Charitable Organizations And Institutions

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to opportunities in education. [SB-25]
Create new sections in KRS Chapter 141 to establish the Education Opportunity Account Program; define terms and eligibility for the program; establish the requirements of the account-granting organizations and the Department of Revenue; allow auditing of account-granting organizations by the Department of Revenue; create a tax credit for taxes imposed by KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401; require reporting to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; create short title; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/02/2021

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION encouraging an investigation by the United States Attorney General and the Kentucky Attorney General into the fundraising tactics of the Humane Society of the United States. [SR-112]
Encourage the United States Attorney General and the Attorney General of the state of Kentucky to investigate the Humane Society of the United States for false and misleading fundraising practices.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb To Judiciary (s) on 02/19/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain nonprofit entities and declaring an emergency. [SB-59]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "fundraising"; amend KRS 139.200 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax the fundraising activities done by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.496 and 139.497 to conform; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/10/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to opportunities in education. [SB-118]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide goals and reporting of metrics related to those goals; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credits may be taken; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/08/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency. [SB-1]
Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 005) on 03/11/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION declaring March 12, 2019, Live United Day in Kentucky. [HR-186]
Declare March 12, 2019, Live United Day in Kentucky.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King To House Floor on 03/12/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to caller identification. [HB-84]
Amend KRS 367.46955 to prohibit telephone solicitations which misrepresent the name or telephone number in caller identification services; amend KRS 367.46999 to increase the fines for second offenses and clarify enforcement mechanisms; amend KRS 367.667 to prohibit charitable telephone solicitations which misrepresent the name or telephone number in caller identification services; amend KRS 367.990 to add criminal fines and the payment of restitution for violations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 105) on 03/26/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the exemption of certain animal services from sales and use tax. [HB-78]
Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt from sales and use tax pet adoption fees and certain small veterinarian service fees charged by local government animal shelters and nonprofit animal welfare organizations; apply to transactions on or after July 1, 2019.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to charitable gaming. [HB-43]
Amend KRS 238.545 to remove some of the restrictions on the frequency with which charity fundraising events may be held at unlicensed facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chad McCoy Became Law Without Governor's Signature (ky Acts Ch. 062) on 03/27/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Gaming Commission. [HB-410]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define "amateur athletics," “department of charitable gaming,” “gaming commissioner,” “gaming commission,” "lottery," “lottery department,” "major lottery-specific procurement," “racing department," "related entity," "retailer," "sports contest," and "vendor"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission, composed of 9 members who shall be appointed by December 31, 2020, and who shall hold their first meeting no later than January 31, 2021; the commission shall supervise and regulate all gaming and wagering (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (h) on 02/20/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to nonprofit exemptions in taxation and declaring an emergency. [HB-28]
Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.200 to add the exemption; amend KRS 132.195 to exempt from property tax leasehold interests in property owned by a purely public charity when the property and income are used to further the purely public charity's mission; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to exempting admissions to events held by nonprofit organizations from sales and use taxation. [HB-27]
Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions to events held by nonprofit organizations and to remove the specific exemption for county fairs to conform; amend KRS 139.200 to conform; apply to transactions occurring on or after July 1, 2019.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. [HB-208]
Amend KRS 15A.197 to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 123) on 03/26/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to opportunities in education. [HB-205]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide goals and reporting of metrics related to those goals; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credits may be taken; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/04/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, making and appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency. [HB-163]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College endowment match fund; transfer $3 million annually to the fund from general fund; authorize promulgation of administrative regulations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/05/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to school safety. [HB-1]
Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer To Education (h) on 01/11/2019

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the donation of game meat. [HB-511]
Amend KRS 217.217 to prohibit state and local government entities from restricting the donation of game meat to or from cooperative extension agencies for the purpose of free meal distribution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland Taken From Health & Welfare (s) on 04/01/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the ad valorem taxation of privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity. [HB-452]
Amend KRS 132.195 to include specific privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity in the list of leasehold interests exempt from state and local property taxation at the prevailing rate; amend KRS 132.020 to include specific privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity in the list of property that is subject to a one-and-one-half-cent state property tax rate; amend KRS 132.200 to include specific privately owned leasehold interests in residential property (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade Posted In Committee on 03/12/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in retail pet shops. [SB-179]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define "animal shelter," "breeder," "broker," and "retail pet shop"; to prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits; to allow retail pet shops to collaborate with animal shelters to showcase dogs, cats, or rabbits; to require retail pet shops to maintain records documenting the source of each dog, cat, or rabbit it sells for at least one (1) year; amend KRS 258.990 to include a penalty for retail pet shop operators who violate this Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel To Agriculture (s) on 02/20/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to electronic advertising. [HB-379]
Create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow electronic advertising devices located on the premises of a business or organization to advertise or promote activities and products offered both on the property and by charitable nonprofit organizations or groups; require content advertised to comply with state and federal statutes and regulations; allow nonprofit content to be displayed at the discretion of the electronic advertising device owner; prohibit the advertising of outside content if the business or organization has ceased operation; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Thomas To Transportation (h) on 02/06/2020

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