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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 132.100: Referendum on act classifying property for taxation -- Petition.

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  1. KRS Chapter 132

If the General Assembly enacts any act pursuant to Section 171 of the Constitution as

amended, classifying property and providing a lower rate of taxation on personal property

than on real property, the provisions of the act shall be subject to a referendu m upon the

written petition of qualified voters equal to at least five percent (5%) of the votes cast in

the state for a slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor at the last

preceding regular election. The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not more

than four (4) months after the final adjournment of the General Assembly that passed the

act on which the referendum is demanded, and shall specify the act or the item, section or

part of the act on which the referendum is demand ed. The petition shall be uniform in

size and style and shall be assembled in one (1) instrument for filing. Each sheet of the

petition shall contain the names of voters from one (1) voting precinct only, and shall

include the name, number and designation of the precinct in which the voters signing the

petition live. The inclusion of an invalid signature on a page shall not invalidate the entire

page of the petition, but shall instead result in the invalid signature being stricken and not

counted. Each signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pen and shall be followed by

the printed name, residence address, and Social Security number or date of birth of legal

voters.

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