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KRE 1103: Evidence Rules Review Commission
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- KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE ----- Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/92). Although denominated "rules," the elements of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were enacted as statutes by the Kentucky General Assembly. See 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88; 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324. Originally codified as KRS Chapter 422A in 1990, the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were renumbered by the Reviser of Statutes, effective July 1, 1992, pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34. By an order dated May 12, 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court "adopt[ed] so much of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence as enacted by HB 241 [1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324] as comes within the rule making power of the Court, pursuant to Ky. Const. sec. 116."
(a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or a designated justice shall serve as
chairman of a permanent Evidence Rules Review Commission which shall consist
of the Chief Justice or a designated justice, one (1) additional member of the
judiciary appointed by the Chief Justice, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a member of the
Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association appointed by the President of
the Kentucky Bar Association, and five (5) additional members of the Kentucky bar
appointed to four (4) year terms by the Chief Justice.
(b) The Evidence Rules Review Commission shall meet at the call of the Chief Justice
or a designated justice for the purpose of reviewing proposals for amendment o r
addition to the Kentucky Rules of Evidence, as requested by the Supreme Court or
General Assembly pursuant to KRE 1102. The Commission shall act promptly to
assist the Supreme Court or General Assembly and shall perform its review function
in furtherance of the ideals and objectives described in KRE 102.
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