SB 255/LM (BR 1617) - V. McGaha
AN ACT relating to county budgets.
Amend KRS 68.310, relating to county budgets, to decrease from sixty-five percent (65%) to fifty-five percent (55%) the amount of funds that can be expended during the first half of the fourth fiscal year of an administration; amend KRS 68.990 to specify penalties.
SB 255 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of the bill and require that criminal prosecutions and actions to recover civil penalties be brought in the jurisdiction where the violation occurred.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Amend Section 2(9)(a) to allow rather than require that civil penalties will be assessed on officers who violate the provisions of KRS 68.310 by expending more than fifty-five percent (55%) of the fourth year county budget.
HCA (1, S. Riggs) - Amend subsection (9)(a) to specify that provisions of Section 1 apply to any county or state officer who "knowingly and willfully" violates the provisions rather than "knowingly"; lower the penalties for offenses set out in subparagraphs 2. and 3. to Class B and Class A misdemeanors respectively.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Feb 29-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Mar 2-received in House
Mar 3-to Local Government (H)
Mar 10-posted in committee
Mar 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Mar 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Apr 14-posted for passage
