Learn About The Law
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 171.780 to 171.788, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commission” means the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission.
(2) “Military heritage” means any peacetime, wartime, or other military activity engaged in by any or all of the thirteen (13) original colonies prior to the creation of the United States, activities engaged in by the United States, activities engaged in by the Confederate States of America, and activities of the Kentucky Militia, the Kentucky National Guard, the Kentucky Air National Guard, and any other military, quasi-military, or partisan unit operating under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, or which operated within the Commonwealth. It includes, but is not limited to, the activities of any person who was born in Kentucky, who was a resident of Kentucky, or whose remains are interred in Kentucky as well as the activities of formal or informal military units, paid or volunteer.
(3) “Military heritage site” means any historic geographic site of military heritage significance declared as such by the commission, pursuant to KRS 171.782, 171.784, and 171.786.
(4) “Military heritage object” means any building, fortification, statue, monument, marker, work of art, flag, aircraft, field piece, item of military equipment, weapon, or other physical object of military heritage significance declared as such by the commission, pursuant to KRS 171.782, 171.784, and 171.786, including but not limited to buildings, sites, and other landmarks.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIV. Libraries and Archives § 171.780.Definitions for KRS 171.780 to 171.788 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xiv-libraries-and-archives/ky-rev-st-sect-171-780/
FindLaw Codes may not reflect the most recent version of the law in your jurisdiction. Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature before relying on it for your legal needs.
A free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes, visit FindLaw’s Learn About the Law.
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Search our directory by legal issue
Enter information in one or both fields (Required)