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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.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky 21st Century Scholars Program and Fund to provide enrolled students with up to 100 percent of the total cost of education at any state public college or university, minus the amount of any federal and state grants or scholarships the student receives if the student agrees to and refrains from illegally using drugs and alcohol during high school and college; set forth scholarship amounts available to students attending private or out-of-state institutions specify student eligibility requirements; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the fund and promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; amend KRS 141.010 to provide an income tax deduction for tuition paid for postsecondary education, reduced by the amount the student was awarded in federal and state grants and scholarships.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Appropriate $450,000 to Operation UNITE from the Local Government Economic Development Fund, Multi-County Fund, for operational programs and support; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Appropriate $450,000 to Operation Unite from the Local Government Economic Development Fund, Multi-County Fund, for operational programs and support; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Bail and Pretrial Release, Corrections Impact, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Fiscal Note, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Police, State, Probation and Parole, Substance Abuse
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery program for substance abusers seeking or utilizing pretrial diversion in certain circumstances; create a new section of KRS 431.510 to 431.550 to require pretrial screening of felony substance abuse offenders and allow testing and treatment as a condition of pretrial release; create a new section of KRS 533.250 to 533.260 to require felony substance abuse offenders to demonstrate suitable participation in and compliance with substance abuse treatment or recovery before being eligible for pretrial diversion; amend KRS 533.250 to allow referral of certain persons on pretrial diversion to the secured recovery program; amend KRS 532.120 to allow credit for time served in the secure treatment facility or a residential treatment facility; amend KRS 431.515 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery program for substance abusers seeking or utilizing pretrial diversion in certain circumstances; create a new section of KRS 431.510 to 431.550 to require pretrial screening of felony substance abuse offenders and allow testing and treatment as a condition of pretrial release; create a new section of KRS 533.250 to 533.260 to require felony substance abuse offenders to demonstrate suitable participation in and compliance with substance abuse treatment or recovery before being eligible for pretrial diversion; amend KRS 533.250 to allow referral of certain persons on pretrial diversion to the secured recovery program; amend KRS 532.120 to allow credit for time served in the secure treatment facility or a residential treatment facility; amend KRS 431.515 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 441.135 to allow the expenditure of jail canteen profits on a substance abuse treatment program for prisoners of the jail.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a DUI Task Force composed of 16 legislative and nonlegislative members to study various aspects of the state's system for the apprehension, trial, and treatment of DUI offenders; require a report to be submitted by December 15, 2008.
Also tagged in: Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Cities, Communications, Counties, Effective Dates, Delayed, Fiscal Note, Health and Medical Services, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Labor and Industry, Mental Disability, Mental Health, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Income--Corporate, Taxation, Income--Individual, Taxation, Sales and Use, Technical Corrections, Tobacco, Wages and Hours
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2) Bill Text Amend KRS 141.020 to increase the tax rate on income over $75,000; amend KRS 141.066 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit at 15 percent of the federal credit; amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from the federal estate tax phase-out; amend KRS 139.120, 139.200, and 139.480 to include a list of selected services as subject to sales tax; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes to income tax credits; make income tax provisions effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, make estate tax provisions effective for deaths on or after August 1, 2008; make sales tax provisions effective for billings on or after August 1, 2008.
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Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a DUI Task Force composed of 16 legislative and nonlegislative members to study various aspects of the state's system for the apprehension, trial, and treatment of DUI offenders; require a report to be submitted by December 15, 2008.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Appropriate $450,000 to Operation Unite from the Local Government Economic Development Fund, Multi-County Fund, for operational programs and support; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 441.135 to allow the expenditure of jail canteen profits on a substance abuse treatment program for prisoners of the jail.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Appropriate $450,000 to Operation UNITE from the Local Government Economic Development Fund, Multi-County Fund, for operational programs and support; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery program for substance abusers seeking or utilizing pretrial diversion in certain circumstances; create a new section of KRS 431.510 to 431.550 to require pretrial screening of felony substance abuse offenders and allow testing and treatment as a condition of pretrial release; create a new section of KRS 533.250 to 533.260 to require felony substance abuse offenders to demonstrate suitable participation in and compliance with substance abuse treatment or recovery before being eligible for pretrial diversion; amend KRS 533.250 to allow referral of certain persons on pretrial diversion to the secured recovery program; amend KRS 532.120 to allow credit for time served in the secure treatment facility or a residential treatment facility; amend KRS 431.515 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Bail and Pretrial Release, Corrections Impact, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Fiscal Note, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Police, State, Probation and Parole, Substance Abuse
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery program for substance abusers seeking or utilizing pretrial diversion in certain circumstances; create a new section of KRS 431.510 to 431.550 to require pretrial screening of felony substance abuse offenders and allow testing and treatment as a condition of pretrial release; create a new section of KRS 533.250 to 533.260 to require felony substance abuse offenders to demonstrate suitable participation in and compliance with substance abuse treatment or recovery before being eligible for pretrial diversion; amend KRS 533.250 to allow referral of certain persons on pretrial diversion to the secured recovery program; amend KRS 532.120 to allow credit for time served in the secure treatment facility or a residential treatment facility; amend KRS 431.515 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Cities, Communications, Counties, Effective Dates, Delayed, Fiscal Note, Health and Medical Services, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Labor and Industry, Mental Disability, Mental Health, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Income--Corporate, Taxation, Income--Individual, Taxation, Sales and Use, Technical Corrections, Tobacco, Wages and Hours
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2) Bill Text Amend KRS 141.020 to increase the tax rate on income over $75,000; amend KRS 141.066 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit at 15 percent of the federal credit; amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from the federal estate tax phase-out; amend KRS 139.120, 139.200, and 139.480 to include a list of selected services as subject to sales tax; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes to income tax credits; make income tax provisions effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, make estate tax provisions effective for deaths on or after August 1, 2008; make sales tax provisions effective for billings on or after August 1, 2008.
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.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky 21st Century Scholars Program and Fund to provide enrolled students with up to 100 percent of the total cost of education at any state public college or university, minus the amount of any federal and state grants or scholarships the student receives if the student agrees to and refrains from illegally using drugs and alcohol during high school and college; set forth scholarship amounts available to students attending private or out-of-state institutions specify student eligibility requirements; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the fund and promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; amend KRS 141.010 to provide an income tax deduction for tuition paid for postsecondary education, reduced by the amount the student was awarded in federal and state grants and scholarships.
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