00RS SB23

SB23

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SB 23 (BR 327) - D. Adams

     AN ACT relating to economic development.
     Amend KRS 154.22-040 to extend Kentucky Rural Economic Development Assistance to companies for a second year, rather than one year, following the year in which the authority decertified a county.

SB 23 - AMENDMENTS


     SFA (1, G. Freeman) - Attach the provisions of SB 173.
     HFA (1, M. Cherry) - Amend KRS 242.185 to allow a local option election in a dry city or county to approve the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at restaurants that meet certain criteria.
     HFA (2, P. Worthington) - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 154.22-040 to include counties with income from the sale of tobacco produced in that county that constitutes greater than 5% of the total personal income in that county for the calendar year 1997 to be eligible for KREDA benefits in KRS 154.22-010 to 154.22-070 for a designated period of time; amend KRS 154.22-050 to conform.
     HFA (3, P. Worthington) - Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS 154 to establish the tobacco warehouse economic revitalization project and make counties participating in project eligible for benefits under KRS 42.455, 4.4588, 45.350 to 45.539, 103.200 to 103.285, 154.12-050 to 154.12-100, 154.22-010 to 154.22-080, and any other programs administered by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority under KRS 154; create a new section of subchapter 20 of KRS 154 to allow tobacco warehouse owners to sell the warehouse and property to the county or city and reinvest the capital in new economic development projects; amend KRS 42.455 to allow grants from the Local Government Economic Assistance Program for promotion of the tobacco warehouse economic revitalization project; amend KRS 42.4588 to allow grants from the Local Government Economic Development Program for promotion of the tobacco warehouse economic revitalization project; amend KRS 45.3535 to set aside 10% of the CDBG program to fund tobacco warehouse economic revitalization project; amend KRS 154.12-100 to allow promotion of the tobacco warehouse economic revitalization project in the economic development bond program; amend KRS 154.20-170 to include business enterprises benefiting from a tobacco warehouse economic revitalization project as a priority for the programs administered by KEDFA; amend KRS 154.22-040 to include counties with income from the sale of tobacco produced in that county that constitutes greater than 5% of the total personal income in that county for the calendar year 1997 to be eligible for KREDA benefits under KRS 154.22-010 to 154.22-070 and that a company shall be eligible for incentives offered under KREDA if the company sells a warehouse to the county or city and reinvest that capital in new economic development projects; amend KRS 154.22-050 to conform.
     HFA (4/P, J. Hoover) - Attach the provisions of SB 394/GA to SB 23/GA.
     HFA (5/P, J. Hoover) - Attach the provisions of SB 394/GA to SB 23/GA; declare an EMERGENCY.
     HFA (6/Title, J. Hoover) - Make title amendment.
     HFA (7/P, P. Bather) - Revise the committee substitute as follows; clarify that characterization of releases will be conducted in accordance with KRS 224.01-400(18) and 224.01-405; declare that properties excluded from the program include properties that are part of or contain RCRA permitted properties; exclude from the program property subject to enforcement action relating to any release rather than a release of hazardous substances; exclude property presenting an environmental emergency rather than property presenting an environmental emergency as a result of a release of a hazardous substance or oil; require an applicant to identify any hazardous substance and petroleum released or believed to be released; clarify that a characterization plan is of all releases or threatened releases; require the applicant to agree in the agreed order to identify any hazardous substance and any petroleum released or believed to be released and allow the applicant to withdraw from the agreed order prior to the issuance of the covenant not to sue and any other provisions determined as necessary by the cabinet rather than as agreed to by the parties to protect health, safety, and the environment; include in the corrective action plan a requirement to update the corrective action plan if new releases are discovered or caused by the characterization; delay effectiveness of the covenant not to sue until the requirements of the agreed order and the corrective action plan are in the deed; clarify that the covenant does not apply to claims based on the applicant's failure to comply as required, liability resulting from the applicant's exacerbation of the release, or petroleum storage tanks; delete allowing the cabinet to require additional remediation if the cabinet makes a demonstration; expand the circumstances to which the covenant shall not apply to include claims or liability based on misrepresentation, liability for any conditions not known to the cabinet, claims based on changes in scientific knowledge, and mistakes by the cabinet; revise the use of the Region 9 Preliminary Remediation Goals.
     HFA (8, G. Stumbo) - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to permit the Legislative Research Commission to declare an emergency and administer the legislative branch of government with public funds not to exceed appropriations provided for the immediately preceding fiscal year if general appropriations bill for the legislative branch is not enacted; permit the Chief Justice to declare an emergency and administer the judicial branch of government with public funds not to exceed appropriations provided for the immediately preceding fiscal year if general appropriations bill for the judicial branch is not enacted; restrict authorizations to maximum of one fiscal year; require investment of revenues received in excess of appropriations.
     HFA (9, G. Stumbo) - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to permit the Governor to declare an emergency and administer the government with public funds not to exceed appropriations provided for the immediately preceding fiscal year if a general appropriations bill is not enacted; restrict authorization to maximum of one fiscal year; require investment of revenues received in excess of appropriation.
     HFA (10/Title, G. Stumbo) - Change title to "AN ACT relating to state government".

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s) indicated with a recommendation for passage by the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism)

     Jan 4-introduced in Senate
     Jan 5-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
     Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
     Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 18-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2000
     Feb 23-3rd reading; floor amendment (1) withdrawn ; passed 38-0
     Feb 24-received in House
     Feb 25-to Economic Development (H)
     Mar 10-posted in committee
     Mar 22-floor amendment (1) filed
     Mar 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Mar 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 27, 2000
     Mar 27-floor amendments (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6-title) filed ; 3rd reading; returned to the Orders of the Day
     Mar 28-floor amendment (7) filed
     Mar 29-floor amendments (8) (9) and (10-title) filed ; 3rd reading; floor amendments (2) (3) and (7) ruled not germane ; passed 79-1 with floor amendments (5) and (6-title)
     Apr 11-received in Senate


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