Kentucky Senate Bill 53 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-06 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 6.611 of the Code of Legislative Ethics to include food and beverages consumed on the premises in the definition of "anything of value"; amend KRS 6.686 to permit the Commission to dismiss a complaint without prejudice if a complainant or person acting in cooperation with the complainant publicly discloses or comments upon the existence of a complaint or preliminary inquiry; amend KRS 6.767 to prohibit a legislator, a candidate for the General Assembly, or his campaign committee from accepting, during a regular session of the General Assembly, a campaign contribution from an employer of a legislative agent, or from a permanent committee as defined in KRS 121.015 and to change the grace period to return a prohibited contribution from fourteen to thirty days; amend KRS 6.811 to prohibit a legislative agent or employer from offering or giving anything of value to a candidate for the General Assembly or to a legislator's or a candidate's spouse or child; prohibit a legislative agent from directly soliciting campaign contributions for a legislator or candidate; prohibit an employer of a legislative agent from making a campaign contribution to a legislator, candidate, or campaign committee for a legislator or candidate during a regular session of the General Assembly; delete the provision allowing each legislative agent and his employer to spend up to $100 annually on food and beverages for each legislator and his immediate family; amend KRS 6.821 to conform.

AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.

Sen. Julian Carroll [D]

Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]

Sen. Dennis Parrett [D]

Sen. Kathy Stein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-06		to State & Local Government (S)
2011-01-05		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/SB53.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/SB53/bill.doc