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AN ACT relating to information technology. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 42.032 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) By January 1, 2012, the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall provide public 4
access to records relating to expenditures of the executive branch of state 5
government through display of the records on a Web site. The Web site shall 6
provide: 7
(a) Financial information of expenditures not exempt under the provisions of state 8
or federal law, including: 9
1. The payee name; 10
2. The category or type of the expenditure; 11
3. A description of the reason for the expenditure, if available; 12
4. The expenditure amount; and 13
5. A link to the financial document, if the document is electronically 14
available; 15
(b) A searchable format; 16
(c) Access to the current enacted Executive Branch Budget; and 17
(d) A link to the public access Web site displays of the legislative and judicial 18
branches of state government, and of the public institutions of higher 19
education. 20
(2) Information on the Web site shall be updated at least [on a ]monthly[ basis]. 21
However, information on the Web site which is part of, or contained in, an 22
electronic accounting system utilized by all branches of state government, such as 23
the Enhanced Management Administrative Reporting System (EMARS), shall be 24
updated [on a ]weekly[ basis]. 25
(3) The cabinet shall maintain exclusive control and be considered the sole custodian of 26
all information and records generated by and through activity of the executive 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1703
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branch of government, notwithstanding the situs of the information and the records 1
in another branch of government, and disclosure thereof shall only be by the cabinet 2
in accordance with applicable law. 3
(4) In order to reduce Web site development costs and enhance public access and use of 4
records viewed through Web sites as provided by this section and KRS 7.505 and 5
26A.260, each branch of state government shall freely share with the other branches 6
of state government the software, software developments, and all applications, data, 7
and information within its control used for Web site design, appearance, content, 8
and operation in compliance with, or in furtherance of, the purposes contemplated 9
by this section and KRS 7.505 and 26A.260. 10