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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 235: AN ACT relating to citizenship and immigration status information and enforcement. Amend KRS Chapter 65 to preclude the governing body of all cities and counties from enacting or implementing an ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy that prohibits or restricts another governing body, law enforcement officer, state or local official, or local government employee from taking the following actions regarding information of the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful of an individual: communicating or cooperating with federal officials, sending to or receiving information from the United States Department of Homeland Security, maintaining or exchanging information with another federal, state, or local government; a governing body shall not limit or restrict enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law; violation allows a person lawfully domiciled in Kentucky to bring an action to compel the governing body to comply with this section; if a court finds that a governing body knowingly or intentionally violated this section it may enjoin the violation; every law enforcement agency shall provide each law enforcement officer with a written notice of his or her duty to cooperate with state and federal officials relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration; this section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.

To Judiciary (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 175: AN ACT relating to campaign finance. Amend KRS 121.150 to require that loans made by certain slates of candidates to their campaigns be repaid in full one year from the date the candidate or slate of candidates takes office or if the one year repayment date has already passed for those elected in November 2015, the loan is to be repaid in full by December 31, 2017; amend KRS 121.180 to require those certain slates of candidates to file a report that the loan has been repaid with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on a form provided by the registry.

To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 201: AN ACT relating to local governments. Amend Section 13 of 2017 RS HB 3/GA to set forth that a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county, or unified local government has the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance which sets forth a minimum wage in excess of the state minimum wage; amend KRS 337.275 to require employers to pay the minimum wage set by the state or, if the local government in which the employer is located raises the minimum wage, then pay that minimum wage to her or her employees.

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 190: AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 186.172 to have the Transportation Cabinet design an alternative special firefighter plate highlighting the Kentucky Fallen Firefighter Memorial; provide that the plate is available to any vehicle owner; amend KRS 186.162 to set forth fees; provide that EF portion of fees from this plate design are to be used by the Firefighter Memorial Foundation, Inc.; APPROPRIATION.

To Transportation (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 182: AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in rural Kentucky businesses and making an appropriation therefor. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish a new tax credit against the taxes imposed on insurance companies and financial institutions, for contributions made by them into rural growth funds which make investments in certain businesses principally operating in certain areas of the state; declare findings and the purpose of the credit; define terms; require an entity to follow a process to apply for certification as a rural growth fund, and for investors in that entity to receive tax credits awarded by the Department of Revenue; allow the department to issue $60,000,000 in tax credits; provide credit sunset terms and other conditions for participating in the program and for claiming the credit; provide for revocation of tax credits; allow the department to audit rural growth funds; limit any liability of the Commonwealth in regard to rural growth funds or investments made by them; require various reports to be filed with the department and the Legislative Research Commission to enable evaluations of the credit program; provide for the ordering of the credit; declare short title to be the Kentucky Rural Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2017; APPROPRIATION.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 211: AN ACT relating to employment. Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of employee for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions for domestic service employees and agricultural employees from coverage under KRS Chapter 342; amend other statutes to conform.

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
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