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132.100 Referendum on act classifying property for taxation -- Petition.

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132.100 Referendum on act classifying property for taxation -- Petition. If the General Assembly enacts any act pursuant to Section 171 of the Constitution as <br>amended, classifying property and providing a lower rate of taxation on personal property <br>than on real property, the provisions of the act shall be subject to a referendum upon the <br>written petition of qualified voters equal to at least five percent (5%) of the votes cast in <br>the state for a slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor at the last <br>preceding regular election. The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not more <br>than four (4) months after the final adjournment of the General Assembly that passed the <br>act on which the referendum is demanded, and shall specify the act or the item, section or <br>part of the act on which the referendum is demanded. The petition shall be uniform in <br>size and style and shall be assembled in one (1) instrument for filing. Each sheet of the <br>petition shall contain the names of voters from one (1) voting precinct only, and shall <br>include the name, number and designation of the precinct in which the voters signing the <br>petition live. The inclusion of an invalid signature on a page shall not invalidate the entire <br>page of the petition, but shall instead result in the invalid signature being stricken and not <br>counted. Each signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pen and shall be followed by <br>the printed name, residence address, and Social Security number or date of birth of legal <br>voters. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 2, effective June 20, 2005. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4019b-<br>1. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 6, provides: &quot;The provisions of this Act shall apply to ordinances, orders, resolutions or <br>motions passed after July 15, 2005.&quot;