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156.838 Prohibited activities.
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No certified or equivalent employee shall be appointed or promoted to, or demoted
or dismissed from, any position or in any way favored or discriminated against with
respect to employment because of political or religious opinions or affiliations,
ethnic origin, sex, disability, or age.
No person shall use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority to
influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for any
person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position requiring
certification or equivalent, or an increase in pay or other advantage in employment
in any such position, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of a
person.
No certified or equivalent employee nor the commissioner shall directly or
indirectly, pay or promise to pay any assessment for political purposes, or solicit or
take any part in soliciting for any political party, or solicit or take any part in
soliciting any political assessment, subscription, contribution, or service. No person
shall solicit any political assessment, subscription, contribution, or service of any
certified or equivalent employee.
No certified or equivalent employee shall be a member of any national, state, or
local committee of a political party, or an officer or member of a committee of a
partisan political club, or a candidate for nomination or election to any paid public
office, or shall take part in the management or affairs of any political party or in any
political campaign, except to exercise the right as a citizen privately to express an
opinion and to cast a vote. Certified or equivalent employees may be candidates for
and occupy a town or school district office if the office is one for which no
compensation, other than a per diem payment, is provided and the election is on a
nonpartisan basis.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Repealed, reenacted, and renumbered 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 22, effective
June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1994;
and ch. 469, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec.
16, effective July 1, 1990.
Formerly codified as KRS 151B.090.
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