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216.800 Definitions for KRS 216.800 to 216.853.
As used in KRS 216.800 to 216.853 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Agreement" means a written contract between the authority and any city,
county, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth or any combination
thereof, providing for the construction and financing and operation of one or
more projects of the authority;
(2) "Authority" means the Kentucky Health and Geriatric Authority, a body
corporate and politic created by KRS 216.800 to 216.853;
(3) "Bonds" means revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations either in original or
refunded form issued under the provisions of KRS 216.800 to 216.853;
(4) "Cost" means the expenditures for construction, acquisition of land,
rights-of-way, property, rights, easements and interest acquired for such
construction, demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so
acquired, all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and
during construction, engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications,
surveys, cost and revenue estimates, other expenses necessary or incident to
determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing any project,
administrative expenses, and such other expenses necessary or incident to the
construction of a project, the financing of such construction and the placing of
the project into operation. Any expense heretofore incurred by the cabinet on
projects of the authority may be reimbursed to it from the proceeds of revenue
bonds of the authority;
(5) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(6) "Lease" means a written lease made by the authority as lessor and the cabinet,
federal government, city, county, or other political subdivision of the
Commonwealth or any combination thereof;
(7) "Owner" means all individuals, partnerships, associations, or corporations
having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, or interest
authorized by KRS 216.800 to 216.853 to be acquired; and
(8) "Project" means any building, facility, equipment, or structure which the
authority may deem necessary for the promotion of the health of the residents
of the Commonwealth including, but not limited to, hospitals, geriatric centers,
appropriately designed housing for the elderly, medical clinics, rehabilitation
centers, diagnostic centers, extended care centers and such other facilities as
are related to the care, research, and treatment of disease, and all property,
rights, easements, and interest which may be acquired by the authority for the
construction and operation of the project.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 491, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 437, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1). -- Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 132,
sec. 1, effective June 13, 1968.
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