Supplemental appropriation - offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and state planning and budgeting. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and state planning and budgeting. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation is increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Retail food establishments - inspections - penalties for violations. With respect to retail food establishment inspections, the act: Clarifies that emergency situations can create an "imminent health hazard"; Repeals language that separated violations found during inspections into critical and noncritical violations; Clarifies that it is unlawful to continue to operate a retail food establishment that has had its license or certificate of license suspended; Aligns the requirements for the communication of inspection results with the determination of whether violations are sufficient to require a reinspection; Removes the minimum amount for a civil penalty and establishes the maximum amount as $1,000 for violations of rules promulgated by the department of public health and environment; Provides that a retail food establishment that is found to be in violation during 4 out of 5 inspections during a 12-month period is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 and license suspension; and Adds unpaid license fees to the list of items on which a retail food establishment can spend an assessed penalty.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriations - the department of state. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of state. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of state. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased. Appropriations made in Senate Bill 18-150, concerning measures to facilitate voter registration of individuals in the criminal justice system, is amended to specify the uses for the appropriated money. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriation - department of regulatory agencies. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of regulatory agencies. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is decreased and the reappropriated funds are increased, resulting in no change in the amount appropriated to the department.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriations - department of the treasury. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of the treasury. The general fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of local affairs. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More
Supplemental appropriations - department of revenue. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of revenue. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Nationally certified school professionals - annual stipends. The act adds nationally certified school psychologists as school professionals eligible for annual stipends awarded by the department of education (department) if the school psychologist meets the requirements set forth in the act. The act clarifies that school counselors, who hold a certification from the national board for certified counselors or from the national board for professional teaching standards, are school professionals who have been eligible for annual stipends awarded by the department since the initial award was distributed during the 2009-10 school year. The act corrects the name of the national board for professional teaching standards by removing the word "principal" from the title. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriation - department of human services. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of human services. The general fund, cash funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are decreased and the reappropriated funds portion is increased, resulting in an overall decrease to the department. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of human services. The cash funds and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased and the reappropriated funds portion is decreased, resulting in an overall increase to the department. Appropriations made in Senate Bill 18-254, concerning reforms to child welfare services, are amended to specify that money appropriated is for foster and adoptive parent recruitment, training and support. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Manufactured homes - sales tax exemption clarification. As it existed before the enactment of the act, the state sales and use tax exemption statute (exemption statute) exempted from state sales tax, and through operation of another statute also exempted from local sales taxes, 48% of the purchase price for the initial sale of "factory-built housing" and 100% of the purchase price for any subsequent sale of a "manufactured home" (sales tax exemption). The exemption statute referenced another statute defining "factory-built housing", but in Senate Bill 03-182, concerning the consolidation of programs implemented by the department of local affairs that pertain to the regulation of construction, the general assembly replaced the existing definition of "factory-built housing" with a new definition of "factory-built residential structure", and the statute referenced in the exemption statute actually defines the latter term. This definition of "factory-built residential structure" includes only "structures designed to be installed on a permanent foundation" and therefore arguably limited the sales tax exemption, which had previously clearly applied to structures designed for occupancy in either temporary or permanent locations, to only those structures designed to be installed on permanent foundations. The act clarifies the scope of the sales tax exemption by amending the exemption statute to exempt "manufactured homes" instead of "factory-built housing", which clarifies that the sales tax exemption applies to homes designed to be installed on either temporary or permanent foundations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Department of public health and environment - fire safety - life safety - rule-making authority - repeal. The act repeals statutory provisions that require the department of public health and environment (department) to adopt rules relating to fire safety of health facilities and allow the department to establish a life safety code for health facilities, because these functions were transferred to the department of public safety.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriations - department of public safety. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of public safety. The general fund, cash funds, and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
