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376.195 Definitions for KRS 376.195 and 376.210.
As used in this section and in subsection (1) of KRS 376.210:
(1) "Labor" includes all work done by teams, trucks, machinery, and mechanical
equipment, whether the owner furnishes a driver or operator or not, but it shall
not include labor performed by any officer, superintendent or stockholder of
any corporation even though he may perform manual labor on the public work;
(2) "Materials" includes all materials of every kind or character used in the public
improvement which shall remain as a part of the completed improvement, and
all the materials substantially consumed or the value thereof substantially
destroyed in making the public improvement, including explosives, gasoline, oil,
grease, form lumber and other similar articles; and,
(3) "Supplies" includes small tools and equipment reasonably necessary in
performing the work required to be done, including picks, shovels, sledge
hammers, axes, pulleys, wire cables, ropes, and other similar items costing not
more than fifty dollars ($50) per item, and tires and tubes furnished for use on
vehicles engaged in the performance of the work;
(4) "Supplies" also includes the cost of labor, materials, and repair parts supplied
or furnished for keeping all machinery and equipment used in the performance
of the work in good operating condition; and, shall include the agreed or
reasonable rental price of equipment and machinery used in performing the
work to be done;
(a) The lien for rental of equipment or machinery shall not be more than the
aggregate sum of six (6) months' rental, and the aggregate amount of
such rental shall not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the agreed value of
the machinery or equipment; and
(b) The liens for supplies as defined in this subsection are subordinate to the
liens for labor, material and supplies as defined in subsections (1) to (3) of
this section.
History: Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 155. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts
ch. 255, sec. 261. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 1. -- Created 1954
Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 2.
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