Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to establish a quarterly installment payment program for real property taxes; provide quarterly installment calculation guidelines; require specific property tax information be sent to the taxpayer through notifications or made accessible through an online system; allow administrative fee up to 3 percent; disallow 2 percent discount for early payment of taxes; prohibit collection of penalties and interest; require Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations; establish penalties for noncompliance; require independent school districts and cities who uses a real property tax collector other than the sheriff to establish a quarterly installment payment program; amend KRS 134.015 to conform.
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Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of certain felonies the right to vote; ballot language included; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Condemning Russia's unprovoked military aggression and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for testing and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, Medicaid, KCHIP, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.
Honor the celebration of Black History Month and recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Lawrence Smith.
Amend KRS 222.231 to allow licensed narcotic treatment programs to choose which medication treatments they offer patients; require the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to establish the Kentucky Short-time Compensation Program; require the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to develop the requirements of the program and promulgate administrative regulations; establish rules for employers participating in the program; require an employer to submit a work plan, including a proposed schedule of employees' reduced work hours; set requirements relating to health benefits, retirement, and weekly pay.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish pilot program for harm reduction centers.
Amend KRS 39A.090 to extend the maximum effective dates of executive orders issued by the Governor to 270 days unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly; remove the General Assembly's power to terminate a declaration of emergency; rescind the Commonwealth's waiver of immunity for cases brought as a result of declarations of emergency; amend KRS 39A.100 to expand the Governor's ability to exercise emergency executive powers to promote and secure the safety and protection of the civilian population; remove the Governor's obligation to report to the General Assembly during an extended declaration of emergency; amend KRS 39A.180 to automatically suspend statutes and administrative regulations that conflict with an emergency order or emergency administrative regulation; amend KRS 214.020 to remove the 30-day limitation on administrative regulations that restrict the in-person meeting of schools, businesses, places of worship, or local governments.
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city to enact prevailing wage ordinances; repeal KRS 65.016.