HB733

HB733 Sponsored by Sal Santoro
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Local Government (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 134.010 to define "certificate of delinquency" and to amend the definition of "taxpayer"; amend KRS 134.430 to delete the requirement that sheriffs advertise delinquent property tax bills for sale and to make technical and conforming changes; amend KRS 134.450 to delete the sheriff sale of delinquent property tax bills, to require the sheriff to file all unpaid tax claims with the county clerk by March 31 under a regular tax schedule, or within 90 days after the due date under an alternative collection schedule, and to allow collection of the 10 percent fee for sheriffs for tax claims filed with the clerk; amend KRS 134.480 to address multiple purchase offers for the same certificate of delinquency; amend KRS 134.325 to conform; amend KRS 134.520 to allow for the refund of amounts paid by a private purchaser for a certificate of delinquency that is unenforceable on the date purchased; repeal KRS 134.440, provide that the Act is effective for tax periods on or after January 1, [...]

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HB726

HB726 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to create definitions, to require the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations and confer with the county board of elections; to require the county board of elections to make a report to LRC and to the Secretary of State.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Transportation (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.162 to establish a special license plate for Gold Star Family members; establish fees and eligibility requirements for issuance of the special license plate; amend 186.164 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulation for proof of eligibility for a Gold Star Family member special license plate.
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House

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Amend KRS 186.050 to establish a voluntary contribution of $10 for motor vehicles being registered as farm trucks; require the proceeds of the contribution to be deposited into an agricultural program trust fund; require proceeds and interest from the trust fund to be used for agricultural programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; permit the person registering the motor vehicle to opt out of the voluntary contribution.

HB676

HB676 Sponsored by Keith Hall
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 157)

Bill Text
Amend 186A.510 to define the terms " classic motor vehicle project" and "road worthy condition"; create a new section of KRS 186A.500 to 186A.550 to establish a classic motor vehicle project certificate of title; clarify that classic motor vehicle project titles shall prohibit the use of vehicles bearing these titles on the highway; clarify that a classic motor vehicle project title shall not bear the designation of salvage or junk; establish procedures for vehicles with a classic motor vehicle project title that have been restored to be issued a regular title; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the issuance of classic motor vehicle project titles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require that inspections on classic motor vehicle project vehicles being brought in from another state be limited to verification of the VIN.
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - Posting waived

Bill Text
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to provide for comprehensive statutory coverage of notaries public, including provisions relating to the purpose of the regulation, definitions, commissioning, applications, electronic notarizations, bonding, privacy, notarial authority, notarial prohibitions, fees, journals and record keeping, notarization forms, signing by mark, official seals, seal vendors, verification of notarial authority, resignations, deaths, misconduct, liability, notarial crimes, and grandfathering; provide for a delayed effective date of March 1, 2009; amend KRS 423.010, 423.110, and 423.200 to conform; repeal KRS 64.300, 423.020, 423.050, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, and 423.990.

SB161

SB161 Sponsored by Tom Jensen
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Propose an amendment to Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to repeal annual sessions; provide ballot language for submission to voters.
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: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 79)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 117.085 to permit requests for applications for an absentee ballot to be transmitted by electronic mail; to require the clerk to provide a voter with a written authorization to vote if the voter does not vote by absentee ballot and returns the ballot to the clerk; amend KRS 117.165 to require the county board of elections to examine the voting machines designated for use during absentee voting not later than 3 business days preceding the date set by the board to conduct absentee voting and to give notice of such examination 24 hours preceding such; amend KRS 117.265 to establish the ineligibility of a write-in candidate; amend KRS 117.275 to conform; amend KRS 117.315 to require the list of challengers be presented to the chair or the secretary of the party committee of the county on or before the third Friday in April preceding the primary; amend KRS 117.995 to expand to absentee voting days the same prohibited activities currently applied to election day; amend KRS 118.425 to [...]

