Legislative #6

2010 Legislative Report #6

March 5, 2010

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House Bills

AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 18A.205 to provide that a retiree who has been reemployed in a full-time position within state government on or after September 1, 2008, shall be eligible for life insurance benefits; amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to provide that the retirement systems shall add one or more fiscal years to the final compensation calculation for employees participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System on or after September 1, 2008, if the member does not have five complete fiscal years of service upon retirement; amend KRS 61.637 to make technical changes.

HB 145 - AMENDMENTS

HCS/LM/AA - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 15.400 to increase the maximum break in employment before loss of Peace Officer Professional Standards certification from 60 to 100 days for those peace officers who were deemed to have met the standards by virtue of employment on December 1, 1998.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
         Jan 5-introduced in House; to State Government (H)
     Jan 19-posted in committee
     Jan 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
     Feb 1-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 3, 2010
     Feb 3-3rd reading, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute
     Feb 4-received in Senate
     Feb 8-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 146/AA (BR 127) - M. Cherry, T. Riner, A. Simpson

AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.645 to require that two of the three members appointed by the Governor to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees possess ten years of investment experience and to define investment experience; amend KRS 61.650 to establish a five-member investment committee for the Kentucky Retirement Systems comprised of the two gubernatorial appointees with investment experience and three trustees appointed by the board chair; limit the amount of assets managed by a single external investment manager to no more than 15 percent of the systems' portfolio; amend KRS 16.642 and 78.790 to clarify that the investment committee established by KRS 61.650 is the investment committee for the State Police Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System; limit the amount of assets managed by a single external investment manager to no more than 15 percent of the systems' portfolio.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
          Jan 5-introduced in House; to State Government (H)
     Jan 19-posted in committee
     Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 5-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2010
     Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 99-0
     Feb 11-received in Senate
     Feb 16-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 153/LM (BR 494) - D. Floyd, M. Cherry, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Damron, C. Embry Jr., J. Greer, M. Harmon, B. Housman, J. Jenkins, A. Koenig, Ji. Lee, T. Moore, F. Nesler, T. Riner, C. Siler, J. Stewart III, B. Yonts

AN ACT relating to in-the-line-of-duty death benefits.
Amend KRS 61.315 to add that the spouse or dependents of an emergency responder volunteering for or employed by a licensed ambulance service under KRS Chapter 311A are eligible for a state death benefit when the emergency responder dies in the line of duty; requires the Board of Emergency Medical Services to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the statute; clarify "federal active duty".

(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 5-introduced in House; to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

HB 158/LM/CI (BR 99) - C. Rollins II

AN ACT relating to a city official's training program.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to define terms concerning a city officers training program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to permit a city to pass an ordinance creating a city officers training program and set out requirements for the ordinance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to provide for the designation of an administrator of the city officers training program for the city, set out the qualifications and duties of the administrator, and provide penalties for unlawful acts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to provide for ceasing participation in the program, disqualifying incentive payments from the program as being part of pay for retirement, the setting or raising of compensation, or for maximum compensation purposes; clarify that the provisions of the Act do not prohibit a city from creating alternative incentives for the training and educating of its officers and employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to provide that the Governor's Office for Local Development is to establish a list of approved administrators and set the process for doing so; provide that the office may deem itself an approved administrator; amend KRS 78.510 to conform; amend KRS 64.990 to specify Class D felony penalty for unlawful act.

