Prepared by: Kentucky League of Cities
Report created on April 25, 2024
 
HB1WAGES (STUMBO G) AN ACT relating to wages.

Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.10 per hour on July 1, 2014, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2015, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2016; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2015; amendments to KRS 337.423 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2016.
 Current Status:   3/20/2014 - (S) reassigned to committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1.htm
 
HB5PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (BUTLER D) AN ACT relating to the safety and security of personal information held by public agencies.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define certain terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require public agencies and nonaffiliated third parties to implement, maintain, and update security procedures and practices, including taking any appropriate corrective action to safeguard against security breaches; establish reasonable security and breach investigation procedures; include security and breach investigation procedures in contracts with nonaffiliated third parties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require public agencies that maintain personal information to notify persons impacted by security breaches; notify specified officials of security breaches; specify how to provide notice of security breaches to impacted individuals; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require the Department for Libraries and Archives to establish procedures for the disposal and destruction of records that include personal information and require the legislative and judicial branches to follow Sections 1 to 4 of this Act; amend KRS 42.722 to define certain terms; amend KRS 42.726 to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to develop a security framework relating to privacy and confidentiality of personal information and submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding security breaches; amend KRS 42.732 to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to receive specified advice on preventing security attacks; amend KRS 171.450 to require the Department for Libraries and Archives to establish procedures to protect against unauthorized access to personal information; amend KRS 171.680 to require public agencies to comply with the provisions of Sections 1 to 4 of this Act.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB5.htm
 
HB31EMINENT DOMAIN (TILLEY J) AN ACT relating to eminent domain.

Amend KRS 278.502 to condition the exercise of condemnation authority upon approval of the Public Service Commission, which may be given only after review of delineated statutory criteria.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - received in Senate
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB31.htm
 
HB38ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to electrical inspections.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 227A to specify contents of an electrical permit and stipulate that applying for a permit implies consent to an electrical inspection; require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to appoint and assign electrical inspectors to each county; permit the department to allow local governments to administer inspection program; require certain work conducted by an electrical utility on customer's property to be performed by an electrician or master electrician; repeal sections of KRS Chapter 227 and reenact as new sections of KRS Chapter 227A with specified changes; reenact and amend KRS 227.460 to provide for electrical inspections by the department if a city fails to establish an authorized program; reenact and amend KRS 227.480 to allow permit applications to be submitted the following day in emergency situations; exempt homeowners doing work on their own homes; require the department to promulgate regulations describing circumstances where inspections are required; reenact and amend KRS 227.487 to allow local programs with a fee schedule established as of January 1, 2014, to continue, and to specify requirements for electrical work requiring a permit; reenact and amend KRS 227.489 to conform; reenact and amend KRS 227.491 to specify recordkeeping requirements by inspectors; reenact and amend KRS 227.492 to conform; reenact and amend KRS 227.495 to give inspectors the authority to pull an electrical service under certain conditions; specify scheduling requirements for inspection; provide permit holder appeal rights; reenact and amend KRS 227.530 to assign the Electrical Advisory Committee to the Electrical Division and appoint the commissioner to the committee; amend KRS 227A.010 to define "alteration," "commissioner," "division," "electrical inspector," "electrical system," and "repair"; amend KRS 227A.030 to conform; amend KRS 227A.050 to specify use of funds in the trust and agency account for the administration and enforcement responsibilities of the division; amend KRS 227A.130 to allow local governments to fix penalties for violations and to establish fines for violation of the chapter; amend KRS 198B.060 to allow local governments to petition for authority to approve electrical permits if the provisions of KRS Chapter 227A are met; amend KRS 211.350 and 227.205 to conform; repeal KRS 132.815, 227.450, and 227.500.
 Current Status:   3/6/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB38.htm
 
HB67CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (CLARK L) AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming.

Propose to amend Section 226 of the Kentucky Constitution to allow the General Assembly to permit casino gaming by general laws that shall also strictly regulate casino gaming; submit to voters.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing and Occupations
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB67.htm
 
HB68GAMING (CLARK L) AN ACT relating to gaming and making an appropriation therefor.

Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections thereof to enumerate legislative findings and declarations; define terms, to include "adjusted gaming receipts," "affiliate," "applicant," "casino game," "casino license," "casino licensee," "casino gaming," "cheat," "commission," "control," "county," "electronic gaming device," "gaming facility," "gaming licensee," "gaming supplies and equipment," "gross gaming receipts," "occupational license," "racing association casino licensee," "supplier," and "wager"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission and establish its membership; establish the operating procedures for the commission; establish the commission's powers and duties, including the authority to promulgate administrative regulations, inspect premises, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, initiate disciplinary action against applicants and licensees, and employ investigators; prohibit commissioners from engaging in off-the-record communication with applicants; require a continuing study of all aspects of gaming; require an executive director to be appointed by the Governor; establish casino license and criteria for casino location; establish requirements for casino licensure; specify information to be required on a casino license application; establish requirements for a racing association casino license; specify information to be required on a racing association casino license application; permit issuance of a temporary racing association casino license; require a racing association with a casino license to hold as many races as it held in 2014; specify exceptions to requirement; mandate that collective bargaining agreements in effect at racing associations shall also be in effect at casinos established at racing association casino; require supplier license for persons manufacturing, designing, assembling, selling, leasing, distributing, installing, or otherwise furnishing gaming supplies and equipment; grant commission authority to issue, not issue, renew, suspend, or revoke a supplier license, or to issue a temporary license; establish requirements for all suppliers; require occupational licensure for select employees of gaming facility and specify requirements for occupational licensure; grant commission authority to issue, not issue, renew, suspend, or revoke an occupational license, or to issue a temporary license; limit the number of issued and effective licenses to 5 racing association casino licenses and 3 casino licenses at any one time; establish a competitive selection process for selection of applicants for casino licenses; establish initial casino and initial racing association casino license fees of fifty million dollars; establish fees for license application, license renewal, supplier's license fees and occupational license fees; provide for an appeal process; establish requirements for gaming licensees including purchase of games and supplies, personnel, security, and reporting requirements; require the commission to establish minimum standards for gaming licensees relating to fiscal protection and control, financial reporting, and auditing; permit exclusion or ejection of certain persons and establish conditions for exclusion or ejection; exempt casino games or supplies licensed under provisions of this Act from 15 U.S.C. sec. 1172; prohibit any person under the age of 21 from placing a wager at a casino or accessing a casino gaming facility; prohibit cheating and establish penalties for cheating; establish the Kentucky gaming account and direct all wagering taxes levied by this Act to be deposited within; direct disbursements from the fund to the Kentucky compulsive gamblers assistance account, early childhood, primary, secondary, and postsecondary education, the Kentucky public pension stabilization fund, host jurisdictions, the Kentucky municipal public safety account, the Kentucky county public safety account, and the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse; retain 25% for appropriation by the General Assembly; create the Kentucky municipal public safety account and specify the distribution of funds from the account; establish the Kentucky county public safety account and specify the uses of funds dedicated to it; stipulate that gaming facilities are permissible uses at racetracks and casino facilities not located at racetracks shall be permitted uses in all zones which allow sports, entertainment, recreation, or retail facilities of a similar size; establish a set-aside amount for racing association casino licensees and specify the distribution of the funds for horse industry-related topics; require an annual audit of each racing association casino licensee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish a tax rate of 25% for the first three years of a racing association casino licensee, increasing to 30% thereafter; establish a tax rate of 39.5% for the first three years of a casino gaming facility, increasing to 44.5% thereafter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Kentucky compulsive gamblers assistance fund and specify use of funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to establish the Kentucky public pension stabilization fund and specify use of funds; amend KRS 243.500 and 243.505 to allow alcohol sales at a casino; amend KRS 525.090 to conform; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt licensed casino gaming from the definition of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "profiting from gambling activity"; amend KRS 528.100 to conform; amend KRS 15.380, relating to training of officers, to include Kentucky gaming commission employees; amend KRS 12.020 to place the Kentucky gaming commission under the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; amend KRS 372.005 to conform; amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, 91.200, 92.281, and 93.300 to exempt gaming receipts from local licensing taxes; create a noncodified section to establish severability; effective upon certification of election results in November 2014 if a constitutional amendment is enacted by the General Assembly and approved by the voters permitting the General Assembly to authorize casino gaming.
 Current Status:   1/22/2014 - House Licensing and Occupations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB109.htm
 
HB93LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (COLLINS H) AN ACT relating to the disposal of vehicles forfeited to law enforcement agencies.

