Kentucky House Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-10 - posted in committee
Pending: House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS 118A to establish the clean judicial elections fund; define terms; establish fund to distribute transfers to certified judicial candidates; provide that the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance administer the fund and promulgate necessary administrative regulations; designate that moneys in the fund be invested in accordance with regulations developed by the State Investment Commission; require the registry to publish information about campaign expenditures in the judicial campaigns of the previous year; establish requirements to be designated a certified judicial candidate and gain access to the fund; provide guidelines for distribution of funds to certified judicial candidates; direct that judicial review of any final action of the registry be expedited by the court; provide for a civil penalty up to $10,000 for an actual violation of these provisions, and a Class D felony for any knowing violation of these provisions; provide that a person entitled to a state tax refund may designate on their income tax return an amount to be credited to the fund; permit the Supreme Court to require members of the Kentucky Bar Association to submit an annual fixed amount not to exceed $25 to be dedicated to the clean judicial elections fund; provide for a January 1, 2012 effective date.

AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns.

Rep. Tom Riner [D]

Rep. Jim Wayne [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-10		posted in committee
2011-01-04		to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2011-01-04		introduced in House
2011-10-06		To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB21.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB21/bill.doc