All Commerce Legislation - Kentucky
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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 48.010 to add definitions related to the economic development and tourism project expenditure report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to require, no later than October 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, the publication of a state economic development and tourism project expenditure report by the Office of State Budget Director and submission of that report to the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to provide data to the Office of State Budget Director on development tax expenditures and tax expenditures annually; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to disclose the information; create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the submission of data by Cabinet for Economic Development to the Office of State Budget Director; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to require the submission of data by the Commerce Cabinet to the Office of State Budget Director. Comment on Bill Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section in KRS 6.905 to 6.935 to provide a timetable for the sunset of each tax increment financing, tourism development, and economic development program and require the Program Review and Investigations Committee of the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a systematic review prior to the expiration of each program; create a new section in KRS Chapter 65 to sunset tax increment financing provisions; create a new section in KRS Chapter 148 to sunset the Kentucky Tourism Development Act; create a new section in Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to sunset the various economic development programs; amend KRS 131.190 to allow Legislative Research Commission staff access to confidential data and impose the penalties for improper use or disclosure of the data as provided by KRS 131.990(2)(a) and (b). HB718
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. HB708
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 425.126 to update references to the Revised Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, replace references to repealed statue, and add terms to match Revised Article 8 and the system for indirect holding of investment property and securities entitlements. Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 159) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS 353 to provide for the creation of Gas Acquisition Authorities for acquiring and financing reliable and economical supplies of natural gas for the use and benefit of municipal utilities; provide that a Gas Acquisition Authority is created by interlocal cooperation agreement between two or more municipal gas systems following the procedures and requirements of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, including approval of the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement by the Department for Local Government; provide that a: Gas Acquisition Authority is a political subdivision of the state; is subject to the Commonwealth's open public meeting and public records laws; has all powers necessary to acquire, own, and manage reliable and economic supplies of gas; may enter into all contracts necessary or related to accomplishment of its purposes; may issue bonds to finance the cost of acquiring gas supplies and may pledge revenues to secure the bonds; may enter into contracts for the sale [...] show full description SB238
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit the involuntary implantation of tracking devices in humans; amend KRS 344.990 to set the penalty for violations of the Act as a Class B misdemeanor. SB196
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 148.795 to define certain terms related to the operation of the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority; to expand the membership of the authority with representation from the Kentucky Motorcycle Association, League of Kentucky Sportsmen, Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts, ATV association representatives, hiking or backpacking organizations, Kentucky Horse Council, and others; authorize the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority and other governmental entities to enter into recreational land use agreements through contractual arrangements establishing allowable purposes; establish provisions that these recreational land use agreements do not ensure certain privileges or rights; allow governmental entities to construct, improve, renovate, finance or otherwise provide for recreational activities and facilities on designated public and private lands where owners have entered into land use agreements with the authority or a governmental entity; provide for establishment [...] show full description HB539
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. HR125
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. HB518
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to establish requirements in the sale of dogs by pet stores; amend KRS 525.135 relating to the torture of a dog or cat to increase the penalty for a first offense to a Class D Felony. HB507
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172) Bill Text Amend KRS 367.397 to allow a buying club or vacation club member to cancel his or her membership in writing for a full refund within three business days rather than thirty business days; make the three day cancellation deadline follow the date the membership contract was signed rather than the date membership was attained; delete prorated refund for cancellations after thirty business days; amend KRS 367.399 to remove the prorated refund provision from the mandatory contract text; included a prominent disclosure of the three-day deadline at the beginning of the required "Members' Right to Cancel" text. Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; prohibit entities from placing into the stream of commerce children's products that do not meet safety standards or if they have been recalled; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to maintain a list of unsafe and recalled children's products and to post the list on their Internet Web site; require that the list be sent to certain groups; require cribs to meet Consumer Product Safety Commission or ASTM standards; create procedures for retrofitting recalled children's products; require commercial users of children's products to notify customers and post notices regarding recalled children's products; require retailers of children's products to take certain steps to prohibit the sale of recalled products and to post warning notices; create a penalty; permit the Attorney General or the Commonwealth's attorney to bring an action and to seek injunctions; provide that remedies are in addition to any existing remedies; prohibit [...] show full description HB467
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) Bill Text Create a new section of subchapter 90 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Intellectual Property Bank Program; place in Commerce Cabinet; provide that the purposes of program are to solicit unused intellectual property, such as patents and copyright, and license it to entrepreneurs for development; allow contracting with other entities to evaluate and assess intellectual property and facilitate the purposes of the section. HB426
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 514.040 relating to theft by deception to increase the merchant's and the county attorney's bad check collection fee from $25 to $50. SB118
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 214.034 to remove the clause sunsetting the requirement that all public and private primary schools obtain a current immunization certificate for hepatitis B for any child enrolled as a regular attendee in the sixth grade. HB372
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text 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. HB366
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 3) Bill Text Amend KRS 359.200 to define a "self-contained storage unit," a term that includes space leased from an operator whether the unit is located at self-service storage facility or at another location; include self-contained storage units in the definitions of "leased space," "occupant," and "operator" as they relate to self-service storage facilities; amend KRS 359.210 to forbid the use of leased space in a self-contained storage unit as a residence; amend KRS 359.220 to indicate that an operator has a lien on all personal property stored in any leased space in an occupant's self-contained storage unit; amend KRS 359.230 to include self-contained storage units in the rules and procedures for a lienholder's sale of personal property held in a nonresidential leased space. HB300
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section in KRS Chapter 7 to require the provision of data by the Department of Revenue, the Cabinet for Economic Development, and the Commerce Cabinet as requested by the Legislative Research Commission. SB79
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, including "authorized distributor of record," "counterfeit prescription drug," "drop shipment," "exclusive distributor," "normal distribution channel," "pedigree," "third party logistics provider," and "wholesale distributor"; require a wholesale distributor to be licensed by the board; specify conditions for a wholesale distributor to receive prescription drugs and require a manufacturer or a wholesale distributor to supply drugs only to a person licensed to possess or distribute drugs to an end user; require any wholesale distributor to provide a pedigree if the drugs were outside of the normal distribution channel and permit the Board of Pharmacy to specify the required contents of a pedigree; prohibit the board from requiring the use of an electronic track and trace system for pedigrees until the federal government establishes standard technology; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement requirements [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit unsolicited faxes to a telephone facsimile machine; define telephone facsimile machine, unsolicited advertisement by a telephone facsimile machine, and established business relationship; provide exception for an established business relationship between the sender and recipient; require that fax transmissions contain an opt-out procedure for recipient; provide for a private cause of action in District or Circuit Court; amend KRS 367.46951 to conform; amend KRS 367.990 to impose a maximum penalty of $500 for each violation, except that the penalty for a willful violation shall be not more than $2,000. HB178
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Recommitted to Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 244.290, 244.480, 242.100, and 119.215 to permit local legislative bodies to determine whether the sale and transport of alcoholic beverages will be allowed on a special, primary, or regular election day. HB85
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - To Transportation (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to define the terms "approved entity" and "electronic titling system"; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish an electronic titling system allowing electronic submission of title application documents; outline the basic processes and requirements of the system; require the Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to set forth qualifications of approved entities and procedures for the electronic titling system; amend KRS 186A.165, 186A.120, 186A.125, and 186A.170 to conform. HB59
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue Bill Text Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt repair or replacement parts for motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce with a declared gross weight of 44,001 pounds or greater from sales and use taxes; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008. |
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