Amend KRS 218A.420, regarding the disposition of forfeited property, to clarify that any vehicle forfeited which is contaminated with methamphetamine shall not be used, resold, or salvaged for parts, but shall instead be destroyed or salvaged for scrap metal.
 Current Status:   4/14/2014 - received in House w/Letter
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB93.htm
 
HB96PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (DONOHUE J) AN ACT relating to public procurement.

Create new section of KRS Chapter 45A making findings of the General Assembly and establishing policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; create new section of KRS Chapter 45A defining "manufactured in Kentucky", "manufactured in the United States", "Kentucky", and "United States", require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts, provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement, require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted, and provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A establishing a short title of "Kentucky Buy American Act"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the "Kentucky Buy American Act".
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB96.htm
 
HB102LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RIGGS S) AN ACT relating to regulation of local governmental affairs.

Amend KRS 244.290 to grant the legislative body of a city situated in the same county as a consolidated local government the separate and independent authority to establish the hours and times, including Sundays, in which distilled spirits and wine may be sold within its jurisdictional boundaries; declare that if a city exercises this power, no ordinance or part of an ordinance enacted by the consolidated local government on that issue will apply within that city; amend KRS 244.480 to clarify that these cities have the same powers and limitations regarding malt beverages.
 Current Status:   3/31/2014 - Missing Action! Cannot Agree
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB102.htm
 
HB124CITY OF CLARKSON (EMBRY C) AN ACT reclassifying the City of Clarkson.

Reclassify the City of Clarkson, in Grayson County, with a population of 884, from a city of the sixth class to a city of the fifth class, which requires a population of 1,000 to 2,999.
 Current Status:   1/8/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB124.htm
 
HB158OFFICE OF CONSTABLE (KOENIG A) AN ACT proposing to amend and create sections of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the office of constable.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky allowing the legislative body of a county to choose to abolish the office of constable and also to reestablish that office through an ordinance; amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; submit question to the voters.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) recommitted to committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB158.htm
 
HB167EMINENT DOMAIN (OSBORNE D) AN ACT relating to eminent domain.

Amend KRS 416.660, relating to eminent domain, to allow separately deeded tracts of land owned by the same person to be considered as a single parcel for valuation purposes; amend KRS 416.580, 416.600, and 416.610 to conform; provide that the changes apply to condemnation proceedings initiated on or after the effective date of the Act.
 Current Status:   3/7/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB167.htm
 
HB173PUBLIC SMOKING (WESTROM S) AN ACT prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit indoor smoking in businesses, places of employment, and other listed public places; exempt private residences, unless used for child care or adult day care; permit smoking in designated nonenclosed areas; require posting of "no smoking" signs at specified locations; permit local governments to adopt stricter regulations by ordinance; provide for enforcement by all peace officers and designated health department and local government employees; provide for the issuance of uniform citations for violations; require that employers and others not discriminate against persons reporting violations; provide for fines for violation; provide that fines go to the agency whose employee issued the citation; provide that no court costs or other fees be charged for violations; exempt certain research and manufacturing laboratories and agricultural buildings; amend KRS 344.040, relating to unlawful practices by an employer, to add reference to state law, local ordinance, or local board of health regulation relating to smoking; amend KRS 431.450, relating to uniform citations, to provide for issuing citation forms to health departments; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to create and issue uniform smoking violation citations; repeal various statutes permitting smoking in public buildings.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4,5
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB173.htm
 
HB174CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN (LINDER B) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Williamstown.

Reclassify the City of Williamstown, in Grant County, with a population of 3,897, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB174.htm
 
HB176LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES (SMART R) AN ACT relating to local government procedures.

Amend KRS 65.055 to allow the electronic distribution of open meetings, open records, and records management materials which the local officials must distribute locally, and allow the distribution to members who have been appointed or elected after the most recent distribution to occur within 60 days after the date their term of office begins; amend KRS 83A.060, relating to city ordinances, to require text that is intended to be removed from an ordinance to be enclosed by brackets and be stricken through with a solid, rather than dashed, line; amend KRS 91A.040, relating to city audits, to allow the audits and financial statements to be sent by electronic means to the Department for Local Government, which may in turn send the audits and financial statements to the LRC by electronic means; amend KRS 424.330, relating to the publication of delinquent city taxes, to allow the publication costs to be prorated among the delinquent taxpayers, in lieu of a $5 fee being added for publication costs for each delinquent taxpayer.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB176.htm
 
HB179LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE WEAPONS (LEE J) AN ACT relating to law enforcement officers service weapons.

Amend KRS 65.041 to permit local law enforcement agencies to sell a government-issued firearm to the law enforcement officer to whom the firearm was issued upon that officer's retirement; establish prerequisites.
 Current Status:   4/7/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB179.htm
 
HB183CIVIL SERVICE (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to city civil service.

Amend KRS 90.310 to prohibit the establishment of a civil service commission in the months of November or December of even-numbered years; allow any ordinance creating a civil service commission to be amended or repealed, except that no repeal of provisions relating to the maintenance of a pension fund are allowed; amend KRS 95.761 specifying that certain cities may adopt either the provisions of KRS 95.761 to 95.766 or KRS 90.300 to 90.420 for its police and firefighters, allow adoption of KRS 90.300 to 90.420 for nonpolice and firefighters; prohibit the establishment of a civil service commission in the months of November or December of even-numbered years; allow any ordinance creating a civil service commission to be amended or repealed, except that no repeal of provisions relating to the maintenance of a pension fund are allowed.
 Current Status:   4/11/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB183.htm
 
HB192GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 65A.010 to define "federally regulated municipal utility," and to clarify the definition of "fee"; amend KRS 65A.020 to make technical changes, and to clarify information that must be filed with the Department for Local Government relating to taxes and fees imposed by special purpose governmental entities, and financial information submitted by federally regulated municipal utilities; amend KRS 65A.030 to allow federally regulated municipal utilities to comply with audit provisions relating to the public power components of their operations by submitting audits that conform to the information that must be submitted to the federal regulator; amend KRS 65A.080 to provide for budget amendments; amend 65A.100 to further define and refine the type of information that must be reported to the governing body of the establishing entity; amend 96.840 to conform; amend KRS 91A.360, 91A.372, 91A.380, and 91A.394 to require tourist and convention commissions to be audited as provided in KRS 65A.030; provide that the provisions of the Act shall be retroactively effective to January 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB192.htm
 
HB201CYCLING CAPITOL (RADER M) AN ACT designating London, Kentucky as the cycling capital of Kentucky.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the city of London as the cycling capital of Kentucky.
 Current Status:   1/15/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB201.htm
 
HB235EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUDGET (RAND R) AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.
 Current Status:   4/28/2014 - delivered to Secretary of State
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB235.htm
 
HB236TRANSPORTATION CABINET APPROPRIATIONS (RAND R) AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Transportation Cabinet Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Road Fund $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2013-2014, $2,647,531,500 in fiscal year 2014-2015, and $2,488,769,700 in fiscal year 2015-2016, $21,233,000 in fiscal year 2014-2015 and $16,205,000 in fiscal year 2015-2016 for operating costs; appropriate from the Road Fund, Bond Funds, and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2014-2016 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; allow reallocation of appropriations among budget units; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for Aviation's operational costs; provide debt service to the Aviation budget unit; provide Aviation Development debt service; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State-Supported Construction Program, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2012-2014 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2014-2016 biennium; provide funds for the Kentucky Transportation Center and new highway equipment purchases; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to match federal highway moneys; prioritize projects should any additional federal highway moneys become available; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to continue the Cash Management Plan and to make programmatic adjustments; provide for carry forward of any unexpended Road Fund appropriations in the Highways budget unit for various programs; provide debt service for wetland restoration; provide for the transfer of Road Fund resources for judgments; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to maximize the use of Toll Credits; provide funds for the County Road Aid Program, the Rural Secondary Program, the Municipal Road Aid Program, and the Energy Recovery Road Fund; provide debt service to the Vehicle Regulation budget unit; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; detail bond proceeds investment income; provide for payments for wetland restoration; authorize various capital projects; specify funds transfers.
 Current Status:   4/25/2014 - delivered to Secretary of State
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB236.htm
 
HB239JAILERS (JENKINS J) AN ACT relating to jailers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 71 to establish a procedure for handling a complaint against a jail officer.
 Current Status:   2/18/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB239.htm
 
HB251FIREFIGHTERS (BUTLER D) AN ACT relating to firefighters.

