(1) The Legislative Research Commission shall make available to the public in electronic form the following texts:
(a) The Constitution of Kentucky; (b) The Kentucky Revised Statutes; (c) The Kentucky Acts; and

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 7.500

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.

(d) The administrative regulations comprising the Kentucky Administrative
Regulations Service and the Administrative Register of Kentucky.
(2) The information identified in subsection (1) of this section shall be made available to the public by means of access by way of the largest nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer network. The information shall be made available in one (1) or more formats and by one (1) or more means in order to provide the greatest feasible access to the general public in this Commonwealth. Any person who accesses the information may access all or any part of the information. The information shall be made available in the shortest feasible time after the information is available to the Legislative Research Commission.
(3) Any documentation that describes the electronic digital formats of the information identified in subsection (1) of this section and is available to the public shall be made available by means of access by way of the computer network specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Personal information concerning a person who accesses the information made available under this section may be maintained only for the purpose of providing service to the person.
(5) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative Research Commission as a condition of accessing the information that is accessible by way of the computer network specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(6) The information made available to the public under this section shall not be subject to the provisions of KRS § 61.870 to KRS § 61.884.
(7) No action taken pursuant to this section shall be deemed to alter or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement of the Commonwealth of Kentucky relating to any of the information made available under this section.
(8) In addition to the access provided by this section, the Commission may also make available any of the information identified in subsection (1) of this section by any other means of access that would facilitate public access to the information under terms and conditions established by the Commission.
Effective: September 1, 1996
History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 8, effective September 1, 1996.