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2011 KACO LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE - REGULAR SESSION |
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HB24 |
PUBLIC RECORDS (CHERRY, M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 requiring the Legislative Research Commission to provide public access to legislative branch financial information by January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide public access to judicial branch financial information by January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide public access to executive branch financial information by January 1, 2012; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to make budget, financial statements, and governing board meeting records available on each institution's Web site by January 1, 2012; direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the use of the Internet by local governments to provide citizen access to their financial and other information. |
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2/23/2011 - floor amendment (1) filed |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB26 |
WASTEWATER (BELCHER, L) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to express the findings of the General Assembly regarding wastewater and to authorize the creation of a regional wastewater commission as a pilot project area within Bullit, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, and Spencer Counties; establish definitions for "commission," "member entity," "organizing official," "wastewater," and "sources of collected water," allow 2 or more member entities owning wastewater systems to acquire, construct, operate, and improve those systems; establish a method for member entities to form a regional wastewater commission; require the governing body of any member entity proposing participation in the commission to publish notice of a public hearing in accordance with KRS Chapter 424 at least 30 days' prior to the hearing; establish appointments of 1 commissioner to represent each member entity; require that the commissioner be a customer, resident, or authorized representative of the member entity; require no less than 3 commissioners and set the terms for the commissioners at 4 years; allow the commission to appoint a chair and officers; allow member entities to join existing commissions at any time; allow the commission salaries for other officers and employees; allow the commission's fund to pay expenses of commissioners and employees; require bonding for commissioners and other minor officials and bonds paid by the commission fund; require commission meetings and records be subject to open meetings and open records laws; allow removal of a commissioner for cause; establish a method for a member entity to withdraw from the commission; establish the commission as a public body corporate and politic; allow the commission to execute contracts, make loans, issue and repay revenue bonds, receive proceeds from loans or grants, purchase, acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property, and exercise powers granted under KRS Chapters 58 and 224A; allow the commission to have full and complete supervision, management, and control over all of its facilities; require construction or expansion of any wastewater facility proposed be approved by either the Division of Water or the United States Environmental Protection Agency; exempt the commission from taxation; require the commission to procure the services of a certified public accountant to conduct an audit of all funds and fiscal transactions annually; exempt the commission from regulation by the Public Service Commission, except for contracts between the commission and a utility regarding provision of services that would result in an increase in rates paid by customers of that utility subject to approval by the Public Service Commission; allow the commission to set its rates and terms through contracts with member entities, nonmember entities, and neighboring states; establish minimum contract requirements; require a vote by the commission for rate changes and adjustments and notice requirements prior to rate changes; require the commission to procure professional or independent accounting to determine operating, maintenance, and debt service costs and provide reccommendations for specific rates to offset the costs every 5 years; require the commission to determine final rates and charges based on the 5-year study consultation; require the commission to provide at least 60 days' written notice to the governing bodies of the member entities prior to the effective date of any change in rates or charges for service; amend KRS 58.010 to include a regional wastewater commission in the definition of "governmental agency"; amend KRS 224A.011 to include a regional wastewater commission in the definition of "governmental agency," and to include facilities related to the collection, transportation, and treatment of wastewater in the definitions of "infrastructure project" and "water resources project"; amend KRS 278.010 to exclude a regional wastewater commission from the definition of "public utility." |
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3/7/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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SUPPORT |
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HB31 |
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (HARMON, M) Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to restructure the existing penalties from a four-tiered structure to a three-tiered structure; expand the five-year look back window for prior offenses from 5 years to 10 years, and to allow forfeiture of motor vehicles used in a DUI if the operator's license had been previously suspended; amend KRS 281A.2102 to conform. |
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1/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB34 |
CORONERS (RADER, M) Amend KRS 189.910, 189.920 and 189.940 to permit a coroner or deputy coroner to equip a private or public vehicle with red and blue lights and a siren with the permission of the legislative body of the county, urban-county, consolidated local government, or unified local government and to use the lights and siren only to respond to the scene of an emergency involving the reported death of a human being. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/7/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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SUPPORT |
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HB41 |
EMERGENCY VEHICLES (HALL, K) Amend KRS 189.920 relating to lights on emergency vehicles to permit publicly owned jail vehicles used for emergency purposes to use blue lights but not sirens; permit elected jailer or chief administrator of a jail without a jailer to use blue lights on one personal vehicle. |
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3/3/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB45 |
JUDGE OF COUNTY COURT (FARMER, B) Propose to amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky to eliminate the Office of Judge of County Court in merged county-and-city government; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - Passed Over |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB47 |
LOCAL ORDINANCES (JENKINS, J) Amend KRS 82.700, dealing with local government nuisance codes to include counties within the definition of local governments, define "amelioration costs" and "premises"; amend KRS 82.720 to allow a local government to possess liens for amelioration costs imposed pursuant to KRS 82.700 to 82.725 and KRS 381.770; Amend KRS 381.770, relating to nuisances to provide that the liens possessed in accordance with KRS 381.770 take precedence over all other liens, except state, county, school board, and city taxes. |
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2/22/2011 - floor amendment (1) filed |
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SUPPORT |
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HB49 |
INMATE OPERATIONS (YONTS, B) Amend KRS 196.270 to require that inmate canteen operations be subject to the Open Meetings Act, the Open Records Act, and the Model Procurement Code; require a separation between the canteen and general inmate food service in their staffing and management. |
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All Bill Status: |
1/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB56 |
ANIMAL CRUELTY (CRIMM, R) Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases and prohibit ownership or possession of animals of the same species for two years. |
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3/3/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB57 |
REVENUES AND TAX (CRIMM, R) Amend KRS 136.650 to increase the hold harmless amount for fiscal year 2011-2012 and every fiscal year thereafter; amend KRS 136.654 to require the Department of Revenue to detemine if it is necessary for a participating political subdivision to certify its total tax receipt. |
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All Bill Status: |
1/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Appropriations and
Revenue (H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HB58 |
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (KEENE, D) Amend KRS 189A.005 to expand the definition of "ignition interlock device"; amend KRS 189A.010 to include driving the wrong way on a four-lane highway among the list of factors for triggering aggravated DUI penalties; amend KRS 189A.070 to provide that a reduction in the time period of a license revocation does not lessen the time required for ignition interlock usage; amend KRS 189A.085 to run the period of a license plate impoundment from the date of sentencing to the day the offender is authorized to resume driving and require ignition interlock usage beginning with the first DUI offense; amend KRS 189A.340 to establish an assistance fund for indigent defendants; amend KRS 189A.410 to require ignition interlock usage while an offender is driving on a hardship license. |
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2/25/2011 - Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB64 |
COST OF INCARCERATION (YONTS, B) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to develop cost of incarceration and supervision information; create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to require an acknowledgement of consultation with the cost of incarceration and supervision information prior to the acceptance of a felony plea bargain; amend KRS 532.055 relating to truth-in-sentencing to require that the cost of incarceration and supervision information be included in the sentencing phase of a trial |
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All Bill Status: |
1/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB68 |
COUNTY GOVERNMENT (YONTS, B) Amend KRS 61.080 to make membership on a governing body of certain districts, local ethics bodies, and planning units, incompatible offices with other such positions within a county. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/23/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate State and Local
Government (S) |
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OPPOSE |
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HB69 |
DEATHS IN NURSING HOMES (BURCH, T) Create a new section of KRS 216 to require each long term care facility or hospice facility to require a designated reporter to report all deaths to the appropriate coroner or medical examiner within 24 hours, in the case of a resident dying while away from the facility the report is required within 24 hours of the facility receiving notification of the death; require coroners or medical examiners to accept the report and, upon finding reasonable cause to suspect death as a result of maltreatment, to continue the investigation as a coroner's case, as a police report or as a report to the appropriate Commonwealth's attorney; amend KRS 216B.990 to create a Class C misdemeanor for the first offense when a designated reporter fails to report a death and a Class B misdemeanor for subsequent offenses; create a fine of $200 per week for long term care facilities that fail to designate an employee as the designated reporter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require the Attorney General to establish a Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Adult Abuse and Neglect, require each investigation of a death in a nursing home to be conducted by a specialized multidisciplinary team, require local protocols to be developed in each county or by contiguous county groups specifying how state protocols are to be followed; amend KRS 216B.590 to require surveyors and investigators to undergo at least 2 hours of training surrounding evidence preservation following a death in a nursing home due to suspected abuse or neglect; create a new section of KRS chapter 216 to require each long term care facility to conduct a three hour Attorney General-approved training session every 2 years covering the prevention of adult abuse and neglect; amend KRS 209.990 to make failure to report the abuse or neglect of an adult a Class A misdemeanor. |
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1/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Health and Welfare
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OPPOSE |
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HB85 |
