As used in KRS § 453.260 and KRS § 453.265, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commonwealth” means the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any board, bureau, commission, department, division, authority or other entity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky except for political subdivisions.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 453.255

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(2) “Administrative review board” means any entity of an administrative agency having the jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from final rulings, orders and determinations of that agency or make initial determinations.
(3) “Party” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization other than the Commonwealth.
(4) “Costs” means the reasonable: expenses of expert witnesses, cost of any study, analysis, engineering report, test or project which is found by the court to be necessary for the preparation of the party’s case and necessary attorney fees, and in the case of an action to review an administrative review board decision, all such fees and other expenses incurred in the contested case proceedings in which the decision was rendered.
Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 213, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982.