Courts, Fiscal
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the provision of private towing services to local governments. [SB-167]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all local governments to establish a list of towing companies for emergency tow services; require law enforcement agencies within those local governments to use that list in rotation.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Introduced In Senate on 02/04/2021
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AN ACT relating to covered wooden bridge authorities. [HB-351]
Amend KRS 176.410 to provide that a covered wooden bridge authority must have a land owner with property adjacent to a covered wooden bridge as a member.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
Introduced In House on 02/03/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sanitation districts. [HB-302]
Amend KRS 220.010 to add definitions for "homeowner" "on-site sewage disposal system" and "service waiver"; amend KRS 220.170 to allow a homeowner located in a county served by a sanitation district that has a an on-site sewage disposal system approved by the local board of health to refuse sanitary sewer service and not be charged by the district or denied drinking water service; establishes application, process, and timelines for requesting a service waiver; require the board to update any customer bill of rights to include information about the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Posted In Committee on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to library district boards. [SB-149]
Amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
Introduced In Senate on 02/02/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to constables. [SB-104]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the status of certified constables and certified deputy constables; require 40-hour mandatory annual training for constables and deputy constables; require the Kentucky Constable Association to develop and maintain in-service education courses, offered at night and on weekends throughout the year in various regions across the Commonwealth; require courses to include firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; require constables and deputy constable seeking certification
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Introduced In Senate on 01/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school bus safety. [HB-189]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to define "owner," "code enforcement board," "county," "camera monitoring system," "recorded images," and "stop arm camera violation"; permit the legislative body of a county to enact an ordinance to authorize the use of camera monitoring systems by a local school district and permit the enforcement of a civil penalty for a stop arm camera violation recorded by a camera monitoring system; permit the legislative body of a county to enter into an interlocal agreement to implement and enforce such ordinances; provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Transportation (s) on 03/01/2021
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to procurement. [HB-26]
Amend KRS 45A.385 to increase from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount of a contract for which a local public agency may use small purchase procedures; amend KRS 424.260 to allow local officials to make contracts up to $30,000, rather than up to $20,000, without taking out newspaper advertisements for bids.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 079) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to county appointments. [HB-240]
Amend KRS 67.710 to include a timetable for county judge/executive appointments to fill a vacancy; require the judge/executive to submit a nomination to the fiscal court within 60 days of the vacancy; provide that the fiscal court shall approve or disapprove the nomination within 45 days, and if the judge/executive fails to nominate within the prescribed period, the fiscal court shall fill the vacancy; provide that if the fiscal court fails to approve or disapprove the nomination within the prescribed period, the nominee is deemed approved, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 019) on 03/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to waste management. [HB-222]
Amend KRS 224.43-010 to include in legislative finding the need for complete and accurate information about complaints, investigations, and actions against solid waste disposal facilities located in the solid waste management area; amend KRS 224.43-310 to require the cabinet to make quarterly reports to the solid waste coordinator for a solid waste management area on complaints, investigations, and actions; require the enforcement officer to submit a copy of the report to the county fiscal court of every county located in the solid waste management
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Posted In Committee on 02/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voluntary unification of counties. [HB-174]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions as prescribed;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
To Local Government (h) on 02/06/2019
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to constables. [SB-229]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the status of certified constables and certified deputy constables; require 40-hour mandatory annual training for constables and deputy constables; require the Kentucky Constable Association to develop and maintain in-service education courses, offered at night and on weekends throughout the year in various regions across the Commonwealth; courses shall include but are not limited to firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; constables and deputy constable seeking
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/02/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voluntary unification of counties. [HB-465]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons in the county voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Posted In Committee on 02/28/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local government payment for purchases and standing orders, and declaring an emergency. [HB-264]
Amend KRS 65.140 to enable payment for the purchase of goods or services by local government to be made by the party responsible; provide for documentation of purchaser disapproval; amend KRS 68.275 to authorize county judge/executive to pay claims as a requirement of state or federal law or regulation and, present those claims to fiscal court for review following payment;EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to library district boards. [SB-83]
Amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/13/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solid waste. [SB-22]
Amend KRS KRS 68.178 to delete incidental or residual waste facilities from the exclusion in the description of waste management facilities; allow fiscal courts to license solid waste landfills and residual landfills and assess increased fees for accepting wastes outside of the waste planning area; amend KRS 224.40-315 to delete the exclusions from the definition of "municipal solid waste disposal facility."
Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 01/08/2020