2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 7 - LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION 7.120 Statute revision functions of Commission -- Records -- Confidentiality of drafts of legislative proposals.
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7.120 Statute revision functions of Commission -- Records -- Confidentiality
of drafts of legislative proposals.
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The Legislative Research Commission shall formulate, supervise, and execute
plans and methods for the future revision, clarification, classification,
codification, and arrangement of the official version of the Kentucky Revised
Statutes.
The Commission shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly such
consolidation, revision, and other matters relating to the statutes as can be
completed from time to time.
The Commission shall keep in its office an accurate and complete record of all
legislation enacted by the General Assembly and shall study same for the
purpose of determining the intention and the effect thereof. The Commission
shall advise and assist the members of the General Assembly in the
preparation and revision of legislation and matters connected therewith. When
preparing and revising legislation for members of the General Assembly, the
Commission shall maintain the confidentiality of each item of legislation which it
is requested to prepare, and of the fact that the request has been made, until
the member or members of the General Assembly having made the request
shall introduce the legislation at a regular or extraordinary session of the
General Assembly or shall in writing authorize its publication by the
Commission. The Commission shall, when requested by the General
Assembly or either house thereof, report to the General Assembly on bills
introduced, calling attention to their effect on existing legislation and to any
deficiencies in their form.
Effective:January 1, 1997
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective January 1, 1997. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 12, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky.
Acts ch. 85, sec. 1(1), (6), and (7), effective June 16, 1966. -- Created 1954 Ky.
Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954.
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