Amend KRS 95A.262 requiring a portion of the funds allotted to fire departments by the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to be used to purchase workers' compensation insurance for paid and volunteer firefighters; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A establishing a rebuttable presumption that specific types of cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, are an occupational disease under KRS chapter 342 for paid or volunteer firefighters; specify that a recipients firefighters must have worked as a firefighter for 5 years or more and not used tobacco for ten years.
 Current Status:   1/31/2014 - (H) reassigned to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB251.htm
 
HB258HISTORIC STRUCTURE TAX CREDIT (WESTROM S) AN ACT relating to tax credits for rehabilitation of certified historic structures.

Amend KRS 171.397 to alter the application and approval process for the income tax credit for qualified rehabilitation expenses, to make the credit fully refundable, and to remove the cap on annual credit amount; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize the change in the credit.
 Current Status:   1/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB258.htm
 
HB273911 EMERGENCY SERVICES (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services.

Amend KRS 65.750 to define terms relating to 911 emergency services; amend KRS 65.760 to allow local governments to collect 911 fees from telematics service connections, CMRS service connections, and VoIP service connections.
 Current Status:   2/20/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB273.htm
 
HB274CITY OF COLUMBUS (RUDY S) AN ACT relating to the reclassification of the city of Columbus.

Reclassify the City of Columbus, in Hickman County, with a population of 165, from a city of the 5th class to a city of the 6th class, which requires a population of less than 1,000.
 Current Status:   1/30/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB274.htm
 
HB276INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES (UPCHURCH K) AN ACT relating to incompatible offices.

Amend KRS 61.080 to prohibit a person from holding any two (2) offices that have the authority to levy taxes or to set rates or fees, except as otherwise authorized by statute.
 Current Status:   4/7/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB276.htm
 
HB278ALCOHOL IMPACT AREAS (OWENS D) AN ACT relating to alcohol impact areas.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 241 to define "alcohol impact area," and "local government"; permit an alcohol impact area to be designated by a local government by ordinance when established criteria are met; establish voluntary control options and require the local government to attempt to reach a voluntary agreement prior to enacting an ordinance; require local government to notify licensees, require the local government to petition the board to allow more stringent control over the sale of alcoholic beverages within established alcohol impact areas; grant the board 60 days to respond to the petition; allow licensees within an alcohol impact area adequate time to adjust to any limitations; require the local government to report on alcohol impact areas; designate recipients of the report, contents of report, and assign responsibility for the report to the local government administrator with jurisdiction over the alcohol impact area.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB278.htm
 
HB280CITY OF COAL RUN VILLAGE (STUMBO G) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Coal Run Village.

Reclassify the City of Coal Run Village, in Pike County, with a population of 1,685, from a city of the sixth class to a city of the fifth class, which requires a population of 1,000 to 2,999.
 Current Status:   3/17/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB280.htm
 
HB282ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PALUMBO R) AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 154.31-010 to define "community development" as residential, retail, office, restaurant, hospitality, or mixed-use development occurring in low income areas or areas designated for urban renewal or revitalization; allow community development projects to qualify as economic development projects under the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act, making them eligible for sales tax incentives.
 Current Status:   2/7/2014 - (H) reassigned to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB282.htm
 
HB290RECLASSIFICATION (OSBORNE D) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Crestwood.

Reclassify the City of Crestwood, in Oldham County, with a population of 4,617, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   1/30/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB290.htm
 
HB308PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS (DECESARE J) AN ACT relating to state and local property tax exemptions for data centers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt enterprise information technology equipment located in, and used in the operation of, a qualified data center from state and local ad valorem taxation; define terms; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2015.
 Current Status:   2/3/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB308.htm
 
HB315INSURANCE PREMIUM TAXES (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to local government insurance premium taxes on bank-owned life insurance.

Amend KRS 91A.080 to authorize imposition of a local government premium tax, not to exceed one-half of one percent, on single premium bank-owned life insurance that meets the Internal Revenue Code definition of a "modified endowment contract."
 Current Status:   2/6/2014 - (H) reassigned to committee House Banking and Insurance
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB315.htm
 
HB324RETIREMENT SYSTEM (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to Kentucky retirement systems.

Amend KRS 16.582 to remove language which prohibited an injury or disease resulting from military service from being considered a disabling condition for hazardous members of Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to utilize partial fiscal years in determining the final compensation of a nonhazardous member who began participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, in situations where the member does not have 5 complete fiscal years of service; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.542 to remove the requirement that the estate be designated as beneficiary of a member's account when they request a refund of contributions prior to retirement; provide that a beneficiary shall not be changed on or after the first day of the month in which a retired employee begins receiving retirement benefits; amend KRS 61.545 to remove provisions allowing a member who is simultaneously eligible for participation in more than one retirement system administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems to select participation in only one system; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.552 to clarify and conform to federal law the payment options available to members for purchasing service credit; remove service purchase provisions no longer applicable to current members; require agencies who fail to report employees to the retirement system to pay penalties and interest on employer contributions from the date the contributions should have been reported to the system; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.555 to provide that the service credit that is granted without cost to employees who are called to active duty military deployment shall be limited to those whose rights to such benefits have not been terminated under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); require employees participating in the hybrid cash balance plan on or after January 1, 2014, who are called to active duty military deployment to pay their employee contributions if they are granted service credit, as required by USERRA, for the period of active duty deployment; require employers to make contributions, for service credited to employees as required by USERRA, who are called to active duty military deployment: make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.557 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.560 to clarify that retirees reemployed on or after 9/1/2008 shall not pay into the systems and to make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to make technical changes and to clarify that a retiring employee must separate employment with all participating system employers; amend KRS 61.623 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees to require retirees of the systems, by promulgation of administrative regulation, to receive their retirement allowance by electronic funds transfer to either a financial institution or to electronic fund transfer cards issued by Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board by promulgation of administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot; amend KRS 61.650 to increase the Kentucky Retirement Systems investment committee membership from 5 trustees to 7 trustees and to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.680 to provide for consolidation of accounts with other state-administered retirement systems only if the member retires simultaneously from all state-administered retirement systems or retires from the other state-administered retirement systems within one month of retiring from the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.702 to define "monthly contribution rate"; require recipients or the spouse or dependent children of a recipient of a retirement allowance, who is eligible to participate in Medicare to participate in the plans administered by the systems for Medicare eligible recipients; provide that a member who retired prior to July 1,2003, who has established a second retirement account shall not receive more than the monthly contribution rate for retiree health benefits: make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.520, 61.525, 61.5525, 61.592, 78.540, 78.610, and 78.615 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide non-codified section to provide that the successor of the additional board trustee elected by the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) added by SB 2 in the 2013 Regular Session shall be elected in the same period as all other CERS trustees in 2017 and shall have a shortened term from 2017 to 2021 to coincide with all other future CERS trustee terms of office.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB324.htm
 
HB327NEW MARKETS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (HALL K) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky new markets development program.

