2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 441 JAILS AND COUNTY PRISONERS 441.450 Approval required for remodeling or reconstruction of existing facilities -- When approval not required.
KY Rev Stat § 441.450 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
441.450 Approval required for remodeling or reconstruction of existing facilities -When approval not required.
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Any political subdivision, combination of subdivisions, or regional jail authority
desiring to remodel or reconstruct an existing local correctional facility wherein the
construction will involve physical change of the structure shall obtain the requisite
approvals required by KRS 441.420 to 441.440 and shall reconstruct or modify the
said local correctional facility in accordance with the approval.
Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, existing local correctional
facilities may be renovated without the approval of the construction authority.
However, if the renovation includes an increase in the number of square footage of
the local correctional facility to add prisoner bed space, that renovation shall be
deemed an expansion which shall require the approval of the construction authority
as provided in KRS 441.420 to 441.450.
When an application is made to the construction authority to renovate an existing
local correctional facility by increasing the number of square feet in the local
correctional facility, the authority shall not approve the application unless the
resulting renovation of the local correctional facility results in a facility with a bed
capacity of one hundred (100) inmate beds or more.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 81, effective June 8, 2011. -- Created 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 294, sec. 5.
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