Kentucky Constitution

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The Kentucky Constitution is the foundational governing document of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, establishing its governmental structure, powers, and individual rights.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational legal document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
adopted 1891 ⓘ
amendmentProcess legislative proposal plus voter ratification ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
articleCount approximately 19 articles ⓘ
citedAs Ky. Const. ⓘ
classification subnational constitution ⓘ
contains Bill of Rights of Kentucky ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentVersionNumber Third Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
defines powers of the Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
powers of the Kentucky General Assembly ⓘ
structure of Kentucky courts ⓘ
effectiveDate September 28, 1891 ⓘ
establishes executive branch of Kentucky ⓘ
judicial branch of Kentucky ⓘ
legislative branch of Kentucky ⓘ
governs Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
hasNotableProvision detailed restrictions on local and special laws ⓘ
elected judges in Kentucky ⓘ
strong protections for education funding ⓘ
hasPreamble yes ⓘ
influencedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
earlier Kentucky constitutions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Kentucky ⓘ
limits terms of certain state offices ⓘ
locationOfOriginal Frankfort, Kentucky ⓘ
predecessor First Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Second Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
prohibits special legislation in many cases ⓘ
protects due process rights in Kentucky ⓘ
equal protection rights in Kentucky ⓘ
freedom of religion in Kentucky ⓘ
freedom of speech in Kentucky ⓘ
right to bear arms in Kentucky ⓘ
ratifiedBy voters of Kentucky ⓘ
regulates local government structure in Kentucky ⓘ
public education framework in Kentucky ⓘ
state debt in Kentucky ⓘ
taxation powers in Kentucky ⓘ
subject civil rights in Kentucky ⓘ
elections and suffrage in Kentucky ⓘ
local government powers in Kentucky ⓘ
state government organization ⓘ
taxation and finance in Kentucky ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional conventions in Kentucky ⓘ

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Kentucky Revised Statutes → legalAuthority → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
McCracken County Fiscal Court → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky General Assembly → legalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky General Assembly → powerGrantedBy → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Senate → authority → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Senate → constitutionArticle → Kentucky Constitution Article II ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky House of Representatives → authority → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky House of Representatives → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky of 1891 ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
LaRue County Fiscal Court → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Governor of Kentucky → legalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Meade County Fiscal Court → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Government of Kentucky → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Mercer County Fiscal Court → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Supreme Court → interprets → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Supreme Court → establishedBy → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Supreme Court → authority → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Court of Appeals → establishedBy → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Jessamine County → follows → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Constitution → currentVersionNumber → Third Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Constitution → predecessor → Second Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Constitution → predecessor → First Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Constitution → contains → Bill of Rights of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Constitution → citedAs → Ky. Const. ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
McCracken County Judge/Executive → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Jefferson County Judge/Executive → subordinateTo → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
LaRue County courts → operatesWithin → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Green County Fiscal Court → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
President of the Kentucky Senate → legalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
President of the Kentucky Senate → subordinateTo → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky gubernatorial elections → legalFramework → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Fulton County, Kentucky → follows → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Boone County Fiscal Court → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Nelson County government → subjectTo → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Meade County Judge/Executive → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Meade County Circuit Court → appliesLaw → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Executive branch of Kentucky → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Judicial branch of Kentucky → governingDocument → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
State Treasurer of Kentucky → createdBy → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Judiciary of Kentucky → governingDocument → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Judiciary of Kentucky → subjectTo → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Circuit Courts → establishedBy → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Secretary of State of Kentucky → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Secretary of State of Kentucky → officeCreatedBy → Kentucky Constitution of 1891 ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky District Courts → governingDocument → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Office of the Governor of Kentucky → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Constitution
Sheriff of Madison County, Kentucky → legalBasis → Kentucky Constitution ⓘ