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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - 3rd reading, adopted 96-0 Bill Text
Urge Congress to renew the exemption of the Delta Queen from Safety of Life at Sea Act of 1966.
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 224.16-050 to provide that water quality data relating to permit applications be less than three years old and obtained and analyzed by sources certified to conduct such collection and analysis.
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text
Direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for emergency action plans for high or significant hazard impoundment dams.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text
Direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for emergency action plans for high or significant hazard impoundment dams.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Direct the Kentucky River Authority to promote private investment in installing hydroelectric generating units at existing dams in the Commonwealth.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Encourage the Army Corps of Engineers to develop hydroelectric power generators at all suitable federal dams in the Commonwealth.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Requires the legislature to match up to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) of the prior fiscal year's receipts into the "Kentucky Wetland and Stream Mitigation Fund," excluding any amounts matched in the prior fiscal year; make an appropriation therefor.
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Received in Senate Bill Text
Urge Congress to fully fund the upgrade and maintenance of locks and dams on the Ohio River bordering the Commonwealth of Kentucky in order to maintain the effective flow of commerce and enhance homeland security.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 235.285 to require, effective January 1, 2009, all operators of personal watercraft or motor boats born after January 1, 1991, to have a safe boating certificate or have an adult with a safe boating certificate with them; regulate safety of personal watercraft operated on public waterways.
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent property owner," "department-owned lakes," "structures," and "approved structures"; allow adjacent property owners that own land adjacent to a lake owned by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to apply for a permit to erect structures on the banks, shoreline, or into the water of the lake; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the process, forms, fees, and criteria for review of applications; require a decision on an application be given in not more than 90 days; allow the department to inspect structures and remove those found to be noncompliant; allow the department to order owners to remove structures found to be noncompliant; waive all structures constructed on or before July 1, 2007, on department-owned lakes of more than 675 acres situated in the Green River basin; prohibit demolition of waived structures except under certain circumstances; amend KRS 150.990 to establish fines [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97) Bill TextCreate 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 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Received in Senate Bill Text
Urge Congress to fully fund the upgrade and maintenance of locks and dams on the Ohio River bordering the Commonwealth of Kentucky in order to maintain the effective flow of commerce and enhance homeland security.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - 3rd reading, adopted 96-0 Bill Text
Urge Congress to renew the exemption of the Delta Queen from Safety of Life at Sea Act of 1966.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 174 to establish the Water Transportation Advisory Board as an advisory body to the Executive and Legislative Branches of government; provide for members, terms, and administrative procedures; specify duties; create a new section of Subchapter 80 or KRS Chapter 154 to establish a Riverport Marketing Assistance Program to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development; provide for grants of up to $30,000 per applicant annually for specified marketing activities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to establish a Riverport Financial Assistance Program to be administered by the Transportation Cabinet; provide for financial assistance for new construction and major replacement or repair projects for Kentucky's riverports; provide for matching grants; make appropriations in the amount of $400,000 annually for the Riverport Marketing Assistance Program and $4,000,000 annually for the Riverport Financial Assistance Program.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 235.285 to require, effective January 1, 2009, all operators of personal watercraft or motor boats born after January 1, 1991, to have a safe boating certificate or have an adult with a safe boating certificate with them; regulate safety of personal watercraft operated on public waterways.
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text
Direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for emergency action plans for high or significant hazard impoundment dams.
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 224.16-050 to provide that water quality data relating to permit applications be less than three years old and obtained and analyzed by sources certified to conduct such collection and analysis.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text
Direct the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for emergency action plans for high or significant hazard impoundment dams.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Encourage the Army Corps of Engineers to develop hydroelectric power generators at all suitable federal dams in the Commonwealth.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Direct the Kentucky River Authority to promote private investment in installing hydroelectric generating units at existing dams in the Commonwealth.
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