Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95A.210

Current through Acts Received April 24, 2024

Section 95A.210 - Definitions for KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300

As used in KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Commission" means the Kentucky Fire Commission established pursuant to KRS 95A.020;

(2) "Established work schedule" means a work schedule adopted by or required of a local government setting a recurring pattern for time on and off duty for professional firefighters employed by the local government. An established work schedule includes but is not limited to a schedule of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours on duty, followed by forty-eight (48) consecutive hours off duty;

(3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Kentucky Fire Commission;

(4) "Fund" means Firefighters Foundation Program Fund;

(5) "Local government" means any city, county, urban-county government, charter county government, unified local government, consolidated local government, air board created under KRS Chapter 183, or any combination thereof of the Commonwealth;

(6) "Professional firefighter" means any member of a paid municipal fire department organized under KRS Chapter 95, 67A, or 67C, a fire protection district organized under KRS Chapter 75, a county fire department created pursuant to KRS Chapter 67, or any firefighter employed by an air board created under KRS Chapter 183;

(7) "Program" means the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program for firefighters established in KRS 95A.292;

(8) "Scheduled overtime" means work by a professional firefighter in excess of forty (40) hours per week which regularly recurs as part of an established work schedule; and

(9) "Unscheduled overtime" means work by a professional firefighter in excess of forty (40) hours per week which does not regularly recur as part of an established work schedule.

KRS 95A.210

Amended by 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 91,§ 48, eff. 4/15/2020.

Amended by 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 67,§ 8, eff. 7/14/2020.

Amended by 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 67,§ 1, eff. 3/25/2019.

Effective:3/20/2009
Amended 2009, Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 1, effective3/20/2009. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 381, sec. 3, effective 7/14/1992. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 373, sec. 2, effective 7/15/1980.