DEXTROMETHORPHAN ABUSE (STEELE, F) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit any person from possessing one gram or more of pure dextromethorphan or dextromethorphan that has been extracted from solid or liquid form; prohibit sale of products containing dextromethorphan as the only active ingredient to individuals younger than 18; from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. require retail establishments to show a photo ID and sign a document stating the customer is older than 18 before purchase; after 10:00 p.m. and until 7:00 am require retail establishments to secure products such that only a supervisory person may access them; require a person to request the product, show a photo ID, and sign a document stating the customer is older than 18; establish penalties for violation. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/14/2011 - posted in committee |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB99 |
COURT COSTS (YONTS, B) Amend KRS 23A.220 and 24A.185 relating to supplemental court fees imposed by counties to support courthouse operation and construction to require an annual public accounting of the disposition of the funds collected and to restrict expenditure of those funds to Court of Justice purposes only; amend KRS 147A.021 to require the Department for Local Government to publish the collected information; include noncodified transitional provisions. |
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All Bill Status: |
1/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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OPPOSE |
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HB121 |
CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS (TILLEY, J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to ban possession, trafficking, or manufacture of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone the primary ingredient of a drug with a street name "dove"; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 217 and 218A and KRS 530.064 relating to unlawful transaction with a minor to conform; EMERGENCY |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB123 |
OFFENDERS (FLOOD, K) Amend KRS 630.050 to require that persons filing juvenile status offense complaints provide certain supporting documentation for inclusion and presentation to the court; create a new section of KRS Chapter 630 to establish time frames for the expiration of valid court orders; amend KRS 610.265 and 630.010 to restrict the secure detention of status offenders; amend KRS 630.080 to clarify which agency is to provide the dispositional report to the court and the contents of that report; amend KRS 610.020, 610.030, and 610.060 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/16/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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SUPPORT |
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HB126 |
CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS (KING, M) Amend KRS 531.010 relating to pornography definitions to specify what constitutes lack of consent; amend KRS 531.090 relating to voyeurism to specify an alternate disposition of a case where the defendant is a minor and the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 531.100 relating to video voyeurism to specify an alternative disposition where a defendant is a minor and the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 531.340 relating to distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor to specify an alternative disposition where the defendant is a minor and the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 635.060 relating to dispositions in juvenile cases to specify that violations of listed statutes by a minor for a first offense are punishable by a fine and a community services work program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to specify that a minor committing an offense specified in the Act shall only be charged with and punished using the alternative sentence when the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 216.302 relating to causing a suicide to specify that when transmitting an image of a minor causes that minor to commit suicide that it is a violation of this section. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/16/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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SUPPORT |
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HB128 |
FORECLOSURE (HORLANDER, D) Amend KRS 382.110 to require mortgage holders to file deeds in lieu of foreclosure within ten days of executing the deed; amend KRS 382.990 to provide that a mortgage holder failing to record a deed within ten days is guilty of a violation. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/2/2011 - Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary
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SUPPORT |
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HB129 |
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS (HORLANDER, D) Amend KRS 424.130 to allow advertisements for the purpose of informing the public and the advertisement is a notice of delinquent taxes, or notice of the sale of tax claims to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in addition to the existing requirement of once, preceded by a half page notice of advertisement the previous week; amend KRS 424.220 to allow cities of the sixth class that have not conducted an annual audit under the provisions of KRS 91A.040(2) or (3) to publish a legal display advertisement to satisfy the financial statement publication requirements set out in paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of the section; amend KRS 67A.070 to require all ordinances of an urban-county government to be published either in full or otherwise by title and certified synopsis that includes the publication of the full text of sections that impose taxes or fees; remove the requirement for the publication of resolutions; remove the requirement to publish the full text of ordinances or resolutions imposing fines, forfeitures, or imprisonment. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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SUPPORT |
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HB130 |
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT (HALL, K) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky Mountain Trail Authority (KMTA) as an independent, de jure municipal corporation attached to the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet for administrative purposes only; authorize the KMTA to establish the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Area for tourism and outdoor recreation opportunities for residents and visitors; establish the process by which counties participate in the authority and appoint representatives to serve on the board; authorize board meetings and establish duties; authorize the board to adopt bylaws for governance; outline methods for appointing an executive director and hiring additional staff; establish that all personnel and operational costs of the corporation shall be paid from funds accruing to the corporation, through fees, grants, or other self-funding mechanisms; enable the authority to procure insurance, execute contracts, accept grants and loans, maintain an office, assess fees for trails, parking, and other trail-related recreational purposes, and to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Area; authorize the board to hire trail rangers; establish procedures for the authority to issue revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds; ensure that participating landowners are not liable for willful negligence or similar damages; establish a framework for adopting administrative regulations for a penalty schedule for violations of trail laws and rules. |
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2/14/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate State and Local
Government (S) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB137 |
PROPERTY TAX (FISCHER, J) Amend KRS 132.010 to redefine "compensating tax rate" and define "four percent (4%) rate" and "taxing district"; amend KRS 132.017 and 132.0225 to conform; amend KRS 132.023 to require all taxing districts to calculate separate real and personal property tax rates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to allow a one-time adjustment in property tax rates in 2012 to align real and personal property rates; amend KRS 68.245, 157.440, 160.470, 210.480, 212.755, 65.125, 67.934, 67.938, 67A.850, 67C,125, 67C.147, 78.530, 132.012, 132.028, 160.475, and 342.240 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 to require the Department of Libraries and Archives to calculate tax rates for library taxing districts; repeal KRS 68.248, 132.018, 132.024, 132.025, 132.027, 132.029, and 160.473; EFFECTIVE beginning January 1, 2012 |
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1/5/2011 - Referred to Committee House Appropriations and
Revenue (H) |
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OPPOSE |
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HB141 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (JENKINS, J) Amend KRS 67C.400 through 67C.418 to grant corrections officers of a consolidated local government the right to collectively bargain. |
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3/3/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB147 |
OPERATORS LICENSES (NELSON, R) Amend KRS 186.412 to permit a veteran to request at the time of application that a personal identification card or an operator's license issued under KRS 186.412 bear a designation denoting the applicant's status as a veteran. |
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2/16/2011 - recommitted to committee House Veterans,
Military Affairs and Public Safety (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB149 |
PROPERTY TAXES (SIMPSON, A) Amend KRS 134.127 to allow the county clerk to prepare an in-house document to release any notice filed pursuant to KRS 382.440 or 382.450 when a certificate of delinquency has been paid in full to the county clerk; amend KRS 134.128 to allow clerks with oil and gas certificates of delinquency to request a later sale date so that all certificates can be sold in one sale, and to provide that any certificates received after the sale shall be sold in the next annual sale; amend KRS 134.490 to require a second notice to be sent if the first notice is returned as undeliverable, and to change the process for obtaining updated information; amend KRS 134.504 to make a technical correction. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB150 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SIMPSON, A) Amend KRS 67.825 to exclude unified local governments from being able to create a charter county government; amend KRS 67.830 to require that a petition seeking the creation of a charter county commission be signed by 20 percent of the residents of both unincorporated and incorporated areas of the county; specify the composition of the commission; provide for a process for when a comprehensive plan cannot be decided upon, and an extension process for the plan determination; provide that it shall take a majority of the residents of the county and a majority of city residents of at least one city to form a charter county government or consolidate services or functions; provide for when a comprehensive plan fails to be adopted; amend KRS 67.845 to apply dissolution provisions to participating cities within the charter county government; amend KRS 67.855 to apply ordinance powers provisions to participating cities within the charter county government; create a new section of KRS 67.825 to 67.875 to set out requirements for the petition process for forming a commission to study the creation of a charter county government or for the consolidation of services and functions; amend KRS 78.530 to allow agencies that are established by a merger or interlocal agreement consisting of at least one agency who participated in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or before April 9, 2002, to be exempt from the requirement of signing a contract for employee health insurance with the Personnel Cabinet as a condition of participation in CERS; amend KRS 67.077 to consolidate, streamline, and set out procedures for county ordinance passage; amend KRS 65.182, 65.660, 65.662, 65.810, 67.045, 75.015, and 65.125 to conform; repeal KRS 67.075 and 67.076; apply the amendments to KRS 78.530 to existing agencies established before the effective date of the Act. |
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2/28/2011 - Returned to Committee Senate State and Local
Government (S) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB152 |
