Kentucky House Bill 230 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-23 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to 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; amend KRS 21A.140 to permit the Supreme Court to allow members of the Kentucky Bar Association to contribute to the clean judicial elections fund with their bar dues; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013.

AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. Jesse Crenshaw [D]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]
Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Darryl Owens [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Jody Richards [D]	Rep. Tom Riner [D]	Rep. Rita Smart [D]
Rep. Jim Wayne [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-23		recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2012-03-23		taken from the Regular Orders of the Day
2012-03-21		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2012
2012-03-15		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-03-14		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2012-03-08		posted in committee
2012-01-25		reassigned to Judiciary (H)
2012-01-11		to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2012-01-09		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB230.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB230/bill.doc