{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-238.510","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 238.510","heading":"Office of Charitable Gaming -- Conflicts of interest of staff -- Gaming","body":"investigators.\n(1) The Office of Charitable Gaming is created as an office within the Kentucky Horse\nRacing and Gaming Corporation. Subject to the authority  of the corporation, the\noffice shall license and regulate the conduct of charitable gaming and license and\nregulate charitable organizations that desire to engage in charitable gaming,\ncharitable gaming facilities, manufacturers, and distributors in the C ommonwealth\nof Kentucky in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n(2) The president shall employ necessary staff to administer and enforce the provisions\nof this chapter.\n(3) No employee of the corporation during his or her term of employment shal l be an\nofficer in a charitable organization that is licensed to conduct charitable gaming or\nbe involved in the conduct of charitable gaming as a member of a licensed\ncharitable organization. No employee of the corporation during his or her term of\nemployment shall be licensed as a manufacturer, distributor, or charitable gaming\nfacility, or have a financial interest in any business that is licensed as a\nmanufacturer, distributor, or charitable gaming facility.\n(4) The president may appoint investigators who may have the powers of peace officers\nthroughout the Commonwealth for the purposes of enforcing this chapter and any\nlaw relating directly or indirectly to the conduct of horse racing, pari -mutuel\nwagering, sports wagering, and charitable gaming, as wel l as the enforcement of\nlaws relating to the protection of persons or property on licensed premises. The\npeace officer powers of investigators appointed under this subsection shall be\nlimited to:\n(a) Enforcement of the provisions of KRS Chapters 230 and 238;\n(b) Violations of KRS Chapter 528, relating to:\n1. Unlicensed and illegal gaming;\n2. Gambling offenses committed on licensed premises; and\n3. Gambling offenses committed in conjunction with a legal gaming\nactivity;\n(c) Violations of KRS Chapter 514, relating to theft, embezzlement, or other\nillegal diversions of legal gaming proceeds;\n(d) Violations of KRS Chapters 516 and 517, relating to forge ry and fraud in the\nconduct of legal gaming;\n(e) Violations relating to the damage or destruction of real or personal property\nowned or leased by a licensee; and\n(f) Violation of any criminal felony offense committed:\n1. On licensed gaming premises; and\n2. In the presence of an investigator.\n(5) Horse racing and gaming investigators may satisfy the certification standards\nestablished by the Department of Criminal Justice Training pursuant to KRS\nChapter 15, but this certification shall not be required for a ny investigators hired\nafter July 1, 2025. Horse racing and gaming investigators shall not qualify for\nhazardous duty coverage under the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.","path":["KRS Chapter 238"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58112","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:51Z","sha256":"08144445bf5832e3ac9cb7015213d6f96341e213febf8bfc6d98f6eb62e79f06","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-238.505","next":"us-ky/krs-238.515"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}