Kentucky
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LRC

This search option will search the Kentucky Administrative Regulations, the Kentucky Constitution, all legislative sessions from 1986 to present, all web pages, MSWord (*.doc) and pdf files excluding the Kentucky Revised Statutes for the search phrase.

Administrative Regulations

This search option will search only the Kentucky Administrative Regulations for the search phrase.

KRS (Kentucky Revised Statutes)

This search option will search only the Kentucky Revised Statutes for the search phrase.

Constitution (Kentucky Constitution)

This search option will search only the Kentucky Constitution for the search phrase.

Legislative Record

This search option will search the legislative record from 1986 to present. The current session is selected by default. The All Sessions option will search across all sessions from 1986 to present for the specific phrase. The option is available to select a single session e.g. Regular Session 2013 or multiple sessions to search for the phrase. Please click to select a session and a check mark will be displayed on the right indicating that the session is selected. Clicking the session will select and unselect a session.

Bill Number

This search option will search for a specific bill based on the session selected, bill type and bill number e.g. HB 2 for legislative session 2013. If the prefiled bills option is available, all prefilled bills will be displayed in the dropdown in an ascending order.

Meeting Minutes

This search option will search for phrases within the meeting minutes of various legislative committees.

Search Results

Display

The Search results will be displayed on the right. "Hide Preview" button located at the top left hand corner will hide and display the file preview window. To view the file in a separate tab, click on the "Hide Preview" button. Pagination is provided to step through the results. Every page contains a maximum of a hundred rows. The maximum number of rows of data is limited to five thousand for a search.

Search Type

any of the words or all of the words

Finds a list of words or phases

• use "quotation marks" around phrases
• add + in front of any word or phrase to require it
• add - in front of any word or phrase or to exclude it
• examples:
  banana pear "apple pie"
"apple pie" -salad +"ice cream"

exact phrase

Finds a single phrase (quotation marks are optional)

boolean

Finds a structured group of words or phrases linked by and, or not, w/.

• examples:
  tart apple pie – the entire phrase must be present
  apple pie and pear tart – both phrases must be present
  apple pie or pear tart – either phrase must be present
  apple pie and not pear tart - only apple pie must be present
  apple w/5 pear – apple must occur within 5 words of pear
  apple not w/27 pear - apple must not occur within 27 words of pear
  subject contains apple pie – finds apple pie in a subject field
• use ( ) when a search includes two or more connectors:
  apple and pear or orange could mean (apple and pear) or orange, or it could mean apple and (pear or orange)