As used in KRS § 439.590 to KRS § 439.630, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;

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(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Department of Corrections; (3) “Department” means the Department of Corrections;
(4) “Facility” means the community correctional center; and
(5) “Relative” means a spouse; child, including stepchild, adopted child, or child as to whom the prisoner, though not a biological parent, has acted in the place of a parent; parent including a person who, though not a biological parent, has acted in the place of a parent; brother; sister; or grandparents.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 322, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 101, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 344, sec. 53, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(14); and ch. 308, sec. 63. — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 293, sec. 1.