118.415 Constitutional amendments.
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(1)The General Assembly may state the substance of the amendment proposed to the
Constitution of Kentucky in the form of a question in a manner calculated to inform
the electorate of the substance of the amendment. When an amendment to the
Constitution has been proposed by the General Assembly, the Secretary of State
shall cause the question calculated to inform the electorate of the substance of the
amendment which is prepared by the General Assembly to be published at least one
(1)time in a newspaper of general circulation published in this state, and shall also
cause to be published at the same time and in the same manner the fact that the
amendment will be submitted to the voters for their acceptance or rejection at the
next regular election at which members of the General Assembly are to be voted
for. The publication shall be made not later than the first Tuesday in August
preceding the election at which the amendment is to be voted on.
(2)The General Assembly shall state the entirety of an amendment to the Constitution
of Kentucky which has been proposed by the General Assembly in the form of a
question and, not later than April 15 preceding the next regular election at which
members of the General Assembly are to be chosen, shall certify the question to the
Secretary of State to be placed on the ballots.
(3)The Secretary of State, not later than the second Monday after the second Tuesday
in August preceding the next regular election at which members of the General
Assembly are to be chosen in a year in which there is not an election for President
and Vice President of the United States, or not later than the Thursday after the first
Tuesday in September preceding a regular election in a year in which there is an
election for President and Vice President of the United States, shall certify the
substance of the amendment, as stated and certified by the General Assembly, to the
county clerk of each county, and the county clerk shall have the substance of the
amendment, as so certified, indicated on the ballots.
(4)The votes cast for and against the amendment shall be counted, canvassed, and
certified to the Secretary of State in the same manner as the votes cast for any
officer elective by the votes of the whole state. If a majority of the votes cast on the
question are for the amendment, it shall become a part of the Constitution.
(5)The expenses of the publications provided for in this section shall be paid as are the
expenses of other publications that the Secretary of State is required to make in
connection with elections.