Title II, Legislative Branch
7 chapters · 343 sections in this title.
KRS § 6.955 Fiscal note required for bill or resolution of Legislature or executive order relating to local government
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relating to local government. (1) No bill or resolution which relates to any aspect of local government or any service provided thereby shall be voted on by either chamber of the General Assembly unless a fiscal note has been prepared and attached to the bill pursuant to KRS 6.96…
KRS § 6.960 Preparation of fiscal note for bill introduced in General Assembly or executive order
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executive order. (1) The director of the Legislative Research Commission shall have the fiscal note prepared by the Legislative Research Commission or by other departments or agencies of state government for any bill introduced before the General Assembly which relates to any asp…
KRS § 6.965 Contents of fiscal note -- State mandate determination -- Copies to be furnished to local officials
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furnished to local officials. (1) A fiscal note shall state whether the bill or order is determined to be a state mandate. Such determination shall be made by the director of the Legislative Research Commission except as provided by subsection (2) of this section. If the bill or …
KRS § 6.970 Fiscal note information system on local government's financial condition
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The Legislative Research Commission shall be responsible for compiling, analyzing, and collecting fiscal and other information from local governments necessary for the preparation of fiscal notes. An information system shall be developed and designed to provide sufficient continu…
KRS § 6.975 Requests for information from local government
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The Legislative Research Commission may submit to any unit of local or state government any request for information concerning local fiscal management and fiscal conditions. Each unit shall be required to comply with such requests. Where information sought by the Legislative Rese…
KRS § 7A.010 Definitions for KRS 7A.010 to 7A.170
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As used in KRS 7A.010 to 7A.170: (1) "Capital project" means: (a) Any undertaking which is to be financed or funded through an appropriation by the General Assembly of general fund, road fund, bond fund, trust and agency fund, or federal fund moneys, where the expenditure is a ca…
KRS § 7B.010 Legislative findings
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The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The growing complexity and interdependence of the modern world, demonstrated by such issues as global environmental change, changing workforce development needs, the aging population, international trade, the number of working poo…
KRS § 7B.020 Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center -- Status -- Executive director
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director. (1) The Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center is hereby established. The center shall be governed by a board with representation from the executive and legislative branches of state government and the private and civic sectors, universities, and local governments. (…
KRS § 7B.030 Board -- Membership -- Terms -- Removal -- Vacancies -- Vote required to act
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act. (1) The board of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center shall consist of twenty-one (21) members, including ten (10) members selected from state government and eleven (11) at-large members selected from the private and civic sectors, universities, and local government…
KRS § 7B.040 Powers of board
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(1) The board may: (a) Use studies, surveys, plans, data, and other materials in the possession of any state agency. Upon request by the board, an agency shall make materials available to the board; (b) Promulgate, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, administrative regulations necessary…
KRS § 7B.050 Term and powers of executive director -- Employees
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(1) The executive director of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center shall serve at the pleasure of the center's board. (2) The executive director may employ staff, incur travel and other miscellaneous expenses, and authorize staff travel as necessary to carry out the duti…
KRS § 7B.060 Purpose of center -- Statewide scanning program -- Biennial trends report -- Other duties
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- Other duties. (1) The purpose of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center is to serve as a catalyst to change the way decisions are made in government by providing decision-makers a broader context in which to make decisions, taking into consideration the long-term implica…
KRS § 7B.070 Coordination by center of long-term planning -- Relationships with state agencies -- Use of center's findings and recommendations
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agencies -- Use of center's findings and recommendations. (1) The center shall serve as a mechanism for coordinating resources and groups to focus on long-term planning; (2) The center shall solicit input from the Legislative Research Commission, the Governor's Office for Policy …
KRS § 7B.080 Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center fund -- Investment of moneys -- Appropriations
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moneys -- Appropriations. (1) The operation of the center shall be funded from the restricted agency fund established in subsection (3) of this section. (2) There is hereby established a fiduciary fund to be entitled the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center fund. The fund ma…
KRS § 7B.090 Short title for KRS 7B.010 to 7B.090
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KRS 7B.010 to 7B.090 may be cited as the Rose-Blandford Long-Term Policy Act.