HB 158 - AMENDMENTS

HCS (1/LM/CI) - Retain original provisions of the bill, but delete the definition in Section 1 referring to "fiscal year" and make all references in the bill relate to calendar year; amend Section 2 to provide that officials may accumulate incentives for up to four, rather than five, training units; amend Section 3 to require the city to provide a copy of its ordinance and a roster of eligible officers to its training program administrator, refine requirements for the administrator to consider when approving or disapproving a program for credit, require the administrator to approve or disapprove a program within 15 days rather than 5 days, with a 10 day extension under certain circumstances upon written notice to the applicant, specify that the city clerk is responsible for ensuring that the qualified officials are paid their due incentive payments, and include economic development as one of the topic examples of what an administrator shall approve as qualifying for credit.
HCS (2/LM) - Retain original provisions; delete Class D felony penalty.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
      Jan 5-introduced in House; to Education (H)
     Jan 11-reassigned to Local Government (H)
     Jan 15-posted in committee
     Jan 20-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
     Jan 21-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Judiciary (H)
     Jan 26-posting waived
     Jan 27-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2)
     Jan 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 1, 2010
     Feb 3-3rd reading, passed 91-3 with Committee Substitute (2)
     Feb 4-received in Senate
     Feb 8-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 170 (BR 430) - J. Jenkins, R. Crimm, D. Keene, S. Riggs

AN ACT relating to the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education and making an appropriation therefor.
Amend KRS 95A.020 to require regular meetings of the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education; provide that a member who misses three or more regular meetings in a year is deemed to have resigned; require the Governor to fill any vacancy within 90 days; amend KRS 95A 030 to specify that the commission elects officers yearly; amend KRS 95A.040 to allow the commission to support training and certification of professional firefighters.

HB 170 - AMENDMENTS

HFA (1, S. Riggs) - Amend House Bill 80 to allow member absences to be excused by the Fire Commission Chair; make a technical correction.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)

     Jan 5-introduced in House; to Local Government (H)
     Jan 21-posted in committee
     Jan 27-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Jan 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 1, 2010; floor amendment (1) filed
     Feb 3-3rd reading, passed 94-0 with floor amendment (1)
     Feb 4-received in Senate
     Feb 8-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 220 (BR 1104) - B. Yonts

AN ACT relating to certification of fire sprinkler inspectors.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B, relating to annual and renewal certification requirements and fees for fire sprinkler inspectors; provide for grandfather, waiver (reciprocity), inactive status, continuing education, administrative regulations, inspection standards, disciplinary, and certification revocation procedures.

     Jan 8-introduced in House
     Jan 11-to Labor & Industry (H)
     Jan 13-posting waived
     Jan 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Jan 15-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 21, 2010
     Jan 21-3rd reading, passed 99-0
     Jan 22-received in Senate
     Jan 25-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
     Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
     Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 18-recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

HB 227/LM (BR 935) - J. Jenkins

AN ACT relating to training for emergency personnel.
Amend KRS 95A.260 to make emergency medical technicians and paramedics in cities of the first class or in a consolidated local government eligible for supplemental distributions from the Professional Firefighters Foundation Program fund; amend KRS 311A.020 to provide for the certification and recertification of emergency medical technicians based on the requirements of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; amend KRS 95A.250 to conform.

     Jan 11-introduced in House
     Jan 13-to Local Government (H)
     Jan 22-posted in committee

HB 289/LM/AA (BR 25) - M. Cherry

AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 6.525, 16.645, 61.690, 78.545 161.700, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, the Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan to honor qualified domestic relations orders if the orders meet the requirements established by the retirement systems or plan and by these sections; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, 78.510, 161.220, and 21.540 to define a qualified domestic relations order as any judgment, decree, or order issued by a court or administrative agency which relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to an alternate payee and to define an alternate payee as a former spouse, child, or other dependent of a member or retired member of the retirement systems; amend KRS 161.620 to clarify that the minimum benefit payment will not apply if the order reduces the member's payment below the minimum; amend KRS 161.585 to provide procedures for responding to and providing testimony when an employee of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System is subpoenaed; amend KRS 161.700 to conform to KRS 403.190(4); amend KRS 21.540 to provide authorization for the Judicial Form Retirement System to promulgate administrative regulations.

