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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to establish the Kentucky Gubernatorial Debate Commission; require the commission, when funding is available, to hold at least one gubernatorial debate in each congressional district in a gubernatorial election year; allow the commission, when funding is available, to hold debates among candidates for Lieutenant Governor; establish membership of the commission; set rules for members' reimbursement, terms of service, and meetings; encourage broadcast media to carry the debates; allow the commission to seek and accept grants from public and private sources.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Conflict of Interest, Corrections Impact, Elections and Voting, Ethics, Ethics, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Public Officers and Employees, Secretary of State, Treasurer
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 11A.010 to define "legal defense trust" and "trustee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to require reporting requirements for a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.040 to prohibit a public servant or officer from accepting donations to a legal defense trust from any person or business who does business with the state; amend KRS 11A.050 to establish when financial disclosure statements are to be filed by a trustee of a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.990 to establish that violation of the donor limitations or filing requirements constitutes a Class D felony and the forfeiture of employment or constitutional or statutory office.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.
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Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.
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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 188) Bill Text Provide that the mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 State/Executive Branch Budget memorandum have the force and effect of law; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Attorney General, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Capital Construction, Conference Committee Reports, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Education, Vocational, Effective Dates, Emergency, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Local Government, Secretary of State, State Agencies, State Employees, Technical Corrections, Treasurer
Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127) Bill Text The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Highway Bonds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $450,394,600 in fiscal year 2007-2008, $26,466,006,200 in fiscal year 2008-2009, and $23,651,187,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010, as follows:
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require each candidate for Governor in the regular election to designate a running mate as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, rather than participating in the primary as part of a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015 to define "slate of candidates" to apply only to the regular election, not to the primary, and to include the candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the slate only after he or she has been designated as a running mate by the candidate for Governor; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 120, and 121 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227, relating to filings by slates of candidates, and KRS 118.227, which establishes the method of filling a vacancy in a slate of candidates before the primary.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Campaign Finance, Contracts, Corrections Impact, Effective Dates, Emergency, Elections and Voting, General Assembly, Governor, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Secretary of State, Title Amendments, Treasurer
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require each candidate for Governor in the regular election to designate a running mate as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, rather than participating in the primary as part of a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015 to define "slate of candidates" to apply only to the regular election, not to the primary, and to include the candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the slate only after he or she has been designated as a running mate by the candidate for Governor; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 120, and 121 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227, relating to filings by slates of candidates, and KRS 118.227, which establishes the method of filling a vacancy in a slate of candidates before the primary.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to establish the Kentucky Gubernatorial Debate Commission; require the commission, when funding is available, to hold at least one gubernatorial debate in each congressional district in a gubernatorial election year; allow the commission, when funding is available, to hold debates among candidates for Lieutenant Governor; establish membership of the commission; set rules for members' reimbursement, terms of service, and meetings; encourage broadcast media to carry the debates; allow the commission to seek and accept grants from public and private sources.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Capital Construction, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Education, Vocational, Effective Dates, Emergency, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Local Government, Secretary of State, State Agencies, State Employees, Treasurer
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 188) Bill Text Provide that the mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 State/Executive Branch Budget memorandum have the force and effect of law; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Attorney General, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Capital Construction, Conference Committee Reports, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Education, Vocational, Effective Dates, Emergency, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Local Government, Secretary of State, State Agencies, State Employees, Technical Corrections, Treasurer
Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127) Bill Text The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Highway Bonds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $450,394,600 in fiscal year 2007-2008, $26,466,006,200 in fiscal year 2008-2009, and $23,651,187,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010, as follows:
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Conflict of Interest, Corrections Impact, Elections and Voting, Ethics, Ethics, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Public Officers and Employees, Secretary of State, Treasurer
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 11A.010 to define "legal defense trust" and "trustee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to require reporting requirements for a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.040 to prohibit a public servant or officer from accepting donations to a legal defense trust from any person or business who does business with the state; amend KRS 11A.050 to establish when financial disclosure statements are to be filed by a trustee of a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.990 to establish that violation of the donor limitations or filing requirements constitutes a Class D felony and the forfeiture of employment or constitutional or statutory office.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.
Also tagged in: Cities, Cities, County Clerks, Elections and Voting, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Local Government, Local Mandate, Secretary of State, Title Amendments, United States
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Campaign Finance, Contracts, Corrections Impact, Effective Dates, Emergency, Elections and Voting, General Assembly, Governor, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Secretary of State, Title Amendments, Treasurer
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...] show full description
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