242.030 Date of local option election. (1) The date of the local option election shall be stated in the petition for the local option election. (2) The local option election shall be held not earlier than sixty (60) and not later than one hundred fifty (150) days after the date the petition is fil ed with the county clerk. (3) No local option election shall be held in the same territory more than once in every three (3) years. (4) In order for the local option election to be held on the day fixed by law for holding a primary, the petition shall be f iled not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the day on which the primary is to be held and not later than the last Tuesday in January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary. (5) In orde r for the local option election to be held on the day fixed by law for a regular election, the petition shall be filed not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the day fixed by law for holding the regular election. Effective: June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 20, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 190, sec. 2, effective April 11, 2017. the day fixed by law for holding the regular election. Effective: June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 20, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 190, sec. 2, effective April 11, 2017. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 375, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554c -4. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2017). This statute was amended by 2017 Ky. Acts chs. 62 and 190, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
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