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Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in House; to Labor & Industry (H) Bill Text
Prohibit use of automated calling equipment or recorded political telephone messages from or by a political party or campaign; make use of such equipment for communicating political messages by a political party or campaign a Class B misdemeanor; each such automated call or recorded political message shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty (50) dollars, with a maximum fine for such violations not to exceed one thousand (1000) dollars.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text
Amend KRS 132.200 to clarify the local property tax exemption for radio and television equipment and to exempt broadcast towers and weather equipment; apply to assessments made on and after January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.450 to prohibit any person with an instruction permit from using a personal telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped; require the cabinet to provide a decal to be affixed to a vehicle identifying that the operator is in possession of an instruction permit; amend KRS 186.452 to prohibit any person with a intermediate driver's license from using a personal telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped; require the cabinet to provide a decal to be affixed to a vehicle identifying that the operator is in possession of an intermediate driver's license.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken from committee Appropriations & Revenue (S); 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Direct a legislative staff study of funding for emergency call centers.
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 525.080 relating to harassing communications to add communications via the internet and increase penalty for subsequent offenses to a Class A misdemeanor.
Also tagged in: Aged Persons and Aging, Disabilities and the Disabled, Emergency Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Disability, Mental Health, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, State, Sheriffs Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109) Bill Text
Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management.
Also tagged in: Advertising, Advertising, Attorney General, Attorney General, Campaign Finance, Commerce, Commerce, Consumer Affairs, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crimes and Punishments, Title Amendments, Trade Practices and Retailing
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit unsolicited faxes to a telephone facsimile machine; define telephone facsimile machine, unsolicited advertisement by a telephone facsimile machine, and established business relationship; provide exception for an established business relationship between the sender and recipient; require that fax transmissions contain an opt-out procedure for recipient; provide for a private cause of action in District or Circuit Court; amend KRS 367.46951 to conform; amend KRS 367.990 to impose a maximum penalty of $500 for each violation, except that the penalty for a willful violation shall be not more than $2,000.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Claims, Corrections Impact, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Disasters, Fiscal Note, Gambling, Information Technology, Local Mandate, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Police, State, Sheriffs, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute Bill Text
Amend KRS 510.155 relating to using a communications system to procure a minor to engage in sexual offenses to add to "minor" "any individual the person has reason to believe is a minor" to the elements of the offense; add KRS 510.110 relating to sexual abuse in the first degree to prohibited solicitations; create prima facie evidence presumption of intent to commit offense even if the meeting did not occur; apply provisions to any communication originating or received within the Commonwealth.
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit the operator of a motor vehicle on a public highway to read, write or send a text message; direct that enforcement for violation be taken only as a secondary offense; prohibit the Transportation Cabinet from including a conviction on the driving record of the person or to report the conviction to the employer of the person or any insurance company; penalty.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Consumer Affairs, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crimes and Punishments, Domestic Relations, Local Mandate, Parental Rights, Parental Rights, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Police, State, State Agencies
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605, relating to juvenile proceedings, to require social service workers, child protective services workers, peace officers, and others interviewing a child alleged to be abused, needy, neglected, dependent, or delinquent to make a video or audio recording of the interview; specify to whom recordings of interviews are available; limit uses of recordings of interviews; provide for destruction of recordings when no longer needed.
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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Labor & Industry (H) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 369 to establish definitions relating to Internet Web sites, blogs, or message boards; require registration prior to posting information to these interactive services; identify persons, businesses, or entities that post information to these interactive services; establish penalty provisions.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Tourism Development & Energy (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require television broadcasters and cable television providers operating in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to make available all non-High Definition, non-interactive programming currently on channels two through 99 to consumers in analog format, without requiring a digital converter box, for a period of eight years beyond the commencement of the transition to digital broadcast television, beginning no later than February 17, 2009, and continuing through February 17, 2017.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 65.760 regarding emergency 911 telephone service to permit local government to designate a collection agent other than the landline phone provider for the monthly service charge; allow that agent to compensate itself from the proceeds; remove the CMRS administrator from the CMRS Board; increase amount of fund available for direct grants from $2 million to $4 million; amend KRS 65.7629 to authorize CMRS board to increase the CMRS service charge not more than the increase in the Consumer Price Index; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt 911 service charges from sales tax.
Also tagged in: Aged Persons and Aging, Disabilities and the Disabled, Emergency Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Disability, Mental Health, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, State, Sheriffs Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search as a Golden Alert to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management; establish title as the "Diantha Louise George Golden Alert Bill."
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 180) Bill TextAmend KRS 367.4903 to include various forms of excavation in definitions; include inability to restore interrupted utility service in definition of "emergency"; specify multimember protection notification center designated by the Public Service Commission as sole recipient of 811 dialed calls for excavator-operators to obtain information regarding approximate location of underground facilities; exclude penetration of existing grade from definition of "routine road maintenance"; amend KRS 367.4909 to conform; amend KRS 367.4911 to require excavators to cease excavation or demolition activities and immediately report any underground facility damage that results in the escape of any flammable, toxic, or corrosive gas or liquid to appropriate authorities via 911 emergency telephone number; amend KRS 367.4913 to conform; amend KRS 367.4915 to exempt emergency work by utility operators or utility subcontractors from requirements of KRS 367.4905 to 367.4917; amend KRS 367.4917 to provide for the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 154.20-150 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to make available on-line to the public the written status reports that are submitted to the Legislative Research Commission.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken from committee Appropriations & Revenue (S); 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Direct a legislative staff study of funding for emergency call centers.
Also tagged in: Aged Persons and Aging, Disabilities and the Disabled, Emergency Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Disability, Mental Health, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, State, Sheriffs Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109) Bill Text
Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management.
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit the operator of a motor vehicle on a public highway to read, write or send a text message; direct that enforcement for violation be taken only as a secondary offense; prohibit the Transportation Cabinet from including a conviction on the driving record of the person or to report the conviction to the employer of the person or any insurance company; penalty.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Claims, Corrections Impact, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Disasters, Fiscal Note, Gambling, Information Technology, Local Mandate, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Police, State, Sheriffs, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute Bill Text
Amend KRS 510.155 relating to using a communications system to procure a minor to engage in sexual offenses to add to "minor" "any individual the person has reason to believe is a minor" to the elements of the offense; add KRS 510.110 relating to sexual abuse in the first degree to prohibited solicitations; create prima facie evidence presumption of intent to commit offense even if the meeting did not occur; apply provisions to any communication originating or received within the Commonwealth.
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