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227.500 Authority to fix penalty.
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A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government may
fix as a penalty for the violation of any ordinance or resolution passed under the
provisions of KRS 227.200 to 227.500, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars
($25) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), or imprisonment for not more
than ninety (90) days, or both.
If properly recommended by an electrical inspector under KRS 227.495, a city,
county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government may fix as a
penalty for the violation of any ordinance or resolution passed under the provisions
of this chapter, the Uniform State Building Code, or the standards of safety of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first
offense, and a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each subsequent offense.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
384, sec. 94, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 7. -Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 7.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 6,
provides that the Act, which included an amendment to this statute, shall be known
and may be cited as "Isaac's Act."
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