{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-45a.445","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 45A.445","heading":"Definitions for terms used in KRS 45A.445 to 45A.460.","body":"As used in KRS 45A.445 to 45A.460, unless the context indicates otherwise:\n(1) \"Conspicuously\" shall mean written in such special or distinctive format, print, or\nmanner that a reasonable person against whom it is to operate ought to have noticed\nit.\n(2) \"Confidential information\" shall mean any information which is available to an\nemployee only because of his status as an employee of the local public agency and\nis not a matter of public knowledge or available to the public on request.\n(3) \"Debarment\" shall mean the disqualification of a person to receive invitations for\nbids or requests for proposals, or the award of a contract by the local public agency\nfor a specified period of time.\n(4) \"Financial interest\" shall mean:\n(a) Ownership of any interest or in volvement in any relationship from which, or\nas a result of which, a person has, within the past three (3) years, received or is\npresently or in the future entitled to receive more than one thousand dollars\n($1,000) per year, or its equivalent; or\n(b) Ownership of more than a ten percent (10%) interest in any business; or\n(c) Holding a position in a business such as an officer, director, trustee, partner,\nemployee, or the like, or holding any position of management.\n(5) \"Gratuity\" shall mean a payment, loan , subscription, advance, deposit of money,\nservices, or anything of more than fifty dollars ($50) value, present or promised,\nunless consideration of substantially equal or greater value is received.\n(6) \"Immediate family\" shall mean a spouse, children, gr andchildren, parents,\ngrandparents, brothers and sisters, and such other relatives as designated by the\nlocal public agency.\n(7) \"Official responsibility\" shall mean direct administrative or operating authority,\nwhether intermediate or final, either exerci sable alone or with others, either\npersonally or through subordinates, to approve, disapprove, or otherwise direct local\npublic agency actions.\n(8) \"Suspension\" shall mean the disqualification of any person to receive invitations for\nbids or requests for p roposals, or to be awarded a contract by a local public agency\nfor a temporary period, pending the completion of an investigation and any legal\nproceedings that may ensue.","path":["KRS Chapter 45A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=22423","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:07Z","sha256":"8f5d7e9e1cd2bdad6b6eb504d4a15ccd615b454ff8f615d1540f2dda458aa18b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-45a.440","next":"us-ky/krs-45a.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}