KRS § 7.090 Legislative Research Commission -- Membership -- Vacancies -- Meetings -- Vote required to act -- Compensation -- Director -- Qualifications -- Personnel -- Work-related incentive program -- Notice of issue involving General Assembly member that may result in litigation against General Assembly or LRC -- Contracts -- Display of In God We Trust
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Vote required to act -- Compensation -- Director -- Qualifications -- Personnel -- Work-related incentive program -- Notice of issue involving General Assembly member that may result in litigation against General Assembly or LRC -- Contracts -- Display of In God We Trust. (1) The…
KRS § 7.095 Fees for publication -- Disposition
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The Legislative Research Commission may prescribe reasonable fees for general distribution of its publications. All such fees paid to the Commission and not expressly required to be placed in other funds shall be placed in the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving, trust or…
KRS § 7.100 Duties of Legislative Research Commission
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It shall be the duty of the Legislative Research Commission to: (1) Maintain in the State Capitol or State Capitol Annex for the use and information of the General Assembly, a legislative reference room and working library; collect, summarize, and index information of a legislati…
KRS § 7A.100 Capital Planning Advisory Board of the General Assembly established
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The Capital Planning Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly is established. The members of this board shall represent all three (3) branches of government and are empowered to prepare a comprehensive state capital improvement plan and to make funding recommendations to e…
KRS § 7.101 Required sexual and workplace harassment training for General Assembly members
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members. The Legislative Research Commission shall require all members of the General Assembly to attend a sexual and workplace harassment training course to be held at the beginning of each session of the General Assembly. The Legislative Research Commission shall coordinate the…
KRS § 7.103 Interim joint committees -- Monthly meeting schedule -- Commission authorized to adopt new interim joint committee structure
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authorized to adopt new interim joint committee structure. (1) (a) The monthly meeting schedule for interim joint committees of the Legislative Research Commission shall begin on June 1 and continue through December 1 of each year. During that period, upon agreement of the co-cha…
KRS § 7.105 Distribution of Legislative Record
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The Legislative Research Commission shall provide and mail immediately upon publication one (1) copy of the "final executive action" issue of the Legislative Record, and one (1) copy of each interim Legislative Record, free of charge, to the main library of each county library sy…
KRS § 7.107 Definitions
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As used in KRS 7.110, 7.320 and 48.800, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Public agency" means every state or local office, state department, division, bureau, board, commission and authority; every legislative board, commission, committee and officer; every county and …
KRS § 7A.110 Membership of board -- Meetings -- Vote required to act. (Effective until January 1, 2027)
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January 1, 2027) (1) The Capital Planning Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly shall consist of sixteen (16) members. The manner of appointment and terms of the members of the board shall be as follows: (a) Four (4) members shall be appointed by the Governor to represe…
KRS § 7.110 Power to secure information -- Coercing production of evidence -- Cooperation of other agencies -- Cooperation with other states -- Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws -- Subcommittee and citizens' committee reports and recommendations
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Cooperation of other agencies -- Cooperation with other states -- Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws -- Subcommittee and citizens' committee reports and recommendations. (1) The Commission, its co-chairmen or director, any other member of the General Assembly autho…
KRS § 7.1105 Persons with disabilities or members of their families to be included in membership of boards and committees affecting them -- Prohibition against discrimination
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membership of boards and committees affecting them -- Prohibition against discrimination. (1) To ensure opportunities for participation by persons with disabilities and their families in the development of policies, support, and services that affect them: (a) Persons with one (1)…
KRS § 7.1106 Membership on boards, task forces, and commissions and participation in programs consistent with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act -- Disability awareness program
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programs consistent with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act -- Disability awareness program. To ensure that Kentuckians with disabilities and their families enjoy full partnership in all programs, services, and activities throughout the Commonwealth: (1) Consistent with …
KRS § 7.111 Right of access to information, when
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(1) The Department of Kentucky State Police, Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide access to their databases and the centralized criminal history record …
KRS § 7.112 Information to be provided free of charge
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Any public officer or official, agency, or organization of state or local government required or requested to furnish information or data to the Legislative Research Commission, a subcommittee, task force, or other body associated therewith shall do so without any fees or charges…
KRS § 7.115 Testimony of members of interim subcommittees of Legislative Research Commission
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Commission. The chairmen and members of the interim subcommittees of the Legislative Research Commission may, subject to the approval of the Commission, appear and testify before committees of the Congress of the United States on all matters involving federal-state relations and …
KRS § 7.117 Legislative drafting communications not subject to disclosure -- Application
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(1) A member of the General Assembly is immune from disclosing in a civil or criminal court proceeding, or in an administrative or legislative proceeding, any communication: (a) Made by the member of the General Assembly to a member of the staff of the Legislative Research Commis…
KRS § 7.119 Inspection of legislative records by Kentucky resident -- Request to be sent to director -- Records not subject to disclosure -- Review of determination
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director -- Records not subject to disclosure -- Review of determination. (1) Records in the custody of the Legislative Research Commission or the General Assembly shall be available for distribution to the public, or open for inspection by any person who is a resident of the Com…
KRS § 7A.120 State capital improvement plan
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(1) Every two (2) years, the board shall prepare a state capital improvement plan containing its proposals for state spending for capital projects. (2) Copies of the plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission no later than …
KRS § 7.120 Statute revision functions of Commission -- Records -- Confidentiality of drafts of legislative proposals
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drafts of legislative proposals. (1) The Legislative Research Commission shall formulate, supervise, and execute plans and methods for the future revision, clarification, classification, codification, and arrangement of the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes. (2) T…
KRS § 7.123 Effect of revisory act on other acts adopted at same session
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If any act to revise and correct the Kentucky Revised Statutes adopted during a session of the General Assembly: (1) Amends or repeals and reenacts a statute section also amended or repealed and reenacted by another act adopted at the same session, then effect shall be given to b…
KRS § 7A.130 Public hearings
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The board may conduct public hearings in furtherance of its general purposes at places designated by it, at which hearings it may request the appearance of officials of any state agency and solicit the testimony of interested groups and the general public.