Amend KRS 141.432 relating to the New Markets Development Program to clarify how the operating income of a qualified community development entity is calculated; require that all qualified equity investments issued on or after January 1, 2014, shall have an increased percentage of the purchase price used by the issuer to make investments in qualified low-income businesses compared to current program terms; amend KRS 141.433 to require that all entities submitting applications for tax credits on or after January 1, 2014 shall include a refundable performance fee to help ensure compliance with program requirements; provide that tax credits may be recaptured if an entity fails to invest the relevant minimum amount of money in qualified low-income businesses; establish terms and conditions for the payment, retention, and refund of the performance fee; amend KRS 141.434 to increase the cap on the amount of tax credits that may be awarded each year from $5 million to $25 million; name the act the Kentucky New Markets Development Program Renewal Act.
 Current Status:   2/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB327.htm
 
HB329REVENUE AND TAXATION (RAND R) AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.

Amend KRS 131.175 to make technical corrections.
 Current Status:   2/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB329.htm
 
HB331MUNICIPAL CLASSIFICATION (RIGGS S) AN ACT relating to municipal classification.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 81 to establish a two-class classification for cities based on city government model type, that being cities of the first class which are cities having the alderman form of government, and home rule cities which are cities having either the mayor-council plan, commission plan, or city manager plan, and require the city to report its classification to the Secretary of State initially and when a reclassification occurs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 81 to establish a process that allows cities, when the statutes establish a population limit based on the federal decennial census, to petition the Circuit Court of jurisdiction to declare the city's population at a certain level in the period between censuses; amend KRS 81.028 to preserve the authority of certain cities within consolidated local governments already doing so to maintain their own fire and police departments and civil service and pension systems; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 81 to conform with the proposed reclassification system dealing with the governmental forms; amend KRS 81A.530 relating to the annexation of cities smaller than 1,000 persons by larger cities; amend KRS 83A.160 to establish a procedure for becoming a city of the first class; create a new section of KRS Chapter 67A to affirm that the Act in and of itself does not affect the status or powers of an urban-county government that are derived from municipal powers assigned to the highest class at the time of the formation of the urban-county government; create a new section of KRS Chapter 83A to specify that a city, through meeting a population requirement assigned by the statutes set out in the section, retains the power or duty if the city falls under that population requirement, but if the power or duty is in conflict with another power or duty assigned to the city for meeting a population requirement, then the requirement for the higher population count prevails; create a new section of KRS Chapter 83A to preserve the mayoral term limits expressed in Section 160 of the Constitution; amend the following chapters or statutes to accommodate the proposed reclassification system: KRS 82.085 relating to differential tax rates by removing mention of class; KRS 82.095 regarding supplemental taxes available to certain cities in consolidated local governments by replacing mention of class with commensurate population limits; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 83A relating to organization of government in cities to conform to new system of classification; KRS 11.200 relating to appointments on the Small Business Advocacy Commission by replacing mention of class with commensurate population limits; KRS 15.705 relating to appointments to the Prosecutors Advisory Council by replacing mention of class with commensurate population limits; KRS 15.755 relating to the ability of county attorneys' practice of law in certain local governments by replacing mention of class with assigned population limits; KRS 39F.160 relating to rescue squad taxing district board appointments by replacing mention of class with commensurate population limits; KRS 41.240 relating to securities and obligations accepted by the State Treasurer from cities to allow any city to qualify rather than selected cities; KRS 56.140 relating to investment of obligations by cities to allow home rule class cities rather than selected cities to qualify; KRS 61.080 relating to incompatible offices by making mayors and city legislative body members offices incompatible in all cities.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB331.htm
 
HB352PUBLIC EMERGENCY EMPLOYEES (WAYNE J) AN ACT relating to public emergency employee incentive pay programs, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 15.460 to increase the annual supplement an eligible local government receives from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund from $3,000 to $4,000 for each qualified police officer it employs; amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual supplement an eligible local government receives from the Firefighters Foundation Program fund from $3,000 to $4,000 for each qualified professional firefighter it employs; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the allotment to various qualifying fire departments from the fund from $8,250 to $12,000; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/6/2014 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB352.htm
 
HB367ELECTIONS (QUARLES R) AN ACT relating to nonpartisan elections.

Amend KRS 83A.045 and 83A.170 to require instruction of voters in a primary or regular election to vote for "up to" the number of candidates for which they may vote; amend KRS 83A.100 to require that the two (2) candidates for the office of legislative body member receiving the highest number of votes by eligible voters be deemed nominated from such ward; repeal KRS 83A.110 which provides staggered terms for legislative body members.
 Current Status:   4/2/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB367.htm
 
HB376LAND CONSERVATION (KAY II J) AN ACT relating to tax credits promoting land conservation.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a qualified conservation contribution income tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide for the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 146.560 to include the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund Board in the development of qualification for certification of qualified real property interests; amend KRS 262.908 to include the PACE board in the development of qualifications for certification of qualified real property interests.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB376.htm
 
HB381INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY (GRAHAM D) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.

Amend KRS 224A.030 to decrease the board membership of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority from eleven to ten members and to decrease the number of members the Governor appoints from six to five by deleting the representative of a for-profit water company.
 Current Status:   3/12/2014 - (H) recommitted to committee House State Government
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB381.htm
 
HB391911 EMERGENCY SERVICES (KING M) AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to establish legislative findings and declarations for KRS 65.750 to 65.760 and KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643; amend KRS 65.750 to add definitions; amend KRS 65.760 to allow for collection of local 911 fees from VoIP and establish permitted uses of locally collected 911 fees; amend KRS 65.7621 to add definitions; amend KRS 65.7629 raise CMRS service charge and index it to the CPI-U; amend KRS 65.7631 make changes to the CMRS distribution formula to allow for PSAP consolidation reimbursement and implementation of next generation 911 capacity; amend KRS 65.7635 to provide a collection method for the CMRS service charge from prepaid CMRS services; and amend KRS 65.7633 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB391.htm
 
HB398CITY OF KUTTAWA (COURSEY W) AN ACT reclassifying the City of Kuttawa.

Reclassify the City of Kuttawa, in Lyon County, with a population of 660, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB398.htm
 
HB399CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (THOMPSON T) AN ACT proposing to amend sections 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to Levies of sale and use taxes.

Propose to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to confer upon the proper authority of any city or county the power to levy a local option sales and use tax, subject to specifically enumerated conditions and limitations; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval; supply ballot language.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3,4,5,6T,7
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB399.htm
 
HB403LAND BANK AUTHORITIES (JENKINS J) AN ACT relating to land bank authorities.

Amend KRS 65.350 to define "certificate of delinquency", "fee office", "local government lien" and "taxing jurisdiction; amend KRS 65.355 to expand the authority of land bank authorities; amend KRS 65.360 to clarify membership of the land bank authority; amend KRS 65.365 to update mailing list requirements; amend KRS 65.370 to update notice provisions; amend KRS 65.375 to clarify provisions relating to conveyance of property to the land bank upon sale with no satisfactory bid, to provide that all government taxes and liens shall be extinguished upon transfer to the land bank, to allow the land bank to keep proceeds from the sale of property, and to provide that the land bank shall receive a portion of property tax collected on property sold by the land bank for five years following the sale; amend KRS 99.715 to allow cities to transfer property to a land bank.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB403.htm
 
HB405TELECOMMUNICATORS (HORLANDER D) AN ACT relating to telecommunicators.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 that allows a city, county, consolidated local government, urban-county government, charter county government, unified local government, or state law enforcement agency, including sheriffs' offices, to require newly-employed law enforcement telecommunicators to sign a contract and, if that law enforcement telecommunicator accepts employment with another law enforcement agency, to require either the new employer or telecommunicator to provide reimbursement of employment and training costs on a pro rata basis.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB405.htm
 
HB407PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (COMBS L) AN ACT relating to financing of public-private partnerships.

Amend KRS 45A.030 and 45A.075 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to define "public-private partnership" and "private partner"; allow the use of a public-private partnership as an alternative method to finance a project; provide for evaluation and oversight, and ratification by the General Assembly; amend KRS 65.025 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow the use of a public-private partnership by local governments; provide for evaluation and oversight; provide for a model system for the use of a public-private partnership to be developed; require use of the model and approval by the Finance and Administration Cabinet before a local government can utilize a public-private partnership; create a new section of KRS Chapter 175B and amend KRS 175B.005, 175B.010, 175B.020, 175B.030, 175B.035, 175B.040 and 175B.095 to define "public-private partnership"; and "private partner"; allow the use of a public-private partnership by an authority to provide an alternative structure for developing and financing a major transportation project.
 Current Status:   4/11/2014 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB407.htm
 
HB415ALCOHOL REGULATORY FEES (KEENE D) AN ACT relating to alcohol regulatory fees.

