HB727

HB727 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Attorney General, Attorney, County, Corrections Impact, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Forests and Forestry, Local Mandate, Notices
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to specify duties of Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to grant Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.120 to update section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the subject to theft; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to make theft of timber a Class D felony regardless [...]

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SB227

SB227 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney, County, Attorneys, Courts, Crime Victims, Technical Corrections
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 15.245 to make technical correction.

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Also tagged in: Attorney, County, Courts, Criminal Procedure, Judges and Court Commissioners, Local Mandate, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Police, State, Prosecutors, Sheriffs
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)

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Amend KRS 17.131 to require all criminal justice system participants, certain state agencies, the Courts of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to participate in the state-wide e-warrant system; provide that any entity that fails to participate as required shall be denied access to state and federal grants.

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Also tagged in: Attorney, County, Crime Victims, Technical Corrections
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 421.500 to include tampering with a witness as an offense for which law enforcement and prosecutors are to provide information to a victim or witness; delete reference to repealed statute KRS 524.045.

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SB180

SB180 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Also tagged in: Attorney, County, Children and Minors, Corrections Impact, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Jails and Jailers, Local Mandate, Obscenity and Pornography, Police, City and County
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 500, the general provisions for the Kentucky Penal Code, to require forfeiture of all real and personal property used in or acquired as a result of certain sexual offenses against minors and create forfeiture procedures; amend KRS 500.090, relating to forfeiture, and KRS 16.210, relating to disposition of property by the Kentucky State Police to conform.

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Also tagged in: Attorney, County, Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Local Mandate, Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 112)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 16, 65, 70, and 95 to prohibit law enforcement officers or a state prosecutors from requiring the victim of a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination as a condition precedent to the investigation or prosecution of an alleged sexual offense.

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HB489

HB489 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Agriculture, Attorney General, Attorney General, Attorney, County, Corrections Impact, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Forests and Forestry, Local Mandate
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; require marking of cut timber prior to removal from property; specify duties of the Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; require a timber buyer to provide an accurate manifest of cut timber transported from the property; grant the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.110 relating to defacing timber brand to add a provision relating to timber branded pursuant to this act; amend KRS 364.120 to update a section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of this act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the [...]

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HB260

HB260 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Attorneys, Attorneys, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Constitution, Ky., Constitution, U.S., Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.

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HB31

HB31 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Also tagged in: Courts, Circuit, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Local Mandate, Public Records and Reports
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow persons convicted of one Class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have their records expunged; amend KRS 431.078, relating to misdemeanor expungements, to change the application fee from $25 to $50 dollars and to begin the five-year waiting period from the date of adjudication of the offense; amend KRS 527.040 to exempt individuals who have had their records expunged from the statute on a felon in possession of a firearm; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for utilization in the preparation of presentence investigations.

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