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2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 6 - The general assembly
6.080 Disobedient witnesses -- Attempt to corrupt legislator -- Penalty -- Enforcement by Attorney General.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 6.080 (2022)
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6.080 Disobedient witnesses -- Attempt to corrupt legislator -- Penalty -Enforcement by Attorney General. Any person who, after being lawfully summoned by the General Assembly, either house or a committee of either, refuses to attend as a witness, or bring any paper proper to be used as evidence or who, being present, refuses to testify concerning any matter which may be a proper subject of inquiry, and any person who offers or gives a bribe to a member of the General Assembly, or attempts, by other corrupt means, to influence a member to cast or withhold his vote, shall, on conviction as provided by KRS 6.090 to 6.131, be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or imprisoned in the county jail any time during the then current session of the General Assembly, or both. The Attorney General, upon request of any committee of the General Assembly or a co-chair of the Commission, shall enforce this section in the county of residence of the accused person or in Franklin County under KRS 15.210. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1993.
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