| Last Action | to State & Local Government (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns and making an appropriation therefor. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Bill Request Number | 1892 |
| Sponsors | R. Webb, R. Thomas |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 118A to establish the clean judicial elections fund; define terms; establish fund to distribute transfers to certified judicial candidates running for Justice of the Supreme Court; 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to 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; amend KRS 21A.140 to permit the Supreme Court to allow members of the Kentucky Bar Association to contribute to the clean judicial elections fund with their bar dues; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2015. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Court, Supreme - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial campaigns, effective January 1, 2015 Effective Dates, Delayed - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial campaigns, effective January 1, 2015 Elections and Voting - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial races, establishment of Judges and Court Commissioners - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial races, establishment of Taxation - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial campaigns, create tax refund designation for Taxation, Income--Individual - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial campaigns, create tax refund designation for Appropriations - Public financing for Supreme Court Justices Campaign Finance - Public financing for Supreme Court judicial campaigns, create program for |
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