SB255

SB255 Sponsored by Ed Worley
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.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor

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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 [...]

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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Bill Text
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.

HB613

HB613 Sponsored by Keith Hall
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.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 148.290, authorizing the Kentucky State Horse Park commission to establish restrictions on golf cart-type vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and horse trailers and to establish permitting and fee systems for golf cart-type vehicles and horse trailers; amend KRS 148.991 to direct the Kentucky State Horse Park executive director to enforce laws governing golf cart-type vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and horse trailers on State Horse Park property.

HB571

HB571 Sponsored by Larry Clark
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.

HB536

HB536 Sponsored by Adam Koenig
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed

Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.7883 to permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her scholarship award at any out-of-state institution that is located within fifteen miles of the Kentucky state border.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)

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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.

SR63

SR63 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Adopted by voice vote

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Congratulate and commend the Kentucky Horse Park on being honored with the prestigious 2007 Special Eclipse Award.
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Posted in committee

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to require persons excavating archaeological sites on private property to obtain a permit from the Kentucky Heritage Council; establish a process by which the landowner shall provide reasonable access to the cemeteries to the descendants and relatives of those buried within; place responsibility on the land owner to maintain the cemetery's integrity; make denial of access to the cemetery a violation; set out a process by which the state shall dispose of human remains within its custody and control; permit a legally recognized tribal government to conduct reinterment ceremonies for Native Americans; require a person who encounters or accidentally disturbs human remains to immediately cease disturbing the ground in the area of the human remains; place responsibility of encountered or accidentally discovered human remains on the cemetery owner or the state and require responsible party to dispose of; require persons wishing to possess human remains or [...]

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Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Received in Senate

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to provide qualified Kentucky residents who are permanently and totally disabled veterans an exemption from the relevant overnight accommodations rate at any Kentucky State Park, Sunday through Thursday of each week; require the exemption to apply to a maximum of five overnight stays per calendar year at lodge rooms and campsites at any Kentucky State Park; require the Department of Parks to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the proof of eligibility for persons entitled to the exemption.
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - Posting waived; posted in committee

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to create a 15% discount on Kentucky State Parks accommodations, gift shop purchases, and rounds of golf beginning after 2 p.m. for members of the military services, the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve Component, and veterans who are Kentucky residents; require the use of military identification cards for members of the military, the National Guard, and Reserve Components as proof of eligibility; require the Department of Parks to promulgate administrative regulations on documentation required to prove eligibility of a veteran; require an operator's license, commercial driver's license, or a personal identification card issued by the Transportation Cabinet; provide that a person eligible for benefits under KRS 148.0211 is also eligible for benefits provided by these provisions.

HB117

HB117 Sponsored by Marie Rader
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 150.175 to provide hunting and fishing licenses for $5 to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom; amend KRS 148.0211 to provide Kentucky state park passes free of charge to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.