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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 45A.625 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to mandate that state-owned vehicles capable of using ethanol, biodiesel, or other biofuels refuel with such biofuels whenever available, beginning on or before December 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 351.127 to require two emergency medical or mine emergency technicians for surface mining operations with ten or more employees and one emergency medical or mine emergency technician for surface operations with less than ten employees.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104) Bill Text Amend KRS 224.46-580 to half the rate imposed on waste delivered from the generator to an incinerator for energy recovery; reduce from twenty percent to five percent the amount required to be remitted by the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to the Center for Pollution Prevention.
Also tagged in: Boats and Boating, Civil Actions, Federal Laws and Regulations, Fees, Financial Responsibility, Fuel, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Notices, Notices, State Agencies, Trade Practices and Retailing, Transportation, Transportation
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to outline specific civil liability and related procedures for financial recovery after the theft of motor fuel for motor vehicles and motorboats; define "motor fuel," "retailer," "retail facility," and "vehicle"; authorize retailers to mail a notice demanding payment from the owner of a vehicle that receives motor fuel without making proper payment to the retailer; allow retailers to impose a $30 service charge in addition to recovering the cost of the motor fuel; impose a civil penalty in the amount of the greater of the price of the motor fuel or $100 if the owner has not made payment within 30 days after the notice was mailed; require that retailers conspicuously display notice of the service charge on the premises from which the motor fuel was received; forbid further collection efforts if the vehicle owner disputes the retailer's claim within the 30 days after the notice was mailed; limit retailers to collecting payment only pursuant to a court [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Tourism Development & Energy (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 278.600 to delete reference to KRS 278.605 and amend the definition of a plan for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste to mean a method of disposal in accordance with federal laws and regulations; amend KRS 278.610 to delete requirements for the Public Service Commission to find that the United States has identified and approved of a demonstrable technology for the disposal of high level nuclear wastes before it will certify a nuclear facility; delete additional requirement that there be waste storage facilities with adequate capacity to take nuclear waste be in actual operation when the nuclear facility is granted a certificate; repeal KRS 278.605.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 278.600 to delete reference to KRS 278.605 and amend the definition of a plan for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste to mean a method of disposal in accordance with federal laws and regulations; amend KRS 278.610 to delete requirements for the Public Service Commission to find that the United States has identified and approved of a demonstrable technology for the disposal of high level nuclear wastes before it will certify a nuclear facility; delete additional requirement that there be waste storage facilities with adequate capacity to take nuclear waste be in actual operation when the nuclear facility is granted a certificate; repeal KRS 278.605.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt sewer, water, and fuel billed to a multi-unit residential facility; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To House Floor Bill Text Urge Kentucky Congressional delegation to encourage the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve uncertainty regarding diesel engine conversion kits for vegetable oil and to establish standard and consistent criteria for their certification.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Tourism Development & Energy (H) Bill TextCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require public utility planning for research, development, demonstration, and deployment of strategies and technologies for capturing, reducing, managing, and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the combustion of coal and natural gas for generating electricity; direct the Public Service Commission to provide for recovery of prudent and reasonable costs for such activities through periodic rate case proceedings; direct the Public Service Commission to commence a rulemaking proceeding no later than the effective date of this Act to require utilities that operate fossil-fueled generating facilities in the Commonwealth to initiate strategic, long-range planning for management, control, and sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions; provide for Public Service Commission evaluation of all options and strategies that may be cost-effective for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, including retrofit installations [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57) Bill Text Amend KRS 224.50-760 to include wastes generated from coal gasification as special wastes.
