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Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - S Referred to COW

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State constitutional amendment; taxation; watercraft.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor

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Amend KRS 132.200 to clarify the local property tax exemption for radio and television equipment and to exempt broadcast towers and weather equipment; apply to assessments made on and after January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H)

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Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections thereof to establish an infrastructure to manage and oversee casino gaming; establish the Kentucky Gaming Commission and set forth its powers and duties; require the commission to hire an executive director; set forth responsibilities of the executive director and employees of the commission; establish parameters for the issuance of occupational licenses, supplier's licenses, freestanding casino gaming licenses, and racing association gaming licenses; establish parameters for temporary licenses for racing association gaming licensees; establish continuing live racing requirements for racing association gaming licensees; establish conditions of exclusion of individuals from gaming facilities, establish penalties for persons under 21 and for cheating; establish appeal procedures for persons aggrieved by decisions of the commission; establish license fees; provide for an exemption of tangible personal property used in gaming operations from [...]

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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008

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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.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 138.130 to redefine "cigarette" and "other tobacco products"; define "little cigars" and "small cigars"; amend KRS 138.165 to subject little cigars or small cigars that are improperly labeled to seizure and forfeiture unless cigarette tax evidence is attached; amend KRS 365.270 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.

HB390

HB390 Sponsored by Fred Nesler
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 138.130 to define "untax-paid cigarettes"; amend KRS 138.165 to require the Department of Revenue to promulgate an administrative regulation setting forth a protest and appeals procedure; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 138 to create an additional cigarette surtax of 70 cents; increase the tax rates for other tobacco products and snuff; impose a floor stock tax as of July 31, 2008; EMERGENCY.

HB372

HB372 Sponsored by Fred Nesler
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 138.146 to set an expiration date for the current cigarette wholesaler compensation; increase wholesaler compensation rate effective on and after August 1, 2008; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 42.4582 to direct that 100% of coal severance tax funds be distributed to the local government economic development fund; effective January 1, 2009.

HB137

HB137 Sponsored by Jim Wayne
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund; limit administrative costs to $50,000 per year and total expenditure to the amount received; establish The Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund Advisory Council; establish limits on funding amounts per fiscal year; assign responsibility to the director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse in collaboration with the advisory council to develop standards, evaluate requests for funding, recommend payment mechanisms, certify disbursement of funds, and report annually; amend KRS 138.510 to provide funding from the excise tax on horse racing based upon a percentage of the total amount wagered; amend KRS 154A.130 to provide funding from a percentage of the gross revenue of the lottery corporation; amend KRS 238.570 to provide funding from a percentage of the fee imposed on charitable gaming; amend KRS 164.7871 and 222.001 to conform.

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Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H)

Bill Text
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections thereof to establish an infrastructure to manage and oversee casino gaming; establish the Kentucky Gaming Commission and set forth its powers and duties; require the commission to hire an executive director; set forth responsibilities of the executive director and employees of the commission; establish parameters for the issuance of occupational licenses, supplier's licenses, freestanding casino gaming licenses, and racing association gaming licenses; establish parameters for temporary licenses for racing association gaming licensees; establish continuing live racing requirements for racing association gaming licensees; establish conditions of exclusion of individuals from gaming facilities, establish penalties for persons under 21 and for cheating; establish appeal procedures for persons aggrieved by decisions of the commission; establish license fees; provide for an exemption of tangible personal property used in gaming operations from [...]

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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.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 138.130 to redefine "cigarette" and "other tobacco products"; define "little cigars" and "small cigars"; amend KRS 138.165 to subject little cigars or small cigars that are improperly labeled to seizure and forfeiture unless cigarette tax evidence is attached; amend KRS 365.270 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor

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Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt over-the-counter drugs purchased for the treatment of a human being effective August 1, 2008; amend KRS 139.570 to limit the amount of vendor compensation to $1,500 per reporting period, EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2008.

HB527

HB527 Sponsored by Ron Crimm
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 136.650 to increase the hold harmless amount for purposes of the gross revenues and excise tax fund for calendar year 2009 and thereafter; amend KRS 136.654 to require certifications of total tax receipts as determined necessary by the Department of Revenue; EMERGENCY.

HB524

HB524 Sponsored by Steve Riggs
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 94)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 91A to define "local government," "risk location system or program," and "tax period"; establish the method for the filing of amended returns and requests or assessments by any insurance company, local government, or policyholder for nonpayment, underpayment, or overpayment of any license fees or taxes imposed under Section 5 of this Act and the appeals from the denial or refusal thereof; permit an insurance company that has paid a license fee or tax imposed by a local government to request a refund or credit for any overpayment of the fee or tax or any payment when no tax was due within the time provided; permit any policyholder who has paid to an insurance company a license fee or tax imposed by a local government under Section 5 of this Act to request a refund or credit for an overpayment of a license fee or tax or any payment when no tax was due within the time provided; permit a local government to request the Office of Insurance to conduct an audit [...]

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HB532

HB532 Sponsored by Fred Nesler
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish railroad infrastructure maintenance and improvement tax credit for Class II and III railroads; set credit at 50 percent of qualified expenditures, with a credit cap of $4,500 per mile of track, and allow credit to be assigned to a shipper using the rails who pays for the improvements; establish a railroad grade crossing improvement tax credit to improve existing rail crossings; set credit at 25 percent of expenditures, with a credit cap of $1,000,000 statewide each year; establish system of prorating credits among railroad companies if more than $1,000,000 of credits are sought; establish a railroad energy expansion tax credit for rail expansion or upgrade of rail facilities to transport fossil or biomass resources; set credit at 25 percent of expenditures, with a credit cap of $1,000,000 statewide each year; establish system of prorating credits among railroad companies if more than $1,000,000 of credits are sought; specify that an expenditure [...]

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Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Posted in committee

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Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt genus camelus from the sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.

HB520

HB520 Sponsored by Greg Stumbo
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish payments to or on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide for administration of scholarship payments for children of fallen coal miners; amend KRS 351.070 to require notification concerning fallen coal miners.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; received in House; to Rules (H)

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Create a new section of KRS 65.7041 to 65.7083 to abolish the Tax Increment Financing Commission and the Office of Tax Increment Financing and to provide for the transfer of all records to the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA); establish a new Subchapter 30 of KRS Chapter 154 to move the state tax increment financing program from the Tax Increment Financing Commission to KEDFA; amend KRS 65.7043, 65.7047, 65.7053, 65.7055, 65.7061, 65.7063, and 65.7083 to conform; amend KRS 65.7045 to conform and to add definitions for "previously developed land" and "previously undeveloped land"; amend KRS 65.4049 to clarify the conditions under which previously developed land may qualify to be included in a development area, to clarify the requirements for local findings, and to require that KEDFA confirm the basis for the local findings as part of the application review process; amend KRS 65.7051 to require additional information on development area boundaries; create a new section [...]

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