Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVII. Economic Security and Public Welfare § 196.044.Annual calculations of cost savings resulting from 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158; deposit in criminal justice reinvestment fund

(a) “Cost savings” means the ending balance excluding any necessary government expenses as identified in an enacted appropriations bill and any agency transfers that occurred in the same fiscal year from which an ending balance is realized;

(b) “Criminal justice reinvestment fund” means the fund established in KRS 196.042; and

(c) “Ending balance” means the remaining general fund moneys unexpended for the fiscal year in which those funds were appropriated by the General Assembly.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any cost savings calculated pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall not lapse but shall be deposited by the department into the criminal justice reinvestment fund.

(b) If no cost savings are calculated pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, no funds shall be deposited into the criminal justice reinvestment fund.