All Economic Development Legislation - Kentucky
HR256
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Commend the Governor and other officials on their visit to Ford Motor Company Headquarters. Comment on Bill HB773
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Create new sections of subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 and KRS Chapter 141 to establish tax credits for the Kentucky New Markets Development Program; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize and establish the ordering of credits. HB767
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create a new section of Subchapter 27 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish state economic development incentives for the construction of a new integrated gasification combined cycle electric generation plant with carbon capture and storage, or the retrofit of an existing coal-fired electric generation plant to add carbon capture and storage capability, if funding for the project is provided by the United States Department of Energy under the FutureGen initiative. HB761
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Economic Development (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 154.010 to include aquaculture in the definition of eligible project. HB759
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98) Bill Text Amend 154.12-278 include the Kentucky Enterprise Fund among those in the Science and Technology Funding Program; amend KRS 164.6019 to rename the Kentucky Research and Development Voucher Fund the Kentucky Enterprise Fund; expand to include feasibility, concept development, and commercialization work; amend KRS 164.6021 to allow grants to companies of up to $30,000 for feasibility, $250,000 for concept development, $500,000 for post-initialization, and $750,000 for high-growth potential; waive requirement of partnering with a college or university where it is not practicable; amend KRS 164.6041 to decrease limits on the Kentucky Commercialization Fund; amend other KRS sections to conform and to combine funding sources; repeal KRS 154.12-315, 164.6025, 164.6027, 164.6029, 164.6031, and 164.6033. HB756
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to provide individual income tax, corporation income tax, limited liability entity tax, and sales tax incentives for locating a film production facility in Kentucky or filming or producing a motion picture production in Kentucky; define terms; establish qualifications including minimum capital investment and minimum qualifying expenditures and minimum qualifying payroll expenditures, application and reporting requirements; require the Kentucky Film Office to administer the incentive program; authorize the Kentucky Film Office to enter into a film industry tax incentive agreement; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations by the Kentucky Film Office and the Department of Revenue; create a new section of KRS 141 to create a motion picture film production nonrefundable credits for a new film production facility or renovation of an existing structure to become a film production facility and a motion picture production that is filmed or produced [...] show full description 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. 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). HB736
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Taken from committee Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S); 2nd reading; returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171, to establish the Kentucky Capitol Centennial Commission; identify individuals and groups represented on the commission; establish duties and responsibilities of the commission, including conducting the Capitol's centennial anniversary celebration in June 2010; provide that the commission expires June 10, 2011. HB735
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 11.200 to reduce organizational membership; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.023 to attach the commission to the Office of the Governor. HB730
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Establish subchapter 31 in KRS Chapter 154 and create new sections thereof to establish a new income tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to place the new credit in the order of income tax credits taken; apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007. 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. SB254
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Create a new section of subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 154 to authorize consolidated local governments to establish urban revitalization districts to encourage reinvestment and development; amend KRS 154.23-010 to amend the definition of "qualified employee" and "qualified state employee"; amend KRS 154.23-015 to allow urban revitalization districts to be certified; amend KRS 154.20-200 to add a definition for "developer"; amend KRS 154.20-204 to allow developers to qualify for incentives; amend KRS 154.20-208 to conform. Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits and wine and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licenses fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform. SB242
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 117) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 252 to establish the Kentucky beekeeping fund in the Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 252.190 to set out departmental regulatory duties. SB236
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to allow governmental entities in counties of less than 100,000 that own and operate a public facility to receive a sales tax rebate on sales tax collected on the sale of admissions and concessions. HC178
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study the need for building a state-wide entrepreneur and small business support system. HB613
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - To Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 148.630 to require Kentucky Department of Parks, in cooperation with the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority, to establish a system to permit off-road motorized vehicles and all-terrain vehicles on public lands; select Fishtrap Lake as a pilot project; authorize the department to promulgate regulations governing OHV and ATV trails; amend KRS 148.650 and 148.670 to allow the establishment of OHV and ATV trails in state-owned wildlife management areas. HB611
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 178) Bill Text Amend KRS 139.515 to clarify the process by which the Department of Revenue calculates refunds due, and to establish a phase out of the refund amount if refund are requests are not filed in a timely manner; amend KRS 65.7081 to delete provisions requiring funds to be held in an non-interest bearing account. HB588
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 154.20-150 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to make available on-line to the public the written status reports that are submitted to the Legislative Research Commission. HB582
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Transportation (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 177.830 to define the terms "advertising device viewing zone," "Cabinet," "view permit," "repair permit," "trim or prune," "routine maintenance," "destroyed," and "routine change of message"; amend KRS 177.863 to make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow the owner of a legally erected advertising device to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for a vegetation control permit; specify components of permit application; require a $200 nonrefundable application fee; establish standards for approval of vegetation control permit; establish the procedures for applicants who were denied a permit or issued a restricted permit to submit an amended application for a vegetation control permit; allow applicant that was issued a restricted permit or denied a permit based on an amended application to petition the Franklin Circuit Court to determine whether denial or restrictions were appropriate; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to require [...] show full description HB571
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits and wine and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licenses fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform. HB537
