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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill TextAmend KRS 11A.010 to define "executive officer", change the definition of "officer" to include executive officers; amend KRS 18A.005 to include written reprimands in the definition of "penalization", define "qualifying" and make technical corrections; amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to propose selection method changes to the board for approval or rejection; set time frame for board to approve or reject the proposed change; amend KRS 18A.037 and 18A.040 to change commissioner to secretary; amend KRS 18A.045 to increase board membership to nine members by increasing the representation of classified employees on the board to four elected members and include personnel board members to those covered by the Executive Branch Ethics code; amend KRS 18A.050 to require the two new classified employee members be appointed to serve for two years and seek election during the June 2010 election cycle; allow elected members to serve for three successive terms on the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 194A.005 to add a definition for the Kentucky Health and Family Services Board and redefine secretary as chief executive officer; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the board to provide oversight and accountability for the duties of the cabinet and to employ the cabinet secretary; specify board membership; specify the board shall be chaired by the Governor and may establish rules of procedure; require the board to set qualifications for secretary position, conduct a search, and recommend 3 individuals to the Governor for appointment, and submit 3 additional names if the Governor rejects submitted names; specify that the secretary serves at the pleasure of the board; require secretary to submit budget request to the board for approval before submitting pursuant to KRS Chapter 48; specify that other duties of the board include review of cabinet programs, develop of federal strategies, and report to the Governor and the Interim Committee on Health and Welfare.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Disabilities and the Disabled, Fiscal Note, Guardians, Health and Medical Services, Licensing, Occupations and Professions, Parental Rights, Parental Rights, Physicians and Practitioners, Popular Names and Short Titles, State Agencies, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Comm Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require employees of and volunteers for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services who have direct face-to-face contact with children, parents, or guardians to have basic and in-service training relating to their duties.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Cities, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Constitution, Ky., Counties, Counties, Counties, Urban, County Clerks, Economic Development, Economic Development, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Finance, Education, Higher, Elections and Voting, Environment and Conservation, Fish and Wildlife, Gambling, Gambling, General Assembly, Health and Medical Services, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Health, Motor Vehicles, Property, Public Health, Public Health, Racing, Secretary of State, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Property, Teachers, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
Also tagged in: Cities, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Counties, Counties, Counties, Urban, Local Mandate, Public Authorities, Public Officers and Employees, State Agencies Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a public agency or public employee to use public funds to be a member of a private organization which holds closed meetings in violation of the Kentucky open meetings law.
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 11A.110 to require statewide elected officials and each major management officer to receive ethics training within the first year of employment; require the training to be through classroom training or educational materials; direct the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to effect the manner and delivery of the training; require agency-designated ethics officers to cooperate with the execution of this training.
Also tagged in: Conference Committee Reports, Conflict of Interest, Corrections Impact, Elections and Voting, Ethics, Ethics, General Assembly, Legislative Research Commission, Public Officers and Employees, State Agencies, Technical Corrections, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Conference Committee report filed in House; Conference Committee report adopted in House; Free Conference Committee appointed in House Bill TextAmend KRS 11A.010 to revise the definition of "officer" to include only salaried boards and commissions as subject to the entire ethics code; delete list of certain named boards and commissions; include in the definition of "public servant" any person who performs state service on contract in a full-time position and any person or position designated by executive order of the Governor; define "person," "matter," and "board member"; amend KRS 11A.020 to prohibit use of a public servant's office or position when seeking other employment or contracting for services for oneself; prohibit the misuse of state time, equipment, personnel, facilities, or state resources for private business or campaigns; prohibit soliciting, selling to, or otherwise engaging in a financial transaction with a subordinate or a person or business whom the public servant regulates, does business with, or supervises in the public servant's official capacity, if the economic benefit is greater than $50 in a single calendar [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Bill Text
Request the Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide basic and in-service training for attorneys serving as guardians ad litem.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "employee" as an employee of any department, office, board, agency, or branch of state government or an employee of local school districts; establish unpaid leave for employees to attend parent-teacher conferences if all applicable leave balances have been exhausted; limit the maximum amount of unpaid leave taken to four hours per child per calendar year; encourage nonstate agencies and other private employers to adopt personnel policies that promote employee participation in parent teacher conferences.
