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15A.200 Definitions for KRS 15A.210 to 15A.240 and KRS 15A.990.
As used in KRS 15A.210 to 15A.240 and KRS 15A.990:
(1) "Certified juvenile facility staff" means individuals who meet the qualifications of,
and who have completed a course of education and training developed and
approved by, the Department of Juvenile Justice;
(2) "Secure juvenile detention facility" means any facility used for the secure detention
of children other than a jail, police station, lockup, or any building which is a part of
or attached to any facility in which adult prisoners are confined or which shares
staff with a facility in which adult prisoners are confined;
(3) "Youth alternative center" means a nonsecure facility, approved by the Department
of Juvenile Justice, for the nonsecure detention of juveniles; and
(4) The term "facility" or "facilities" as used in KRS 15A.210 to 15A.240 shall mean
the facilities defined in this section.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
534, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 72,
effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 443, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 130, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 423, sec. 172, effective July 1, 1987.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This statute has been amended by
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 443 (making a substantive nonrevisory change) and ch. 426
(which made a name change due to reorganization and is revisory in nature). The
nonrevisory change prevails. KRS 7.136(3).
Legislative Research Commission Note. Acts 1986, ch. 423, § 199 provides: "KRS
446.250 to 446.320 to the contrary notwithstanding, Acts 1986, ch. 423 shall prevail
in the event of a conflict between Acts 1986, ch. 423 and other Acts passed by the
1986 Regular Session of the General Assembly."
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