KRS 11A.226: Dispute resolution with respect to statements of expenditures and

statements of financial transactions.

(1) If a dispute arises between an elected executive official, the secretary of a cabinet

listed in KRS 12.250, an executive agency official, or an y member of the staff of

any of those officials and a real party in interest, an employer, or an executive

agency lobbyist with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in a

statement to be filed under KRS 11A.216 or 11A.221, the official , employee, real

party in interest, employer, or executive agency lobbyist may file a complaint with

the commission. The commission shall investigate the complaint.

(2) The complaint shall be filed at least three (3) days prior to the time the statement is

required to be filed with the commission. The time for filing a disputed expenditure

or financial transaction in any statement of expenditures or the details of a financial

transaction shall be extended pending the final decision of the commission. This

extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed portions of either type

of statement. The commission shall notify the parties of its final decision by

certified mail. If the commission decides the disputed expenditure or financial

transaction should be reported, the employer, a real party in interest, or the

executive agency lobbyist shall include the matter in an amended statement and file

the amended statement not later than ten (10) days after receiving notice of the

decision of the commission by certified mail.

(3) An employer, executive agency lobbyist, or real party in interest who files a false

statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is liable in a civil

action to any official or employee who sustains damage as a r esult of the filing or

publication of the statement.