Com. of Ky. v. Moore

(a) For a Class A misdemeanor, five hundred dollars ($500); or(b) For a Class B misdemeanor, two hundred fifty dollars ($250); or(c) For a violation, two hundred fifty dollars ($250)....(4) Fines required by this section shall not be imposed upon any person determined by the court to be indigent pursuant to KRS Chapter 31.

KRS 534.040 generally establishes the fines that can be imposed for misdemeanors and violations, but subsection (2) expressly excepts from its provisions any "offense defined outside this code" where the fine has been "otherwise provided." "This code" means the Kentucky…