House Bill 21

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Title AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 62
Sponsors J. Wayne, T. Riner
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS 118A to establish the clean judicial elections fund; define terms; establish fund to distribute transfers to certified judicial candidates; provide that the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance administer the fund and promulgate necessary administrative regulations; designate that moneys in the fund be invested in accordance with regulations developed by the State Investment Commission; require the registry to publish information about campaign expenditures in the judicial campaigns of the previous year; establish requirements to be designated a certified judicial candidate and gain access to the fund; provide guidelines for distribution of funds to certified judicial candidates; direct that judicial review of any final action of the registry be expedited by the court; provide for a civil penalty up to $10,000 for an actual violation of these provisions, and a Class D felony for any knowing violation of these provisions; provide that a person entitled to a state tax refund may designate on their income tax return an amount to be credited to the fund; permit the Supreme Court to require members of the Kentucky Bar Association to submit an annual fixed amount not to exceed $25 to be dedicated to the clean judicial elections fund; provide for a January 1, 2012 effective date.
Index Headings of Original Version Campaign Finance - Public financing for judicial campaigns, create program for
Court of Appeals - Public financing for campaigns, create program for
Court, Supreme - Public financing for campaigns, create program for
Courts - Public financing for campaigns, create program for
Courts, Circuit - Public financing for campaigns, create program for
Courts, District - Public financing for campaigns, create program for
Effective Dates, Delayed - Public financing for judicial campaign, effective January 1, 2012
Elections and Voting - Public financing for judicial races, establishment of
Judges and Court Commissioners - Public financing for judicial races, establishment of
Taxation - Public financing for judicial campaigns, create tax refund designation for
Taxation, Income--Individual - Public financing for judicial campaigns, create tax refund designation for

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07/20/10
  • Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
10/06/10
  • To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government
01/04/11
  • introduced in House
  • to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
02/10/11
  • posted in committee


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