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This bill amends Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 121.175 to allow state candidates, officeholders, their family members, and campaign or office employees to use campaign funds for reasonable security measures, provided the total annual expenditure does not exceed $15,000. The bill defines "security measure" to include various physical and digital security devices, personnel, and services, and "usual and normal charge" to mean the standard market price for goods and commercially reasonable rates for services at the time they are rendered. These security expenses are considered "allowable campaign expenditures," meaning they are legitimate uses of campaign funds, but only if they address dangers or threats directly related to the individual's status as a candidate or officeholder, and not those that would exist regardless of their public role.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb136.html