Amend KRS 243.075 to stipulate that in a county in which both the city and county levy a regulatory license fee, only the county fee shall be applicable outside the jurisdiction of the city; require new fees enacted by a city or county to be enacted within two years of the date of the local option election authorizing alcohol sales; fees enacted shall be at a rate that will not generate revenue in excess of expenses actually incurred; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a process whereby cities and counties may estimate expenses during the first year after the discontinuance of prohibition; require revenue received from the regulatory license fee to be spent only in accordance with established requirements; require fees to be reduced by an amount equal to alcohol-related taxes and fees received; require violators to pay attorney's fees and costs incurred by aggrieved persons and to forfeit the right to impose regulatory license fees.
 Current Status:   4/7/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB415.htm
 
HB417PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION DISPOSAL (JENKINS J) AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of prescription medication and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to work with waste coordinators and city and county officials and sheriffs to establish a prescription drug drop off program; make the box that receives the prescription drugs and medicines the property of the cabinet; require that the program be included in the solid waste management plan; require police officers participating in the program to determine the location of the box, post signage, and monitor the box; allow local governments to create an alternative program for prescription drug or medicine drop off; amend KRS 224.43-310 to include a description of the cities and counties participating in the safe drop off drugs program in the solid waste report; amend KRS 224.43-315 to require counties to include participation in the safe drop off drugs program in their annual report to the cabinet.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Welfare
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB417.htm
 
HB443UTILITY FRANCHISES (SINNETTE K) AN ACT relating to utility franchises.

Amend KRS 96.010 to allow cities to deny utility franchisees the ability to recover from ratepayers the franchise fee by adding a fee or surcharge to the bill; prohibit Public Service Commission from allowing recovery in a rate case.
 Current Status:   2/25/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Tourism Development and Energy
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB443.htm
 
HB446FIREFIGHTER TESTING (STONE W) AN ACT relating to firefighter physical agility testing.

Amend KRS 95A.040 to extend the required implementation date of the firefighter candidate physical agility test to January 1, 2016.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB446.htm
 
HB458NALOXONE (BUTLER D) AN ACT relating to naloxone.

Amend KRS 217.186 to allow peace officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians to be prescribed, possess, and use naloxone at the scene of a opioid drug overdose.
 Current Status:   2/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB458.htm
 
HB461CITY OF LOUISA (YORK J) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Louisa.

Reclassify the City of Louisa, in Lawrence County, with a population of 2,467, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   2/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB461.htm
 
HB475LOCAL ELECTIONS (CLARK L) AN ACT relating to local option elections.

Amend KRS 241.010 to define a state park; add state park local option elections to the list of moist elections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to allow a local option election for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at state parks; hold the election in the precinct where the state park's qualifying lodge or golf course is located; establish the petition question and the form of the proposition for the election; make the entire state park moist if the majority of voters in the precinct favor establishing moist territory; amend KRS 243.082 to allow an authorized state park to acquire an NQ1 retail drink license; set the limitations and privileges of a state park NQ1 license; amend KRS 243.100 to add governmental agencies to the types of corporate entities eligible to receive an alcoholic beverage license.
 Current Status:   4/2/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB475.htm
 
HB489ENERGY (RIGGS S) AN ACT relating to energy.

Amend KRS 45A.345 to expand definition of "qualified provider" and add definitions of other terms; amend KRS 45A.352 to limit bidders for guaranteed energy savings performance contracts to qualified providers; add total outstanding obligations under other such contracts to evaluation criteria; add a measurement and verification protocol to those acceptable; set penalties for failure to provide annual reconciliation statement; local agency may waive measurement and verification for lighting projects after two years; amend KRS 45A.353 to direct that exempted debt service obligations shall be added back into agency debt limits in the event of a guarantee termination; new section of KRS 45A created to set requirements for qualified provider status, renewal requirements and regulatory authority; amend KRS 103.200, 210, 220, 240, and 286, pertaining to city and county private activity revenue bonds, and create a new section of KRS Chapter 103 to reserve 10% of the state private activity bond cap for small or medium manufacturing facility energy efficiency bond projects during the first half of the bond cap allocation period after which unused cap shall revert to the single allocation pool; set requirements for issuance of manufacturing energy efficiency bonds; create new section of KRS 147A to allow DLG to establish an information clearinghouse to educate on issuance and uses of industrial revenue bonds; amend KRS 154.34-010, 070, 080, and 110 of the Kentucky Reinvestment Act to create a separate tax incentive tier for industries that invest a minimum of $300,000, applicable only to energy efficiency investments for small and medium sized industries previously ineligible.
 Current Status:   3/20/2014 - House Tourism Development and Energy, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB489.htm
 
HB490RIGHT OF REDEMPTION (JENKINS J) AN ACT relating to the right of redemption.

Amend KRS 426.530 to change the right of redemption period from one year to six months and define costs that the purchaser may recoup from the redeemer.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB490.htm
 
HB494WATER COMMISSIONS (KING M) AN ACT relating to water commissions.

Amend KRS 74.490 to delete restriction that water commissions shall not make capital expenditures for the purpose of furnishing water to non-members.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB494.htm
 
HB497RUSSELL SPRINGS (HOOVER J) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Russell Springs.

Reclassify the City of Russell Springs, in Russell County, with a population of 2,452, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB497.htm
 
HB513MOTOR CARRIERS (COLLINS H) AN ACT relating to motor carriers.

Omnibus revision of the motor carrier statutes, KRS Chapter 281; repeal and reenact KRS 281.010 to consolidate various definition sections and set forth definitions for the chapter; amend KRS 281.590, regarding legislative intent, to eliminate references to competitive practices; amend KRS 281.600 to clarify references to federal laws; amend KRS 281.602 to give the Department of Vehicle Regulation the authority to file liens against motor carriers for fees administered under the chapter; amend KRS 281.605 and 281.610 to eliminate references to certificates of convenience and necessity and to hearings on certificates of convenience and necessity; amend KRS 281.6185 to clarify definitions and eliminate outdated grandfather language; amend KRS 281.626 to eliminate hearings for the issuance of U-Drive-It certificates; repeal and reenact KRS 281.630 to require motor carriers to obtain a certificate from the department prior to operation, establish that a certificate is to be granted to any applicant who conforms to the requirements of KRS Chapter 281, identify different certificates issued by the department, set forth application requirements and fees, require criminal background checks for certain officers and employees and establish disqualifying offenses, establish renewal procedures and fees, establish requirements for rate and time schedules, establish procedures for transfer of certificates, establish authority for hearing and penalties, and grant the department the authority to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the section; repeal and reenact KRS 281.631 to establish requirements for motor carrier vehicle licenses, establish initial application and renewal procedures and fees, allow cities to impose annual license fees not to exceed $30 per vehicle on taxicabs, limousines, and disabled persons vehicles, exempt nonresident motor carriers from fees under KRS Chapter 281 if reciprocal provisions are granted Kentucky carriers by the nonresident carrier's home state, and grant the department the authority to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the section; amend KRS 281.635 to eliminate finding of convenience and necessity for bus franchises, clarify references to concurrent authority of cities and the state over buses, taxicabs, limousines, disabled persons vehicles, and their drivers; amend KRS 281.640 to establish procedures for hearings involving certificate holders; amend KRS 281.655 to set insurance requirements for motor carriers at levels established under 49 C.F.R. Chapter 387; amend KRS 281.656 to clarify provisions for the suspension of a certificate upon cancellation of insurance or bond; amend KRS 281.720 to require motor carrier vehicles to display a motor carrier license plate; amend KRS 281.728 to include limousines and disabled persons vehicles among the types of certificate holders that cannot advertise for a service not authorized by its certificate; amend KRS 281.730 to clarify rules on hours of operation; amend KRS 281.990 to reduce the minimum fine for operating a motor carrier without a valid certificate or in violation of a certificate from $2,000 to $500; amend KRS 186.050 to set registration fees for motor carrier vehicles carrying up to 15 passengers at $11.50 and the fee for motor carrier vehicles carrying more than 15 passengers at $100; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to authorize the Transportation Cabinet to join compacts with other states regarding overdimensional permits; amend KRS 281.687, 281.735, 281.745, 281.752, 281.755, 281.760, 281.775, 281.802, 281.820, 281.830, 281.835, 281.838, 281.873, 96A.010, 96A.020, 138.446, 138.463, 186.164, 186.240, and 186.991 to conform; repeal KRS 186.052, 186.281, 186.286, 281.011, 281.012, 281.013, 281.014, 281.015, 281.604, 281.607, 281.612, 281.615, 281.618, 281.619, 281.620, 281.624, 281.625, 281.6251, 281.632, 281.633, 281.637, 281.641, 281.645, 281.650, 281.660, 281.6602, 281.670, 281.675, 281.680, 281.685, 281.690, 281.695, 281.700, 281.710, 281.780, 281.801, 281.804, 281.806, 281.850, 281.860, 281.910, 281.912, and 281.914; clarify that any existing certificate or permit in effect on the effective date of the Act shall remain valid until its expiration and that prior to expiration, the certificate holder must make initial application for a certificate under the provisions of the Act.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB513.htm
 
