All Public Buildings and Grounds Legislation - Kentucky

Amend KRS 56.770 to define "cabinet," "high-performance building," "high-performance building standards," and "public building"; amend KRS 56.772, 56.774, 56.775, 56.778, 56.783, and 56.784 to conform; amend KRS 56.775 to require that all construction or renovation of public buildings for which 50% or more of the total capital cost is paid by the Commonwealth be designed and constructed or renovated to meet the high-performance building standards; require that all buildings leased by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies meet the high-performance building standards; require incorporation of ENERGY STAR-qualified products to the extent feasible; create a new section of KRS 56.770 to 56.784 to create a High-performance Buildings Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations and develop standards and criteria; amend KRS 56.782 to require the Finance and Administration [...]

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Amend KRS 18A.150 to establish a state hiring preference honoring military service; require that certain individuals receive an additional five or ten preference points on an examination score used for state hiring in classified positions; permit the total of the examination score and the preference points to exceed 100; require that a register certificate identify all individuals entitled to a job interview by an employing state agency based on military service; require an employing state agency to offer a job interview to all individuals so identified; create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to give preference to Kentucky small businesses with veteran proprietorship in government contracts over the small purchase limit; require government contracts over $500,000 to utilize Kentucky small businesses with veteran proprietorship for at least 20% of their contract price or face 5% contract price penalty; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to report utilization of Kentucky small [...]

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Reenact the provisions of 2007 HB 334/GA and SCA #1 as passed and enacted into law which contained the following provisions: creates and amends various statutes relating to business entities to accomplish the following: make consistent the provisions of the corporate and other business organization acts regarding business entity names such that equivalent rules will govern the names of business corporations, nonprofit corporations, cooperatives, associations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts; modify procedural rules across the various business entity acts such that they will contain equivalent if not identical provisions; update provisions of KRS Chapter 271B to reflect the more current provisions of the Model Business Corporation Act; allow limited liability companies to enter into a share exchange with a corporation, be created by conversion from a corporation, have statutory rules governing nonprofit status, and to provide for their [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent property owner," "department-owned lakes," "structures," and "approved structures"; allow adjacent property owners that own land adjacent to a lake owned by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to apply for a permit to erect structures on the banks, shoreline, or into the water of the lake; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the process, forms, fees, and criteria for review of applications; require a decision on an application be given in not more than 90 days; allow the department to inspect structures and remove those found to be noncompliant; allow the department to order owners to remove structures found to be noncompliant; waive all structures constructed on or before July 1, 2007, on department-owned lakes of more than 675 acres situated in the Green River basin; prohibit demolition of waived structures except under certain circumstances; amend KRS 150.990 to establish fines [...]

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