KRS 118.415: Constitutional amendments.

(1) The General Assembly may state the substance of the amendment proposed to the

Constitution of Kentucky in the form of a question in a manner calculated to inform

the electorate of the substance of the amendment. When an amendment to the

Constitution has be en proposed by the General Assembly, the Secretary of State

shall cause the question calculated to inform the electorate of the substance of the

amendment which is prepared by the General Assembly to be published at least one

(1) time in a newspaper of gen eral circulation published in this state, and shall also

cause to be published at the same time and in the same manner the fact that the

amendment will be submitted to the voters for their acceptance or rejection at the

next regular election at which membe rs of the General Assembly are to be voted

for. The publication shall be made not later than the first Tuesday in August

preceding the election at which the amendment is to be voted on.

(2) The General Assembly shall state the entirety of an amendment to t he Constitution

of Kentucky which has been proposed by the General Assembly in the form of a

question and, not later than April 15 preceding the next regular election at which

members of the General Assembly are to be chosen, shall certify the question to the

Secretary of State to be placed on the ballots.

(3) The Secretary of State, not later than the second Monday after the second Tuesday

in August preceding the next regular election at which members of the General

Assembly are to be chosen in a year in w hich there is not an election for President

and Vice President of the United States, or not later than the Thursday after the first

Tuesday in September preceding a regular election in a year in which there is an

election for President and Vice President o f the United States, shall certify the

substance of the amendment, as stated and certified by the General Assembly, to the

county clerk of each county, and the county clerk shall have the substance of the

amendment, as so certified, indicated on the ballots.

(4) The votes cast for and against the amendment shall be counted, canvassed, and

certified to the Secretary of State in the same manner as the votes cast for any

officer elective by the votes of the whole state. If a majority of the votes cast on the

question are for the amendment, it shall become a part of the Constitution.

(5) The expenses of the publications provided for in this section shall be paid as are the

expenses of other publications that the Secretary of State is required to make in

connection with elections.