          Jan 20-introduced in House
     Jan 21-to State Government (H)
     Jan 26-posted in committee
     Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Feb 5-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2010
     Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 98-0
     Feb 12-received in Senate
     Feb 16-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 311 (BR 1337) - R. Henderson

AN ACT relating to insurance payments for firefighters permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.
Amend KRS 95A.070 to provide a consumer price index adjustment to the health and life insurance supplement that the state makes to firefighters, as defined in KRS 61.315, who are permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.

         Jan 22-introduced in House
     Jan 26-to Local Government (H); posted in committee
     Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2010
     Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 99-0
     Feb 11-received in Senate
     Feb 16-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 320/AA (BR 1256) - F. Nesler, S. Rudy

AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.592 to add positions in juvenile facilities in the Department of Juvenile Justice that require routine face-to-face contact with juvenile offenders to the definition of hazardous duty for retirement purposes; create a new Section of KRS Chapter 15A.200 to 15A.245 to require the Justice Cabinet to request hazardous duty retirement coverage and to pay the hazardous duty employer contributions for those positions in juvenile facilities in the Department of Juvenile Justice that require routine face-to-face contact with juvenile offenders.

Jan 26-introduced in House
Jan 28-to State Government (H)

HB 329/LM/AA (BR 889) - J. Glenn

AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.542 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System cannot change their beneficiary designation for their retirement allowance on or after the first day of the month in which the member receives his or her first payment rather than on or after the date the State Treasurer issues the first payment; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to provide that a member or beneficiary of a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System cannot change their payment option for their retirement allowance on or after the first day of the month in which the member receives his or her first payment rather than on or after the date the State Treasurer issues the first payment; amend KRS 16.578, 61.630, and 61.640 to conform and to make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.642, 61.650, and 78.790 to provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems investment committee shall have authority to implement the investment policies adopted by the board rather than providing the committee with the authority to implement investment policies; authorize the change in registration of securities to be completed in accordance with written policies adopted by the Kentucky Retirement System's board rather than upon the signature of the board chair and executive director.

     Jan 27-introduced in House
     Jan 28-to State Government (H)
     Feb 2-posted in committee
     Feb 11-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Feb 12-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 16, 2010; floor amendment (1) filed
     Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with floor amendment (1)
     Feb 18-received in Senate
     Feb 22-to State & Local Government (S)

