KRS 18A.140: Prohibition against discrimination and political activities.

(1) No person shall be appointed or promoted to, or demoted or dismissed from, any

position in the classified service, or in any way favored or discriminated against

with respect to emp loyment in the classified services because of his political or

religious opinions, affiliations, ethnic origin, sex, race or disability. No person over

the age of forty (40) shall be discriminated against because of age.

(2) No person shall use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority

or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for

any person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position in the

classified service, or an increase in pay o r other advantage in employment in any

such position, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any

person.

(3) No employee in the classified service or member of the board or its executive

director or secretary shall, directly or indi rectly, pay or promise to pay any

assessment for political purposes, or solicit or take any part in soliciting for any

political party, or solicit or take any part in soliciting any political assessment,

subscription, contribution, or service. No person sh all solicit any political

assessment, subscription, contribution, or service of any employee in the classified

service.

(4) No employee in the classified service or member of the board or its executive

director shall be a member of any national, state, or local committee of a political

party, or an officer or member of a committee of a partisan political club, or a

candidate for nomination or election to any paid partisan public office, or shall take

part in the management or affairs of any political party or in any political campaign,

except to exercise his right as a citizen privately to express his opinion and to cast

his vote. Officers or employees of the classified service may be candidates for and

occupy an elected office if the election is on a nonpar tisan basis, the officers or

employees have complied with the requirements of KRS 61.080, and the duties of

the elective office do not interfere with, or create any conflicts of interest with, the

state duties of the officers or employees in the classified service. An employee shall

give notice to his or her appointing authority of his or her intent to run for elective

office upon filing to run for the office.