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132.110 Certification of petition for referendum -- Publication of act.

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132.110 Certification of petition for referendum -- Publication of act. (1) Within five (5) days after the filing of the petition for referendum, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the county judge/executive of each county in which <br>petitioners reside the sheets containing the names of the petitioners of that county. <br>The county judge/executive shall thereupon set a date not less than ten (10) nor <br>more than fifteen (15) days thereafter when interested persons may appear and <br>present proof as to the genuineness of signatures and the qualification of petitioners. <br>After hearing proof, the county judge/executive shall determine the number of legal <br>voters of his county who have signed the petition, cause the same to be entered <br>upon the order book and certify it to the Secretary of State. (2) Within thirty (30) days after receiving from the county judges/executive certification that a number of legal voters constituting in the aggregate five percent <br>(5%) of the vote of the entire state have signed a petition for referendum, the <br>Secretary of State shall cause the proposed act or the parts thereof affected and the <br>fact that the act will be submitted to the voters for their acceptance or rejection at <br>the next general election to be published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 257, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- <br>Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 133. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, <br>sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4019b-2, 4019b-3.