Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 61: AN ACT relating to the allocation of severance tax revenues to local governments. Amend KRS 42.450 to increase the amount of minerals severance and processing taxes distributed to local governments through the local government economic assistance fund (LGEAF) to 100% of taxes collected, from the current 50%, over a five-year period; amend KRS 42.4582 and 42.4585 to similarly increase the amount of coal severance and processing taxes distributed to local governments through the local government economic development fund and LGEAF to 60% and 40% of taxes collected, from the current 35% and 15%, respectively, over the same five-year period.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 92: AN ACT relating to juvenile responsibility. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish 11 years of age as the minimum age of criminal responsibility; amend KRS 600.020 to conform.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 45: AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators. Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2017; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2017; provide that current and future legislators shall only participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for any service to the General Assembly occurring on or after August 1, 2017.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 21: AN ACT relating to promise zone tax incentives. Amend KRS 139.570 to allow additional compensation for sellers in the promise zone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified employees equal to the individual income tax on wages earned in the promise zone, not to exceed $2,400; allow an income tax credit for qualified employers in an amount equal to $100 for each employee working within the promise zone; require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credits; create a noncodified section to set forth the purpose of the Act and describe actions previously taken by the federal government.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 52: AN ACT relating to controlled substances. Amend 218A.010 to provide definitions for “fentanyl” and “fentanyl derivative”; amend KRS 218A.020 to allow the Office of Drug Control Policy to request that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services schedule fentanyl analogues not approved for human use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; amend KRS 218A.050 to include fentanyl analogues not approved for human use by the Food and Drug Administration as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.142 to create the offense of aggravated fentanyl trafficking; amend KRS 218A.1412 to increase the penalties for trafficking in fentanyl.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 32: AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Federal Funds and Bond Funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 88: AN ACT relating to pesticide application notice requirements. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require state or local government entities that engage in or direct the application of pesticides in residential areas to give notice to local officials and to the public no later than 48 hours prior to the application; require additional public notice every 7 days that the application continues; require state or local government entities to coordinate so that only one provides the required notices.

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introduced · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2017

SR 4: Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.

Adopted by voice vote

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 40: AN ACT relating to foreign law. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; define specific terms; strictly construe waivers of constitutional rights; provide exceptions for corporate entities; prohibit choice of venue outside of the Commonwealth or United States to preserve the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 19: AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority for physician assistants. Amend KRS 311.856 and 311.858 to permit physician assistants to prescribe and dispense controlled substances.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 68: AN ACT relating to the disclosure of private cellular phone numbers. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the marketing, sharing, or selling of wireless phone numbers of subscribers without express written consent of the subscriber; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty between $1,000 and $10,000 for each violation.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 41: AN ACT relating to the independence and transparency of the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 12.028 to prevent the Governor from effecting any reorganization of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees; amend KRS 63.080 to prevent the Governor from removing trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, except upon conviction of a felony or for a finding of an ethical violation as provided under KRS 61.645; amend KRS 61.645 to change the composition of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees to eight elected trustees and five appointed trustees, removing one gubernatorial appointment and the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet from the board; limit the definition of "investment experience"; provide that a vacancy of an elected trustee shall be filled upon a vote of a majority of the remaining elected trustees and that the vacancy shall be filled within 90 days; place the Kentucky Retirement Systems under the Model Procurement Code; establish that any raises to Kentucky Retirement Systems staff be no higher than KRS Chapter 18A employees; require disclosure of all holdings, fees, and commissions by individual investment managers, require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to report returns net of fees; require disclosure of all contracts or offering documents and contract disclosure of investment contracts to the board, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Government Contract Review Committee; establish a ban on placement agents; amend KRS 61.650 to impose on the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees, staff, and contract investment advisors the CFA Institute Codes of Conduct; amend KRS 12.020 and 18A.035 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide a delayed effective date for the changes to the board composition, direct the Kentucky Retirement Systems to hold elections and prescribe the initial terms of office for the new elected members; EMERGENCY.

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