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439.990 Penalties.
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Any warden or other officer of any prison or any peace officer who willfully fails or
refuses to execute or obey the orders of the department, one (1) of its divisions, or
the board, under any provision of KRS 439.250 to 439.560, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
Any Commonwealth's attorney who willfully violates KRS 439.370 shall be fined
one hundred dollars ($100).
Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 439.500 or 439.510
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding one
(1) year, or both. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to dismiss from office or
employment any officer or other employee of the department convicted for violating
any of the provisions of KRS 439.500.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 107, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 344, sec. 59, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(14). -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 101, secs. 33 and
34, effective May 18, 1956.
History of former KRS 439.990: Repealed 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 34. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 1142b-3, 3838-9.
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