Constitution · Kentucky

Ky. Const. art. I, § 44

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Constitution of Kentucky
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October 2026

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Section 44 Ineligibility of members to civil office created or given increased compensation during term. No Senator or Representative shall, during the term for which he was elected, nor for one year thereafter, be appointed or elected to any civil office of profit in this Commonwealth, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the said term, except to such offices as may be filled by the election of the people. Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891. History: Not yet amended.

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