Set out the 2022-2024 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.
Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts to provide full-day preschool; require that all four-year-olds residing in the school district and qualified three-year-olds be eligible; amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320 to remove "kindergarten full-time equivalent" definition; amend KRS 157.360 and 158.030 to conform.
Amend KRS 132.020 to reduce the motor vehicle property tax rate to two cents for each $100 of assessed value; amend KRS 134.805 to increase the county clerk's commission to 100% of the state taxes collected on motor vehicles; apply to vehicles assessed on or after January 1, 2022; RETROACTIVE.
The Transportation Cabinet Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Administration and Support: 2021-2022: $102,500, 2022-2023: $152,295,700, 2023-2024: $113,802,100; appropriate to Aviation: 2021-2022: $8,700, 2022-2023: $56,980,200, 2023-2024: $47,434,200; appropriate to Debt Service: 2022-2023: $134,952,100, 2023-2024: $136,855,100; appropriate to Highways: 2021-2022: $238,912,000, 2022-2023: $2,655,783,000, 2023-2024: $2,358,874,300; appropriate to Public Transportation: 2021-2022: $7,100, 2022-2023: $97,260,300, 2023-2024: $95,212,300; appropriate to Revenue Sharing: 2022-2023: $372,580,800, 2023-2024: $364,617,700; appropriate to Vehicle Regulation: 2021-2022: $58,500, 2022-2023: $66,853,200, 2023-2024: $68,051,500; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2021-2022: $3,000,000, 2022-2023: $20,129,000, 2023-2024: $7,890,000; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.
Amend KRS 5.005 to prohibit the awarding of attorney's fees in an action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district; EMERGENCY.
Appropriate from the General Fund $2,221,900 for fiscal year 2021-2022, $82,043,900 for fiscal year 2022-2023, and $84,639,800 for fiscal year 2023-2024; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2023-2024; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.
Amend KRS 161.155 to make sick leave affidavits for school employees at the superintendent's discretion instead of mandatory; amend KRS 160.380 to permit a school district to accept a background check completed by an accredited teacher education institution within the last 6 months for a student teacher.
The Judicial Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to Court of Justice: 2021-2022: $11,765,500, 2022-2023: $489,784,300, 2023-2024: $495,509,400; appropriate to Judicial Retirement System: 2021-2022: $18,800, 2022-2023: $5,699,300, 2023-2024: $6,027,300; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $125,187,900, 2022-2023: $2,727,314,100, 2023-2024: $2,018,630,000; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $291,800, 2022-2023: $377,258,800, 2023-2024: $32,308,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $134,400, 2022-2023: $6,791,287,300, 2023-2024: $6,938,460,600; appropriate to the Education and Labor Cabinet: 2021-2022: $5,749,500, 2022-2023: $861,376,300, 2023-2024: $818,991,800; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2021-2022: $730,800, 2022-2023: $383,950,000, 2023-2024: $415,900,200; appropriate to the Finance and Administration Cabinet: 2021-2022: $140,082,300, 2022-2023: $971,590,800, 2023-2024: $970,255,600; appropriate to the Health and Family Services Cabinet: 2021-2022: $744,786,900, 2022-2023: $19,274,164,200, 2023-2024: $19,298,686,100; appropriate to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: 2021-2022: $12,964,300, 2022-2023: $1,469,293,300, 2023-2024: $1,464,740,800; appropriate to the Personnel Cabinet: 2021-2022: $75,000, 2022-2023: $64,491,800, 2023-2024: $64,591,400; appropriate to Postsecondary Education: 2021-2022: $57,440,900, 2022-2023: $12,002,229,200, 2023-2024: $16,285,701,700; appropriate to the Public Protection Cabinet: 2021-2022: $242,200, 2022-2023: $613,390,000, 2023-2024: $135,338,300; appropriate to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: 2021-2022: $4,274,400, 2022-2023: $315,119,300, 2023-2024: $306,239,000; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2021-2022: $12,675,000, 2022-2023: $11,545,834,400, 2023-2024: $249,809,500; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; limit liability of center; amend KRS 216B.020 to conform; add the short title Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.