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS (JENKINS, J) Create new sections of KRS 224.50 to define "cabinet" "department" "permanent drop off box" "Prescription drugs and medicines" "prescription drug recycling" "safe drop off drugs program" and "secure collection site;" require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to work with waste coordinators and city, county, and sheriffs offices to establish a prescription drugs drop off program; make the contents of the box that receives the prescription drugs and medicines the property of the cabinet; require the cabinet to develop the rules and procedures for the collection of the prescription drugs and medicines, the method for haulers to pick up and dispose of the wastes and the method of disposal for prescription drugs and medicines to ensure they do not leach into the waters of the Commonwealth; require the cabinet to work with pharmaceutical companies to develop a prescription drug and medicine recycling program; require police officers of the city, county or sheriff's office participating in the program to determine the secure collection site within the police station, post signage for the public, monitor the prescription drugs and medicines deposited into the permanent box and inform the cabinet of pick up needs; amend KRS 224.43-310 to require the cabinet to include a description of cities and counties participating in the safe drop off drugs program in the solid waste management report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor; amend KRS 224.43-315 to require counties to report to the cabinet on participation in the safe drop off drugs program; amend KRS 224.43-505 to allow a portion of the remediation fee to go for grants for the safe drop off drugs program; include the safe drop off drug program grants under the general solid waste grant requirements; and amend KRS 224.43-710 to include a safe drop off drugs program under the list of eligible types of technical assistance from the cabinet. |
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2/7/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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OPPOSE |
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HB162 |
MOTOR VEHICLE TAGS (STUMBO, G) Amend KRS 138.4602 allowing a trade-in allowance for new vehicles purchased on or after July 1, 2011, but before July 1, 2013, and providing that the total amount of reduced tax receipts related to the trade-in allowance be capped at $25 million. |
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2/14/2011 - posted in committee |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB165 |
COUNTY CONSOLIDATION (KOENIG, A) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions as prescribed; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within 10 days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal as prescribed; require responding action in adjoining counties within 120 days or initial action becomes void; require a special election within 90 days if adjoining counties enter the process; require approval in each county for consolidation to become effective; prescribe the language for the ballot, other election procedures, and advertisement of the election by the sheriff; require a simple majority of those voting in each county for approval; require all election costs to be paid for by the state, and prohibit any organizational changes in a newly consolidated county for 10 years; prohibit any new county from becoming effective until the end of terms of current officeholders and require new officers to be elected in the same manner and at same time as other county officials; require the county judge/executive in each county to appoint 6 citizens to a transition committee as prescribed; require transition committee to divide county into 3-8 magisterial districts and to select 2-5 names for the new county to be decided by the voters; require final report of the transition committee as prescribed; provide for a gubernatorial appointee to break tie vote on questions relating the name of the new county, the formation of magisterial districts, or other issues on ballot; require all taxes from immediate year to remain in effect until changed by the new county; require the creation of a special taxing district for repayment of prior financial obligations in previously existing counties as prescribed; require surplus funds to be spent in the areas where funds were raised as prescribed; permit voters to determine the location of new county seat from previously existing locations; require county seat to remain at that location for not less than 10 years; require other remaining county buildings to be maintained as branch offices for 10 years as prescribed; require the Department for Local Government to promulgate administrative regulations awarding preference points on community development block grant applications and provide technical and advisory assistance to consolidated counties; require, upon consolidation, all appointments to boards of special districts to remain in effect until the expiration of the term, at which point the appropriate appointing authority shall make new appointments; amend KRS 567.280 to provide for federal and state election districts as prescribed; repeal KRS 67.190, 67.200, 67.210, 67.220, 67.230, 67.240, 67.250, 67.260, 67.270, 67.290, and 67.310. |
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3/3/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB167 |
MULTI-STATE COMPLIANCE CONTRACT (DAMRON, R) Create a new section of KRS 304.10-010 to 304.10-210 to adopt the provisions of the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact, including a preamble to explain the necessity of the legislation; Article I to state the purposes of the compact, including establishment of a clearinghouse for receipt and dissemination of premium tax and clearinghouse transaction data related to nonadmitted insurance of multi-state risks; Article II to define terms; Article III to establish the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission and its venue; Article IV to grant authority for the commission to establish mandatory rules; Article V to establish the powers of the commission; Article VI to establish the organization of the commission; Article VII to establish meetings and authorized acts of the commission; Article VIII to authorize rules and operation procedures and rulemaking functions of the ommission; Article IX to establish commission records requirements and enforce authority; Article X to establish a method of dispute resolution; Article XI to authorize review of commission decisions; Article XII to establish commission finance requirements; Article XIII to establish that any state is eligible to be a compacting state, the effective date of the compact, and the authority of the commission to propose future amendments to the compact; Article XIV to establish requirements for withdrawal from the compact, default of a compacting state, termination of a compacting state, and the method for dissolution of the compact; Article XV to establish severability of the terms of the compact and require liberal construction of the compact terms to effectuate the purpose of the compact; and Article XVI to recognize the priority of the enforcement of compacting state laws, except any law regarding non-admitted insurance of multi-state risks which are regulated and preempted by the compact; amend KRS 91A.080 and 304.10-180 to conform by prohibiting assessment of a local government premium tax on multi-state surplus lines in conformity with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; effective upon contingency. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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SUPPORT |
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HB184 |
KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION PROGRAM (KOENIG, A) Amend KRS 15.460 and 15.470 to provide that police officers receiving the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund salary supplement shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/24/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HB195 |
KENTUCKY WOOD PRODUCTS (KOENIG, A) Amend KRS 42.4592 to delete transfers to the secondary wood products development fund; amend KRS 1154.20-170 to make an internal reference correction; amend KRS 154.47-005 to define "cabinet" as the Economic Development Cabinet and strike references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and its board; amend KRS 154.47-040 to delete all references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and require information regarding secondary wood products for state capital construction be maintained by the Cabinet for Finance and Administration; delete requirement that the board review any capital construction applications for secondary wood products; amend KRS 154.47-050 and 154.47-055 to delete references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation developing a workforce training curricula and place that function in the Department of Workforce Investment in the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amend KRS 154.47-060 to make permissive the University of Kentucky's contracting for use of the Quicksand Wood Utilization Center as a secondary wood products training center; delete contracting for the center by the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation; amend KRS 154.47-065 to permit the cabinet to work with the Division of Forestry to establish benchmarks for Kentucky forest industries; amend KRS 154.47-075 to delete the board from the implementation of a program of training assistance; repeal KRS 42.4586, 154.47-015, 154.47-020, 154.47-025, 154.47-030, 154.47-035, 154.47-045, and 154.47-070; and abolish the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and transfer all records, documents, assets and liabilities to the Cabinet for Economic Development. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/28/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture
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SUPPORT |
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HB197 |
MOTOR VEHICLES (COLLINS, H) Amend KRS 186.190 to delete the requirement that a license plate remain on a motor vehicle upon sale; allow the seller of a motor vehicle to apply to the county clerk to transfer a plate with existing valid registration onto a newly acquired vehicle; set forth the procedures for an individual who trades in a motor vehicle with existing valid registration to place that registration plate on the newly purchased vehicle; require all vehicle transfer and plate transfers to adhere to the 15 day time schedule in KRS 186.020 and 186A.070; exempt transactions between motor vehicle dealers; amend KRS 186.045 to clarify procedures for disposition of vehicles repossessed by a secured party; amend KRS 186A.100 to clarify procedures for issuance of a temporary vehicle tag; make temporary tags good for 30 rather than 60 days, with an option to extend the validity of the tag if the purchaser has not received a permanent registration plate; amend KRS 186.232 to prohibit the county clerk from transferring title on a motor vehicle for which there are delinquent ad valorem taxes; amend KRS 186.165 to apply the plate transfer provisions of Section 1 to holders of special license plates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to restrict the use of the motor vehicle information system to carry out the functions of titling and registration to the Transportation Cabinet and county clerks; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/9/2011 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB222 |
DISTRICT COURTS (RIGGS, S) Amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290 to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of the District Court from $1,500 to $4,000 for both claims and counterclaims; amend KRS 24A.310 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/1/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HB245 |
MOTOR VEHICLE TAX (FORD, D) Amend KRS 138.470 to clarify the exemption allowed for transfers involving the change in legal form of a business entity; provide exemptions from the motor vehicle usage tax for certain transfers between a grantor, a trust, trust beneficiaries, and other persons; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB246 |
CRIMINAL RECORDS (SIMPSON, A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a person convicted of one Class D felony or series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have the felony record expunged under specified circumstances; amend KRS 431.078, relating to misdemeanor expungements, to begin the five-year waiting period from the date of adjudication of the offense; amend KRS 527.040, relating to possession of a firearm by a felon, to exempt individuals who have had their felony records expunged; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for utilization in the preparation of presentence investigations. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/2/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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OPPOSE |
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HB252 |
FARMS (RUDY, S) Amend KRS 186.050 to establish a three-tiered weight classification system for farm trucks, consisting of the following categories: 26,000 pounds or less, 26,001 to 38,000 pounds, and over 38,000 pounds. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/2/2011 - Referred to Committee House Transportation
(H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB258 |
ELECTION COSTS (COUCH, T) Amend KRS 117.045 to increase the minimum amount from $60 to $100 to be paid by the county board of elections to an election officer per election day or primary day served; to change the payment made to precinct election officers and precinct election judges for certain deliveries from the mileage reimbursement permitted for state employees to a flat fee of $10; amend KRS 177.187 to increase the minimum compensation amount from $10 to $25 for reimbursement of actual expenses paid by the county to an election officer for attending each training session; amend KRS 117.345 to increase from $255 to $1,500 the amount of money that the State Board of Elections is required to pay to a county treasurer for each precinct in the county that contains a voting machine. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/2/2011 - Referred to Committee House Elections, Const.
Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HB268 |
FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION (MEREDITH, M) Amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual payment derived from the Firefighters Foundation Program fund to qualified professional firefighters from $3,000 to $3,500; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual payment to qualified volunteer fire departments from $8,250 to $10,000. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/2/2011 - Referred to Committee House Appropriations and
Revenue (H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HB277 |
ANIMALS (CRIMM, R) Amend KRS 257.192 to change the name of the Animal Control Advisory Board to the Animal Care Advisory Board; amend 258.095 to change the name of the Animal Control Advisory Board; amend KRS 258.117 to authorize the Animal Care Advisory Board to establish standards for the humane care of animals in publicly funded animal shelters, make policy recommendations on animal welfare and upgrade of animal shelters to the General Assembly, require audits of shelters receiving funds from the Animal Control and Care Fund, and establish performance standards to improve rates of animal adoption and reduce rates of euthanasia; amend KRS 258.119 to require all publicly funded shelters to establish an animal control and care program that meets the Animal Care Advisory Board's minimum standards; and amend KRS 436.605 to allow peace officers, animal control officers and agents of humane societies employed, appointed or contracted with a city or county for animal control services that have the peace officer powers under KRS 61.300 to enter premises without a warrant under reasonable suspicion of animal cruelty, mistreatment, or torture. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/7/2011 - posted in committee |
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OPPOSE |
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HB281 |
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (BELCHER, L) Amend KRS 218A.110 to make ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine or their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers a Schedule IV controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.180 relating to dispensing and prescriptions by practitioners to prohibit a practitioner from dispensing more than 9 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine and their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers to an ultimate user in a 30-day period, prohibit a prescription for more than 9 grams of product, prohibit refilling a prescription prior to the expiration of 30 days from the prior prescription; repeal KRS 218A.1446 relating to over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/1/2011 - floor amendment (1) filed |
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SUPPORT |
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HB296 |
EMERGENCY MEDICAL (PALUMBO, R) Repeal and reenact, or amend, various sections of KRS Chapter 311A to define terms, including "alternate transport vehicle," "emergency medical services provider," "emergency medical services personnel," and "transport"; establish board membership and annual meeting requirements and grant powers and duties; establish types and levels of certification or licensure for emergency medical services personnel and require the board to promulgate administrative regulations for same; designate the board as the primary oversight agency charged with overseeing the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program; restrict persons not licensed or certified and authorize the board to act on prohibited activities; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a complaint process; permit board to grant power of investigation, hearings, and discipline to executive director; establish sanctions, disciplinary actions, and penalties for the violation of the chapter; permit immediate temporary suspension of license or certification; prohibit persons from operating as an emergency medical services provider without a license; establish license or certification renewal process for all levels of emergency medical services personnel, continuing education requirements, and mandatory compliance with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome education and training requirements; permit the board to establish a fee schedule through administrative regulations; establish privileges and immunities for emergency medical services personnel; require the emergency medical services grant program to provide funding for each county; require funds to be administered by the board according to KCTCS policy and procedure; permit paramedic to draw blood from a criminal defendant; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the scope of practice for all types and levels of licensure and certification; require the board to review and approve protocols; require the board to collect data from EMS providers relating to provision of emergency medical services rendered; permit the board to issue limited certification or licensure to felon; amend KRS 311.550, 314.181 and 311.669 to conform; repeal KRS 213.413, 311A.070, 311A.115, 311A.120, 311A.130, 311A.140, 311A.160, and 311A.165. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/23/2011 - House Local Government (H), (Bill Scheduled
for Hearing) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB299 |
ALCOHOL (SIMPSON, A) Amend KRS 224.290, 244.480, and 242.100 to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages during the hours the polls are open on any primary, regular, or local option election day unless the locality's local governmental body has adopted an ordinance that permits its sale of within its jurisdictional boundaries on any primary, regular, or local option election day. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB306 |
FINANCING (KEENE, D) Amend KRS 154.30-010 to extend the activation date allowed for signature tax increment financing projects that were approved by January 1, 2008 but not yet activated to anytime within ten years of the original project commencement date; apply the extension retroactively to qualifying agreements. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/2/2011 - reassigned to committee Senate Economic
Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB307 |
NATURAL RESOURCES TAX (THOMPSON, T) Amend KRS 143A.010 to amend the definition of "processing" to include the act of loading or unloading natural resources in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 143A.035 to expand the credit allowed against the tax for certain limestone sold in interstate commerce and to allow a credit for similar taxes paid to another state or political subdivision thereof; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2011. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/3/2011 - Referred to Committee House Appropriations and
Revenue (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB310 |
FINANCING (DAMRON, R) Amend KRS 65.7043, 65.7045, 65.7049, and 154.30-060 to expand the application of the tax increment financing provisions to mixed-use development projects located in a research park owned by a public university, and to projects that are within three miles of a military base; amend KRS 65. 7051 and 65.7053 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB312 |
SEWER COLLECTION CHARGES (DAMRON, R) Amend KRS 96.931, to include within the definitions of "governing body" and "sewer body" a board or commission independent of a city authorized by statute to operate sewer facilities; amend KRS 96.932 to grant sewer bodies the power to suspend water services for failure to pay sewer charges; amend KRS 96.934 to allow suspension of water services for failure to pay for sewer charges; amend KRS 96.936 to allow water suppliers to send a copy of any charges for disconnection and reconnection of water supplies for failure to pay, and require that an authorized representative of the sewer body be present at discontinuation of water services for nonpayment of sewer charges; amend KRS 96.340 to delete references to delegated authority by the city to certain bodies. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/28/2011 - Returned to Committee Senate State and Local
Government (S) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB315 |
PEACE OFFICERS (COURSEY, W) Amend KRS 61.886, 61.887, 61.888, and 61.889 to provide that the commission of Tennessee Valley police officers and Breaks Interstate Park police officers as Kentucky peace officers, and associated security bonds, are to be recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State; provide that TVA officers and Breaks Interstate Park officers commissioned as peace officers shall have authority upon or about property owned or leased by the TVA or Breaks Interstate Park; provide that supplemental authority may be granted by the sheriff of any county in which the TVA or Breaks Interstate Park owns or controls property; provide that when supplemental authority has not been granted, peace officer authority may be extended during times of disaster or other emergency. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/17/2011 - House State Government (H), (Bill Scheduled
for Hearing) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB322 |
LOCAL TAXES (RIGGS, S) Amend KRS 91A.080 to exempt from the local government premium fee or tax authorized by this section: surety bonds required by law for public works projects; state government and all units of local government, including school districts; and, self-insured groups whose membership is composed of any political subdivision of the state. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/24/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB328 |
DRUNK DRIVING (MOORE, T) Amend KRS 189A.010 to subject a person who commits a subsequent DUI while a charge for a prior DUI offense is pending to sentencing as an aggravated DUI offender. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB330 |
PUBLIC UTILITIES (STACY, J) Amend KRS 278.021 to define circumstances that constitute abandonment of a gas, water, electric, or sewer service public utility; provide for control and responsibility for abandoned utilities placed in receivership to remain with the court-appointed receiver until the Franklin Circuit Court, after hearing, orders the receiver to return control to the utility or to liquidate the assets; provide that the Public Service Commission may, without holding a hearing, petition the Franklin Circuit Court for temporary receivership of an abandoned utility under certain circumstances; provide that an order granting temporary receivership shall expire sixty days after entry if the commission does not, after notice and hearing, bring an action seeking permanent receivership; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require that any gas, water, electric, or sewer utility service that receives a notice of discontinuance or termination of service from one or more of its suppliers that will prevent the provision of service to its customers, notify the commission in writing within one (1) business day of receipt of the notice. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/9/2011 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB349 |
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY (YONTS, B) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7 relating to the Legislative Research Commission to create a permanent Government Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee, set forth its membership, require the subcommittee to monitor the Department of Corrections, local jails and corrections activities and to monitor the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and its activities; limit investigations to those agencies and programs without the direction or authorization of the General Assembly or the Legislative Research Commission. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/8/2011 - Referred to Committee House State Government
(H) |
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Position: |
OPPOSE |
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HB357 |
CORRECTIONS (CRENSHAW, J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 196, relating to the Department of Corrections, to create the Office of the Inspector General; provide that the Governor shall appoint the inspector general and set the duties of the office; amend KRS 196.026 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/8/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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Position: |
None |
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HB357 |
CORRECTIONS (CRENSHAW, J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 196, relating to the Department of Corrections, to create the Office of the Inspector General; provide that the Governor shall appoint the inspector general and set the duties of the office; amend KRS 196.026 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/8/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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Position: |
None |
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HB392 |
DRIVINNG UNDER THE INFLUENCE (BELL, J) Amend KRS 189A.010, 189A.070, and 189A.090, relating to DUI, to provide that a conviction is required before a prior offense may be used against a defendant. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/14/2011 - posted in committee |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB393 |
DNA (MARZIAN, M) Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arraignment from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to provide for expungement of DNA samples in specified circumstances; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/9/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB398 |
EMINENT DOMAIN (OSBORNE, D) Amend 416.660 relating to eminent domain to allow separately deeded tracts of land owned by the same person to be considered as a single parcel for valuation purposes. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/2/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
(S) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB413 |
