(1) Any statute, administrative procedure, or court rule limiting or prohibiting public attendance at court proceedings conducted under KRS Chapter 620 or 625 shall not apply in a court which is participating in a pilot project authorized by KRS § 21A.190 to the extent that the Chief Justice, and the presiding judge for a case specified in KRS § 21A.190, have authorized public attendance at the proceeding.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not permit attendance by the public at any court handling a case under KRS Chapter 620 or 625 which is not participating in the pilot project authorized by KRS § 21A.190, except as otherwise authorized by law.
(3) Unless authorized by law, the provisions of this section shall not permit attendance by the public in any court participating in the pilot project authorized by KRS
21A.190 which is not authorized by the Supreme Court to admit the public for any
case or class of cases.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not permit attendance by the public at any case before a court participating in the pilot project authorized by KRS § 21A.190 when the judge presiding over the case determines that the case shall be closed.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Created 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2016.