(1) The secretary and officers and employees of the cabinet designated by order of the secretary shall be peace officers and may arrest any person found violating any provision of this chapter or any civil air regulation promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) The secretary, in his discretion, may commission any official or employee of an airport board or governmental unit not authorized by KRS § 183.880 to establish a safety and security department as peace officers and such persons so commissioned shall have all of the powers of peace officers in respect to the enforcement of this chapter or any civil air regulation promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration and rules and regulations promulgated by airport boards or governmental units.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 183.110

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Federal Aviation Administration: shall mean that agency or board of the United States government empowered to regulate operation of aircraft. See Kentucky Statutes 183.010
  • governmental unit: means any city, or the combination of any two (2) or more thereof, or any county, urban-county government, or combination of two (2) or more such counties, city or cities, acting jointly with any county or counties or an airboard or board established as provided in this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 183.012
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 183.010

History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 300, sec. 1. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(6). — Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 14. — Amended 1958
Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 11. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 165-55.