2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 7 - LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION 7.505 Web site to provide public access to expenditure records of legislative branch -- Monthly and weekly updates -- Commission is sole custodian of information and records -- Branches to share software and applications.
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7.505 Web site to provide public access to expenditure records of legislative
branch -- Monthly and weekly updates -- Commission is sole custodian of
information and records -- Branches to share software and applications.
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By January 1, 2012, the Legislative Research Commission shall provide public
access to records relating to expenditures of the legislative 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 Legislative Branch Budget; and
(d) A link to the public access Web site displays of the executive and judicial
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 Commission shall maintain exclusive control and be considered the sole
custodian of all information and records generated by and through activity of
the legislative branch of government, notwithstanding the situs of the
information and records in another branch of government, and disclosure
thereof shall only be by the Commission 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
26A.260 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 26A.260
and 42.032.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011.
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