Kentucky Senate Bill 223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-21 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 48.005 to direct that any funds of any kind that are recovered through judgment or settlement in any legal action filed by the Attorney General or other statewide constitutional officer shall be deposited into the general fund surplus account following any direct consumer restitution ordered by the court; require constitutional officers to notify the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the State Treasurer when the officer is contemplating settlement or is entering into settlement negotiations in any legal action which may result in the recovery of any funds or assets; prohibit any constitutional officer from executing any agreement that infringes on the appropriation power properly belonging to the General Assembly pursuant to Section 230 of the Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 61.878 to exempt written notifications relating to legal actions that are submitted pursuant to this Act from the open records laws.

AN ACT relating to funds recovered by constitutional officers through legal actions.

Sen. Robin Webb [D]	Sen. Joe Bowen [R]	Sen. Jared Carpenter [R]	Sen. Robert Stivers [R]
Sen. Damon Thayer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-21	House	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2014-03-19	House	received in House
2014-03-18	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-1
2014-03-17	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 18, 2014
2014-03-14	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2014-03-13	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2014-03-11	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2014-03-06	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB223.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB223/bill.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB223/vote_history.pdf