Also tagged in: Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Crimes and Punishments, Parks and Shrines, Property, Public Buildings and Grounds, Real Estate, State Agencies
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2008

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Amend KRS 56.010, 413.010, 413.060, and 413.070 to prohibit acquiring title to state property by adverse possession; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 and amend KRS 148.991 to prohibit the interference with property managed by the Department of Parks and provide for penalties.

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Also tagged in: Engineers and Surveyors, Land Use, Licensing, Occupations and Professions, Property, Real Estate
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 149)

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Amend KRS 322.010 to clarify that "land surveying" includes preparing new physical descriptions for use in legal instruments affecting real property or property rights, for either new or existing parcels or tracts of land; exclude from this definition the preparation of a physical description that refers to only the tract, parcel, lot, block, or unit number of any subdivision, or other summary identifier appearing on a properly recorded plat of record; limit the exclusion to physical descriptions that do not otherwise delineate the boundaries of the identified tract, parcel, or lot by any other means or method.

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Also tagged in: Commerce, Commerce, Contracts, Contracts, Landlord and Tenant, Liens, Liens, Property, Sales
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 3)

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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.

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Also tagged in: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings, Cemeteries and Burials, Corrections Impact, Historical Affairs, Housing, Building, and Construction, Land Use, Local Mandate, Property, Real Estate, Real Estate
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; declare public policy of the Commonwealth regarding historic or prehistoric human remains; define terms relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; establish property confirmation process by which property owners or developers verify whether property contains known human remains; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to promulgate administrative regulations related to the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains; prohibit the issuance of building permits under KRS Chapter 198B until the property owner or developer has completed the preconditions relating to human remains; formulate the procedures and requirements for a human remains outcome review; prescribe the procedures and requirements for an adverse effects determination; list prohibited actions subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 381.990 regarding the disposition of human remains;[...]

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Also tagged in: Counties, Counties, County Clerks, Effective Dates, Delayed, Fiscal Note, Local Government, Local Mandate, Property, Property Valuation Administrators, Real Estate
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143)

Bill Text
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.

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HB216

HB216 Sponsored by Jim Wayne
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Agriculture, Environment and Conservation, Land Use
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken from committee Judiciary (S); 2nd reading; returned to Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 262.918 to require proceeds from donated easements after the easement is terminated to be paid to the donor or the donor's legal heirs at law.

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