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Kentucky Revised Statutes

Chapter 248

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. ch. 248

Tobacco

Commonwealth of Kentucky

248.005Legislative finding and declaration on United States Department of Agriculture's Tobacco Price Support Program. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.010Definitions. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.015Tobacco boards of trade -- Powers. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.020Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.025Membership of boards -- Eligibility -- Participation. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.030Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.035Membership required to operate warehouse or purchase tobacco therein. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.040Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.050Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.060Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.070Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.080Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.090Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.100Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.110Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.120Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.130Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.140Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.150Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.160Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.170Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.180Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.190Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.200Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.210Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.220Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.230Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.240Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.250Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.260Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.270Repealed, 1966.Repealed 248.280Storage warehouseman to grade and weigh tobacco -- Receipts. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.290Warehouse license -- Fees. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.300Department to supervise warehouses -- Inspectors and employees. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.310Duties and powers of inspectors. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.320Auctions to be free and open. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.330Combination to control or interfere with bidding prohibited. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.340Preventing persons from bidding or purchasing prohibited. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.350Discrimination prohibited. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.353Enforcement by Attorney General. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.355Class action suit -- Damages, computation and distribution. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.360Repealed, 1978.Repealed 248.370Maximum basket sales per hour -- Hours and days of operation. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.380Sales of vocational education tobacco. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.390Repealed, 2000.Repealed 248.391Height and weight requirements for baskets of tobacco. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.400Commingling of tobacco without grower's consent prohibited. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.410Weighmen must be bonded. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.420Inducement of false report by weighman prohibited. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.430Notice of sales and producers to be posted -- False notice prohibited. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.440Daily reports to be furnished by warehouses and released by department. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.450Equipment used for transporting tobacco during weighing operation to be of uniform weight -- Copy of section to be posted in scale office. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.460Liability of warehouseman for destruction of or damage to tobacco in storage. (Effective until July 15, 2026)248.470Repealed, 1994.Repealed 248.480Repealed, 2021.Repealed 248.500Establishment of Kentucky Tobacco Exhibition Center.248.510Tobacco research board membership -- Compensation -- Meetings -- Quorum.248.520Duties of board.248.530Repealed, 2002.Repealed 248.540Tobacco research-trust fund.248.550Appropriation and use of funds -- Revenue estimates to be supplied by Office of State Budget Director.248.560Proposed research program -- Budget.248.570Records -- Quarterly financial report to board.248.580Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center -- Use of certain state funds.248.610Restriction on use of tobacco stalks -- Exception.248.650Repealed, 2006.Repealed 248.652Repealed, 2006.Repealed 248.654Tobacco settlement agreement fund -- Source of moneys -- Distribution of funds.248.655Rural development fund -- Purpose -- Source of moneys -- Strategic plan for fund distribution -- Annual report and audit.248.656Repealed, 2006.Repealed 248.658Repealed, 2006.Repealed 248.660Repealed, 2006.Repealed 248.662Repealed, 2006.Repealed 248.664List of recipients of moneys from tobacco settlement agreement fund for child support administration.248.701Definitions for KRS 248.701 to 248.727.248.703Allocation of moneys received in tobacco settlement agreement fund from Master Settlement Agreement.248.705Repealed, 2005.Repealed 248.707Agricultural Development Board.248.709Duties of board.248.711Criteria for application for state funds -- Uses and restrictions on funds in counties account -- Administration of agricultural development fund -- Applicant's right to appear before oversight committee.248.713Use of county allocation funding.248.715Committees of board.248.717Creation and implementation of board's programs.248.719Center for Entrepreneurship.248.721County agricultural development councils.248.723Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee -- Membership -- Meetings -- Vote required to act -- Reporting of expenditure under early childhood development fund and the Kentucky health care improvement fund. (Effective until January 1, 2027)248.725Technical assistance provided by Kentucky Department of Agriculture.248.727Responsibilities of agencies and educational institutions receiving agriculturally related funding.248.750Definitions for KRS 248.750 to 248.769.248.752Prohibited acts relating to cigarettes and cigarette packaging.248.754Required filing of copies of customs certificates.248.756Administrative and civil penalties for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 -- Forfeiture of cigarettes.248.758Presumption of purchase outside of the ordinary business channels of trade of certain imported or reimported cigarettes.248.760Violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 as constituting an unfair trade practice -- Applicability of unfair trade practice law.248.762Criminal penalties for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754.248.764Enforcement of KRS 248.752 and 248.754.248.766Injunctive relief for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754.248.769Cigarettes not subject to KRS 248.752 or 248.754 -- Cumulativeness of penalties.248.990Penalties. (Effective until July 15, 2026)