All Local Government Legislation - Kentucky

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151 to define "fees-in-lieu," hydrologic unit code," "mitigation organization," "mitigation," "restoration," "riparian," "Section 404 permit," "watershed," "USACE" and "2020 water management planning council"; require restoration and mitigation planning to be on a watershed basis; grant permissive authority for the creation of seven-member Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities for each watershed in the Commonwealth; specify the function and powers of the Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities; allow 2020 water management planning councils to contact water service coordinators to request assistance with establishing authorities and nominate members; require members of the authority to serve ex officio on 2020 water management planning councils; attach the authorities to the Department for Natural Resources; vest authorities with public stewardship responsibility over the watershed's water resources and riparian environments; require authorities [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require the Personnel Cabinet to establish health insurance plans for Medicare-eligible retirees participating in the state-administered retirement systems and to establish minimum benefits; amend KRS 18A.225 to amend definition of employee to include employees of public and private employers for purposes of participation in the state health plan and to establish minimum benefits of the state health plan; amend KRS 18A.2254 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require public agencies and the state-administered retirement systems to participate in the state health plan and to allow private employers to participate in the state health plan; amend KRS 79.080 to require participation by local government agencies in the state health plan by January 1, 2010; amend KRS 61.702 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to provide health insurance coverage through the state health plans and to make amendments to the hazardous duty retiree [...]

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Establish KRS Chapter 175B and create 20 new sections thereof to: Provide definitions; establish the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, specify membership, meeting requirements, staffing, and operations; state the purpose and powers of the authority; direct authority to evaluate potential projects, require that projects be proposed by a local government and approved by the department; permit tolling, establish requirements for level of tolling, direct how proceeds of tolls and other revenues shall be used; permit authority to contract with the department for construction and operations, specify that the authority shall maintain control of projects and revenues from projects; authorize projects constructed by the authority to include interchanges with existing roadways; permit authority to issue administrative regulations, permit public utilities to utilize rights of way under specific circumstances; permit agreements for use of real estate assets of the authority by [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions as prescribed; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within 10 days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal as prescribed; require responding action in adjoining counties within 120 days or initial action becomes void; require a special election within 90 days if adjoining counties enter the process; require approval in each county for consolidation to become effective; prescribe the language for the [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 91A to define "local government," "risk location system or program," and "tax period"; establish the method for the filing of amended returns and requests or assessments by any insurance company, local government, or policyholder for nonpayment, underpayment, or overpayment of any license fees or taxes imposed under Section 5 of this Act and the appeals from the denial or refusal thereof; permit an insurance company that has paid a license fee or tax imposed by a local government to request a refund or credit for any overpayment of the fee or tax or any payment when no tax was due within the time provided; permit any policyholder who has paid to an insurance company a license fee or tax imposed by a local government under Section 5 of this Act to request a refund or credit for an overpayment of a license fee or tax or any payment when no tax was due within the time provided; permit a local government to request the Office of Insurance to conduct an audit [...]

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Amend KRS 15.310 to add a definition for "unit of government"; amend KRS 15.330 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve the addition of new units of government for participation in the KLEFP Fund and to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.382 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.410 to conform; amend KRS 15.420 to amend definitions; amend KRS 15.430 to clarify the intent of the General Assembly with regard to the use of KLEFP funds; amend KRS 15.440 to clarify participation requirements for various units of government; amend KRS 15.442 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.450 to require the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training to administer the KLEFP fund and to recommend to the council new units of government for participation in the KLEFP fund; amend KRS 15.460 to increase the supplement for police officers on July 1, 2008 to $3,250, and to $3,500 beginning July 1, 2009, and to [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require a city, county, urban-county, consolidated local government, charter county, taxing district, or special district to notify the state local debt officer in writing before entering into any financing obligation, lease, bond issuance, or any long term debt obligation when the lease price exceeds two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); authorize the state local debt officer to promulgate administrative regulations to develop the forms of notification; specify information to be reported on form; specify that no approval by the state local debt officer shall be required; clarify that any financing obligation entered into prior to the passage of this section shall be considered in compliance, if notification is provided to the state local debt officer no later than one (1) year after the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 65.944 to delete language requiring notification in writing to the state local debt officer when a lease price exceeds [...]

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Create a new section of KRS chapter 189 to allow local governments to adopt ordinances permitting the use of golf carts on designated public roadways under local control; define "golf cart" and "local government"; require that ordinances adopted by local governments include the issuance of a permit, the display of a sticker or permit, and the inspection by certified inspector for all golf carts operated on designated public roadways; require designated public roadways to be restricted to roadways with a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or less; require golf carts operated on designated public roadways to display a slow moving emblem in compliance with KRS 189.820; require golf carts operated on designated public roadways to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080; subject operators of golf carts on designated public roadways to the traffic regulations of KRS Chapter 189; exempt golf carts operated on designated public roadways from the title requirements of KRS 186.020,[...]

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