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Also tagged in: Aged Persons and Aging, Disabilities and the Disabled, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Prevention, Fire Prevention, Health and Medical Services, Housing, Building, and Construction, Licensing, Local Government, Local Mandate, Occupations and Professions, Popular Names and Short Titles, Property, Safety
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 227, relating to fire prevention and protection, to establish an Alarm System Contractor Licensure Board; define terms; forbid alarm contracting activities by those who are not properly authorized by the board; describe when an alarm system contractor acts as a personal emergency response system provider or contractor; institute an emergency 911 response protocol for unanswered voice-to-voice communication responses to customers; exempt various persons and entities from the board requirements under defined circumstances, including telephone installers, utility companies, fire protection sprinkler contractors, architects, locksmiths, and hospitals; establish board purpose, membership, appointment, and meeting procedures; require board to promulgate administrative regulations, determine applicant qualifications, conduct investigations, and establish renewal and continuing education standards; allow the board to establish fees, control licensure, and enter [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 166) Bill Text
Amend KRS 75.020 to require trustees of Chapter 75 fire protection districts to circulate a petition or correspondence and to secure 51% of the freeholders' permission before expanding or striking off any land in the service territory of the fire protection district; require county clerk to certify petitions and correspondence; allow appeal to county judge/executive upon failure to secure permission of 51% of the freeholders.
Also tagged in: Claims, Claims, Fire Prevention, Fire Prevention, Fiscal Note, Health and Medical Services, Insurance, Insurance, Health, Insurance, Health, Local Government Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text
Amend KRS 95A.070 to provide a consumer price index adjustment to the health and life insurance supplement that the state makes to firefighters, as defined in KRS 61.315, who are permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.
Also tagged in: Cities, Cities, Counties, Counties, Counties, Urban, Emergency Medical Services, Fiscal Note, Local Government, Local Mandate, Police, City and County Latest Action: 03/21/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 67A.6901 to create the new definition of "Dispatch communications personnel" and delete the definition of "Firefighter personnel"; amend KRS 67A.6902, 67A.6903, 67A.6904, 67A.6905, 67A.6906, 67A.6908, 67A.6909, and 67A.6910 to conform to the definition changes.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 77) Bill Text
Amend KRS 95A.020 to reduce membership of the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education, from 17 to 16, add 3 new members representing fire protection personnel from statewide firefighter organizations; amend KRS 95A.080 to make the Fire Commission solely responsible for the issuance of certified volunteer firefighter identification cards; reduce fee from $9 to $5; require proof of legal work status for identification card; amend KRS 95A.040 to require administrative regulations concerning proof of literacy, work status, age, and integrity for volunteer firefighters; amend KRS 95A.060 to remove reference to Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; amend KRS 95A.262 to remove reference to Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 48.315 to delete KRS 15.430 and 95A.220, the statutes that establish the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighter Foundation Program fund, from the list of funds that may be transferred in a budget bill to the general fund; amend KRS 15.430 and 95A.220 to conform.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 164) Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.172, regarding firefighter license plates, to make professional firefighters eligible for the plates; allow proof of service to be furnished by the fire chief; eliminate references to fees and administration of the plate; tie plate fees to the fee schedule set forth in KRS 186.162; specify that the plate shall be administered in the same manner as other special plates under KRS 186.164; allow the Kentucky Association of Firefighters to petition the Transportation Cabinet to place a voluntary contribution on the plate in accordance with KRS 186.164(12) to (15); amend KRS 186.164 and KRS 186.166 to conform.
Also tagged in: Cities, Cities, Counties, Counties, Fiscal Note, Local Government, Local Mandate, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, State Agencies, Technical Corrections
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2008 Bill TextAmend KRS 15.310 to add a definition for "unit of government"; amend KRS 15.330 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve the addition of new units of government for participation in the KLEFP Fund and to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.382 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.410 to conform; amend KRS 15.420 to amend definitions; amend KRS 15.430 to clarify the intent of the General Assembly with regard to the use of KLEFP funds; amend KRS 15.440 to clarify participation requirements for various units of government; amend KRS 15.442 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.450 to require the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training to administer the KLEFP fund and to recommend to the council new units of government for participation in the KLEFP fund; amend KRS 15.460 to increase the supplement for police officers on July 1, 2008 to $3,250, and to $3,500 beginning July 1, 2009, and to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in House; to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a phased-in income tax deduction for certified volunteer firefighters for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.
