{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-45.560","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 45.560","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in KRS 45.570 to 45.640, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Contract\" means any binding legal relationship between the Commonwealth of\nKentucky and a contractor for supplies and services, including construction, or for\nthe use of Commonwea lth property, in which the parties, respectively, do not stand\nin the relationship of employer and employee;\n(2) \"Contractor\" means any prime contractor holding a contract with the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky government, and shall include subcontractors when\nthe context so indicates;\n(3) \"Contracting agency\" means the person or persons, board, commission, court,\ncouncil, governing body, employee, or official which is authorized by law to\npurchase or contract for supplies, materials, services, or equipment for the state;\n(4) \"Subcontractor\" means any person, including a corporation, partnership, or business\nassociation of any kind, who holds an agreement or purchase order to perform all or\nany part of the work or to make or furnish any article or service require d for the\nperformance of a negotiated contract or of a subcontract entered thereunder;\n(5) \"Cabinet\" means the Finance and Administration Cabinet; and\n(6) \"Equal employment opportunity job categories\" means the major employment\nclassifications described by  the United States Equal Employment Opportunity\nCommission.","path":["KRS Chapter 45"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=22282","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:05Z","sha256":"955874946287671ffb76a26e983210f79ba8a6ae98b1cdf90b70298b7b21fc67","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-45.550","next":"us-ky/krs-45.565"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}