HB 386/LM (BR 162) - J. Bell

AN ACT relating to fireworks and making an appropriation therefor.
Repeal and reenact KRS 227.700 to 227.750 regarding fireworks to define terms; require permit to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, ship, or receive fireworks; prohibit consumer purchase of fireworks by mail order; prohibit issuance of permit to person under 18; establish $1,000 annual permit fee for manufacturer, distributor, retailer, wholesaler, and exhibitor, and $100 fee for seasonal retailer; authorize conduct of business associated with each permit; direct permit fees collected as expendable receipts of the fire prevention division; charge the state fire marshal with enforcement of chapter and grant authority to designate deputy fire marshal as fireworks enforcement officer; require the fire marshal to assign a number to each permit; require a permit holder to affix the number to all orders and invoices; require a consignee to a hold permit before shipping or delivering fireworks; authorize purchases only from a seller holding a permit; require a distributor, manufacturer, and wholesaler to keep accurate record of sales; direct that requests for retailer's or seasonal retailer's permits be accompanied by a statement that the sale of fireworks is permissible in the city, county, or other local jurisdiction; grant localities authority to restrict sale of fireworks by ordinance; permit the fire marshal to inspect the location for each permit and to revoke permits for violation of the chapter; direct that permits do not replace privilege licenses and the county clerk must require proof of a permit issued by state fire marshal prior to issuance of a state or county license; authorize permissible fireworks including those classified as D.O.T. Class C common fireworks and items that comply with construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and those permitted for use by the general public; establish conditions of sale and use of permissible fireworks; list exemptions to definition of fireworks; establish requirements for storage, location, and display of fireworks; require protection of fuses; create new sections of KRS Chapter 227 to forbid the retail sale of Class C fireworks to intoxicated person or persons under the age of 16; prohibit exploding or igniting fireworks from within a moving vehicle, within 600 feet of a church, hospital, asylum, or public school, or within 200 feet of a location where fireworks are stored or sold; prohibit the manufacture, possession, shipment, sale, and use of "illegal ground salutes"; establish conditions for seizure of fireworks as contraband and the process required prior to destroying; list exceptions to application of chapter; grant local governments control of sale and use of fireworks within their jurisdictions; require an exhibitor's license to perform outdoor fireworks display, proximate pyrotechnic display, or indoor or outdoor display using flame effects; establish conditions and application requirements for issuance of a permit and renewal; establish penalties and conditions for denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew exhibitor's license or certification; direct the fire marshal to establish a program of certification for an outdoor fireworks display operator, proximate pyrotechnic display operator, and flame effect display operator; direct the fire marshal to promulgate administrative regulations to establish scope and type of required examinations; allow for reciprocity; prohibit anyone other than a certified operator to perform an outdoor display using display or 1.4G fireworks; require a certified operator to be present during preparation for a display; prohibit an exhibitor or certified operator from performing outdoor fireworks display, proximate pyrotechnic display, or flame effect display except in accordance with NFPA regulations and administrative regulations promulgated by the state fire marshal; exempt individuals and organizations using Class C common fireworks for personal or display use; establish requirements for public displays, including permit application process; require fire personnel and extinguishers at each event; require the fire marshal to collect a permit fee from the sponsor for each event; require Class B fireworks to be stored in accordance with NFPA regulations and federal, state, and local laws; charge the fire marshal with the administration and enforcement of this chapter; direct the fire marshal to promulgate administrative regulations relating to licensing of exhibitors, certification of operators, training, examinations, manufacture, handling, and standards for storage and use, and the code for fireworks display; grant control of the legal sale and use of fireworks to local jurisdictions; create a fireworks advisory council, establish membership and duties; establish penalties for violation of fireworks section of chapter.

Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)

HB 418 (BR 1639) - A. Simpson, D. Ford

AN ACT relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts.
Amend KRS 43.050 to permit the Auditor of Public Accounts to investigate and examine all special districts and associations or organizations located in the Commonwealth if they are funded, in whole or in part, with federal or state moneys.

          Feb 10-introduced in House
     Feb 12-to Local Government (H)
     Feb 19-posted in committee
     Mar 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2010

HB 426/AA (BR 29) - J. Tilley

AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.645 and 161.250 to require the boards of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to establish a securities litigation policy; require the policy to include: processes for identifying and assessing the value of claims, guidelines for evaluating whether the systems should pursue litigation including establishing a working group comprised of the Attorney General and representatives from the systems to evaluate and make recommendations on potential claims to the board, authority for the Attorney General to submit a separate recommendation to the boards, procedures for selecting an evaluation counsel and a litigation counsel to review and litigate cases, authorization for the working group to establish policies to deal with potential conflicts of interest, processes for sharing information on securities litigation with the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System; exempt the working group meetings from open meetings laws; require the boards to review potential conflicts of interest that may involve a member of the working group and a potential vendor; amend KRS 11A.010 to add members of the working group to the definition of an "officer" under the Executive Branch Code of Ethics if the members are employees of an agency subject to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics.

          Feb 12-introduced in House
     Feb 17-to State Government (H); posting waived
     Mar 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

HB 438 (BR 1769) - A. Koenig, K. Flood

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.
Amend KRS 15.740 to provide that police officers receiving the KLEPF fund salary supplement shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces.

          Feb 16-introduced in House
     Feb 17-to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)
     Feb 22-posted in committee
     Mar 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendment (1)
     Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

HB 448/LM (BR 1648) - J. DeCesare, D. Ford

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for volunteer firefighters.
Create a new section for KRS Chapter 342 to increase income benefits for volunteer firefighters to 100% of their regular wages; apply the provision retroactively for all injuries beginning on January 1, 2009; permit claimants to reopen claims to increase income benefits for injuries arising from January 1, 2009 through the effective date of this Act.

