No proxy for shares of a professional service corporation shall be valid unless it shall be given to a qualified person. A voting trust with respect to shares of a professional service corporation shall not be valid unless all the trustees and beneficiaries thereof are qualified persons, except that a voting trust may be validly continued for a period of ten (10) months after the death of a deceased beneficiary or for a period of five (5) months after a beneficiary has become a disqualified person.
Effective: July 15, 2010

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 274.019

  • 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
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Qualified person: means a natural person, partnership, limited liability company, or professional service corporation which is eligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional service corporation. See Kentucky Statutes 274.005
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 89, effective July 15, 2010.
— Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 89, effective June 26, 2007. — Created 1980
Ky. Acts ch. 288, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 183, provides, “The specific textual provisions of Sections 1 to 178 of this Act which reflect amendments made to those sections by 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137 shall be deemed effective as of June 26, 2007, and those provisions are hereby made expressly retroactive to that date, with the remainder of the text of those sections being unaffected by the provisions of this section.”