2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 26A - COURT OF JUSTICE 26A.260 Web site to provide public access to expenditure records of judicial branch -- Monthly and weekly updates -- AOC is sole custodian of information and records -- Branches to share software and applications.
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26A.260 Web site to provide public access to expenditure records of judicial
branch -- Monthly and weekly updates -- AOC is sole custodian of
information and records -- Branches to share software and applications.
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By January 1, 2012, the Administrative Office of the Courts, under the direction
of the Chief Justice, shall provide public access to records relating to
expenditures of the judicial branch of state government through display of the
records on a Web site. The Web site shall provide:
(a) Financial information of expenditures not exempt under the provisions of
state or federal law, including:
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The payee name;
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The category or type of the expenditure;
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A description of the reason for the expenditure, if available;
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The expenditure amount; and
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A link to the financial document, if the document is electronically
available;
(b) A searchable format;
(c) Access to the current enacted Judicial Branch Budget; and
(d) A link to the public access Web site displays of the executive and
legislative branches of state government, and of the public institutions of
higher education.
Information on the Web site shall be updated at least on a monthly basis.
However, information on the Web site which is part of, or contained in, an
electronic accounting system utilized by all branches of state government, such
as the Enhanced Management Administrative Reporting System (EMARS),
shall be updated on a weekly basis.
The Administrative Office of the Courts shall maintain exclusive control and be
considered the sole custodian of all information and records generated by and
through activity of the judicial branch of government, notwithstanding the situs
of the information and records in another branch of government, and disclosure
thereof shall only be by the Administrative Office of the Courts in accordance
with applicable law.
In order to reduce Web site development costs and enhance public access and
use of records viewed through Web sites as provided by this section and KRS
7.505 and 42.032, each branch of state government shall freely share with the
other branches of state government the software, software developments, and
all applications, data, and information within its control used for Web site
design, appearance, content, and operation in compliance with, or in
furtherance of, the purposes contemplated by this section and KRS 7.505 and
42.032.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011.
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