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections thereof to establish an infrastructure to manage and oversee casino gaming; establish the Kentucky Gaming Commission and set forth its powers and duties; require the commission to hire an executive director; set forth responsibilities of the executive director and employees of the commission; establish parameters for the issuance of occupational licenses, supplier's licenses, freestanding casino gaming licenses, and racing association gaming licenses; establish parameters for temporary licenses for racing association gaming licensees; establish continuing live racing requirements for racing association gaming licensees; establish conditions of exclusion of individuals from gaming facilities, establish penalties for persons under 21 and for cheating; establish appeal procedures for persons aggrieved by decisions of the commission; establish license fees; provide for an exemption of tangible personal property used in gaming operations from [...] show full description HB550
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. SB155
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50) Bill Text Amend KRS 154.24-010(19)(b), relating to exclusions from the definition of "service or technology," to include an eligible company that engages in activities involving the performance of work by an individual pursuant to a license issued by the state if 75 percent of the services are provided to persons located outside the Commonwealth. HB512
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; received in House; to Rules (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS 65.7041 to 65.7083 to abolish the Tax Increment Financing Commission and the Office of Tax Increment Financing and to provide for the transfer of all records to the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA); establish a new Subchapter 30 of KRS Chapter 154 to move the state tax increment financing program from the Tax Increment Financing Commission to KEDFA; amend KRS 65.7043, 65.7047, 65.7053, 65.7055, 65.7061, 65.7063, and 65.7083 to conform; amend KRS 65.7045 to conform and to add definitions for "previously developed land" and "previously undeveloped land"; amend KRS 65.4049 to clarify the conditions under which previously developed land may qualify to be included in a development area, to clarify the requirements for local findings, and to require that KEDFA confirm the basis for the local findings as part of the application review process; amend KRS 65.7051 to require additional information on development area boundaries; create a new section [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 174 to establish the Water Transportation Advisory Board as an advisory body to the Executive and Legislative Branches of government; provide for members, terms, and administrative procedures; specify duties; create a new section of Subchapter 80 or KRS Chapter 154 to establish a Riverport Marketing Assistance Program to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development; provide for grants of up to $30,000 per applicant annually for specified marketing activities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to establish a Riverport Financial Assistance Program to be administered by the Transportation Cabinet; provide for financial assistance for new construction and major replacement or repair projects for Kentucky's riverports; provide for matching grants; make appropriations in the amount of $400,000 annually for the Riverport Marketing Assistance Program and $4,000,000 annually for the Riverport Financial Assistance Program. 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. HB430
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Floor amendment (1-title) filed Bill Text Amend KRS 65.7047 to allow local governments to impose a wage assessment to support local tax increment financing districts. HB424
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - 3rd reading; floor amendment (1) ruled out of order ; passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1-title) and (2) ; received in House; to Rules (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 12.020 to abolish the Office of Research and Information Technology and transfer the Division of Database and Systems Development and the Division of Network Administration and Support to the Office of Administrative Services; amend KRS 154.12-222 to establish the Office of Administrative Services and the divisions thereof; amend KRS 154.12-224 to consolidate the Direct Loan Program Division and the Tax Incentive Programs Division of the Department of Financial Incentives into the Programs Management Division; confirm Kentucky Economic Development Partnership resolution 07-06 to the extent not otherwise confirmed or superseded by this Act. HB410
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Became law without Governor's Signature; filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 123) Bill Text Amend KRS 42.4588 to provide that single county coal severance projects included in the budget are deemed approved and do not have to go through the statutory application process; maintain all other reporting and disbursement requirements; apply to projects beginning with the 2008-2010 budget. SB111
Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Establish Subchapter 60 of KRS Chapter 154 and create new sections thereof to establish the BRAC Economic Development Commission; create the BRAC economic development fund; appropriate debt service and authorize BRAC economic development fund bonds; EMERGENCY. SR61
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) Bill Text Urge the Legislative Research Commission to appoint members of the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism to a subcommittee to examine issues during the interim pertaining to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010; if the subcommittee is created, report the findings to the Legislative Research Commission before December 1, 2008, at which time the subcommittee will cease to exist. SB103
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the City of Somerset as the car cruise capital of Kentucky. HB341
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Local Government (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 81A.450 to clarify that a city annexing an industrial park shall assume all debt associated with the development of the park, and shall be required to share future occupational tax revenues with the localities that developed the park. HB338
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the city of Somerset as the car cruise capital of Kentucky. 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. HB105
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create a searchable Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; provide that the new sections shall be known as the "Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2008." HB192
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (4) Bill Text Amend KRS 281.014 to clarify the definition of an airport shuttle as a vehicle operating on an irregular route and to clarify allowable operation under a disabled persons certificate; amend KRS 281.630 to require that any certificate issued by the department shall specify a maximum number of vehicles to be operated under that certificate; amend KRS 281.637 to eliminate convenience and necessity hearings for charter bus certificates; make the issuance of a charter bus certificate contingent upon safety inspections and proof of financial responsibility; amend KRS 281.655 to increase insurance requirements for certain vehicles operated under a certificate; amend KRS 281.610 to allow the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Federal Uniform Carrier Registration program. HB89
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the International Business Relations Committee as a permanent committee of the Legislative Research Commission; provide that the committee shall address efforts to attract and maintain international businesses in Kentucky and open foreign markets to Kentucky goods and services. SB36
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 154.22-040 to require that an eligible company invest a minimum of $50,000 in an approved economic development project and create a minimum of five new full-time jobs at the project site. Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in House; to Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 154.27-010 to redefine "carbon capture ready" to include the compression of carbon dioxide. Latest Action: 02/24/2008 - N ACT relating Bill Text Amend KRS 154.27-010 to redefine "renewable energy facility"; amend KRS 154.27-020 to lower the minimum capital investment for certain renewable energy facilities. |
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