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HB775

HB775 Sponsored by Tim Couch
Also tagged in: Information Technology, Science and Technology
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.

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Also tagged in: Television and Radio
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.

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HB725

HB725 Sponsored by Johnny Bell
Also tagged in: Cities, Counties, Local Mandate, Public Utilities
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.

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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."

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Also tagged in: Energy, Hazardous Materials, Housing, Building, and Construction, Local Mandate, Public Utilities, Safety
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 180)

Bill Text
Amend 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 [...]

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Also tagged in: Appropriations, Budget and Financial Administration, Economic Development, Piggybacked Bills, Popular Names and Short Titles, Public Records and Reports, State Agencies, Taxation, Title Amendments
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.

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HJ88

HJ88 Sponsored by Jim Glenn
Also tagged in: Counties, Counties, Fees, Public Utilities, Public Utilities, Studies Directed
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.

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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.

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Also tagged in: Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Transportation, Transportation
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.

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HB367

HB367 Sponsored by Johnny Bell
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Claims, Corrections Impact, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Disasters, Fiscal Note
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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