<br><br>45A.480 Compliance with workers' compensation insurance and unemployment <br>insurance laws required -- Penalty. <br>(1) No state contract for building, construction, reconstruction, renovation, demolition, <br>or maintenance, or for any activity related to building, construction, reconstruction, <br>renovation, demolition, or maintenance shall be awarded by any agency, <br>department, or office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or any political <br>subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to any person until that person shall <br>assure, by affidavit, that all contractors and subcontractors employed, or that will be <br>employed, under the provisions of the contract shall be in compliance with <br>Kentucky requirements for workers' compensation insurance according to KRS <br>Chapter 342 and unemployment insurance according to KRS Chapter 341. <br>(2) Any person who fails to comply with the assurances required under subsection (1) <br>of this section, upon such finding by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined <br>an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000), or an amount equal to the <br>sum of uninsured and unsatisfied claims brought under the provisions of KRS <br>Chapter 342 and unemployment insurance claims for which no wages were reported <br>as required by KRS Chapter 341, whichever is greater. <br>(3) The penalty imposed in subsection (2) of this section shall be enforced by the <br>county attorney for the county in which the violation occurred. <br>Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. <br><br>