Lewis v. Captain's Quarters, Inc.

HOWERTON, Judge.

This appeal is from a declaratory judgment by the Franklin Circuit Court construing a portion of 1982 Senate Bill 293 as an unconstitutional amendment of KRS 244.-290(5). The court concluded that the amendment violated § 51 of the Kentucky Constitution, which provides that no act shall relate to more than one subject and that the subject shall be expressed in the title of the bill.

Senate Bill 293 is entitled “An Act Relating to Alcoholic Beverage Control.” Its primary purpose was to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink in certain areas on Sunday. The Bill was…