Feb 17-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Labor & Industry (H)

HB 462/LM (BR 1589) - J. Glenn

AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and making an appropriation therefor.
Amend and create various sections of KRS Chapter 65 to add definitions; create the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority; establish a board of directors to manage the authority; establish an executive director of 911 emergency communications and expand duties to include next generation 911 and reflect other technical changes; give the authority the ability to issue bonds; establish the Kentucky 911 fund; change the duties of the board to reflect needs of next generation 911 system; include new items to be implemented by administrative regulation by the board; require the board to gather information to recommend an equitable 911 funding procedure on or before July 1, 2011; establish a 911 service charge; amend the distribution formula for the 911 fund to allow the servicing of debt from bonds issued by the authority; make technical changes required by the transition to a next generation 911 system; include regulations that local governments must follow with regard to use of 911 funds collected under KRS 65.760; amend KRS 39G.040 to conform.

Feb 19-introduced in House
Feb 22-to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)

HB 493/LM/CI (BR 1406) - J. Jenkins

AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees and making an appropriation therefor.
Create an omnibus collective bargaining bill for public employees.

        Feb 24-introduced in House
     Feb 26-to Labor & Industry (H)
     Mar 1-posted in committee

HB 524/LM (BR 1988) - K. Sinnette

AN ACT relating to deaths in the line of duty.
Amend KRS 95.860 relating to retirement benefits for a surviving spouse, minor children, and parents of a police officer or firefighter who dies due to occupational causes to increase benefit for surviving spouse from 25% to 50% of the deceased member's salary and increase benefit from 75% to 100% of deceased member's salary for combined payments to the surviving spouse and surviving minor children; increase benefit from 25% to 50% of member's last rate of salary for a parent if there are no other eligible survivors, or 755 for two parents if there are no other eligible survivors.

Feb 25-introduced in House
Feb 26-to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)

HB 535 (BR 2086) - T. Riner, L. Clark, R. Adkins, T. Burch, R. Damron, C. Miller, D. Owens, S. Riggs, J. Stacy, G. Stumbo, R. Weston

AN ACT relating to the emergency ambulance services provided by fire protection districts.
Amend KRS 75.040 to permit fire protection districts located within the territorial boundaries of a consolidated local government to operate an emergency ambulance service; amend KRS 216B.020 to exclude emergency ambulance services operated by fire protection districts located within the territorial boundaries of a consolidated local government from the certificate of need process.

          Feb 25-introduced in House
     Feb 26-to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)
     Mar 3-reassigned to Local Government (H)

HB 538/LM (BR 1832) - R. Nelson

AN ACT relating to local government personnel.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to require counties, charter counties, and unified local governments to create a civil service commission by ordinance; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 90 to require cities of the second through sixth class that have one or more full-time employees to create a civil service commission by ordinance; amend KRS 95.442 and 96.530 to conform.

Feb 26-introduced in House
Mar 2-to Local Government (H)

HB 555 (BR 1970) - J. Jenkins

AN ACT relating to public safety.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 198B to require installation of carbon monoxide alarms in the sleeping areas of all single-family dwellings and multifamily dwellings; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2011.

     Mar 1-introduced in House
     Mar 2-to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)
     Mar 3-reassigned to Health & Welfare (H)
     Mar 4-posted in committee

HB 595 (BR 375) - M. Cherry

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.
Amend KRS 39E.010 to authorize the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission to appoint technical advisory boards for all hazards-related preparation, response, and recovery; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39E to direct the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission to create a cost-recovery program.

Mar 2-introduced in House
Mar 4-to State Government (H)

Senate Bills

SB 51/AA (BR 844) - J. Higdon, D. Thayer, J. Westwood

AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 6.525, relating to legislative retirement, to prevent members of the General Assembly from consolidating their accounts under various retirement systems for the purpose of determining benefits.

