Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VI. Financial Administration § 45.620.Action against contractor; hiring of minority or woman contractor or subcontractor

(1) The Finance and Administration Cabinet may investigate the employment practices of any contractor or subcontractor to determine if any of the provisions of KRS 45.560 to 45.640 have been violated. If any contractor is found by the cabinet to have engaged in an unlawful practice under KRS 45.560 to 45.640 during the course of performing under a contract or subcontract covered under KRS 45.560 to 45.640, the cabinet shall so certify to the contracting agency and such certification shall be binding upon the contracting agency unless it is reversed in the course of judicial review.

(2) If the contractor is found to have committed an unlawful practice under KRS 45.560 to 45.640, the contracting agency may cancel or terminate the contract, conditioned upon a program for future compliance approved by the contracting agency and the cabinet. The contracting agency may declare such a contractor ineligible to bid on further contracts with that agency until such time as the contractor complies in full with the requirements of KRS 45.560 to 45.640.

(3) The equal employment provisions of KRS 45.560 to 45.640 may be met in part by a contractor by subcontracting to a minority or woman contractor or subcontractor. For the provisions of KRS 45.560 to 45.640, a minority or woman contractor or subcontractor shall mean a business that is owned and controlled by one (1) or more persons disadvantaged by racial, ethnic, or gender circumstances.