KRS § 7.131 Official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes
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(1) The Legislative Research Commission shall maintain the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes in an electronic database that shall be used in bill drafting for the Kentucky General Assembly and made available to the public as provided by KRS 7.500. (2) The official…
KRS § 7.132 Designation of certified versions of KRS -- Standards -- Distribution to state law library
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law library. (1) In response to a written request from a publisher, the Commission may designate a version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes as a certified version if: (a) The version meets the requirements of KRS 7.134; and (b) The publisher of the version enters into a written a…
KRS § 7.134 Contents of certified versions of KRS -- Format -- Requirements for certificate
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certificate. (1) Certified versions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes shall contain: (a) The Constitution of the United States; (b) The Constitution of this Commonwealth; (c) The text of all laws contained in the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; (d) A full and ac…
KRS § 7.136 Alterations permitted in maintaining official version of KRS
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(1) The Commission, in maintaining the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, shall not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any act of the General Assembly, but may: (a) Renumber sections and parts of sections of the acts of the General Assembly; (b) Change the wor…
KRS § 7.138 Manner of amendment or repeal of KRS sections -- Official or certified version to be used in judicial or administrative proceeding -- Procedure in event of difference between official and certified versions
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version to be used in judicial or administrative proceeding -- Procedure in event of difference between official and certified versions. (1) Any section in the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes may be amended or repealed by reference to the section number, without…
KRS § 7A.140 Administrative regulations
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The board may adopt any administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A necessary to carry out its planning and advisory functions as provided by KRS 7A.010 to 7A.170.
KRS § 7.140 Reviser of statutes -- Appointment -- Duties
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(1) The execution of the functions provided for in KRS 7.120, 7.131, 7.132, 7.134, 7.136, 7.138, and this section shall be carried out by a reviser of statutes, who shall be appointed by the Commission upon recommendation of the director. The reviser may be removed only upon the …
KRS § 7A.150 Legislative Research Commission's responsibility for staffing and operating costs of board
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costs of board. The Legislative Research Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the employment of personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 7A.010 to 7A.170. Staff and operating costs of the Capital Planning Advisory Board shall be provided from the budget…
KRS § 7A.160 Use of existing studies, surveys, plans, and data
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The board may make use of existing studies, surveys, plans, data, and other materials in the possession of any state agency. Upon request by the board, an agency shall make these materials available to the board so that the board may have current information on the capital plans …
KRS § 7A.170 Advisory committees
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The officers and personnel of any state agency and any other person may serve at the request of the board upon any advisory committees that the board may create. State officers and personnel may serve upon these advisory committees without forfeiture of office or employment and w…
KRS § 7A.180 Definitions for KRS 7A.180 to 7A.190
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As used in KRS 7A.180 to 7A.190: (1) "Application" means software components resting on infrastructure that may be used to create, use, store, or share data and information to enable support of a business function; (2) "Committee" means the Information Technology Oversight Commit…
KRS § 7A.185 Information Technology Oversight Committee -- Membership -- Terms -- Purpose. (Effective until January 1, 2027)
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Purpose. (Effective until January 1, 2027) (1) The Information Technology Oversight Committee is hereby established and shall consist of six (6) members to be appointed as follows: (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint three (3) current members of the Hous…
KRS § 7A.190 State agencies to submit information to committee biennially -- Requirements -- Written report to Legislative Research Commission
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Requirements -- Written report to Legislative Research Commission. (1) The committee, in consultation with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, shall prescribe the form, contents, and manner of submission of data to fulfill the purposes under KRS 7A.185(7) and to provide an inv…
KRS § 7.190 Kentucky-Ireland Trade Commission -- Membership -- Authority -- Report
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(1) The Kentucky-Ireland Trade Commission of the General Assembly is hereby established. The purpose of the commission shall be to: (a) Advance bilateral trade and investment between Kentucky and Ireland; (b) Initiate joint action on policy issues of mutual interest to Kentucky a…