1. (1) Certified versions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes shall contain:

   1. (a) The Constitution of the United States;
   2. (b) The Constitution of this Commonwealth;
   3. (c) The text of all laws contained in the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes;
   4. (d) A full and accurate index of the statute laws and Constitution of this Commonwealth;
   5. (e) The rules of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure, the Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedure, and any other judicial materials specified by the Commission; and
   6. (f) Any annotations, historical notes, and other information that the Commission deems appropriate to include.
2. (2) A certified version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes may be in a printed or electronic format and shall be updated in a manner and frequency acceptable to the Commission to provide prompt notice to its users of the texts of newly-created and newly-amended statutes, the repeals of existing statutes, and any technical corrections, renumberings, or notes issued by the Commission. If a publisher produces more than one (1) version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, a separate certification may be required for each version.
3. (3) Each new complete certified version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and each new volume, unit, supplement, supplemental pocket part, or electronic release of a certified version shall include a certificate issued by the director of the Legislative Research Commission and attested to by the reviser of statutes that the particular material being certified has been prepared in a manner acceptable to the Legislative Research Commission so as to ensure the identity of its text with the official version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

Effective: January 1, 1997

History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 4, effective January 1, 1997. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 2, effective June 19, 1976. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 2(1), and (2), effective June 16, 1966.