7.500 Public access to electronic form of Kentucky Constitution, statutes, acts, and administrative regulations. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 7.500 Public access to electronic form of Kentucky Constitution, statutes, acts, and administrative regulations. (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
(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 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.