2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 6 - THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 6.767 Prohibitions against acceptance of campaign contributions from legislative agents at any time and from employers of legislative agents or permanent committees during regular sessions -- Penalties -- Defenses.
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6.767
Prohibitions against acceptance of campaign contributions from legislative
agents at any time and from employers of legislative agents or permanent
committees during regular sessions -- Penalties -- Defenses.
(1)
A member of the General Assembly, candidate for the General Assembly, or his or
her campaign committee shall not accept a campaign contribution from a legislative
agent. Violation of this provision is ethical misconduct.
A member of the General Assembly, candidate for the General Assembly, or his or
her campaign committee shall not, during a regular session of the General
Assembly, accept a campaign contribution from an employer of a legislative agent,
or from a permanent committee as defined in KRS 121.015. This subsection shall
not apply to candidates for the General Assembly in a special election held during a
regular session of the General Assembly. Violation of this provision is ethical
misconduct.
It shall be a complete defense under this section if the legislator, candidate, or his or
her campaign committee receives a campaign contribution from a legislative agent
or, during a regular session, from an employer or from a permanent committee,
which fact is unknown to the legislator, candidate, or committee at the time of
receipt, if the legislator, candidate, or his or her campaign committee either returns
the contribution within thirty (30) days of receipt, and within fourteen (14)
additional days makes that fact, together with the name of the contributor, amount
of the contribution, and the date of return or payment known, in writing to the
commission. It shall also be a defense if a legislator, candidate, or his or her
campaign committee receives a campaign contribution from a legislative agent
whose name does not yet appear on the list of legislative agents and their employers
furnished to the Legislative Research Commission if the legislator, candidate, or his
or her campaign committee returns the campaign contribution within thirty (30)
days of the Legislative Research Commission's receipt of the list bearing the name
of the legislative agent and all employers and makes the written disclosure to the
commission required in this subsection. The time periods shall be tolled upon the
filing with the commission of a request for an advisory opinion regarding the
campaign contribution. Upon the issuance of the opinion or decision not to render
an opinion, the time period shall resume.
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Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2014. -- Created
1993 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 17, effective September 16, 1993.
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