16.010 Definitions for KRS 16.010 to 16.199.
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16.010 Definitions for KRS 16.010 to 16.199.
As used in KRS 16.010 to 16.199, unless the context requires otherwise: <br>(1) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; <br>(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of justice and public safety; <br>(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State
Police;
(4) "Officer" means any member of the Department of Kentucky State Police, other
than an individual employed as a Trooper R Class, who possesses the powers of a <br>peace officer;
(5) "Civilian" means such experts, statisticians, clerks, and other assistants who do not
possess the powers of a peace officer;
(6) "Board" means the Department of Kentucky State Police Personnel Board; <br>(7) "Department" means the Department of Kentucky State Police; <br>(8) "Continuous service" for participation in and eligibility for the promotional process
for each rank of officer commissioned under this chapter means: <br>(a) For sergeant, service as a commissioned Kentucky State Police officer that has
not been interrupted by actual separation from the department, whether in the <br>form of resignation, retirement, or termination;
(b) For lieutenant, service in grade as a sergeant that has not been interrupted by
actual separation from the department, whether in the form of resignation, <br>retirement, termination, or by demotion in accordance with KRS 16.140;
(c) For captain, service in grade as lieutenant that has not been interrupted by
actual separation from the department, whether in the form of resignation, <br>retirement, termination, or by demotion in accordance with KRS 16.140; and
(9) "Trooper R Class" means any retired Kentucky State Police officer commissioned
under this chapter who has become reemployed with the department on a <br>contractual basis pursuant to KRS 16.196 to 16.199.
Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 56, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 60, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2006. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 4. -<br>- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 22. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 255, sec. 9. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 1. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 80, sec. 1.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2009). A reference in the lead-in
language of this statute to "KRS 16.010 to 16.185 and Sections 12 to 15 of this Act" <br>in 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, has been changed in codification to "KRS 16.010 to <br>16.199," to account for newly created statutes in 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 75, secs. 1 to 10, <br>and 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, secs. 12 to 15, all of which have been assigned numbers in <br>KRS Chapter 16 within that range of statutes.
Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2006). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 3, states
that the amendments to this statute made in 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 1, "shall only <br>apply to the 2006 Kentucky State Police sworn promotional process and any sworn <br>promotional processes thereafter."
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