The following definitions apply in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Benefit” means gain or advantage to the beneficiary or to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 518.010

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Public performance: means any form of entertainment other than a sports contest involving machines, persons, animals, or objects that is viewed by the public. See Kentucky Statutes 518.010
  • Sports contest: means any professional or amateur sport, athletic game or contest, or race or contest involving machines, persons, animals, or objects that is viewed by the public. See Kentucky Statutes 518.010

(2) “Event” means a sports contest or other public performance to which the general public is not admitted without consideration.
(3) “Public performance” means any form of entertainment other than a sports contest involving machines, persons, animals, or objects that is viewed by the public.
(4) “Sports contest” means any professional or amateur sport, athletic game or contest, or race or contest involving machines, persons, animals, or objects that is viewed by the public.
(5) “Sports official” means any person who acts or expects to act in a sports contest as an umpire, referee, or judge, or otherwise to officiate at a sports contest.
(6) “Sports participant” means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant, or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contestant, or team.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
286, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 156, effective January
1, 1975.