HB523MOBILE COMMAND CENTERS (PULLIN T) AN ACT relating to mobile command centers owned by a local government.

Amend KRS 189.910 to add mobile command centers owned by a local government, to the definition of "public safety vehicle"; amend KRS 189.920 to allow mobile command centers owned by a local government, to use yellow oscillating lights.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB523.htm
 
HB541BLIGHTED PROPERTIES (JENKINS J) AN ACT relating to blighted and deteriorated properties.

Amend KRS 99.705 to define "alternative entity" and "local government"; amend KRS 99.710 to expand the availability of spot condemnation to all forms of local government; allow the duties that could be fulfilled by a vacant property review commission to be assigned to an alternative entity with a similar mission; create a new section of KRS 99.705 to 99.730 to establish a tax delinquency diversion program for blighted property; amend KRS 99.700, 99.715, 99.720, 99.725, and 99.730 to conform; amend KRS 416.540 to define "government lien" and "local government" and make technical corrections; amend KRS 416.570 to provide that a petition filed for a condemnation instituted pursuant to KRS 99.700 to 99.730 include certification of the assessment made by the property valuation administrator, a list of all government liens against the property and the amount due, and an estimate of the expense necessary to bring the property up to code; amend KRS 416.580 to provide that the presumed fair market value of property in eminent domain proceedings brought under KRS 99.700 to 99.730 shall be the assessed value as established by the property valuation administrator reduced by the total amount of all government liens and the estimated cost of repairs necessary to bring the property up to code; provide that the presumption may be rebutted by the property owner through submission of an independent appraisal establishing a different fair market value; amend KRS 416.610 and 416.660 to conform; amend KRS 134.128 and 134.504 to reference the tax delinquency diversion program established by Section 8 of the Act.
 Current Status:   3/25/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB541.htm
 
HB542TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (DEWEESE B) AN ACT relating to tax increment financing in a consolidated local government.

Amend KRS 154.30-060 to expand the parameters for certain projects in consolidated local governments to qualify as mixed-use projects and to thereby possibly qualify for the state participation program for tax increment financing (TIF) of mixed-use redevelopments.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB542.htm
 
HB550LOCAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS (PALUMBO R) AN ACT relating to local correctional officers.

Amend KRS 15.310 to include corrections officers employed by urban-county and consolidated local governments within the definition of law enforcement officer.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB550.htm
 
HB551LOCAL OPTION SALES AND USE TAX (THOMPSON T) AN ACT relating to local option sales and use tax.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to establish the parameters and requirements for the levy of local option sales and use taxes, if a proposed constitutional amendment allowing such a levy is approved; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish tax administration provisions; provide that the provisions of the Act will be effective on January 1 2015, only if the proposed constitutional amendment is approved by the voters of the Commonwealth at the November 2014 general election; if the proposed amendment is not approved, the Act is void.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1, HFA 1,2T
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB551.htm
 
HB561URBAN DEVELOPMENT (KEENE D) AN ACT relating to urban development.

Amend KRS 99.010, relating to urban development, to include consolidated local governments, urban-county governments, charter county governments and unified local governments.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - House Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB561.htm
 
HB564EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (HUFF R) AN ACT relating to emergency medical service providers.

Amend KRS 311A.025 to require the Board of Emergency Medical Services to set requirements for emergency medical service administrators; amend KRS 311A.030 to require emergency medical service providers to adopt the Kentucky State Emergency Medical Services Protocols.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Welfare
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB564.htm
 
SB5CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (STINE K) AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

Amend KRS 72.026 to increase the scope of mandatory coroner and medical examiner reporting in deaths involving Schedule I deaths; amend KRS 196.286 and 196.288 to direct that a portion of recaptured savings from criminal justice reforms be directed to funding of KY-ASAP; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to specify the controlled substance treatment services to be offered under Medicaid; amend KRS 217.186 to increase the availability of Naloxone for use as a rescue drug for narcotic overdose situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to provide immunity for persons seeking emergency help in drug overdose situations; amend KRS 218A.040 to specify that death by overdose is a foreseeable result of the consumption or use of a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.1412 to establish a 50% minimum time service requirement for higher-level traffickers in heroin or methamphetamine, with the ability to deviate from that requirement in cases where the defendant provides assistance to the prosecution; amend KRS 439.3401 to require a minimum 50% time service requirement for homicide and fetal homicide offenders in situations where the decedent died due to a Schedule I drug overdose; amend KRS 501.060 to provide that it is not a defense to the establishment of causation in a Schedule I overdose case that the decedent voluntarily ingested the drug or that there was no direct contact between the decedent and the defendant; direct the Department of Criminal Justice Training to conduct regionalized heroin-specific in-service training for law enforcement officers by December 31, 2015.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - floor amendments (19) to HFA 18, (20) to HFA 16, (21-title) (22) to HFA 18, and (23-title) filed
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB5.htm
 
SB6PUBLIC RETIREMENT (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.

Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Form Retirement System, to disclose upon request the names, status, projected or actual benefit payments, and other retirement information of each member or recipient of a retirement allowance of the systems.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB6.htm
 
SB12NALOXONE (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to naloxone.

Amend KRS 217.186 to allow peace officers, firefighter, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians to use nalaxone at the scene of a narcotic drug overdose.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB12.htm
 
SB14EMINENT DOMAIN (HIGDON J) AN ACT relating to eminent domain.

Amend KRS 278.502 to allow eminent domain to be used only in cases where the condemnor is a utility regulated by the Public Service Commission.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB14.htm
 
SB18WILD GAME MEAT (WEBB R) AN ACT relating to the donation of game meat.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define "not-for-profit organization" and "wildlife"; prohibit state and local government entities from restricting the donation of game meat to or from not-for-profit organizations for the purpose of free meal distribution; require that the game meat be from wildlife that was taken in the Commonwealth, properly field dressed and processed, and apparently disease-free and unspoiled.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources and Energy
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB18.htm
 
SB25KNIVES (WEBB R) AN ACT relating to knives.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit any unit of local government from having local knife control ordinances, to establish limitations on local action, to require repeal of any local knife ordinance, and provide that parties may sue to enjoin violations.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB25.htm
 
SB33CASINO GAMING (SEUM D) AN ACT proposing a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gambling.

Propose creating a new section to the Kentucky Constitution to allow casino gambling at no more than seven locations and dedicate ten percent of the revenue to promote equine interests, dedicate the Commonwealth's revenue from gaming to job creation, education, human services, health care, veterans' bonuses, local governments, and public safety.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB33.htm
 
SB34ENDOW TAX CREDIT (PARRETT D) AN ACT relating to the Endow Kentucky tax credit and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 141.438 to increase the total amount of Endow Kentucky tax credits that may be awarded each fiscal year from $500,000 to $2,000,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014-2015; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB34.htm
 
SB35PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (JONES R) AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.

