KRS 57.390: Unsolicited mailings by state agencies -- Publications to be submitted to

Legislative Research Commission and General Assembly online.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Publication" means any annual or biennial report, book, pamphlet,

newsletter, bulle tin, map, calendar, or brochure, of a documentary or

informational nature, whether or not required by statute. The term does not

include news releases; notices, agendas, or minutes of meetings; or budgets

and budget recommendations; and

(b) "State agency" means any executive branch organizational unit or

administrative body, as defined in KRS 12.010, or any agency of the

legislative branch of state government.

(2) A state agency shall not mail a publication to any person who has not requested a

copy of the publication unless the unsolicited mailing is:

(a) Used to market or advertise an agency, event, site, program, or service; or

(b) Determined, in writing, to be essential to the performance of the agency's

statutory mission by:

1. The Governor, if the state agency is in the executive branch; or

2. The General Assembly or the Legislative Research Commission, if the

state agency is in the legislative branch.

(3) The Governor may delegate responsibility under subsection (2) of this section to the

secretaries o f the program cabinets for publication of state agencies within or

attached to their respective cabinets.

(4) If any provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes requires a state agency to submit

a publication annually or biennially to the Legislative Resear ch Commission or to

the General Assembly, the state agency shall submit that publication online rather

than on paper or by means of any other printed medium.