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HB100

HB100 Sponsored by Mike Denham
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Natural Resources & Environment (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 109.056 to allow local governments to enact ordinances establishing procedures for the collection of solid waste taxes or service fees; allow local governments to collect delinquent solid waste collection taxes or fees through contract with the Department of Revenue; allow the department to collect an extra 20 percent of the amount due for collection; allow the department to distrain any taxes or personal property, excluding liens on motor vehicles.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)

Bill Text
Direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission relating to electronic waste disposal and recycling.

SB69

SB69 Sponsored by Ernie Harris
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.

HB80

HB80 Sponsored by Reginald Meeks
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed

Bill Text
Amend 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 19)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to make changes to plastic container labeling requirements.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Received in Senate

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Amend KRS 224.10-650 to require state agencies to collect data on the amount of waste materials recycled, beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year; report the amount in pounds to the secretary of the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet by August 1 of each year, beginning in 2009.

SB156

SB156 Sponsored by Bob Leeper
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.

SB229

SB229 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 220.510 to provide that persons in areas not served by a sanitary system are exempt from storm water rate charges that are charged by that system.

HB717

HB717 Sponsored by Rocky Adkins
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151 to define "fees-in-lieu," hydrologic unit code," "mitigation organization," "mitigation," "restoration," "riparian," "Section 404 permit," "watershed," "USACE" and "2020 water management planning council"; require restoration and mitigation planning to be on a watershed basis; grant permissive authority for the creation of seven-member Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities for each watershed in the Commonwealth; specify the function and powers of the Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities; allow 2020 water management planning councils to contact water service coordinators to request assistance with establishing authorities and nominate members; require members of the authority to serve ex officio on 2020 water management planning councils; attach the authorities to the Department for Natural Resources; vest authorities with public stewardship responsibility over the watershed's water resources and riparian environments; require authorities [...]

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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Line items vetoed; veto(es) not acted upon; delivered to Secretary of State with Governor's signature for non-vetoed items (Acts Ch. 191)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 393.060 to modify the holding period for travelers' checks which are presumed abandoned property; EMERGENCY.

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HB717

HB717 Sponsored by Rocky Adkins
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151 to define "fees-in-lieu," hydrologic unit code," "mitigation organization," "mitigation," "restoration," "riparian," "Section 404 permit," "watershed," "USACE" and "2020 water management planning council"; require restoration and mitigation planning to be on a watershed basis; grant permissive authority for the creation of seven-member Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities for each watershed in the Commonwealth; specify the function and powers of the Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities; allow 2020 water management planning councils to contact water service coordinators to request assistance with establishing authorities and nominate members; require members of the authority to serve ex officio on 2020 water management planning councils; attach the authorities to the Department for Natural Resources; vest authorities with public stewardship responsibility over the watershed's water resources and riparian environments; require authorities [...]

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SB229

SB229 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 220.510 to provide that persons in areas not served by a sanitary system are exempt from storm water rate charges that are charged by that system.
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Line items vetoed; veto(es) not acted upon; delivered to Secretary of State with Governor's signature for non-vetoed items (Acts Ch. 191)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 393.060 to modify the holding period for travelers' checks which are presumed abandoned property; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Received in Senate

Bill Text
Amend KRS 224.10-650 to require state agencies to collect data on the amount of waste materials recycled, beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year; report the amount in pounds to the secretary of the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet by August 1 of each year, beginning in 2009.

SB156

SB156 Sponsored by Bob Leeper
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.

HB485

HB485 Sponsored by Tanya Pullin
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (2) ; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with committee amendments (1-title) and (2)

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Amend KRS 164.769 to prohibit the amount of a teacher scholarship award from exceeding the total cost of education; identify conditions under which teacher scholarship amounts are awarded.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)

Bill Text
Direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission relating to electronic waste disposal and recycling.

SB69

SB69 Sponsored by Ernie Harris
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.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 19)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to make changes to plastic container labeling requirements.

HB100

HB100 Sponsored by Mike Denham
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Natural Resources & Environment (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 109.056 to allow local governments to enact ordinances establishing procedures for the collection of solid waste taxes or service fees; allow local governments to collect delinquent solid waste collection taxes or fees through contract with the Department of Revenue; allow the department to collect an extra 20 percent of the amount due for collection; allow the department to distrain any taxes or personal property, excluding liens on motor vehicles.