171.780 Definitions for KRS 171.780 to 171.788.

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Page 1 of 1 171.780 Definitions for KRS 171.780 to 171.788. As used in KRS 171.780 to 171.788, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) &quot;Commission&quot; means the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission. <br>(2) &quot;Military heritage&quot; 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 <br>the United States, activities engaged in by the United States, activities engaged in <br>by the Confederate States of America, and activities of the Kentucky Militia, the <br>Kentucky National Guard, the Kentucky Air National Guard, and any other military, <br>quasi-military, or partisan unit operating under the jurisdiction of the <br>Commonwealth, or which operated within the Commonwealth. It includes, but is <br>not limited to, the activities of any person who was born in Kentucky, who was a <br>resident of Kentucky, or whose remains are interred in Kentucky as well as the <br>activities of formal or informal military units, paid or volunteer. (3) &quot;Military heritage site&quot; means any historic geographic site of military heritage significance declared as such by the commission, pursuant to KRS 171.782, <br>171.784, and 171.786. (4) &quot;Military heritage object&quot; means any building, fortification, statue, monument, marker, work of art, flag, aircraft, field piece, item of military equipment, weapon, <br>or other physical object of military heritage significance declared as such by the <br>commission, pursuant to KRS 171.782, 171.784, and 171.786, including but not <br>limited to buildings, sites, and other landmarks. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.