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6.764 Offices incompatible with being a legislator -- Exception -- Penalties.
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(2)
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A legislator shall not accept any appointment as an officer or employee of the
Commonwealth or any state agency except as provided in subsection (3) of this
section and in Section 165 of the Constitution unless he shall have first resigned his
membership in the General Assembly, and it shall be unlawful for the State
Treasurer to pay any salary by reason of the appointment until the resignation has
been received by the presiding officer of the house of which he is a member.
Violation of this subsection is ethical misconduct.
A legislator shall not accept any appointment or serve as a member of the governing
body of any entity created pursuant to the statutes listed in KRS 65.060 which has
the statutory authority to levy taxes or to set rates unless he shall have first resigned
his membership in the General Assembly. Violation of this provision is ethical
misconduct.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a legislator may
serve on the faculty or staff of any of the state universities or community colleges or
as an employee of a local public school board without resigning his membership in
the General Assembly.
Effective: September 16, 1993
History: Amended 1993 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 16, effective September
16, 1993. -- Amended 1979 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 2, effective
February 10, 1979. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 1, effective February 24,
1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 262, sec. 11.
Formerly codified as KRS 6.800.
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