Amend KRS 278.050 to increase membership of the Public Service Commission (PSC) from three to seven commissioners; require an election of the commissioners in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; provide that initial election of PSC commissioners shall be at the regular election in November 2016; provide that each member of the commission shall be eligible for membership in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as set forth in KRS 61.515 to 61.705; amend KRS 278.060 to change qualifications of the commissioners; amend KRS 278.120, 278.702, 11A.010, 11A.040, and 11A.050 to conform; repeal KRS 278.070.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources and Energy
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB16.htm
 
SB36REDEMPTION (BUFORD T) AN ACT relating to the right of redemption.

Amend KRS 426.530 to reduce from one year to six months the time period for the right of redemption of real property sold in pursuance of a judgment or order of a court, other than an execution, if the sale did not bring two-thirds of its appraised value.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB36.htm
 
SB48WATER AND ELECTRIC PLANT BOARDS (CARROLL J) AN ACT relating to combined electric and water plant boards.

Amend KRS 96.172 to create a new governing board for certain electric and water plant boards, establish size of board, establish municipal appointees, establish county appointees, make the new board subject to the same ethical and legal criteria as other electric and water plant boards; amend KRS 96.174 to require the new board to alternate chairs between city and county appointees.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources and Energy
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB48.htm
 
SB53CODE OF ETHICS (DENTON J) AN ACT relating to code of ethics.

Amend KRS 65.003 to include subpoena power in urban-county and consolidated local government ethics codes.
 Current Status:   3/21/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB53.htm
 
SB63WORKERS' COMPENSATION (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to the workers' compensation special fund and Funding Commission.

Amend KRS 342.120 require the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to engage in an aggressive attempt to settle special fund claims; amend KRS 342.122 and eliminate all funding provided to the Labor Cabinet from special fund assessments.
 Current Status:   3/25/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House Labor and Industry
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB63.htm
 
SB67NUCLEAR POWER (LEEPER R) AN ACT relating to nuclear power.

Amend KRS 278.600 to define "storage" and amend a definition to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal; amend KRS 278.610 to delete the requirement that the Public Service Commission certify the facility as having a means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; change all references to disposal of nuclear waste to storage of nuclear waste; prohibit construction of low-level waste disposal sites in the Commonwealth except as provided in KRS 211.852; require the Public Service Commission to determine whether the construction or operation of a nuclear power facility, including one constructed by an entity regulated under KRS Chapter 96, would create low-level nuclear waste or mixed wastes that would be required to be disposed of in low-level waste disposal sites in the Commonwealth; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities.
 Current Status:   3/25/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House Natural Resources and Environment
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB67.htm
 
SB69TAX CREDIT (SMITH B) AN ACT relating to the Endow Kentucky tax credit and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 141.438 to increase the total amount of Endow Kentucky tax credits that may be awarded each fiscal year from $500,000 to $2,000,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014-2015; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/15/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB69.htm
 
SB71RECLASSIFICATION (STIVERS R) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Booneville.

AN ACT reclassify the City of Booneville, in Owsley County, with a population of 80, from a city of the 6th class to a city of the 4th class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   3/12/2014 - Senate State and Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB70.htm
 
SB83ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 241.010 to define "commercial airport," "cider," "malt beverage," and "weak cider"; amend KRS 242.123 to delineate a reference to a special local option election in a city of the second class; amend KRS 243.030 to split the distiller's license into Class A and Class B licenses; amend KRS 243.033 to clarify that caterer's licenses may be used in limited restaurant moist territory and in the manner of an NQ4 drink license; amend KRS 243.042 to allow a qualified historic site to serve alcoholic beverages by the drink on a riverboat moored at its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.050 to add the holder of a license located in a commercial airport among those licensees who may be granted an extended hours supplemental license; amend KRS 243.072 and 243.075 to include county alcohol license fees and permit local regulatory license fees for limited restaurant territory or for a city of the third or fourth class under KRS Chapter 242; amend KRS 243.082 to clarify the duties and privileges of an NQ1 license; amend KRS 243.084 to authorize NQ2 retail drink licenses for hotel and restaurant dining facilities that seat at least 50 people and that derive at least 50% of their food and alcoholic beverage receipts from the sale of food; amend KRS 243.120 to assign a distiller's Class A license to distillers that produce more than 50,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year, and a distiller's Class B license to those that produce 50,000 gallons or less per year; amend KRS 243.200 to add the duties and privileges of a transporter's license; amend KRS 243.250, 244.125, and 244.295 to set the restaurant food threshold at 50% of food and beverage receipts rather than food and beverage income; amend KRS 243.320 to allow a nonbeverage alcohol licensee to produce, possess, and use alcohol in the manufacture of nonbeverage fuel ethanol; amend KRS 243.353 to make technical changes; amend KRS 243.360 to exempt an applicant for a micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's license from the requirement to advertise the intention to apply for a license; amend KRS 244.290 and 244.480 to replace outdated terms; amend KRS 244.585 to compel a malt beverage distributor to file its territorial agreements only upon request of the department; amend KRS 243.034, 243.170, and 243.230 to conform; repeal KRS 243.083 and 243.205.
 Current Status:   4/2/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB83.htm
 
SB96RECLASSIFICATION (GIBSON C) AN ACT relating to reclassifying the city of Hardinsburg.

Reclassify the City of Hardinsburg, in Breckinridge County, with a population of 2,342, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   1/28/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB96.htm
 
SB97AIRPORT NOISE OVERLAYS (MCGARVEY M) AN ACT relating to airport noise overlays.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to allow a planning unit to incorporate airport noise overlay districts within its zoning texts and maps; allow the planning unit to incorporate guidelines on building techniques and materials that are designed to provide acoustical insulation benefits to structures within the zone; affirm that nothing in the bill is to be construed to allow a planning unit to have authority to restrict, permit, prohibit, approve, or control uses or building standards on airport lands, or airport lands that are leased.
 Current Status:   1/28/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB97.htm
 
SB101LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to the publication of local government legal advertisements.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 424 giving local governments the option to post required advertisements online on a notice Web site operated by local government in lieu of newspaper publication, so long as one-time advertisement is published in actual newspaper; specify requirements for advertisements published on Internet Web site and in actual newspaper; specify rights of public and duties of local government; set out consequences of local government's failure to publish as required by law; provide penalty.
 Current Status:   1/28/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB101.htm
 
SB127RECLASSIFICATION (TURNER J) AN ACT reclassifying the city of Wayland.

Reclassify the City of Wayland, in Floyd County, with a population of 421, from a city of the sixth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
 Current Status:   2/12/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB127.htm
 
SB142RETIREMENT BENEFITS (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to retirement benefits spiking.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21 to provide that members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or Judicial Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2015, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last five years of employment if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2014, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt lump-sum payments for compensatory time from the compensation growth limitation; exempt from the compensation growth limitation those years of compensation where in the immediately preceding fiscal year the member had 5 weeks of paid worker's compensation benefits or 5 weeks of unpaid maternity, FMLA, or approved sick leave; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define "bona fide promotion or salary advancements" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the 4 years immediately prior to the 5-year period or a change in employment position based upon training, education or expertise; provide that a bona fide promotion or salary advancement does not include situations where a legislator or judge takes a position of employment with a different employer participating in any of the state-administered retirement systems; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall refund contributions and interest on contributions, for any reductions in creditable compensation provided by this section; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement and allow the member to appeal a decision of the system to the full board of trustees; amend KRS 61.598 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System, who retire on or after January 1, 2015, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last five years of employment if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2014, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt lump-sum payments for compensatory time from the compensation growth limitation; exempt from the compensation growth limitation those years of compensation where in the immediately preceding fiscal year the member had 5 weeks of paid worker's compensation benefits or 5 weeks of unpaid maternity, FMLA, or approved sick leave; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall refund contributions and interest on contributions, for any reductions in creditable compensation provided by this section; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement and allow the member to appeal a decision of the system to the board; remove provisions charging employers for creditable compensation growth greater than 10% during the employee's last five years of employment; amend KRS 6.525, 16.645, 61.645, and 78.545 to conform.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB142.htm
 
SB144PLANNING AND ZONING (GIVENS D) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Amend KRS 100.211 to require the planning commission to make a recommendation within 60 days, allow for waiver of requirement, and establish procedures for failure to act within 60 days; amend KRS 100.237 to allow board of zoning adjustment review and revocation of conditional use permits previously issued, in certain circumstances, and allow revocation of conditional use permit if the board is not informed of certain modifications.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB144.htm
 
SB177MOTOR CARRIERS (HARRIS E) AN ACT relating to motor carriers.

