Amend KRS 12.020 to remove the Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation from the Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 12.023 to attach the Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 18A.115 to remove the exemption for employees of the Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation from classified service; amend KRS 246.030 to remove the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy from the Department of Agriculture's organizational structure; amend KRS 247.944 to attach the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Office of the Governor; authorize the Governor to appoint the members of the board of directors; allow staff services for the board to be provided by the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 248.707 to designate the Governor to serve as chairperson of the Agricultural Development Board; authorize the Governor to appoint members of the Agricultural Development Board; attach the Agricultural Development Board to the Office of the Governor, allow staff services for the board to be provided by the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 248.709 to remove reporting requirement for the executive director; transfer affairs associated with the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Office of the Governor; direct board members of the Agricultural Development Board and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to serve terms as set forth; EMERGENCY.
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Condemn bomb threats against Kentucky State University and other historically Black colleges and universities; express solidarity with Kentucky State University, its students, faculty, and staff.
Appropriate $162 million and $12 million in fiscal year 2022-2023 to fund a one-time one and one-half percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2022, for Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous and hazardous duty retirees/beneficiaries, respectively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.
Amend KRS 247.090 to authorize the Governor to appoint members of the State Fair Board; amend KRS 247.100 to establish corporate powers of the State Fair Board; amend KRS 247.110 to set procedures of the board; amend KRS 247.130 to establish hiring and management procedures for the board; amend KRS 247.145 to authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations for operation, maintenance, or use of property; amend KRS 247.160 to limit control of property to the state fairgrounds and exhibition center; amend KRS 247.165 to exempt the state fairgrounds and exhibition center from license taxes; repeal KRS 247.147, which establishes board procurement procedures; EMERGENCY.
Recognize January 27, 2022, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for certain employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to set out when the psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when no physical injury exists.
Appropriate $12 million in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to be applied to the State Police Retirement Fund to prefund in fiscal year 2022-2023 and effective July 1, 2022, a 1.5 percent increase in the monthly retirement allowances paid from the State Police Retirement System to each recipient; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; prevent confusion as to whether a law enforcement officer is on or off duty; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; amend KRS 243.500 to allow revocation or suspension of a license for failure to comply with bouncer restrictions; cite this Act as Christopher's Law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.