KY HB47 | 2012 | Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 47 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-24 - WITHDRAWN
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Summary

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; 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 administrative 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; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2012.

Title

AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-24		WITHDRAWN
2012-01-12		reassigned to Judiciary (H)
2012-01-12		posted in committee
2012-01-03		to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2012-01-03		introduced in House
2012-10-05		To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government