DNA (BELL, J) Amend KRS 422.285, relating to post-conviction DNA testing, to expand the statute to cover all felony offenses. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/24/2011 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee
Substitute |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB423 |
DRIVINNG UNDER THE INFLUENCE (MOORE, T) Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that a motor vehicle used in the commission of specific DUI offenses is subject to forfeiture; provide exceptions. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/10/2011 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary
(H) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB428 |
SCHOOL FACILITIES (CHERRY, M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct the Department of Education to determine urgent and critical construction needs; direct the department to provide a funding allocation to a district for a school that is closed to the public because it is structurally unsound or is otherwise uninhabitable as determined by the commissioner of education; require the funding allocation be to retire the unpaid debt on the stucturally unsound or uninhabitable building or to provide the semi-annual debt service payments on the current issue; provide that when funds are not available the costs shall be deemed a necessary government expense and shall be paid from the general fund surplus account under KRS 48.700; direct a school district that receives an allotment and receives funds from litigation or insurance to repay the allotment to the budget reserve trust fund account; direct the commissioner of education to provide an allotment to a school that was closed in 2010 because it is structurally unsound; EMERGENCY. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB432 |
CORRECTIONS (GRAHAM, D) Amend KRS 441.045 relating to state payment for jail medical care to reduce from $2,000, to $1,000 the threshold amount at which the state makes payments; delete requirement that attending physician certify under oath that the care was nonelective and necessary for the health of the prisoner; amend KRS 441.206 relating to state payments of local jail expenses to delete the requirement for monthly payment and add requirement for annual payment no later than July 31 of each year; amend KRS 532.100 relating to placing Class C and Class D felons in county jails to remove requirement for community custody classification; prohibit housing sex offenders and violent offenders; permit housing a Class D felon with a sentence of more than five years when the felon has less than five years remaining on the sentence. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/14/2011 - Referred to Committee House Local Government
(H) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB433 |
WASTE TIRES (MCKEE, T) Create new section of Subtitle 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish a five-member waste tire working group in the Energy and Environment Cabinet; prescribe the duties of the Waste Tire Working Group; amend KRS 224.50-868 to require retailers of new passenger tires to distribute an information sheet on how to dispose of a waste tire to customers and require the cabinet to develop the information sheet in conjunction with the Waste Tire Working Group; amend KRS 224.50-874 to require the transporter or processor that contracts for out-of-state final disposal of the tires to return a receipt to the retailer showing who took final custody of the tires; require the retailer to contact the cabinet if a receipt has not been tendered by the transporter or processor within 30 days of receiving the tires. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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HB458 |
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (CHERRY, M) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 39E to create a cost recovery program for hazardous materials teams and fire departments, and establish liabilities; amend KRS 39E.060 to authorize the Kentucky Emergency Management Commission to commence any civil action necessary in assisting hazardous materials teams and fire departments in recovering costs relating to the release of any hazardous substance; amend KRS 39E.040 to expand the duties of the commission; repeal, reenact and amend KRS 39E.190 to specify notification protocol in the event of hazardous substance release or imminent release that exceeds or could exceed authorized limits. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/22/2011 - recommitted to committee House State
Government (H) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB463 |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TILLEY, J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to establish the sentencing policy of the Commonwealth; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to declare the primary objectives of the Department of Corrections; amend KRS 446.010 to add pertinent definitions; create a new section of KRS 218A to declare findings of the General Assembly regarding controlled substances and treatment; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 218A, relating to controlled substances, to define quantities and to otherwise modify elements of offenses and penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to provide for pretrial release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to allow deferred prosecution for possession cases; amend KRS 218A.275 and 218A.276 to permit risk and needs assessments for treatment and expungement of misdemeanor possession cases upon successful completion of treatment; create new sections of KRS Chapter 196 requiring the Department of Corrections to analyze savings from controlled substance modifications and use the savings for treatment, other evidence-based programs, and to expand programs at underused existing facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A, relating to the Court of Justice, to require the Supreme Court to administer a drug court program; amend KRS 532.080 to specify offenses to which persistent felony offender applies; amend KRS 197.020 to require the department to use a risk and needs assessment; amend KRS 439.3405 to clarify the circumstances for medical release from prison; amend and create various sections of KRS 439.250 to 439.560, relating to probation and parole, to require the use of risk and needs assessments, modify provisions relating to parole hearings, conditions, and deferment, and to require mandatory reentry supervision and postincarceration supervision; amend KRS 532.050, relating to presentence procedure, to require consideration of a risk and needs assessment; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to permit the Department of Correction to implement conditional parole of specified inmates to jails; amend KRS 532.100 to permit specified Class D felons to serve sentences at county jails; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to allow approval of any housing option for parolees that fulfills statutory requirements; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to specify approval of housing options for prisoners on parole or conditional release; amend KRS 532.260, relating to home incarceration, to add conditional release and allow for persons with 9 months or less to serve; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Supreme Court to create guidelines for judges to use when considering pretrial release and monitored conditional release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow requiring those on pretrial release to use GPS monitoring; amend KRS 431.015 to allow an officer to issue a citation instead of an arrest for specified misdemeanors; amend KRS 431.525 to set a maximum bail not to exceed the amount of fine and court costs for specified crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish pretrial release and considerations for persons based on risk of flight and danger before trial and require credit toward bail based on time spent in jail before trial; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Supreme Court to use evidence-based programs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate regulations regarding the use of evidence-based practices for treatment and supervision programs; create new sections of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to require the Department of Corrections to use evidence-based practices for treatment and supervision programs and to train their employees in the implementation and use of those practices, report on the efforts to implement evidence-based practices, administer a risk and needs assessment upon entry into community supervision and at regular intervals, permit parolees to receive compliance credits, develop a system of graduated sanctions and related procedures, permit modification of probation, establish an administrative caseload supervision program, and require sanctions for failure to comply with conditions of supervision; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Chief Justice to submit annual reports detailing various court statistics; amend KRS 196.031 to require additional information in the Justice Cabinet's report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to create an online database with specified sentencing information; create new sections of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to calculate savings from the new provisions and require savings to go into a fund; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 196 to permit the department to create community corrections pilot projects, require report, and to establish a fund; create new section of KRS Chapter 6, relating |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB466 |
SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS (RUDY, S) Amend KRS 64.5275 to prohibit the reduction of salary of a county judge/executive, county clerk, jailer operating a full service jail, or sheriff, who consecutively holds the same office, when a reduction in county population requires a reclassification of the county group to which the official belongs; make retroactive to December 31, 2010. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/15/2011 - Referred to Committee House Local Government
(H) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB469 |
ELECTIONS (OWENS, D) Amend KRS 67.060 to specify that voters required to sign a candidate's filing form shall be voters residing in the candidate's district; amend KRS 83A.170 to delete language relating to a voter signing multiple petitions of nomination in nonpartisan primaries; amend KRS 118.105 to specify that a disqualified candidate is not eligible to fill a vacancy in candidacy and that if a vacancy in candidacy occurs in a race with an unopposed candidate that the opposite party may nominate a candidate; amend KRS 118.125, 118.315, 118A.060, and 118A.100 to require that candidate and registered voters signing nomination papers include a legible, printed name and to specify that failure to include a legible name results in the signature not being counted; amend KRS 118.591 to conform; amend KRS 160.190 to require that vacancy in board of education position with unexpired term of one (1) year or more be placed on ballot for write-in voting if no candidate files a petition of nomination for the vacancy; amend KRS 160.210 to conform; amend KRS 160.220 to govern filing and vote certification procedures in school districts whose boundaries extend beyond a single county; make provisions related to nomination papers effective November 1, 2011. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/8/2011 - reassigned to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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HB480 |
RETIREMENT (CHERRY, M) Amend KRS 11A.010 to require that the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees and members of the Judicial Form Retirement System who are not subject to legislative or judicial branch code of ethics shall be subject to the executive branch code of ethics; amend KRS 21.440 to require that the audit of the Judicial Form Retirement System shall be performed by the Auditor of Public Accounts at least once every five years and require the system to pay all costs of the audit; amend KRS 21.530 to prohibit members of the Judicial Form Retirement System from serving more than three consecutive terms of office on the board and prohibit the board chairman from serving more than six consecutive years as chairman; amend KRS 21.540 to prohibit assets of the Judicial Form Retirement System from being used to pay placement agents, as defined by that section; require the Judicial Form Retirement System to make system expenditures and employee salaries available on a Web site; establish conflict-of-interest provisions applicable to trustees and employees of the Kentucky Judicial Form Retirement System; amend KRS 61.645 to apply the term limits applicable to elected trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board to appointed trustees; provide that terms served prior to July 1, 2011, shall be used to determine if a trustee has exceeded the term limits prescribed in this section; prohibit the chair of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board from serving more than six consecutive years as chair; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems' audit to be completed by the Auditor of Public Accounts at least once every five years and require the systems to pay all costs of the audit; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to make system expenditures and employee salaries available on a Web site; prohibit assets of the Kentucky Retirement Systems from being used to pay placement agents as defined by that section; amend KRS 61.655 to include employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems; in conflict-of-interest provisions regarding their service to the systems; include additional restrictions to the conflict-of-interest provisions applicable to employees and trustees of the board; amend KRS 161.250 to provide that terms served prior to July 1, 2011, shall be used to determine if an elective trustee of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System has exceeded term limits established under the section; require the system to make system expenditures and employee salaries available on a Web site; amend KRS 161.340 to prohibit the chairperson of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board from serving more than six consecutive years as chairperson; amend KRS 161.370 to require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System audit to be completed by the Auditor of Public Accounts at least once every five years and require the system to pay all costs of the audit; amend KRS 161.430 to prohibit assets of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System from being used to pay placement agents as defined by that section; amend KRS 161.460 to include additional restrictions to the conflict-of-interest provisions applicable to employees and trustees of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System; provide in noncodified sections, that trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System boards who are serving more than three four-year terms on the effective date of this Act shall be removed from office; trustees of the Judicial Form Retirement System who are serving more than the prescribed term limits on the effective date of this Act are allowed to complete their remaining term of office; the ban on placement agents applies to contracts established or renewed on or after July 1, 2011; that terms of office served prior to the effective date of this Act as board chair, chairman, or chairperson shall be used to determine if a current chair, chairman, or chairperson of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, or Judicial Form Retirement System board has exceeded the prescribed term limits. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - received in House |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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HB487 |
ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS (SANTORO, S) Repeal and reenact all necessary sections of KRS 227.450 to 227.530, relating to electricians and electrical inspecting, as new sections of KRS Chapter 227A, relating to electrician licensure; establish permit requirements; set conditions for appointment as an electrical inspector; describe conditions where localities, including combinations of localities, may oversee electrical inspection and permitting; establish electrical inspector reporting and surety bond requirements; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations for fee schedules, inspection protocols, and reporting forms; set procedures for inspections and for dealing with work conducted without a permit; amend KRS 227A.010 to define "alteration," "commissioner," "division," "electrical inspector," and "repair"; amend KRS 227A.050 to send fees and other moneys to the department’s trust and agency account for the purposes of administering and enforcing all of KRS Chapter 227A; deposit all interest accrued by the account back into the account; amend KRS 227A.130 to add electrical inspection and permitting penalties to KRS Chapter 227A; amend KRS 198B.060 to allow local government petitions for electrical permits; clarify that the state will provide a certified electrical inspector for new building approvals; amend KRS 227.205 to create the electrical division within the department; amend KRS 132.815, 211.350, and 227A.030 to conform; repeal KRS 227.450 and 227.500. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/2/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Licensing,
Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S) |
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SUPPORT |
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HCR12 |
VOTING CENTERS (MEEKS, R)
Directing the Legislative Research Commission to study whether
counties should be offered the option of conducting elections in
centralized voting centers, rather than in voting precincts, and
whether counties should offer voters the opportunity to vote early
or to vote during extended periods of time. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - recommitted to committee House Appropriations
and Revenue (H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HCR24 |
HIGHWAY FUEL TAXES (GLENN, J) Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the sufficiency of highway fuel taxes to meet highway funding needs over the next two decades, the effect of the anticipated decline in gasoline demand and its effect on road fund revenue, and alternative methods to fund Kentucky's highways in the face of reduced fuel consumption; report findings to the appropriate committee or committees by December 1, 2011. |
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All Bill Status: |
1/5/2011 - Referred to Committee House Transportation
(H) |
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SUPPORT |
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HCR37 |
US EPA (KOENIG, A) Express support for federal legislation requiring the United States Environmental Protection Agency to consider affordability when implementing its combined sewer overflow control measures. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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SUPPORT |
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HCR124 |
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONERS (HALL, K) Create a Task Force on the feasibility of elected Public Service Commissioners; increase the number of commissioners from three to six, with one commissioner for each U.S. Congressional District, with the concurrence of both the House and the Senate; direct the task force to survey the experiences of states that have elected public service commissioners and compare those with the experiences of other states for which the Governor appoints commissioners; establish task force membership to consist of three members of the Kentucky Senate appointed by the Senate President and three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House; provide that the Senate President shall select one co-chair from the appointed senators, and the Speaker of the House shall select one co-chair from the appointed representatives; authorize the task force to consult with the State Board of Elections regarding the financing of an elected Public Service Commission and shall make recommendations regarding the feasibility of an expanded PSC; require the task force to meet periodically during the interim at the call of the task force co-chairs and require the task force to submit a final report of its recommendations no later than December 1, 2011; to authorize LRC to alternatively assign the issues identified herein to a committee or subcommittee and designate a study completion date. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/14/2011 - Referred to Committee House Tourism
Development and Energy (H) |
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OPPOSE |
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HJR90 |
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONTRACT (STEELE, F) Direct the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to enter into a new contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to amend the criteria for selecting in-lieu-fee mitigation projects to allow for stream restoration and to urge the Kentucky Congressional delegation to amend the Clean Water Act to disallow use of a regionally selective conductivity standard. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/2/2011 - received in Senate |
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SUPPORT |
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HR22 |
HONORING SANDY LEE WATKINS (STUMBO, G) Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Sandy Lee Watkins. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/10/2011 - adopted by voice vote |
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SUPPORT |
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SB1 |
FISCAL POLICY (WILLIAMS, D) Establish the Kentucky Council on Revenue Reform to assess the effectiveness of the state and local tax and revenue system and propose legislation to revise revenue statutes; declare legislative findings; provide for the appointment of members to the council; require the council to report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before November 30, 2011; provide sunset date for the council; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/8/2011 - floor amendment (1) filed |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB2 |
RETIREMENT (THAYER, D) Create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan to new members effective July 1, 2012, and to prohibit legislators and judges who take office on or after the effective date of this Act from participating in a retirement system for their service as a legislator or judge if the individual is retired and receiving a benefit from a state-administered retirement system; create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 to allow members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan with less than 5 years of service to transfer their membership and account balance to the Public Employees Retirement System; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to close the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System to new members effective July 1, 2012, and to prohibit retired members of other state-administered retirement systems from contributing to these systems or the Public Employees Retirement System if they are reemployed on or after the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to allow members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System, with less than 5 years of service to transfer their membership and account balance to the Public Employees Retirement System; create KRS Chapter 61A to establish the Public Employees Retirement System, a defined contribution plan administered by the board of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for new employees hired by a participating agency in the retirement systems closed under the provisions of this Act; establish administrative requirements of the Public Employees Retirement System and authorize the board to establish or amend existing plans or to contract with the Kentucky Deferred Compensation Authority for administration of the plans; establish eligibility for membership in the Public Employees Retirement System; provide that individual agencies may establish additional defined contributions with matching contributions for reemployed retirees not eligible to participate in the Public Employees Retirement System; establish matching employer contributions of 5% for non-hazardous employees and 8% for hazardous employees contributing to the Public Employees Retirement System and vesting rules for employer contributions; establish the State Treasurer as custodian of the Public Employees Retirement System; require that each employer shall contribute to the Public Employees Retirement System the amount that is otherwise contributed for employees still participating in the closed systems and to provide that the contributions shall be distributed to fund benefits and expenses of the Public Employees Retirement System and to pay off unfunded liabilities of the closed systems; cross-reference statutes pertaining to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System related to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board, investment committee, employer duties, confidentiality of member accounts, correction of errors in records, and statements made under oath; allow the General Assembly to suspend or reduce benefits provided under the Public Employees Retirement System; establish minimum line-of-duty disability and death benefits for members of the Public Employees Retirement Systems of 25% of pay to the member or deceased member's spouse and 10% for each dependent child and require the systems to contract with a insurance company duly licensed in the state of Kentucky for administration; authorize the board to establish retiree health coverage for members and beneficiaries upon retirement or in-the-line-of-duty disablement or death and to establish a benefit of $10 per month for non-hazardous employees and $15 per month for hazardous employees; amend KRS 6.515 and 21.370 to increase the cost of purchasing active duty military service to the full actuarial cost for members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan; prohibit s |
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All Bill Status: |
2/15/2011 - Referred to Committee House State Government
(H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB4 |
ELECTIONS (CARPENTER, J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to prohibit a public servant or candidate for statewide elected office from accepting a campaign contribution from a lobbyist; amend KRS 11A.990 to include penalty provisions; amend KRS 83A.045, 117.045, 118.025, 118.165, 118.215, 118.225, 118.367, 118.561, 118.591, 118.601, and 118A.060 to change certain filing deadlines for elective offices from the last Tuesday in January to the last Tuesday in April; to change the date of the primary from the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August; and to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to prohibit a candidate for statewide elected office to solicit or accept campaign contributions from a lobbyist or spouse of a lobbyist; amend KRS 121.015 to include "lobbyist" in KRS Chapter 121 definitions; amend KRS 121.120 to require candidates and slates of candidates for statewide office and their campaign committees to file electronically with the registry if contributions, loans, of campaign account balances exceed $25,000; amend KRS 121.180 to establish a single campaign finance reporting threshold of $5,000; to require candidates to file campaign finance reports 15 and 30 days prior to the primary, and 15, 30, and 60 days prior to the regular election, and to require candidates for statewide office to additionally file a report 60 days prior to the primary; and to change the filing deadline for supplemental reports from not later than ten days after November 1 to not later than ten days after December 31; amend KRS 121.990 to include penalty provisions; name the Act the "Public Officials Accountability Act of 2011"; EMERGENCY. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/24/2011 - posted in committee House Elections, Const.
Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB5 |
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON REVENUE BILLS (LEEPER, R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require appropriations and revenue bills to be available for public review prior to certain legislative actions thereon, define terms, and provide that legislation enacted without specified public review period shall be null and void; amend KRS 48.100 to establish the process for legislative action on budget bills during regular sessions of the General Assembly. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/4/2011 - Referred to Committee House Appropriations and
Revenue (H) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB6 |
UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS (SCHICKEL, J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 432 to define terms; set out the intent of the chapter and prevent the adoption of policies, administrative regulations, or laws that restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws; allow for determining the immigration status of a person on reasonable suspicion, the arrest of an unlawful alien upon probable cause, and the transference of a convicted unlawful alien to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the United States Customs and Border Protection; specify that officials or agencies may not be prohibited from sharing the immigration status of a person under specific instances; indemnify a governmental law enforcement officer where the officer has been brought into a legal action; make it a Class D felony to intentionally smuggle persons for profit or commercial purposes, a Class B felony if the smuggled person is under 18 or the offense involved a deadly weapon, or a Class C felony if serious physical injury is used or threatened; define trespassing by an unauthorized alien in the first degree and set out the penalties for conviction; make it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to transport or conceal unauthorized aliens, or encourage an unauthorized alien to come to this state; amend KRS 186A.320 to include motor vehicles used in violation of Section 8 of this Act in the impoundment procedures. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/9/2011 - House Local Government (H), (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing) |
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Position: |
OPPOSE |
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SB8 |
ONE STOP BUSINESS CENTER (GIVENS, D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to require the Secretary of State to establish a business-one-stop electronic state business portal to facilitate interaction among businesses and governmental agencies in the Commonwealth, to mandate that certain elements be included in the development of the business portal, to coordinate with appropriate cabinet to develop certain aspects of the business portal, and to have the basics of the business portal operational by July 1, 2012; Amend KRS 11.202 to require the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to submit an annual report beginning December 1, 2012 to LRC and the Secretary of State with an analysis of how to improve the business-one-stop portal so that it is more user friendly; amend KRS 42.730 to direct the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology to conduct research regarding the various technical and filing requirements necessary for the successful development of the business portal, to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 31, 2011; make an appropriation to the Commonwealth Office of Technology for a study; EMERGENCY. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
OPPOSE |
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SB25 |
ANNEXATION (KERR, A) Amend KRS 81A.470 to eliminate requirement for recording annexation map, description, and copy of ordinance with the Department for Local Government, retroactively to July 15, 2010; amend KRS 81.420 to clarify public notice requirements for a merged or consolidated city; EMERGENCY. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB26 |
HOMELESSNESS (BUFORD, T) Amend KRS 186.531 to establish a $4 charge for a personal identification card issued to a person without a fixed, permanent address; amend KRS 186.412 to establish that a personal identification card issued to a person without a fixed, permanent shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB41 |
ELECTIONS (HIGDON, J) Amend KRS 116.055 to permit a registered independent to vote in the primary of one party for each primary and to require that an independent be registered as an independent on December 31 immediately preceding the primary; amend KRS 118.125 to prohibit a primary candidate from being a registered independent; amend KRS 117.125 to require that electronic voting machines be reprogrammed to allow a registered independent to vote for a party's candidates in a primary; amend KRS 118.015 to define "registered independent" as a person who is not a member of a political party, a political organization, or a political group. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/1/2011 - House Elections, Const. Amendments &
Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing) |
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Position: |
OPPOSE |
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SB45 |
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (JENSEN, T) Amend KRS 218A.110 to make ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine or their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers a Schedule IV controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.180 relating to dispensing and prescriptions by practitioners to prohibit a practitioner from dispensing more than 9 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine and their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers to an ultimate user in a 30 day period; prohibit a prescription for more than 9 grams of product, prohibit refilling a prescription prior to the expiration of 30 days from the prior prescription; repeal KRS 218A.1446 relating to over the counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/9/2011 - Passed Over |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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SB48 |
PUBLIC AIRPORTS (SCHICKEL, J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to allow airport boards to establish an entity to develop airport facilities and operate certain services. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/17/2011 - Referred to Committee House Transportation
(H) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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SB54 |
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS (HARRIS, E) Amend KRS 75.031 to require fire districts that operate in a consolidated local government and one neighboring county have one member of the board of trustees appointed from the neighboring county. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/3/2011 - received in Senate |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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SB62 |
PROPERTY TAX (RIDLEY, D) Amend KRS 134.128 to allow certificates of delinquency related to unmined minerals or oil and gas to be sold as part of the annual sale of certificates of delinquency; apply new provisions to the sale of certificates of delinquency on or after the effective date of the Act. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/1/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and
Revenue (S) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB77 |
PERSONAL ID CARDS (JONES, R) Amend KRS 186.412 to allow holders of personal ID cards who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to receive a sticker identifying that condition to place on the ID card; require payment of $1 fee to obtain sticker. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/1/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
(S) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB78 |
PROPERTY TAXES (BUFORD, T) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to allow persons holding a first priority recorded mortgage that is subject to state property taxes to register their interest with the county clerk; amend KRS 134.122 to require county clerks to submit a list of certificates of delinquency to the Department of Revenue and require the department to publish a list of certificates of delinquency on their Web site; amend KRS 134.452 to make changes to what a third-party purchaser of a certificate of delinquency may collect and to prohibit fees or interest from being incurred after a payment has been made in the amount specified in the notice provided according to KRS 134.490; amend KRS 134.490 to require a third-party purchaser of a certificate of delinquency to notify a holder of a first priority recorded mortgage registered with the county clerk that the certificate of delinquency has been purchased and to require the third-party purchaser to send notice to the holders of a first priority mortgage registered with the county clerk at least 45 days prior that legal action will be taken to enforce collection; amend KRS 134.504 to require the county attorney or the department to mail a notice to a person holding a first priority mortgage that is registered with the county clerk advising of a certificate of delinquency, to require the county attorney or department to mail a second notice to a person holding a first priority recorded mortgage advising that the certificate of delinquency may be purchased by a third-party purchaser, and to require the county attorney or department to notify a person holding a first priority recorded mortgage of intent to initiate legal action to enforce collection of the amount due on a certificate of delinquency; amend KRS 134.125 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/9/2011 - Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations and
Revenue (S) |
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OPPOSE |
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SB80 |
PUBLIC UTILITIES (STIVERS, R) Amend KRS 278.021 to define circumstances that constitute abandonment of a gas, water, electric, or sewer service public utility; provide for control and responsibility for abandoned utilities placed in receivership to remain with the court-appointed receiver until the Franklin Circuit Court, after hearing, orders the receiver to return control to the utility or to liquidate the assets; provide that the Public Service Commission may, without holding a hearing, petition the Franklin Circuit Court for temporary receivership of an abandoned utility under certain circumstances; provide that an order granting temporary receivership shall expire sixty days after entry if the commission does not, after notice and hearing, bring an action seeking permanent receivership; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require that any gas, water, electric, or sewer utility service that receives a notice of discontinuance or termination of service from one or more of its suppliers that will prevent the provision of service to its customers, notify the commission in writing within one (1) business day of receipt of the notice. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/3/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources
and Energy (S) |
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Position: |
SUPPORT |
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SB87 |
JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS (CARROLL, J) Amend KRS 24A.120 relating to the civil jurisdiction of District Court to increase jurisdictional amount from $4,000 to $7,500; amend KRS 24A.230 relating to small claims jurisdiction of District Court to increase jurisdictional amount from $1,500 to $3,000; amend KRS 24A.290 relating to counterclaims in the small claims division of District Court to increase jurisdiction from $1,500 to $3,000. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/3/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
(S) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB96 |
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (PENDLETON, J) Amend KRS 65.7043, 65.7045, 65.7049, and 154.30-060 to expand the application of the tax increment financing provisions to mixed-use development projects that are both within three miles of the border and within three miles of a military base; amend KRS 65. 7051 and 65.7053 to conform. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/4/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and
Revenue (S) |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB103 |
TVA AND BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK (WINTERS, K) Amend KRS 61.886, 61.887, 61.888, and 61.889 to provide that commissions appointing Tennessee Valley police officers and Breaks Interstate Park police officers as Kentucky peace officers, and associated security bonds, are to be recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State; provide that TVA officers and Breaks Interstate Park officers commissioned as peace officers shall have authority upon or about property owned or leased by the TVA or Breaks Interstate Park; allow supplemental authority to be granted by the sheriff of any county in which the TVA or Breaks Interstate Park owns or controls property; allow peace officer authority to be extended during times of disaster or other emergency. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB108 |
COURTS (HIGDON, J) Amend KRS 24A.120, relating to jurisdiction of District Court in civil cases, to increase jurisdiction from $4,000 to $5,000; amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290, relating to the small claims division of District Court, to increase jurisdiction from $1,500 to $2,500. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/4/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB113 |
OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT (TURNER, J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky Mountain Trail Authority (KMTA) as an independent, de jure municipal corporation attached to the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet for administrative purposes only; authorize the KMTA to establish the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Area for tourism and outdoor recreation opportunities for residents and visitors; prioritize the development of trails and outdoor recreation on private lands, through agreements with willing landowners who would become participating landowners, with the KMTA; identify eighteen (18) eastern Kentucky counties which would be target counties for initial development of the KMTA; identify a process whereby target counties would become full participating counties in the authority and authorized to appoint two representatives, one from the governmental sector and one representing participating landowners, to serve on the KMTA board; establish a process whereby counties outside the target counties could fulfill requirements to become a participating county in the KMTA through one of the fifteen (15) area development districts (ADDs); require the chair of each ADD board to designate a county, which has fulfilled the requirements to become a “participating county†as the district’s designated liaison county, which would serve on the KMTA’s board; authorize the ADDs to assist counties throughout the state in planning and developing involvement with the KMTA; amend KRS Chapter 147A to authorize ADDs to provide assistance to counties interested in participating in the KMTA as part of the regular duties of the ADD board and staff; authorize KMTA board meetings and establish duties; authorize the KMTA board to adopt bylaws for governance; outline methods for appointing an executive director and hiring additional staff; establish that all personnel and operational costs of the corporation shall be paid from funds accruing to the corporation, through fees, grants, or other self-funding mechanisms; enable the authority to procure insurance, execute contracts, accept grants and loans, maintain an office, assess fees for trails, parking, and other trail-related recreational purposes, and to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Area; authorize the board to hire trail rangers and establish experience and training requirements for rangers; establish procedures for the authority to issue revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds; ensure that participating landowners are not liable for willful negligence or similar damages; establish a framework for adopting administrative regulations for a penalty schedule for violations of trail laws and rules. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/9/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate State and Local
Government (S) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB116 |
CONCEALED WEAPONS (HARRIS, E) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to permit the county/judge executive and members of the fiscal court to carry a concealed deadly weapon in their own courthouse if they have a concealed deadly weapon license, except carrying in a Court of Justice courtroom while a judicial proceeding is in progress without permission from the presiding judge; prohibit peace officers and other persons from prohibiting or attempting to prohibit named county officers from carrying a concealed deadly weapon in their own courthouse. |
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All Bill Status: |
2/17/2011 - Senate Judiciary (S), (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing) |
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OPPOSE |
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SB119 |
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUNDING (BUFORD, T) Create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to direct the Office of Homeland Security to report information necessary regarding 911 emergency communications funding by August 1, 2011; require local and state agencies, and private citizens to provide necessary information to the Office of Homeland Security; permit the Office of Homeland Security to hire a consultant; direct local and state agency having jurisdiction over one or more Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs) to provide certain information for each PSAP for fiscal years 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011; require service connection provider to report the amount of reimbursements received in fiscal years 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011; direct that local government or state agency that fails to provide the information shall not be eligible to receive distributions of state funds from the Office of Homeland Security or the CMRS Board; direct the Office of Homeland Security shall promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to establish annual reporting requirements; require the Office of Homeland Security to provide the Legislative Research Commission with access to all financial data information and report by August 1 each year; create a six person legislative task force to study funding for 911 emergency communications within the Commonwealth; require recommendations to be made in a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2011. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/8/2011 - delivered to Governor |
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Position: |
UNDER REVIEW |
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SB120 |
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE (SMITH, B) Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 244 to allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet to certify laboratories that submit environmental data relating to tests for water quality; require that all environmental samples collected be submitted to a certified laboratory; allow the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations that establish standards for the operation of laboratories relating to wastewater pollution, set fees for certification, and evaluate the competency of the laboratories. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/2/2011 - received in Senate with letter |
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SB121 |
KENTUCKY COURTS (RIDLEY, D) Amend KRS 24A.120 to increase the jurisdictional limit of District Court to $10,000; amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290 to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of District Court from $1,500 to $3,500, for both claims and counterclaims. |
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2/10/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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SB123 |
911 EMERGENCY SERVICES (GIBSON, C) Amend KRS 65.7621 to add new definitions; create new sections of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to create the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority and establish the board of directors; amend KRS 65.7623 to provide the board of directors take over for the CMRS Board; amend KRS 65.7625 to establish an executive director of 911 emergency communications and provide that the director assist with the development of a next generation 911 strategy; amend KRS 65.7627 to establish the 911 fund to be made up of 911 service charges and prepaid wireless service charges; amend KRS 65.7629 to exempt from prepaid wireless services from the 911 service charge and make technical changes; amend KRS 65.7631 to make technical changes; amend KRS 65.7633 to require the board to establish procedures for the submission of a state 911 plan, including the development of a next generation 911 system; create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 requiring the board to recommend an equitable 911 funding procedure before July 1, 2012; amend KRS 65.7635 to conform; amend KRS 65.7635 to remove language relating to prepaid CMRS services, which will take effect on January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to create definitions for this section, provide a mechanism for a 1.4% prepaid wireless service charge to be assessed at the point of sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications services; provide that sellers remit the prepaid wireless service charge to the Department of Revenue, which shall forward the funds to the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority; amend KRS 65.7639 and 65.7641 to conform; repeal KRS 39G.040; provide that Sections 11 and 12, relating to prepaid wireless service charges, are effective as of January 1, 2012. |
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2/10/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources
and Energy (S) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB134 |
SERVICE OF PROCESS (SCHICKEL, J) Amend KRS 454.140 relating to service of process in legal proceedings to require the Circuit Clerk to first direct all process to the sheriff, and then to other named officers; amend KRS 70.350 relating to service of process of constables to direct process to the sheriff first, and then to named persons including the constable; amend KRS 454.145 relating to a court appointing a person to serve process to require a court to first direct the process to the sheriff; repeal KRS 205.782 relating to service of process by constable in county containing a city of the first class; repeal KRS 421.135 relating to special bailiff to compel testimony of witness in felony case. |
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2/11/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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SB141 |
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (JONES, R) Amend KRS 189A.005 to expand the definition of "ignition interlock device"; amend KRS 189A.010 to include driving the wrong way on a four-lane highway among the list of factors for triggering aggravated DUI penalties; amend KRS 189A.070 to provide that a reduction in the time period of a license revocation does not lessen the time required for ignition interlock usage; amend KRS 189A.085 to run the period of a license plate impoundment from the date of sentencing to the day the offender is authorized to resume driving and require ignition interlock usage beginning with the first DUI offense; amend KRS 189A.340 to establish an assistance fund for indigent defendants; amend 189A.345 to establish penalties for operating a vehicle without a device when prohibited from doing so; create new sections of KRS Chapter 189A to establish the ignition interlock program, require the promulgation of administrative regulations, and allow a defendant who committed an offense prior to the effective date to elect to be governed by the Act; amend KRS 189A.410 to require ignition interlock usage while an offender is driving on a hardship license amend 186.572 to provide that penalty points assessed against a person's license shall expire only after participation in the interlock ignition program; amend 189A.090 to conform. |
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2/11/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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SB151 |
PUBLIC SERVICE (JONES, R) Amend KRS 278.050 to expand membership of the Public Service Commission (PSC) from three to seven commissioners, one for each U.S. Congressional District and one for the state at large, who shall be elected for staggered four year terms beginning with the next regular election in even-numbered years for terms of four years, to begin on the first day of January of the year succeeding their election as follows: At the regular election to be held in November 2012, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of four years one member of the Public Service Commission in each odd-numbered Congressional District and one state-at-large member in which the term of his or her predecessor in office will expire; and at the regular election to be held in November 2014, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of four years one member of the Public Service Commission in each even-numbered Congressional District in which the term of his or her predecessor in office will then expire; provide that each member of the commission for retirement purposes shall be eligible to membership in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as set forth in KRS 61.515 to 61.705 and the at-large commission member and a commission member designated by the Governor shall serve as co-chairs of the Public Service Commission; require that the Governor to appoint a new member of the commission to fill any vacancy; provide that all appointments made to the Public Service Commission by the Governor prior to or subsequent to the effective date of this Act shall expire on January 1, 2013; amend KRS 278.060 to require that each commissioner, including the at-large commission member, be a resident and qualified voter of this state and be no less than 25 years of age at the time of his or her election and shall have resided in this state and in his or her Congressional District for no less than three years prior to his or her election and shall not be qualified to run for commissioner if he or she holds any official relationship to any utility, or owns stocks or bonds thereof, or who has any pecuniary interest therein for three years prior to his or her election; require that members of the Public Service Commission be subject to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics in accordance with KRS 11A.001 to 11A.990; amend KRS 11A.010 to conform. |
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3/2/2011 - received in Senate with letter |
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SB153 |
SPECIAL DISTRICTS (THAYER, D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; provide for local legislative body approval in taxing districts for ad valorem rate changes that produce increased revenues and changes in charges by non-taxing districts that will produce increased revenues; establish procedures for submission of proposed changes to rates or charges and their approval or disapproval; amend KRS 220.035 to require districts governed by KRS 220.135 to submit proposed service charges, user fees, and any other charges, as defined in Section 1 of this Act for approval of appropriate local legislative bodies. |
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2/15/2011 - Referred to Committee Senate State and Local
Government (S) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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SB155 |
ELECTIONS (WILSON, M) Amend KRS 120.055 to specify that the Rules of Civil Procedure govern service of process in a primary contest proceeding, to provide grounds upon which a contest may be brought, and to require the Circuit Judge to enter an order directing all voting materials to be placed in the custody of the circuit clerk; amend KRS 120.065 to restate the standard of review in a contest to a preponderance of the evidence and to establish that a court may determine an election is void or valid; amend KRS 120.075 to specify that a supersedeas bond be executed if necessary following an appeal of the Circuit Court judgment; amend KRS 120.095 to specify how bond amount for a primary contest is established, to require that records be transferred to custody of Circuit court to maintain security consistent with regulations, and to specify how a recount of the votes is conducted in a contest of a primary; amend KRS 120.155 to specify that the Rules of Civil Procedure govern service of process in an election contest and to provide grounds upon which contest may be brought; amend KRS 120.165 to restate the standard of review in a contest to a preponderance of the evidence and to establish that a court may determine an election is void or valid; amend KRS 120.185 to specify how bond amount for an election recount is established, to require that records be transferred to custody of Circuit Court to maintain security consistent with regulations, and to specify how a recount of the votes is conducted in an election; declare EMERGENCY. |
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All Bill Status: |
3/1/2011 - House Elections, Const. Amendments &
Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing) |
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UNDER REVIEW |
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