Addition of nonlicensed raster-based datasets of publicly funded Kentucky locations to the Geospatial Data Warehouse -- Exceptions -- Confidentiality
KRS 42.744
in effect42.744. Addition of nonlicensed raster-based datasets of publicly funded Kentucky locations to the Geospatial Data Warehouse -- Exceptions -- Confidentiality
(1) All entities in Kentucky that create or purchase digital ortho-rectified aerial imagery, remotely sensed imagery, LiDAR, digital elevation models, or any other form of nonlicensed raster-based datasets of locations in Kentucky using public funds, in whole or in part, shall provide a copy of the information to the Commonwealth Office of Technology, Division of Geographic Information Systems, without cost, in order to allow the Commonwealth Office of Technology to effectively discharge its statutory responsibility to maintain an accurate and complete central statewide geographic information clearinghouse for official state use. The imagery provided to the Commonwealth Office of Technology shall be added to Kentucky's secure Geospatial Data Warehouse for official government use only.
(2) All entities in Kentucky that create or purchase digital ortho-rectified aerial imagery, remotely sensed imagery, LiDAR, digital elevation models, or any other form of raster-based datasets of locations in Kentucky using public funds, in whole or in part, shall create or purchase that information in a nonlicensed format whenever such a format is available.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to roads, land parcels, structure locations, or other vector-based datasets acquired with public funding.
(4) The Commonwealth Office of Technology shall not disclose to the general public or make available for distribution, download, or purchase any data that an entity providing data under subsection (1) of this section has requested remain confidential.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2022. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 12, effective July 12, 2012. -- Repealed and reenacted 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 14, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. Formerly codified as KRS 11.518.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53180Fetched: 10/20/2026