As used in KRS § 15A.210 to KRS § 15A.240 and KRS § 15A.990:
(1) “Certified juvenile facility staff” means individuals who meet the qualifications of, and who have completed a course of education and training developed and approved by, the Department of Juvenile Justice;
(2) “Secure juvenile detention facility” means any facility used for the secure detention of children other than a jail, police station, lockup, or any building which is a part of or attached to any facility in which adult prisoners are confined or which shares staff with a facility in which adult prisoners are confined;
(3) “Youth alternative center” means a nonsecure facility, approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice, for the nonsecure detention of juveniles; and
(4) The term “facility” or “facilities” as used in KRS § 15A.210 to KRS § 15A.240 shall mean the facilities defined in this section.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2014. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
534, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 72, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 443, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 130, effective April 10, 1988. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 172, effective July 1, 1987.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This statute has been amended by
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 443 (making a substantive nonrevisory change) and ch. 426 (which made a name change due to reorganization and is revisory in nature). The nonrevisory change prevails. KRS § 7.136(3).
Legislative Research Commission Note. Acts 1986, ch. 423, § 199 provides: “KRS
446.250 to 446.320 to the contrary notwithstanding, Acts 1986, ch. 423 shall prevail in the event of a conflict between Acts 1986, ch. 423 and other Acts passed by the
1986 Regular Session of the General Assembly.”