| Last Action | 03/04/26: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Office of Public Defense. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 2302 |
| Sponsors | T. Roberts, S. Doan, J. Calloway, R. Dotson, J. Hodgson, T. Huff, B. Wesley |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to define terms; establish the Office of Public Defense within the Department of Kentucky State Police to acquire and transfer machine guns to qualified persons; establish the duties of the office and its director; require the director or designee to issue a transfer certificate upon transfer of a machine gun to a qualified person; require a qualified person who becomes ineligible to possess a firearm to return a machine gun to the office within 7 days of learning of his or her prohibited status; allow a qualified person to transfer a machine gun to another qualified person; establish the public defense fund; provide civil immunity to the Commonwealth, the office, and the office's director, officers, and employees in the performance of their duties; provide that the Commonwealth, the office, and the office's director, officers, and employees shall not be civilly or criminally liable for acts or omissions of qualified persons; amend KRS 12.020 and 15A.020 to conform. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Firearms And Weapons - Office of Public Defense, machine gun transfers Funds - Public defense fund, establishment Homeland Security - Office of Public Defense, establishment Military Affairs And Civil Defense - Office of Public Defense, establishment Police, State - Office of Public Defense, establishment State Agencies - Department of Kentucky State Police, Office of Public Defense, establishment |
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