in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SJR 28: Designate the Reecie Stagnolia, Jr. Memorial Bridge in Harlan County. To Transportation (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 102: AN ACT relating to opportunities in education. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide goals and reporting of metrics related to those goals; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credits may be taken; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to order all tax credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to publish a list of certified nonpublic schools and nonpublic schools seeking certification; require the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 48: AN ACT relating to library district boards. Amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable. To State & Local Government (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 35: AN ACT relating to juror pay. Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; amend KRS 32.011 to conform; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 60: AN ACT relating to the transportation of construction equipment. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for overdimensional overweight permits to designate road testing routes for manufacturers of selfpropelled construction equipment; limit travel to a designated test route; allow for multiple vehicles to travel on the same annual permit; establish maximum dimensions for vehicles operating under a permit; allow operation under a permit 24 hours a day, except if cabinet limits travel during rush hours; allow manufacturer to obtain up to three permits for three different routes; set fee for each annual permit at $250; amend KRS 189.270 to conform. To Transportation (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 66: AN ACT relating to notaries public. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 423 to permit the Secretary of State and the county clerk in a county with a consolidated local government to institute a pilot program to record electronically transmitted documents with a notarial act and to allow a fee of no more than $10 to be charged yearly to a notary public who registers to participate in the pilot program. To State & Local Government (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 23: AN ACT relating to oaths. Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, subcommittee, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony. To State & Local Government (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 52: AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers. Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning in 2024; provide transitional calendar; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection. Provide ballot language. To State & Local Government (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 64: AN ACT relating to state employee legal representation before the Personnel Board and Franklin Circuit Court. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to require the Legislative Research Commission to employ a nonpartisan attorney whose sole responsibility is to provide legal representation to executive branch employees for pretermination hearings and personnel actions appealed to the Personnel Board or Franklin Circuit Court should the attorney determine the appeal has merit; amend KRS 18A.095 to allow employees to use the services of this attorney; specify the parties to pay and receive fees and costs. To State & Local Government (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 72: AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017 SB 93: AN ACT relating to the physician preceptor tax incentive program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an individual income tax credit for Kentucky-licensed physicians who as voluntary preceptors administer at least three core clinical rotations for certain medical students; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting of statistics; amend sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make conforming changes. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017 HB 124: AN ACT relating to film industry tax incentives. Amend KRS 148.542 to amend the definition of "enhanced incentive county" to include all Kentucky counties listed in the Appalachian region as defined in the latest edition of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; applicable to taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017. To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Track