Kentucky General Assembly· HB 305signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107)

An act relating to grand jury service., the official text

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UNOFFICIAL COPY                                                  26 RS HB 305/EN

1   AN ACT relating to grand jury service.

2 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

3   SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 29A IS CREATED TO

4 READ AS FOLLOWS:

5 (1) Except as allowed under the Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedure, a person

6   present during any part of a grand jury proceeding shall not knowingly:

7   (a) Record any testimony or evidence presented during the proceeding; or

8   (b) Disclose or disseminate at any time, any evidence, testimony, or other

9   information that the person witnessed, read, or heard while present at a

10  grand jury proceeding.

11 (2) This section shall not apply to a:

12  (a) Commonwealth's attorney or any person employed by a Commonwealth's

13  attorney; or

14  (b) Peace officer;

15  while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties.

16  Section 2. KRS 29A.990 is amended to read as follows:

17 (1) Any employer who violates[ subsection (1) or (2) of] KRS 29A.160(1) or (2) is

18  guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

19 (2) Any willful violation of KRS 29A.010 to 29A.330 for which a penalty is not

20  otherwise provided by statute shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.

21 (3) Any person who violates:

22  (a) Subsection (1)(a) of Section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of a Class A

23  misdemeanor; or

24  (b) Subsection (1)(b) of Section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of a Class D felony;

25  unless the person is a public servant as defined in KRS 519.010, in which case the

26  person shall be penalized one (1) class more severely than provided under this

27  subsection.

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1  Section 3. This Act may be cited as the Crystal Rogers Act.

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