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HB62

HB62 Sponsored by Brad Montell
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary

Bill Text
Amend KRS 511.040 relating to burglary in the third degree to increase the penalty where the offense involves the theft of a controlled substance or the theft of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine.

SB16

SB16 Sponsored by Dan Seum
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Local Government

Bill Text
Amend KRS 90.220 to restrict employees in the classified service in cities of the first class activities involving ballot initiatives during work hours and using public resources; amend KRS 67C.317 to restrict police officers covered by the merit system and probationary officers from participating in activities involving ballot initiatives while on duty, in uniform, and using public resources.

SB8

SB8 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...]

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HB30

HB30 Sponsored by Jody Richards
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary

Bill Text
Amend KRS 189A.010 to establish a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a controlled substance in the urine or blood; create a rebuttable presumption; reduce the alcohol concentration from 0.18 to 0.15 for an aggravating circumstance; amend KRS 189A.105 to delete statutory right of DUI suspects to make telephonic communication with an attorney upon arrest; lower the alcohol percentage from 0.18 to 0.15 for increased penalties; name the Act the Martin Mitchell Act.

HB31

HB31 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow persons convicted of one Class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have their records expunged; amend KRS 431.078, relating to misdemeanor expungements, to change the application fee from $25 to $50 dollars and to begin the five-year waiting period from the date of adjudication of the offense; amend KRS 527.040 to exempt individuals who have had their records expunged from the statute on a felon in possession of a firearm; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for utilization in the preparation of presentence investigations.

SB9

SB9 Sponsored by Dan Seum
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.

SB6

SB6 Sponsored by Dan Seum
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Local Government

Bill Text
Amend KRS 15.315, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, to add two constables to the council KRS 16.220 to include constables among the recipients of grants from firearm sales; amend KRS 61.315, relating to death benefits for peace officers, to include constables and deputy constables; amend KRS 61.362, relating to agreements with peace officers and residential property owners, to enforce law on residential property to include constables; amend KRS 64.200, relating to constable financial record management, to specify that the constable pays funds to the county treasurer for inclusion in a constable account to be used by the constable for expenses; amend KRS 65.255, relating to cooperative utilization of peace officers, to add a constable who is a certified peace officer or qualified constable; amend KRS 70.036, relating to sheriff uniforms, to include constable uniforms and require county to pay for uniform for certified peace officer constables and qualified constables and [...]

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HB41

HB41 Sponsored by Mike Harmon
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations

Bill Text
Create 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 [...]

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HB40

HB40 Sponsored by Mike Harmon
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to regulate personal emergency response systems under the authority of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; define terms, including "personal emergency response system"; set out basic necessary duties of the board, including the addition of personal emergency response system data in emergency run report forms developed under KRS 311A.190; require that providers be licensed to provide personal emergency response systems; institute an emergency 911 response protocol for unanswered voice-to-voice communication responses to customers; list information necessary for basic applications and for notification of the creation of branch offices; establish minimum criteria to apply for a manager's license; forbid the issuance of a license unless the applicant has specified liability insurance; limit local government regulation of personal emergency response systems to charges for use of a police central alarm installation, inspection fees, or discontinuance [...]

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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue

Bill Text
Establish KRS Chapter 175B a create new section thereof to define terms relating to public infrastructure authorities; create a new section of KRS 175B to outline the process by which a public infrastructure authority is requested, established, confirmed by the General Assembly, and governing the membership, appointing authorities, terms, procedures for election of officers of an authority; create new sections of KRS 175B to outline both general and specific powers of a public infrastructure authority; create a new section of KRS 175B to allow a public infrastructure authority to enter into leases for projects constructed under the chapter and set forth the general provisions of such a lease agreement; create a new section of KRS 175B to allow public infrastructure authorities to create grade separations, move the location or grades of roads, or move or relocate public utility facilities affected by the construction of a project under this chapter; create a new section of KRS 175B to allow [...]

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HB768

HB768 Sponsored by Tom McKee
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Amend KRS 150.990 to enhance the penalties for certain hunting and fishing violations.

HB765

HB765 Sponsored by Tanya Pullin
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 161)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 224.01-410 to define "clandestine methamphetamine lab," "contaminated property," and "decontamination standards"; permit the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to establish a tiered response system for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and to promulgate administrative regulations for decontamination standards; require local or state law enforcement to conduct the initial sampling of an inhabitable property site and direct the Department of the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations; permit the property owner of a inhabitable property site to consult decontamination and remediation service providers not listed on the cabinet's certified contractor list, if the initial sampling result is not assessed as a Tier 3 or higher contamination; require that inhabitable property not be deemed habitable unless the decontamination standard is met; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create the tiered response system for methamphetamine-contaminated [...]

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Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to prohibit the granting of variances for side yard or back yard sizes as stipulated in existing single family residential zones for lot sizes greater than one acre in a planning unit within an urban-county governments.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to require retail drink licensee's employees to attend a servers' training program; require the office to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the program's content, the number of hours of instruction required, and the fees to be assessed; permit the office to contract with private and governmental entities to provide the training; amend KRS 241.060 to require the Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control to develop a mandatory training class for servers; amend KRS 243.480 to delete the provision allowing the board to require attendance and completion of a servers' training program in lieu of license suspension.

HB729

HB729 Sponsored by Sal Santoro
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Local Government (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to establish a centralized collection process for local occupational taxes.

HB727

HB727 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to specify duties of Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to grant Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.120 to update section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the subject to theft; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to make theft of timber a Class D felony regardless [...]

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HB726

HB726 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to create definitions, to require the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations and confer with the county board of elections; to require the county board of elections to make a report to LRC and to the Secretary of State.

HB725

HB725 Sponsored by Johnny Bell
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.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 132.200 to exempt personal aircraft from local property tax; provide that the Act takes effect on January 1, 2009.