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6.245 Pre-session filing of bills.

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6.245 Pre-session filing of bills. (1) Members of the General Assembly and members-elect of the General Assembly who have received their certificates of election are hereby authorized, during such <br>time as the General Assembly is not in session, to pre-file bills and resolutions for <br>introduction in the next succeeding regular legislative session with the director of <br>the Legislative Research Commission. Bills and resolutions which are pre-filed <br>under the provisions of this section shall be in such final and correct form for <br>introduction in the General Assembly as required by the constitution, laws and rules <br>of the respective houses of the Legislature. The original copy of every bill and <br>resolution pre-filed shall include thereon, immediately below the typed or printed <br>name of the sponsor thereof, the full signature of said sponsor. (2) The director of the Legislative Research Commission is authorized and directed to receive pre-filed bills and resolutions, to assign numbers for introduction in the <br>proper house in order of receipt, and, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of <br>this section, to deliver the original and four (4) copies of each bill and resolution to <br>the secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the House, as the case may be, on <br>the first day of the regular session. Pre-filed bills and resolutions shall be considered <br>as introduced on the day of their delivery to each house. No measure that is filed <br>and printed pursuant to this section shall be distributed to members, members-elect, <br>or the public unless the person filing the measure specifically authorizes in writing <br>such distribution. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, in the event all the persons sponsoring a pre-filed bill or resolution shall have ceased to be members of <br>the General Assembly at the time of the convening of the next succeeding regular <br>legislative session, the pre-filing of that bill or resolution shall be considered to be <br>without effect, and the director of the Legislative Research Commission shall not <br>deliver the original or copies to the secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the <br>House. Effective: July 13, 1984. <br>History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 302, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 37, sec. 1.