2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 177 - STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHWAYS -- LIMITED ACCESS FACILITIES -- TURNPIKES -- ROAD BONDS -- BILLBOARDS -- RECYCLERS 177.760 Submission of question to the people -- Duties of Secretary of State.
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177.760 Submission of question to the people -- Duties of Secretary of State.
KRS 177.700 to 177.820 shall be submitted to the people of the Commonwealth at
the general election to be held on November 8, 1960. The fact of such submission
shall be publicly advertised in the following ways:
(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, immediately after September 1,
1960, to determine whether the ballot question shall be the one set forth in
KRS 177.740, or the one set forth in KRS 177.750, and to inform the Attorney
General of the Commonwealth of such determination. It shall then be the duty
of the Attorney General to prepare and furnish to the Secretary of State, not
later than September 15, 1960, a form of "Notice of Election," which shall be so
designated, shall conform to any requirements otherwise provided by law for
notices of elections, and further shall set forth the proper ballot question in full,
and KRS 177.700 to 177.820 in full, with provisions for the signature of the
Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of such form of
"Notice of Election" to each of five (5) daily newspapers of bona fide general
circulation, published in different areas of the Commonwealth and selected in
the discretion of the Secretary of State, with directions that the same be
published in each of such newspapers in the form of a legal notice, in one (1)
issue published in each of the calendar weeks commencing on Mondays,
October 10, 17, 24, and 31, 1960, but not in any Sunday issue. Each such
newspaper shall publish the same as directed, in the size type customarily
used by it in publishing legal notices, and shall be entitled to payment
according to its standard prevailing rate for publication of legal notices. After
the last publication, each such newspaper shall provide to the Secretary of
State, with or before its bill for publication, at least three (3) copies of an
affidavit sufficient to constitute proper proof of publication, and if the Secretary
of State finds the same to be in order he shall be authorized to draw a warrant
upon the State Treasurer for payment from uncommitted moneys in the general
fund of the Commonwealth.
(2) The Secretary of State shall deliver a copy of said form of "Notice of Election"
to the state printer, and thereupon the state printer shall promptly prepare and
furnish to the Secretary of State at least one hundred twenty-five (125) copies
of such notice in the form of handbills of sufficient size and type composition as
to be ordinarily legible. The Secretary of State shall furnish a copy of the notice
in such handbill form to the county clerk of each county of the Commonwealth,
and it shall be the duty of each county clerk, upon receiving the same, to post
the same at or near the county courthouse door, or otherwise as notices of
judicial sales and other court proceedings are customarily posted.
(3) Each county clerk shall cause a facsimile of the ballot question to be published
as may be required by law.
(4) If the Secretary of State shall perform in proper and timely fashion each of the
duties provided in this section to be performed by him, any failure of others to
perform duties and functions as herein provided shall not invalidate the election
as to approval or disapproval of KRS 177.700 to 177.820, if upon consideration
of the Commonwealth as a whole, it shall appear that the qualified voters were
fairly apprised of the election.
Effective:June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 302, effective June 17, 1978. -Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 8, effective June 16, 1960.
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