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Cited Statutes Annotation
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 61.870 61.870 Amendment to Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 61.870(1(h) which exempted a private company from the Open Records Act was not retroactive because (1) no authority showed the amendment simply clarified existing law, (2) the amendment was not remedial, and (3) a fiscal court's right to inspect the company's records vested when the fiscal court requested the records before the amendment was enacted. Util. Mgmt. Grp., LLC v. Pike Cty. Fiscal Court, 531 S.W.3d 3, 2017 Ky. LEXIS 441 (Ky. 2017). Link
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 61.870 61.870 Private company was subject to the former Open Records Act because (1) the company could be a “body” under  Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 61.870(1)(h), and (2) the company derived virtually all the company's income from a water district and city.  Util. Mgmt. Grp., LLC v. Pike Cty. Fiscal Court, 531 S.W.3d 3, 2017 Ky. LEXIS 441 (Ky. 2017). Link
Marina Management Service, v. Cabinet for Tourism 61.870 The confidential audited financial reports of privately owned, corporate marina operators were exempt from disclosure under KRS 61.878(1)(c)(1). The Legislative Program Review and Investigation Committee could not obtain nor disclose such records under the Open Records Act, but could obtain access to them for its use in evaluation pursuant to KRS 6.910 without disclosure to the public. Marina Management Servs. v. Cabinet for Tourism, Dep't of Parks, 906 S.W.2d 318, 1995 Ky. LEXIS 62 (Ky. 1995). Link
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