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SB135

SB135 Sponsored by Bob Leeper
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 164)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.172, regarding firefighter license plates, to make professional firefighters eligible for the plates; allow proof of service to be furnished by the fire chief; eliminate references to fees and administration of the plate; tie plate fees to the fee schedule set forth in KRS 186.162; specify that the plate shall be administered in the same manner as other special plates under KRS 186.164; allow the Kentucky Association of Firefighters to petition the Transportation Cabinet to place a voluntary contribution on the plate in accordance with KRS 186.164(12) to (15); amend KRS 186.164 and KRS 186.166 to conform.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.042 to add advanced registered nurse practitioner to those who may submit a statement of disability for a handicapped parking permit.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129)

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Amend KRS 118.125, 118.165, 118.315, 188A.060, and 83A.045 to provide that signatures for nomination papers shall not be affixed prior to the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot; amend KRS 118.227 to require the Secretary of State to certify any changes made to a slate of candidates to the appropriate county clerk, the Registry of Election Finance, and the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.170 and 83A.175 to establish when a candidate's name is not to be printed on the ballot; amend KRS 117.265 to prohibit any candidate whose name appears on the ballot from being eligible as a a write-in candidate in the regular election, except in certain situations; amend KRS 118.601, 118A.090, 83A.040, and 83A.165 to conform.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Bill Text
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, and 121 to change the filing deadline for candidates in primaries from the last Tuesday in January to the last Tuesday in April; change the date of the primary from the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May to the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August; eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform; EMERGENCY.

SB78

SB78 Sponsored by Dan Seum
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 382 to adopt the provisions of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; define "document," "electronic," "electronic document," "electronic signature," "paper document," "person," and "state"; require county clerks to comply with standards established by the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; create the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; require the Governor to appoint seven members to the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; require that a majority of the commission members be county clerks; provide that county clerks may use the program starting January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to design and distribute an "In God We Trust" license plate; establish that the license plate be regularly issued in addition to the license plate required by KRS 186.240; establish the license plate design; authorize the license plate be issued at the request of the owner of a passenger vehicle; pick-up truck, or recreational vehicle upon payment of the appropriate fees; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; effective January 1, 2009.

SB62

SB62 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create new sections in KRS Chapter 14 to establish a crime victim address protection program for victims of domestic violence and abuse, stalking, and felony sexual offenses which would allow crime victims to use an address provided by the Secretary of State in lieu of the victim's actual physical address for the purpose of receiving mail and to allow crime victims to access government services, including the right to vote, based upon their actual addresses but utilizing the program's address on government records and documents.

HB207

HB207 Sponsored by Jim Gooch
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to design and distribute an "In God We Trust" license plate; provide that the license plate be regularly issued in addition to the license plate required by KRS 186.240; establish the license plate design; authorize the license plate be issued at the request of the owner of a passenger vehicle, pick-up truck, or recreational vehicle upon payment of the appropriate fees; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

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Amend KRS 227.555 to require the retailer to furnish weather radios in manufactured housing sold after the effective date of this Act; establish criteria for furnished radios; include new provisions in notification requirements; provide that local governments shall not pass contrary requirements; include violation of weather radio requirement within the penalty section.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143)

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Amend KRS 132.480 to require the property valuation administrator to update his or her address records to capture the in-care-of address; amend KRS 133.220 to require the property valuation administrator to consider the in-care-of address when notices are returned as undeliverable; and amend KRS 382.135 to require that a deed to real property include a statement indicating the in-care-of address to which the property tax bill may be sent.
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 117 to require that provisional ballots be made available for all elections, define terms, and establish procedures for all parties involved in provisional balloting; amend KRS 117.245 and 116. 025 to conform.

HB72

HB72 Sponsored by Jim Glenn
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Banking & Insurance (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 286 to authorize the Office of Financial Institutions to provide free mortgage foreclosure counseling and education to homeowners who have defaulted or are in danger of defaulting on the mortgages on their homes; require the office to work with the Kentucky Housing Corporation if it determines to establish such a program; provide that the program may include a toll-free telephone number homeowners may call to receive mortgage foreclosure counseling and education; permit the office to establish standards for certification of counselors; permit the office to establish in the State Treasury a fund known as the "Mortgage Foreclosure Counseling and Education Trust Fund"; permit the fund to receive from the county clerk a surcharge for recording and indexing of real estate mortgages; amend KRS 64.012 to establish a surcharge of $1.50 to be added to the fee for recording and indexing real estate mortgages, which shall be payable to the mortgage [...]

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Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish early voting; amend KRS 117.085, 117.086, 117.0863, 117.087, and 117.235 to conform.

SB5

SB5 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government

Bill Text
Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.

HB85

HB85 Sponsored by Jimmie Lee
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.
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government

Bill Text
Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.