SB 51 - AMENDMENTS

SCS/AA - Amend KRS 6.525, relating to legislative retirement, to prevent members of the General Assembly who retire and begin receiving benefits after the effective date of the Act from consolidating their accounts under various retirement systems for the purpose of determining benefits; declare an EMERGENCY.
SCA (1/Title, J. Higdon) - Make title amendment.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)

     Jan 5-introduced in Senate
     Jan 6-to State & Local Government (S)
     Jan 11-taken from committee; 1st reading; returned to State & Local Government (S)
     Jan 12-taken from committee; 2nd reading; returned to State & Local Government (S)
     Jan 13-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 13, 2010; 3rd reading, passed 21-17 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
     Jan 14-received in House
     Jan 20-to State Government (H)

SB 124/LM/AA (BR 1295) - K. Stine

AN ACT relating to local government participation in the state health plans.
Amend KRS 78.530 to allow agencies who are established by a merger or interlocal agreement consisting or at least one agency who participated in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or before April 9, 2002, to be exempt from the requirement of signing a contract for employee health insurance with the Personnel Cabinet as a condition of participation in CERS and to apply the provisions to existing agencies established before the effective date of the Act.

     Feb 1-introduced in Senate
     Feb 3-to State & Local Government (S)
     Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 23-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 25, 2010
     Feb 25-passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
     Feb 26-passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
     Mar 1-passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
     Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 36-2; received in House
     Mar 4-to State Government (H)

SB 162/LM (BR 1625) - T. Buford

AN ACT relating to fire protection subdistricts.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to allow for the dissolution of fire protection subdistricts.

Feb 19-introduced in Senate
Feb 22-to State & Local Government (S)

SB 165 (BR 1596) - D. Seum

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.
Amend KRS 15.460 and 15.470 to provide that police officers receiving KLEPF fund salary supplements shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces.

         Feb 22-introduced in Senate
     Feb 24-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
     Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Feb 26-2nd reading, to Rules
     Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 3, 2010
     Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 38-0
     Mar 4-received in House

SB 191 (BR 2039) - C. Gibson

AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and making an appropriation therefor.
Amend KRS 65.7621 to add new definitions; create new sections of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to create the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority and establish the board of directors; amend KRS 65.7623 to provide the board of directors take over for the CMRS Board; amend KRS 65.7625 to establish an executive director of 911 emergency communications and provide that the director assist with the development of a next generation 911 strategy; amend KRS 65.7627 to establish the 911 fund to be made up of 911 service charges and prepaid wireless service charges; amend KRS 65.7629 to exempt from prepaid wireless services from the 911 service charge and make technical changes; amend KRS 65.7631 to make technical changes; amend KRS 65.7633 to require the board to establish procedures for the submission of a state 911 plan, including the development of a next generation 911 system; create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 requiring the board to recommend an equitable 911 funding procedure before July 1, 2011; amend KRS 65.7635 to conform; amend KRS 65.7635 to remove language relating to prepaid CMRS services, which will take effect on January 1, 2011; create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to create definitions for this section, provide a mechanism for a 1.4% prepaid wireless service charge to be assessed at the point of sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications services; provide that sellers remit the prepaid wireless service charge to the Department of Revenue, which shall forward the funds to the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority; amend KRS 65.7639 and 65.7641 to conform; repeal KRS 39G.040; provide that Sections 11 and 12, relating to prepaid wireless service charges, are effective as of January 1, 2011.

Mar 3-introduced in Senate

SB 220/LM (BR 2025) - T. Jensen

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 342 regarding workers' compensation to limit income and medical benefits to age 70 or 5 years after injury, change time for reopenings, and increase attorney fees; modify the income benefits in KRS 342.730; allow retention for sitting board members; create study group for medical issues.

Mar 4-introduced in Senate