Ky. lawmakers object to revocation of licenses

Published June 4, 2013 10:52pm ET



FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two key Kentucky lawmakers insisted Tuesday that they were unaware of a provision in a law passed earlier this year that allows the state to revoke licenses to drive, practice law, or even cut hair when people who fall behind on their state income taxes.

Those consequences were tucked into a complex pension reform bill they passed on the final day of this year’s legislative session.

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