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a tax credit for individuals who donate live organs in the amount of the lesser of actual expenses or $10,000 and define "live organ donation expenses"; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to provide that state employees who donate a live organ be entitled to 30 days paid leave; provide that the provisions of the Act shall be known as "The Gift of Life Act."
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Honor and commend the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75th Anniversary.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 181) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 18A.230 to 18A.275 to provide that assets of the trust fund for the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority shall be used exclusively for the benefit of participants and beneficiaries; amend KRS 18A.240 to clarify that no part of the trust fund shall revert to the general fund of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 18A.245 to provide for proxy voting for ex officio members of the authority's board and allow the authority to contract for services to provide investment advice for participants; amend KRS 18A.255 to provide the authority or board shall not be liable for investment advice provided to the participant by persons contracted to do so by the authority.
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Received in Senate Bill Text
Amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to extend the high-three final compensation window set to expire January 1, 2009, for the remaining term of office of an elected official who is eligible to retire and receive the benefit as of January 1, 2009; amend KRS 61.595 to extend the 2.2 percent benefit factor window set to expire January 31, 2009, for the remaining term of office of an elected official who is eligible to retire and receive the benefit as of January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 31.020 relating to selection and salary of public advocates to specify qualifications for the position of public advocate and deputy public advocate and the appointment and increase in salary of the public advocates and deputy public advocates and assistant public advocates; specify salary of directing attorneys in regional offices.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 155) Bill Text
Repeal KRS 18A.2257.
Also tagged in: Actuarial Analysis, Attorney General, Conflict of Interest, Corrections Impact, Counties, Ethics, Local Mandate, Public Officers and Employees, Retirement and Pensions, Securities, Technical Corrections
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Bill TextAmend KRS 6.350 to establish new procedures for the completion of the required actuarial analysis for bills pertaining to state-administered retirement systems; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to establish new calculation of final compensation for KERS, CERS, and SPRS employees hired on or after July 1, 2008; amend KRS 16.560, 61.575, and 78.640 to establish fixed 2.5% interest rate on member contribution accounts for KERS, CERS, and SPRS employees hired on or after July 1, 2008; amend KRS 16.576, 16.577, 61.559, and 61.595 to establish new retirement requirements and benefit multipliers for KERS, CERS, and SPRS employees hired on or after July 1, 2008; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the Kentucky Public Pension Financing Advisory Commission in the Finance and Administration Cabinet to review investments and financing of the state-administered retirement systems and to provide a report to the General Assembly; amend KRS 61.546 to limit sick leave service credit [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 18A.190 to give state employees the option, subject to approval, of taking a holiday either on the third Monday in February, Presidents' Day, or on the eleventh day of November, Veterans Day.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 61.552 to permit an employee participating in one of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement System to purchase service credit for service on a school board; require the employee to pay the retirement system the full cost of the service purchased; require an employee who opts to purchase service credit for service on a school board to contract with the retirement system prior to December 31, 2008.
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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
Also tagged in: Actuarial Analysis, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Finance, Effective Dates, Emergency, Personnel and Employment, Retirement and Pensions, State Agencies, Teachers, Universities and Colleges Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 78) Bill TextAmend KRS 61.680 to include reference to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System as one of the retirement systems in which nonelected employees may participate as appropriate; amend KRS 161.220 to specify that experience substitution clauses only apply to employees of the Kentucky Department of Education who have a four-year degree; exclude awards program from definition of "annual compensation"; amend KRS 161.310 to clarify retirement incentive; amend KRS 161.340 to require transfer of leave balances from the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to other Executive Department agencies; amend KRS 161.480 to specify procedures for designating beneficiaries and the effect of failure to make a designation; amend KRS 161.515 to specify that out-of-state teaching service is purchasable only at full actuarial cost; indicate retirement factors for purchase of out-of-state service; amend KRS 161.520 to specify procedures for account refunds, in lieu of survivor allowances, by parents, or legal [...] show full description
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