Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Amend KRS 337.010 and 337.050 to exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirement employees of nonprofit charitable organizations that provide services to homeless or indigent individuals.

HB718

HB718 Sponsored by Don Pasley
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Posting waived

Bill Text
Amend KRS 154.01-020 to modify the Commonwealth's economic development program goals and require the board to report to LRC by December 1, 2008; amend KRS 154.10-010 to increase the number of members on the board to 17, including 3 members to be nominated by organizations representing the interest of the general public; amend KRS 154.10-120 to require a 20-year vision and measurable goals and objectives in the strategic plan and to require a new comprehensive plan by December 1, 2008; amend KRS 154.10-140 to clarify appropriate benchmarks for the strategic plan.

HB677

HB677 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 238.545 to remove restriction on use of automated charity game ticket dispensers only during bingo sessions.

HB592

HB592 Sponsored by Keith Hall
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 141.066 to create an earned income tax credit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to create a work opportunity tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize the new credits.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS 367.170 to 367.300 to require that a for-profit organization that collects donated items for future resale permanently affix to the bin or receptacle the name and the telephone or email address of the collector and a statement indicating that the person collecting is not a charity; make a violation of this section an unlawful act under KRS 367.170; grant the county attorney concurrent jurisdiction in enforcing provision of this section; require bins to comply with applicable zoning laws.

HB278

HB278 Sponsored by Jeff Greer
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Transportation (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 189.570 to require direct adult supervision of minors under the age of 14 years who are soliciting contributions on highways.

HC33

HC33 Sponsored by Ron Crimm
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H)

Bill Text
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force composed of seventeen members from the General Assembly, the Office of Charitable Gaming, charitable gaming licensees, and the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, appointed by the Legislative Research Commission, to study the oversight of charitable gaming; require findings and recommendations to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission by November 3, 2008, for referral to the appropriate committee; authorize the Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign the study to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof and to designate a completion date.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 146)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 281.605 to exempt motor vehicles used in the transportation of persons 60 years of age or older or persons who are visually impaired from the provisions of KRS Chapter 281 relating to the regulation of motor carriers; require the motor vehicles being used to be owned by or operated on behalf of a nonprofit organization exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; establish insurance requirement for the motor vehicles.

SB52

SB52 Sponsored by Joey Pendleton
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S)

Bill Text
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238 to extend the definition of "charitable gaming" to include electronic, computer, or other technologic aids, and the definition of "manufacturer" to include bingo paper and charity gaming tickets and the provision of electronic and computer devices; provide authority for the Office of Charitable Gaming to establish and implement standards for electronic systems of accounting and record keeping; grant the office authority to approve all electronic, computer, or other technologic aids; provide that intentionally making false or misleading statements shall constitute grounds for denial of a license; grant employees of the office authority to inspect the books and records of a licensed manufacturer or distributor; require a charity to be located in the county or a contiguous county to the county in which charitable gaming shall be conducted; prohibit inaccurate reporting of the financial records of charitable gaming events; permit advertisement of linked [...]

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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

Bill Text
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.

HB186

HB186 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 92)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 158.035 to require a dental health certificate for elementary or secondary school enrollment.

HB21

HB21 Sponsored by Jim Wayne
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government

Bill Text
Create Kentucky State Use Commission; establish duties and membership of State Use Commission; amend KRS 45A.470 to define the Kentucky State Use Commission and qualified nonprofit agency or work center serving the blind or severely disabled; amend KRS 45A.470 to require the purchase of goods and services from Prison Industries and nonprofit agencies and work centers serving the blind or severely disabled and designate the Kentucky State Use Commission as agency providing purchasing information to governmental agencies; amend KRS 45A.080, 45A.085, 45A.095, and 45A.100 to require that state governmental purchases be made from Prison Industries and nonprofit agencies and work centers serving the blind or severely disabled; create a new section of KRS 141 to define terms; establish a nonrefundable community rehabilitation credit program; establish maximum amount of credit allowed per corporation per tax year; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credit is applied against [...]

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Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 222.001 to include problem gambling in the chapter; amend KRS 222.003 to add voluntary or self-help problem gambling programs to programs not affected by KRS Chapter 222; amend KRS 222.005 to specify that chapter definitions do not apply to Sections 4 through 6; create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the problem gamblers awareness and treatment fund administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and appropriate moneys to promote awareness of and treatment for problem gambling, specify uses for the fund, establish incremental funding mechanisms and limitations on expenditures; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for the program and the application process; amend KRS 138.510 to partially fund the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund from the total amount wagered in Kentucky subject to excise taxes; amend KRS 154A.130 to partially fund the compulsive gambling awareness and treatment fund from the [...]

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