When did ordinary Kentucky laws from the 1992 session take effect after early adjournment?

Plain-English summary

In an earlier opinion, OAG 92-12, the Attorney General had said ordinary legislation would take effect July 15, 1992, if the General Assembly adjourned on April 15. It instead adjourned April 14. Responding to the Legislative Research Commission, the AG moved the effective date one day earlier, to July 14, 1992. The short opinion states: “Since the legislature adjourned one day earlier, the expiration of the ninety-day period would also occur one day earlier.”

Currency note

This opinion was issued in 1992. Subsequent statutory amendments, court decisions, or later AG opinions may have changed the analysis. Treat this page as historical context, not current legal advice. Verify current law before relying on any specific rule, deadline, or remedy mentioned here.

Common questions

What date did ordinary 1992 Kentucky session laws take effect?

The AG gave July 14, 1992, based on the Assembly's actual April 14 adjournment.

Why did an earlier AG opinion give July 15 instead?

OAG 92-12 had assumed the legislature would adjourn April 15. When it adjourned April 14 instead, this opinion shifted the ninety-day calculation and the effective date one day earlier.

Background and references

This was a correction of a date calculation after the actual adjournment became known. The opinion did not discuss individual emergency acts, appropriation bills or delayed effective-date clauses; it answered only when “ordinary legislation” from that session took effect.

• OAG 92-12 (the earlier opinion based on an assumed April 15 adjournment).

Source

• Landing page: https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/Opinions/Opinions/OAG92-072.htm

Original opinion text

OAG 92-72

April 24, 1992

Vic Hellard, Jr.

Director, Legislative Research Commission

State Capitol

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

Dear Mr. Hellard:

In OAG 92-12, we said in response to your inquiry that if the legislature adjourns on April 15, 1992, then the effective date for ordinary legislation would be July 15, which is ninety days after April 15.

You have now asked the effective date of ordinary legislation for the 1992 regular session in light of the fact that the legislature adjourned on April 14 instead of April 15. Since the legislature adjourned one day earlier, the expiration of the ninety-day period would also occur one day earlier, making ordinary legislation effective on July 14, 1992.

Sincerely,

Chris Gorman

Attorney General

Ross T. Carter

Assistant Attorney General