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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS 224 subchapter 20 to define "greenhouse gas," "Scorecard," "Registry," and "Program"; direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to develop and implement a greenhouse gas emissions tracking and mitigation program for state government; require Kentucky to join the Climate Registry; develop a baseline assessment of greenhouse gases produced by state government; complete agency assessments by December 1, 2008, and baseline assessment by April 15, 2009; reduce greenhouse gases by thirty percent over the baseline by 2025; repeal KRS 224.20-125.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Tourism Development & Energy (H) Bill TextCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require public utility planning for research, development, demonstration, and deployment of strategies and technologies for capturing, reducing, managing, and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the combustion of coal and natural gas for generating electricity; direct the Public Service Commission to provide for recovery of prudent and reasonable costs for such activities through periodic rate case proceedings; direct the Public Service Commission to commence a rulemaking proceeding no later than the effective date of this Act to require utilities that operate fossil-fueled generating facilities in the Commonwealth to initiate strategic, long-range planning for management, control, and sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions; provide for Public Service Commission evaluation of all options and strategies that may be cost-effective for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, including retrofit installations [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 159) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS 353 to provide for the creation of Gas Acquisition Authorities for acquiring and financing reliable and economical supplies of natural gas for the use and benefit of municipal utilities; provide that a Gas Acquisition Authority is created by interlocal cooperation agreement between two or more municipal gas systems following the procedures and requirements of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, including approval of the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement by the Department for Local Government; provide that a: Gas Acquisition Authority is a political subdivision of the state; is subject to the Commonwealth's open public meeting and public records laws; has all powers necessary to acquire, own, and manage reliable and economic supplies of gas; may enter into all contracts necessary or related to accomplishment of its purposes; may issue bonds to finance the cost of acquiring gas supplies and may pledge revenues to secure the bonds; may enter into contracts for the sale [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57) Bill Text Amend KRS 224.50-760 to include wastes generated from coal gasification as special wastes.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Tourism Development & Energy (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 278.600 to delete reference to KRS 278.605 and amend the definition of a plan for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste to mean a method of disposal in accordance with federal laws and regulations; amend KRS 278.610 to delete requirements for the Public Service Commission to find that the United States has identified and approved of a demonstrable technology for the disposal of high level nuclear wastes before it will certify a nuclear facility; delete additional requirement that there be waste storage facilities with adequate capacity to take nuclear waste be in actual operation when the nuclear facility is granted a certificate; repeal KRS 278.605.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 278.600 to delete reference to KRS 278.605 and amend the definition of a plan for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste to mean a method of disposal in accordance with federal laws and regulations; amend KRS 278.610 to delete requirements for the Public Service Commission to find that the United States has identified and approved of a demonstrable technology for the disposal of high level nuclear wastes before it will certify a nuclear facility; delete additional requirement that there be waste storage facilities with adequate capacity to take nuclear waste be in actual operation when the nuclear facility is granted a certificate; repeal KRS 278.605.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 45A.625 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to mandate that state-owned vehicles capable of using ethanol, biodiesel, or other biofuels refuel with such biofuels whenever available, beginning on or before December 1, 2009.
Also tagged in: Boats and Boating, Civil Actions, Federal Laws and Regulations, Fees, Financial Responsibility, Fuel, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Notices, Notices, State Agencies, Trade Practices and Retailing, Transportation, Transportation
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to outline specific civil liability and related procedures for financial recovery after the theft of motor fuel for motor vehicles and motorboats; define "motor fuel," "retailer," "retail facility," and "vehicle"; authorize retailers to mail a notice demanding payment from the owner of a vehicle that receives motor fuel without making proper payment to the retailer; allow retailers to impose a $30 service charge in addition to recovering the cost of the motor fuel; impose a civil penalty in the amount of the greater of the price of the motor fuel or $100 if the owner has not made payment within 30 days after the notice was mailed; require that retailers conspicuously display notice of the service charge on the premises from which the motor fuel was received; forbid further collection efforts if the vehicle owner disputes the retailer's claim within the 30 days after the notice was mailed; limit retailers to collecting payment only pursuant to a court [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To House Floor Bill Text Urge Kentucky Congressional delegation to encourage the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve uncertainty regarding diesel engine conversion kits for vegetable oil and to establish standard and consistent criteria for their certification.
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 351.127 to require two emergency medical or mine emergency technicians for surface mining operations with ten or more employees and one emergency medical or mine emergency technician for surface operations with less than ten employees.
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