Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorneys, Governor, Holcomb, Legislative Coordinating Council, Parties To Actions, State Office And Departments, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - H Stricken from calendar -HJ 2618

Bill Text
Concurrent resolution authorizing the legislative coordinating council to hire private legal counsel to bring a legal action concerning the coal-fired power plant matter.

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HB5038

HB5038 Sponsored by Don Myers
Also tagged in: Corporation Commission, Dispatchable Electric General Capacity, Electricity, Energy Information Administration, Fuel, Kansas Criminal Code, Kansas Electric Transmission Authority, Kansas Energy Resources Commission, Nuclear Power Plants, Power Resources
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - H Stricken from calendar -HJ 2618

Bill Text
State energy plan.

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Also tagged in: Corporation Commission, Electricity, Kansas Criminal Code, Kansas Electric Transmission Authority, Kansas Energy Resources Commission, Nuclear Power Plants, Power Resources, Southwest Power Pool, State Legislature
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - H Hearing: Tue, Wed, Thr.,3/11-12-13, 1:30 pm,Rm 784 Docking

Bill Text
Kansas energy plan act.

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Also tagged in: Accountants, Administration, Attorneys, Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, Contracts, Corporation Commission, Electric Companies, Electric Generation Facilities, Electricity, Engineering Service
Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - S COW: committee report recommending sub. bill be adptd; Sub. be passed; EFA:

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S Sub for H 2919 by Committee on Utilities -- Energy conservation and efficiency, air emissions and electric generation.

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Also tagged in: Electricity, Health And Environment, Holcomb, Power Resources
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - H Hearing: Tues., 2/26/2008, 9:15 am, Rm 783 Docking -HJ 1463

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Duties and powers of the secretary of KDHE in issuing permits for electric generation facility.

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Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Coal, Education, Higher, Fiscal Note, Minerals and Mining
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351 to establish scholarships on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide for administration of scholarship payments for survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to provide for funding of scholarships.

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HB520

HB520 Sponsored by Greg Stumbo
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Coal, Education, Higher, Minerals and Mining, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Severance, Universities and Colleges
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish payments to or on behalf of survivors of fallen coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide for administration of scholarship payments for children of fallen coal miners; amend KRS 351.070 to require notification concerning fallen coal miners.

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Also tagged in: Contracts, Corporation Commission, Electric Companies, Electricity, Energy Conservation Standards, Environment, Governor, Health And Environment, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Kansas Performance Measurement Commission
Latest Action: 06/02/2008 - H No motion to reconsider; Veto sustained

Bill Text
S Sub for H 2802 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs -- Energy conservation and electric generation, transmission and efficiency and air emissions.

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HB2765

HB2765 Sponsored by Ted Powers
Also tagged in: Corporation Commission, Electric Companies, Electricity, Power Resources, Public Utilities, Renewable Energy, Technology Enterprise Corporation
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - H Hearing: Wed., 2/20/2008, 9:15 am, Rm 783 Docking

Bill Text
Clean coal technology, requests for proposal for future energy requirements of Kansas retail electric suppliers.

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Also tagged in: Coal, Counties, Counties, Fiscal Note, Local Government, Public Authorities, Securities, State Agencies, Uniform Laws
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Amend KRS 42.450 to eliminate the requirement that balances in the Local Government Economic Assistance Fund be invested in United States Government Securities maturing not later than one year from the date of investment, and to require that investment of the fund balances be governed by KRS 42.500.

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SB0515

SB0515 Sponsored by Pat Apple
Also tagged in: Administration, Air Quality Act, American Society Of Heating, Refrigerating And Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc, Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offset Act, Corporation Commission, Education, Electric Companies, Electric Generation Facilities, Electricity, Environment
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - S Died in committee

Bill Text
Electric generation, transmission and efficiency and air emissions.

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HB410

HB410 Sponsored by Leslie Combs
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Bonds, Public, Budget and Financial Administration, Coal, Economic Development, Economic Development, Fiscal Note, Local Government, Local Mandate, Technical Corrections
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.

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HB2711

HB2711 Sponsored by Ted Powers
Also tagged in: Administration, Air Quality Act, American Society Of Heating, Refrigerating And Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc, Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offset Act, Corporation Commission, Education, Electric Companies, Electric Generation Facilities, Electricity, Environment
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - H Hearing: Mon.2/4 & Tues. 2/5 (Prop) 9:00am, Rm 313-S

Bill Text
Electric generation, transmission and efficiency and air emissions.

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Also tagged in: Coal, Counties, Counties, Local Government, Taxation, Taxation, Taxation, Severance
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 42.4582 to direct that 100% of coal severance tax funds be distributed to the local government economic development fund; effective January 1, 2009.

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HB2632

HB2632 Sponsored by Ted Powers
Also tagged in: Comprehensive State Energy Conservation Plan, Conservation And Demand Management Programs, Corporation Commission, Electric Generation Facilities, Electricity, Environment Protection, Health And Environment, Holcomb, Investments, Kansas Air National Guard
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - H Died on General Orders in Senate

Bill Text
Energy efficiency, conservation and demand management programs at

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HB315

HB315 Sponsored by Ancel Smith
Also tagged in: Coal, Energy, Fuel, Fuel, Minerals and Mining, Surface Mining
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 351.127 to require two emergency medical or mine emergency technicians for surface mining operations with ten or more employees and one emergency medical or mine emergency technician for surface operations with less than ten employees.

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HB273

HB273 Sponsored by Keith Hall
Also tagged in: Coal, Minerals and Mining, Workers' Compensation
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 342.122 to eliminate the allocation of 19 million dollars each year from coal severance tax receipts to the reserve fund of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; amend KRS 42.4582, 42.4585, 164.7891, and 164.7901 to conform; repeal KRS 48.112.

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HB164

HB164 Sponsored by Don Pasley
Also tagged in: Coal, Environment and Conservation, Minerals and Mining, Waterways and Dams
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 350.450 to change requirements relating to restoration to original contour of surface mines, and to require that when all requirements of the amended KRS 350.450 are met that the configuration requirements of KRS 350.410 and 350.445 may be altered, but that overburden must be returned to mine area to the maximum extent possible and that other overburden is to be disposed of in permitted areas or previously mined areas, and that no overburden is to be disposed of in the waters of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 350.440 to provide that no spoil be disposed of in the waters of the Commonwealth, and that any spoil not returned to mine area be disposed of only in previously disturbed areas on lands eligible for reclamation under the abandoned mine land program.

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HB2412

HB2412 Sponsored by Peggy Mast
Also tagged in: Administration, Age, Alcohol, Apportionment, Bonds, Business, Caterers, Cereal Malt Beverages, Commerce, Corporation Commission
Latest Action: 06/02/2008 - H No motion to reconsider; Veto sustained

Bill Text
S Sub for H 2412 by Committee on Commerce -- Economic stimulus act of 2008.

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HB2219

HB2219 Sponsored by Ted Powers
Also tagged in: Contracts, Electricity, Health And Environment, Holcomb, Pollution, Post Audit, Power Resources, Public Health, Water Treatment
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - H Died in committee

Bill Text
Moratorium on construction of coal fired electric generation facilities.

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HB2066

HB2066 Sponsored by Ted Powers
Also tagged in: As It Relates To School District; Funding For Special Education; Medicaid Replacement State Aid, Cities, Corporation Commission, Electric Companies, Electricity, Energy Conservation Standards, Environment, Federal Clean Air Act, Governor, Health And Environment
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - H Died in conference committee

Bill Text
S Sub for H 2066 by Committee on Utilities - Electric generation, transmission, air emissions and regulatory reform.

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