421.540 Repealed, 2020. Catchline at repeal: Effect of failure to provide required notification. History: Repealed 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 7, effective November 3, 2020. – Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1986. Legislative Research Commission Note (11/3/2020). 2020 Ky. Ac ts ch. 101, sec. 8, provides that the repeal of this statute in Section 7 of that Act 'shall take effect only upon the ratification, in the general election of November 3, 2020, of a Constitutional amendment providing for the protection of crime victims' r ights. If such an amendment is not ratified, this Act shall be void. The proposed amendment was ratified, effective November 3, 2020, becoming Kentucky Constitution Section 26A.' Legislative Research Commission Note (6/13/2019). 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 19, sec. 8, provides that the repeal and reenactment of this statute in that Act 'shall take effect only upon the ratification, in the general election of November 6, 2018, of a Constitutional amendment providing for the protection of crime victims' rights. If such an amendment is not ratified, this Act shall be void.' On June 13, 2019, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the language of amendment providing for the protection of crime victims' rights. If such an amendment is not ratified, this Act shall be void.' On June 13, 2019, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the language of the proposed amendment was not properly submitted to the voters at that election and, therefore, its ratification was void under Section 256 of the Kentucky Constitution. Consequently, the repeal and reenactment of this statute in 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 19, sec. 5, was not given effect.
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