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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 8, 2018

HB 210: AN ACT relating to public protection. Amend KRS 237.115 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons on public postsecondary property and in buildings controlled by state and local government, except courtrooms and detention facilities; amend KRS 237.110 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons in meetings of the General Assembly; make technical and conforming amendments.

Posted in committee
C. Wesley Morgan (R) Tim Moore (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 8, 2018

HB 175: AN ACT relating to entities registered with the Secretary of State. Amend KRS 14A.1-070 to define "veteran" and "veteran-owned business"; create a new section of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 14A to exempt a veteran-owned business from paying filing fees to the Secretary of State's office for filing various business documents; amend KRS 14A.2-060 to exempt a veteran-owned business from paying the filing fee for annual reports and amended annual reports for four years after the initial registration of the business.

Posted in committee
Linda Belcher (D) Donna Mayfield (R) Brandon Reed (R) Wilson Stone (D) Dean Schamore (D)
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 8, 2018

SB 135: AN ACT relating to official documents. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after August 1, 2019; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal or online appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to register with the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; state that a portion of this Act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to state that a paper copy of an electronic record shall satisfy a law requiring a tangible document; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to create the Kentucky Notarization and Recording Standards Commission; amend KRS 423.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; amend KRS 62.065 to allow a surety to cover more than one required bond; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, and 423.990; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2019.

To State & Local Government (S)
Wil Schroder (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 8, 2018

HB 317: AN ACT relating to deferred deposit transactions. Create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286 to establish definitions for "available resources," "expenses," and "relevant period"; require deferred deposit service business licensees to verify a customer's available resources and expenses during each relevant period; prohibit licensees from entering into a deferred deposit transaction if the licensee determines that a customer's expenses exceed a customer's available resources during any relevant period.

To Banking & Insurance (H)
Myron Dossett (R) Joni L. Jenkins (D)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 8, 2018

HB 312: AN ACT relating to tax credits and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 141.068 to sunset the tax credit and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.396 to sunset the tax credit and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 154.20-232 to require reporting by the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.20-234 to sunset the tax credit provisions and to outline the types of investment that may be accepted to qualify for the tax credit; amend KRS 154.20-236 to expand the amount of tax credits awarded to all investors to $5 million, to remove the overall tax combined credit cap of $40 million, to lower the percentage amount awarded to an investor if the qualified investment is outside an enhanced incentive county, and to sunset the tax credit; amend KRS 154.20-238 to allow the qualified investor to make the qualified investment and provide proof of the qualified investment within 80 days following the date of credit approval, including weekend and holidays; amend KRS 154.20-250 to require a report by the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.20-255 to require that the total tax credits for all investors not exceed $3 million in any calendar year, to remove the overall combined credit cap of $40 million, and to sunset the tax credit; amend KRS 154.20-258 to lower the percentage amount awarded to an investor if the qualified investment is outside an enhanced incentive county and increase the percentage amount awarded to an investor if the qualified investment is inside an enhanced incentive county; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 131 and 141 to conform; EMERGENCY.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Russell Webber (R) Jim DeCesare (R) Diane St. Onge (R) Susan Westrom (D) Phillip Pratt (R)
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