Also tagged in: Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Appropriations, Appropriations, Counties, Counties, Effective Dates, Emergency, Fiscal Note, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, Interlocal Cooperation, Local Government, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Sheriffs, Special Districts, Taxation, Taxation, Waste Management
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed Bill TextAmend KRS 65.250 to specify certain criteria for the approval of interlocal agreements; amend KRS 65.260 to grant the Governor's Office for Local Development the right to review all interlocal agreements; amend KRS 311A.155 to require the board to grant preference to a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; increase the reimbursement to a county for lost equipment for a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; reduce the deduction from state aid for reimbursement of lost equipment to a county for lost equipment for a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; amend KRS 39C.020 to increase supplementary state funds for those regional emergency management districts created through valid interlocal agreements; amend KRS 258.119 to require the Commissioner [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/21/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 75 to allow two or more cities to form municipal fire protection districts with optional ambulance service; require cities to memorialize certain requirements by interlocal agreement including initial operations funding; allow ad valorem tax levy for continued operation of district; identify powers and duties for district board of trustees, including budget approval, submission, financial reporting and auditing of funds; provide for district firefighter participation in professional firefighter foundation program fund
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 39F to provide definitions for rescue and search and rescue programs; describe how a rescue squad is formed and require at least 12 persons in order to form a rescue squad; require that 65 percent of members of the rescue squad be trained if there are more than 12 members; specify duties of a rescue squad and prohibited activities for a rescue squad; require rescue squads to comply with the provisions of the chapter; require rescue squads to be formally affiliated with a local government, by ordinance or by memorandum of agreement or with the Council on Rescue Personnel and Services; limit agreements to four years without renewal; permit the council to grant statewide affiliation agreements to rescue squads providing statewide or regional services by memorandum of agreement for not more than four years without renewal; specify contents of an affiliation agreement or ordinance; permit the local government to revoke an agreement with 30-day notice; provide [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 67C.412 and 345.080 to include and establish procedures for mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; require parties to pay expenses.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95 to establish that cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, is an occupational disease; establish the guidelines for compensation; establish the types of carcinogens associated with specific types of cancers.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Local Government (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 95.869 to add one member to the governing board of the pension fund, member to be elected from both police and firefighter retirees, establish term, establish date for election.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 55) Bill Text
Amend sections of KRS Chapter 342 to adopt the fifth edition, rather than the most recent edition, of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
Also tagged in: Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Counties, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Firearms and Weapons, Immigration, Licensing, Local Mandate, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Police, State, Reorganization, Sheriffs, State Agencies, Technical Corrections, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) Bill Text
Amend KRS 16.220, relating to the public auction of confiscated firearms, to add the State Police and other state agencies to agencies permitted to receive funds for the purchase of body armor; require requests for the purchase of protective vests to take precedence over requests to purchase firearms and ammunition; permit residual funds to be used for the purchase of electronic control devices, electronic control weapons, or electro-muscular disruption technology, including Tasers.
Also tagged in: Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Fees, Local Mandate, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Public Officers and Employees, Wills and Estates Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text
Amend KRS 61.315 to give the Department of Military Affairs the authority to promulgate administrative regulations and conduct administrative hearings regarding eligibility for death gratuity benefits; exempt from probate fees the estates of people whose families would be eligible for the death gratuity benefits.
Also tagged in: Cities, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Counties, Counties, Local Government, Local Mandate, Special Districts, Taxation, Property, Technical Corrections Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to establish procedures for one requesting a tax increase beyond $.10 per $100; require local legislative approval of levy increase and time frame for request; set forth limits for each individual increase; establish a cap of $.20 per $100 valuation for tax.
Also tagged in: Annexation, Cities, Cities, Counties, Counties, Effective Dates, Emergency, Fire Prevention, Fire Prevention, Local Government, Local Mandate, Special Districts
Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - To Local Government (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 75.010 to provide that before territory may be stricken from a fire district involving land within the boundaries of the fire district that were incorporated by a municipality, either by annexation or through the creation of a new city, that the city maintain a regular fire department, pay its proportionate share of the indebtedness of the territory, and agree to provide fire protection to the territory; and that both the legislative body of the city and the board of trustees of the fire protection district or volunteer fire department district shall enter into a written and approved agreement for the transfer of the territory; amend KRS 75.020 to conform; EMERGENCY.
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