(1) KRS 11A.211 and 11A.216 do not apply to efforts to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity by any of the following:
- (a) Appearances at public hearings of the committees or interim committees of the General Assembly, at court proceedings, at rule-making or adjudication proceedings, or at other public meetings;
- (b) News, editorial, and advertising statements published in newspapers, journals, or magazines, or broadcast over radio or television;
- (c) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters, correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
- (d) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of associations or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations.
- (2) Nothing in KRS 11A.201 to 11A.246 requires the reporting of, or prohibits an elected executive official from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or an expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in accordance with KRS Chapter 121.
Effective: March 16, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 15, effective March 16, 2005. -- Created 1993 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 51, effective September 16, 1993.