KRS 7.120: Statute revision functions of Commission -- Records -- Confidentiality of

drafts of legislative proposals.

(1) The Legislative Research Commission shall formulate, supervise, and execute plans

and methods for the future revision, clarification, classifi cation, codification, and

arrangement of the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

(2) The Commission shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly such

consolidation, revision, and other matters relating to the statutes as can be

completed from time to time.

(3) The Commission shall keep in its office an accurate and complete record of all

legislation enacted by the General Assembly and shall study same for the purpose of

determining the intention and the effect thereof. The Commission shal l advise and

assist the members of the General Assembly in the preparation and revision of

legislation and matters connected therewith. When preparing and revising

legislation for members of the General Assembly, the Commission shall maintain

the confidentiality of each item of legislation which it is requested to prepare, and of

the fact that the request has been made, until the member or members of the General

Assembly having made the request shall introduce the legislation at a regular or

extraordinary s ession of the General Assembly or shall in writing authorize its

publication by the Commission. The Commission shall, when requested by the

General Assembly or either house thereof, report to the General Assembly on bills

introduced, calling attention to their effect on existing legislation and to any

deficiencies in their form.