6.245 Pre-session filing of bills. - Kentucky Statutes

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6.245 Pre-session filing of bills. (1) Members of the General Assembly and members-elect of the General Assembly who have received their certificates of election are hereby authorized, during such
time as the General Assembly is not in session, to pre-file bills and resolutions for
introduction in the next succeeding regular legislative session with the director of
the Legislative Research Commission. Bills and resolutions which are pre-filed
under the provisions of this section shall be in such final and correct form for
introduction in the General Assembly as required by the constitution, laws and rules
of the respective houses of the Legislature. The original copy of every bill and
resolution pre-filed shall include thereon, immediately below the typed or printed
name of the sponsor thereof, the full signature of said sponsor. (2) The director of the Legislative Research Commission is authorized and directed to receive pre-filed bills and resolutions, to assign numbers for introduction in the
proper house in order of receipt, and, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of
this section, to deliver the original and four (4) copies of each bill and resolution to
the secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the House, as the case may be, on
the first day of the regular session. Pre-filed bills and resolutions shall be considered
as introduced on the day of their delivery to each house. No measure that is filed
and printed pursuant to this section shall be distributed to members, members-elect,
or the public unless the person filing the measure specifically authorizes in writing
such distribution. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, in the event all the persons sponsoring a pre-filed bill or resolution shall have ceased to be members of
the General Assembly at the time of the convening of the next succeeding regular
legislative session, the pre-filing of that bill or resolution shall be considered to be
without effect, and the director of the Legislative Research Commission shall not
deliver the original or copies to the secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the
House. Effective: July 13, 1984.
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 302, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts
ch. 37, sec. 1.