Omnibus revision of the motor carrier statutes, KRS Chapter 281; repeal and reenact KRS 281.010 to consolidate various definition sections and set forth definitions for the chapter; amend KRS 281.590, regarding legislative intent, to eliminate references to competitive practices; amend KRS 281.600 to clarify references to federal laws; amend KRS 281.602 to give the Department of Vehicle Regulation the authority to file liens against motor carriers for fees administered under the chapter; amend KRS 281.605 and 281.610 to eliminate references to certificates of convenience and necessity and to hearings on certificates of convenience and necessity; amend KRS 281.6185 to clarify definitions and eliminate outdated grandfather language; amend KRS 281.626 to eliminate hearings for the issuance of U-Drive-It certificates; repeal and reenact KRS 281.630 to require motor carriers to obtain a certificate from the department prior to operation, establish that a certificate is to be granted to any applicant who conforms to the requirements of KRS Chapter 281, identify different certificates issued by the department, set forth application requirements and fees, require criminal background checks for certain officers and employees and establish disqualifying offenses, establish renewal procedures and fees, establish requirements for rate and time schedules, establish procedures for transfer of certificates, establish authority for hearing and penalties, and grant the department the authority to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the section; repeal and reenact KRS 281.631 to establish requirements for motor carrier vehicle licenses, establish initial application and renewal procedures and fees, allow cities to impose annual license fees not to exceed $30 per vehicle on taxicabs, limousines, and disabled persons vehicles, exempt nonresident motor carriers from fees under KRS Chapter 281 if reciprocal provisions are granted Kentucky carriers by the nonresident carrier's home state, and grant the department the authority to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the section; amend KRS 281.635 to eliminate finding of convenience and necessity for bus franchises, clarify references to concurrent authority of cities and the state over buses, taxicabs, limousines, disabled persons vehicles, and their drivers; amend KRS 281.640 to establish procedures for hearings involving certificate holders; amend KRS 281.655 to set insurance requirements for motor carriers at levels established under 49 C.F.R. Chapter 387; amend KRS 281.656 to clarify provisions for the suspension of a certificate upon cancellation of insurance or bond; amend KRS 281.720 to require motor carrier vehicles to display a motor carrier license plate; amend KRS 281.728 to include limousines and disabled persons vehicles among the types of certificate holders that cannot advertise for a service not authorized by its certificate; amend KRS 281.730 to clarify rules on hours of operation; amend KRS 281.990 to reduce the minimum fine for operating a motor carrier without a valid certificate or in violation of a certificate from $2,000 to $500; amend KRS 186.050 to set registration fees for motor carrier vehicles carrying up to 15 passengers at $11.50 and the fee for motor carrier vehicles carrying more than 15 passengers at $100; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to authorize the Transportation Cabinet to join compacts with other states regarding overdimensional permits; amend KRS 281.687, 281.735, 281.745, 281.752, 281.755, 281.760, 281.775, 281.802, 281.820, 281.830, 281.835, 281.838, 281.873, 96A.010, 96A.020, 138.446, 138.463, 186.164, 186.240, and 186.991 to conform; repeal KRS 186.052, 186.281, 186.286, 281.011, 281.012, 281.013, 281.014, 281.015, 281.604, 281.607, 281.612, 281.615, 281.618, 281.619, 281.620, 281.624, 281.625, 281.6251, 281.632, 281.633, 281.637, 281.641, 281.645, 281.650, 281.660, 281.6602, 281.670, 281.675, 281.680, 281.685, 281.690, 281.695, 281.700, 281.710, 281.780, 281.801, 281.804, 281.806, 281.850, 281.860, 281.910, 281.912, and 281.914; clarify that any existing certificate or permit in effect on the effective date of the Act shall remain valid until its expiration and that prior to expiration, the certificate holder must make initial application for a certificate under the provisions of the Act.
 Current Status:   3/6/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB177.htm
 
SB181PLANNING AND ZONING (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require appeals of planning and zoning decisions to the Circuit Court to reach a final decision within 90 days and to require that appeals from the Circuit Court be accompanied by a supersedeas bond of an amount calculated to offset any losses sustained by an appellee due to an unsuccessful appeal.
 Current Status:   3/20/2014 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB181.htm
 
SB187COURT COSTS (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to court costs.

Amend KRS 186.574 to clarify that the $25 fee paid to the AOC by attendees of a traffic school operated by a county attorney is in lieu of court costs and that no other court costs or fees shall be charged to participants in those programs.
 Current Status:   3/26/2014 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB187.htm
 
SB198ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (HIGDON J) AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 241.065 to remove the quota retail package license ratio of one for every 1,500 residents in counties containing a city of the first class; amend KRS 242.060 to shift the cost of a local option election from the county to the committee or other group primarily responsible for the circulation and filing of the election petition; amend KRS 243.240 to set the standard number of quota retail package licenses in a territory at one for every 3,000 residents; establish procedures and restrictions for granting quota retail package licenses; amend KRS 243.260 to allow the holder of a special temporary license to exercise the privileges of that license in only those counties or cities that have enacted an economic hardship ordinance or where quota retail drink licenses are authorized.
 Current Status:   3/7/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB198.htm
 
SB209REVENUE AND TAXATION (STIVERS R) AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.

Amend KRS 131.061 to make technical corrections.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB209.htm
 
SB219911 SERVICES (HIGDON J) AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services.

Amend KRS 65.7621 to add definitions; amend KRS 65.7627 to specify that prepaid wireless service charge revenue is deposited into the CMRS fund; amend KRS 65.7629 to make changes to collection of CMRS service charge from prepaid CMRS connections; amend KRS 65.7635 to remove language related to the collection of CMRS service charge from prepaid CMRS connections; create a new chapter of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to establishes and specifies the collection of a prepaid wireless service charge; create new sections of KRS 142 to add definitions, require the Department of Revenue to collect the prepaid wireless service charge, require sellers to register with the Department, require sellers to file returns with the Department, allow for audits and actions by aggrieved sellers, require sellers to keep records, impose interest on delinquent prepaid wireless service charges, allow for penalties for nonpayment, specify the deposit of prepaid wireless service charge revenue into the CMRS fund, and specify individual and corporate liability for collection of prepaid wireless service charge.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB219.htm
 
SB226PAWN BROKERS (WEBB R) AN ACT relating to pawn brokers.

Amend KRS 226.040 to expand requirements of pawnbroker registry; establish that a pawnbroker registry must include proof of verification of seller identity; require a signed statement of ownership on the part of the seller; require that this statement include notice that signing a false statement in regards to the ownership of property may be a violation of KRS Chapter 514; prohibit a pawnbroker from conducting business with a seller who is unable or refuses to provide identification; limit the inspection of a pawnbroker’s registry by law enforcement to normal business hours; provide that these registry requirements are in addition to any recordkeeping requirements mandated by local ordinance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 226 to require pawnbrokers to create and maintain a record of sale for use by law enforcement; require that the record of sale information be made available upon request to an officer of the Commonwealth in the discharge of his or her official duty; provide that this information is confidential; prohibit the use of a record of sale for anything but criminal investigation by law enforcement; amend KRS 226.050 to allow for the electronic transmission of notice of sale; amend KRS 226.070 to expand the pawnbroker's duty to make a report of all goods received to law enforcement to include pawnbrokers located in an urban-county or consolidated local government area.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB226.htm
 
actionTRACK - Kentucky Legislative Services, LLC.