{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-6.767","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 6.767","heading":"Prohibitions against acceptance  of campaign  contributions from","body":"legislative agents at any time and from employers of legislative agents or\npermanent  committees during regular sessions -- Penalties -- Defenses.\n(1) For  purposes of this section, \"accept\" means  the date a contribution is\npostmarked, if mailed, or the date of the hand delivery, if the contribution is\nhand-delivered.\n(2) A  member  of the General Assembly, candidate for the General Assembly, or\nhis or her campaign committee shall not accept a campaign contribution from a\nlegislative agent. Violation of this provision is ethical misconduct.\n(3) A  member  of the General Assembly, candidate for the General Assembly, or\nhis or her campaign committee shall not, during a regular session of the\nGeneral Assembly, accept a campaign contribution from an employer of a\nlegislative agent, or from a permanent committee as defined in KRS  121.015.\nViolation of this provision is ethical misconduct. This subsection shall not apply\nto:\n(a) Candidates for the General Assembly in a special election held during a\nregular session of the General Assembly; or\n(b) A  member  of the General Assembly who is a candidate, as defined in\nKRS  121.015, contemporaneously seeking election for a statewide office.\n(4) It shall be a complete defense under this section if the legislator, candidate, or\nhis or her campaign  committee receives a campaign  contribution from a\nlegislative agent or, during a regular session, from an employer or from a\npermanent  committee, which fact is unknown  to the legislator, candidate, or\ncommittee at the time of receipt, if the legislator, candidate, or his or her\ncampaign  committee either returns the contribution within thirty (30) days of\nreceipt, and within fourteen (14) additional days makes that fact, together with\nthe name of the contributor, amount of the contribution, and the date of return\nor payment known, in writing to the commission. It shall also be a defense if a\nlegislator, candidate, or his or her campaign committee receives a campaign\ncontribution from a legislative agent whose name  does not yet appear on the\nlist of legislative agents and their employers furnished to the Legislative\nResearch  Commission  if the legislator, candidate, or his or her campaign\ncommittee returns the campaign contribution within thirty (30) days of the\nLegislative Research Commission's receipt of the list bearing the name  of the\nlegislative agent and all employers and makes  the written disclosure to the\ncommission required in this subsection. The time periods shall be tolled upon\nthe filing with the commission of a request for an advisory opinion regarding the\ncampaign  contribution. Upon  the issuance of the opinion or decision not to\nrender an opinion, the time period shall resume.","path":["KRS Chapter 6"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52209","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:25Z","sha256":"34c5f9da72d8a4f0792035af693f0a909d5d41e8706f2f1aea613874e6002740","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-6.765","next":"us-ky/krs-6.770"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}