Kentucky House Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-04 - floor amendment (1) filed
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 242.020 to allow the cost of a local option election to be refunded if the election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date and the vote is successful; establish requirements for the petition for a local option election; permit the local option question to be placed on the ballot for the next primary or regular election held in that territory; amend KRS 242.030 to permit a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; allow a local option election to be held in any territory less than a county on the same day as an election day for the entire county; limit territories from having a local option election more than once every seven years if the election fails; establish dates by which a petition for a local option election must be filed; amend KRS 242.040 to remove the requirement for sheriffs to advertise the election in the newspaper; require the order for an election to be posted no later than two weeks before the election; amend KRS 242.1242, 242.1244, and 242.022 to conform.

AN ACT relating to elections.

Rep. David Osborne [R]

Rep. Tim Couch [R]

Rep. Ron Crimm [R]

Rep. Richard Heath [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-04	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2016-03-02	House	to Licensing & Occupations (H)
2016-03-01	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB621.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB621/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB621/HFA1.pdf