<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>7.500 Public access to electronic form of Kentucky Constitution, statutes, acts, and <br>administrative regulations. <br>(1) The Legislative Research Commission shall make available to the public in <br>electronic form the following texts: <br>(a) The Constitution of Kentucky; <br>(b) The Kentucky Revised Statutes; <br>(c) The Kentucky Acts; and <br>(d) The administrative regulations comprising the Kentucky Administrative <br>Regulations Service and the Administrative Register of Kentucky. <br>(2) The information identified in subsection (1) of this section shall be made available <br>to the public by means of access by way of the largest nonproprietary, nonprofit <br>cooperative public computer network. The information shall be made available in <br>one (1) or more formats and by one (1) or more means in order to provide the <br>greatest feasible access to the general public in this Commonwealth. Any person <br>who accesses the information may access all or any part of the information. The <br>information shall be made available in the shortest feasible time after the <br>information is available to the Legislative Research Commission. <br>(3) Any documentation that describes the electronic digital formats of the information <br>identified in subsection (1) of this section and is available to the public shall be <br>made available by means of access by way of the computer network specified in <br>subsection (2) of this section. <br>(4) Personal information concerning a person who accesses the information made <br>available under this section may be maintained only for the purpose of providing <br>service to the person. <br>(5) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative Research Commission as <br>a condition of accessing the information that is accessible by way of the computer <br>network specified in subsection (2) of this section. <br>(6) The information made available to the public under this section shall not be subject <br>to the provisions of KRS 61.870 to 61.884. <br>(7) No action taken pursuant to this section shall be deemed to alter or relinquish any <br>copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement of the Commonwealth of <br>Kentucky relating to any of the information made available under this section. <br>(8) In addition to the access provided by this section, the Commission may also make <br>available any of the information identified in subsection (1) of this section by any <br>other means of access that would facilitate public access to the information under <br>terms and conditions established by the Commission. <br>Effective: September 1, 1996 <br>History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 8, effective September 1, 1996. <br><br>