<br><br>6.827 Dispute resolution with respect to statements of expenditures and statements <br>of financial transactions -- Civil liability for false information. <br>(1) An employer or legislative agent who is required to file a statement describing an <br>expenditure or a financial transaction shall deliver a copy of the statement to the <br>official with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made at least ten (10) <br>days before the date on which the statement is filed. <br>(2) If a dispute arises between any member of the General Assembly or a member of <br>the staff of the General Assembly and an employer or legislative agent with respect <br>to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in a statement to be filed under <br>KRS 6.821 or 6.824, the member, employer, or legislative agent may file a <br>complaint with the commission. The commission shall proceed to investigate the <br>complaint in the same manner as set out in KRS 6.686. The commission shall notify <br>the parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the commission decides the <br>disputed expenditure or financial transaction should be reported, the employer or <br>legislative agent shall include the matter in an amended statement and file the <br>amended statement not later than ten (10) days after the employer or agent receives <br>notice of the decision of the committee by certified mail. <br>(3) An employer or legislative agent who files a false statement of expenditures or <br>details of a financial transaction is liable in a civil action to any official or employee <br>who sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the statement. <br>Effective: September 16, 1993 <br>History: Created 1993 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 31, effective September <br>16, 1993. <br><br>