{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-6.080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 6.080","heading":"Disobedient witnesses -- Attempt to corrupt legislator -- Penalty --","body":"Enforcement by Attorney General.\nAny person who, after being lawfully summoned by the General Assembly, either house\nor a committee of either, refuses to attend as a witness, or bring any paper proper to be\nused as evidence or who, being present, refuses to testify concerning any matter which\nmay be a proper subject of inquiry, and any person who offers or gives a bribe to a\nmember of the General Assembly, or attempts, by other  corrupt means, to influence a\nmember to cast or withhold his vote, shall, on conviction as provided by KRS 6.090 to\n6.131, be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or imprisoned in the\ncounty jail any time during the then current session of the General Assembly, or both. The\nAttorney General, upon request of any committee of the General Assembly or a co -chair\nof the Commission, shall enforce this section in the county of residence of the accused\nperson or in Franklin County under KRS 15.210.","path":["KRS Chapter 6"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53068","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:23Z","sha256":"2c6f733db2d78b1a221debb112a274fcafdf1de9b9eb89ae5d424424fc02f021","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-6.072","next":"us-ky/krs-6.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}