Also tagged in: Budget and Financial Administration, Energy, State Agencies
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require construction or renovation of projects that are financed primarily by the state to meet energy-efficiency standards.

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Also tagged in: Corporations, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Public Buildings and Grounds, State Agencies, Veterans' Affairs
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - To Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)

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Amend KRS 18A.150 to establish a state hiring preference honoring military service; require that certain individuals receive an additional five or ten preference points on an examination score used for state hiring in classified positions; permit the total of the examination score and the preference points to exceed 100; require that a register certificate identify all individuals entitled to a job interview by an employing state agency based on military service; require an employing state agency to offer a job interview to all individuals so identified; create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to give preference to Kentucky small businesses with veteran proprietorship in government contracts over the small purchase limit; require government contracts over $500,000 to utilize Kentucky small businesses with veteran proprietorship for at least 20% of their contract price or face 5% contract price penalty; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to report utilization of Kentucky small [...]

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HB517

HB517 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Also tagged in: Budget and Financial Administration, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Energy
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Posted in committee

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Require construction or renovation of buildings financed primarily by the state to meet the LEED certified standard; provide some exemptions.

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Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Attorney General, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Conference Committee Reports, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher
Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127)

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The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Highway Bonds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $450,394,600 in fiscal year 2007-2008, $26,466,006,200 in fiscal year 2008-2009, and $23,651,187,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010, as follows:

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HJ81

HJ81 Sponsored by Harry Moberly
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Education, Vocational, Effective Dates, Emergency, Governor
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 188)

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Provide that the mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 State/Executive Branch Budget memorandum have the force and effect of law; EMERGENCY.

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SB100

SB100 Sponsored by Gary Tapp
Also tagged in: Architects, Architects, Contracts, Contracts, Counties, Courts, Fiscal, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Engineers and Surveyors, Housing, Building, and Construction
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 47)

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Amend KRS 45A.070 to expand the definition of "best value" to include provision of items equal to those named in the contract specifications; amend KRS 45A.170 to require the inclusion of best value procurement in contract specifications; amend KRS 162.065 to require the inclusion of best value provisions in school construction contract specifications; amend KRS 164A.585 to best value provisions in construction contracts at public colleges and universities.

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Also tagged in: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Contracts, Contracts, Cooperatives, Corporations, Corporations, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Reenact the provisions of 2007 HB 334/GA and SCA #1 as passed and enacted into law which contained the following provisions: creates and amends various statutes relating to business entities to accomplish the following: make consistent the provisions of the corporate and other business organization acts regarding business entity names such that equivalent rules will govern the names of business corporations, nonprofit corporations, cooperatives, associations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts; modify procedural rules across the various business entity acts such that they will contain equivalent if not identical provisions; update provisions of KRS Chapter 271B to reflect the more current provisions of the Model Business Corporation Act; allow limited liability companies to enter into a share exchange with a corporation, be created by conversion from a corporation, have statutory rules governing nonprofit status, and to provide for their [...]

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Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Education, Higher, Fiscal Note, Universities and Colleges
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapters 48 and 164A and amend KRS 48.180 to provide a process for postsecondary institutions to issue agency bonds upon authorization by the General Assembly.

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Also tagged in: Budget and Financial Administration, Purchasing, Real Estate, Real Estate, Transportation, Transportation
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

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Amend KRS 45A.045, regarding the purchase of real property by the Commonwealth, to eliminate the requirement that the Governor approve the purchase of real property from a state employee; retain requirement that the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet approve such a purchase.

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