading":"Witnesses and evidence -- Confidential treatment of information and","body":"records.\n(1) In the discharge of the duties imposed by KRS 199.420 to 199.670 the secretary or\nhis duly authorized representative may administer oaths and affirmations, take\ndepositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of\nwitnesses and production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other\nrecords considered necessary and relevant as evidence in connection with the\nadministration of the cabinet. Such subpoena shall be served in the same manner as\na subpoena issued out of a circuit court. Witnesses subpoenaed shall be allowed\nmileage allowance according to KRS 421.015 for each day their attendance is\nactually required at a hearing.\n(2) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books,\npapers, correspondence, memoranda or other records in response to such subpoena\non the grounds that the evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or\nsubject him to a penalty for forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to\nany suit, penalty, or forfeiture on account of any transaction, matter, or thing\nconcerning which he or his agent or worker is compelled, after having claimed\nprivilege against self -incrimination, to give evidence, except that such witness so\ntestifying shall not be exempt from punishment for perjury.\n(3) All letters, reports, communications, and other matters, written or oral, to the\ncabinet or any of its agents, representatives, or employees, or to any board or\nofficial functioning under KRS 199.420 to 199.670, which have been written, sent,\nor made in connection with the requirements and administration of the cabinet shall\nbe absolutely privileged and shall not be the subject matter  or basis for any suit for\nslander or libel in any court, but no person testifying before the secretary or his duly\nauthorized representative shall be exempt from punishment for perjury. Information\nobtained shall not be published or be open for public ins pection, except to public\nemployees in the performance of their duties, but any interested party at a hearing\nbefore the secretary or his duly authorized representative shall be supplied with\ninformation from such records to the extent necessary for the pr oper presentation of\nhis case.","path":["KRS Chapter 199"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47906","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:53Z","sha256":"44b338d715164c840cba8b303ddaafb5a1525eefc769b1fcb01c2b50339786a8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-199.420","next":"us-ky/krs-199.440"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}