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signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 165: AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 230.225 to reestablish the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; make designated cabinet secretaries or their designees voting members of the commission; change the term of office for commissioners from three to four years; stagger terms for initial appointees; delete per diem amounts for commissioners; confirm Executive Orders 2016-229 and 2016-494.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 54)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 366: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 229.011 to redefine the Boxing and Wrestling Authority as the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission; amend KRS 229.141 to require that structures used for boxing or wrestling events conform to any applicable building codes, safety codes, and local laws; amend KRS 229.151 to create and establish the commission with five members, two of whom are a licensed Kentucky attorney and a person with experience in sports marketing or promotion; clarify that the chairperson and vice chairperson serve at the pleasure of the Governor; amend KRS 229.155 to permit the secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet to request the appointment of the executive director of the commission; amend KRS 229.171 to authorize the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to administer and enforce KRS Chapter 229; amend KRS 229.260 to create and establish the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission Medical Advisory Panel; direct the cabinet secretary to appoint the members of the panel; require one of the physicians on the panel to practice in the field of neurology or neurosurgery; set the physician member of the commission as the chair of the panel; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 148.590, 229.021, 229.031, 229.041, 229.051, 229.061, 229.071, 229.081, 229.091, 229.111, 229.131, 229.180, 229.190, 229.200, 229.210, 229.250, and 229.991 to conform; establish the terms of the initial appointments to the commission; confirm Executive Order 2016-270.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch.70)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 318: AN ACT relating to local code enforcement. Amend KRS 65.8811, relating to local code enforcement boards, to allow participating local governments who are parties to an interlocal agreement to share appointments and permit joint appointments; amend KRS 65.8825 to specify means of service of process of upon alleged violators of local government ordinances; amend KRS 65.8836 to require the government Web site to be updated with final order information at the same time electronic notification of the final order is sent; make technical correction.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 086)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 246: AN ACT relating to solid waste management and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 109.041 to prohibit a county or waste management district from prohibiting or restricting materials recovery by a city in a county containing a consolidated local government; prohibit the consolidated local government or waste management district from hindering, delaying, impairing, prohibiting, or impeding a city or its contractors from utilizing a solid waste management facility; prohibit a county or waste management district from levying a fee that is based on the composition of the solid waste stream of the city if the waste stream is in conformity with state and federal law for the use of the solid waste management facility receiving the waste; amend KRS 109.115 to provide for the mayoral appointment of a seven-member board of directors of a waste management district for a county containing a consolidated local government and to restrict current appointment language to other counties; establish a two-year term for directors and require appointment of new board; amend KRS 109.120 to require that waste management district rules and regulations in counties containing a consolidated local government be approved by the appropriate legislative body; provide that rules and regulations of a district that were adopted prior to the effective date of this Act shall sunset on August 31, 2017, unless reauthorize by the new board; require that districts make notices, meeting agenda's and minutes available on a Web site operated by the consolidated local government; declare offices of board in county containing a consolidated local government vacant; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 105)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 153: AN ACT relating to postsecondary funding, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 establishing a comprehensive funding model for the allocation of state appropriations to public postsecondary institutions based on student success, course completion, and other components; establish the public university sector formula and the KCTCS sector formula in the model and require 100% of allocable resources to be distributed through the formulas; establish the funding parameters for each formula; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to implement the funding model; include hold-harmless and stop-loss provisions in the formulas through 2021; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish a working group to review the model every three years; direct the Office of the State Budget Director to distribute the funds as determined by the model, including the performance funds appropriated in the 2016 budget bill; establish the Postsecondary Education Performance Fund for distribution of the funds allocated through the model; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 52)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 100: AN ACT relating to distilled spirits. Amend KRS 241.010 to define "vintage distilled spirits"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to regulate the selling and reselling of vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distillers to sell at fairs, festivals, and similar events; amend KRS 243.480 to change penalties applying to retail sales and to other violations; amend KRS 244.370 to apply Kentucky whiskey requirements to whiskey produced from grains that are cooked, fermented, and distilled in Kentucky; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 59)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 262: AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require all employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all employees of the Department of Revenue, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 097)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 284: AN ACT relating to property valuation and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 132.690, relating to property valuation administrator (PVA) inspections to establish that improvements to real property be inspected on-site, in person visually by the PVA or his or her deputy, and that subsequent inspections may be either on-site, through the use of digital imaging technology, or by other means approved by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 133.120 to provide for an extension of PVA taxpayer conferences and subsequent appeals for up to 25 days, as approved by the department; amend KRS 133.030, relative to the county board of assessment appeals, to accommodate the changes relative to the extension of appeals; amend KRS 133.125, 132.220, and 133.045 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 081)
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