Kentucky Statutes 65.014 – Required use of public funds for election administration
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(1) All costs and expenses related to election administration shall be paid for with public funds.
(2) An employee of a governmental body of a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county government shall not solicit, take, or otherwise accept any private contribution, donation, or anything of value to assist with election administration within this state. This subsection shall not apply to a lawful contract for goods and services or an acceptance of food or nonalcoholic beverages.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2022.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch, 23, sec. 6, provided that that Act, which created this statute, may be cited as the Stop Outside Influence Over Elections Act of 2022.
(2) An employee of a governmental body of a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county government shall not solicit, take, or otherwise accept any private contribution, donation, or anything of value to assist with election administration within this state. This subsection shall not apply to a lawful contract for goods and services or an acceptance of food or nonalcoholic beverages.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 65.014
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- public funds: means sums actually received in cash or negotiable instruments from all sources unless otherwise described by any state agency, state- owned corporation, university, department, cabinet, fiduciary for the benefit of any form of state organization, authority, board, bureau, interstate compact, commission, committee, conference, council, office, or any other form of organization whether or not the money has ever been paid into the Treasury and whether or not the money is still in the Treasury if the money is controlled by any form of state organization, except for those funds the management of which is to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2022.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch, 23, sec. 6, provided that that Act, which created this statute, may be cited as the Stop Outside Influence Over Elections Act of 2022.