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HB 507 (BR 1454) - H. Moberly, J. Richards, J. Barrows, J. Callahan, L. Clark, G. Stumbo
AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.
The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $113,803,200 for fiscal year 2001-02; $18,046,982,000 in fiscal year 2002-03; $17,550,332,600 in fiscal year 2003-04, as follows:
Government Operations
2001-02 $ 7,500,000
2002-03 $ 543,330,700
2003-04 $ 549,456,500
Economic Development
2001-02 $ 351,500
2002-03 $ 19,923,900
2003-04 $ 20,240,100
Education
2002-03 $3,309,210,500
2003-04 $3,401,575,800
Education, Arts, and Humanities
2002-03 $ 223,800,900
2003-04 $ 236,699,100
Cabinet for Families and Children
2002-03 $ 960,419,400
2003-04 $ 994,302,800
Finance and Administration
2002-03 $ 421,776,600
2003-04 $ 426,257,800
Cabinet for Health Services
2002-03 $4,049,770,300
2003-04 $4,048,879,000
Justice Cabinet
2001-02 $ 7,154,200
2002-03 $ 637,110,700
2003-04 $ 655,196,700
Labor Cabinet
2002-03 $ 272,775,400
2003-04 $ 271,700,700
Natural Resource and Environmental Protection
2002-03 $ 153,886,800
2003-04 $ 160,349,400
Personnel Cabinet
2002-03 $ 39,019,600
2003-04 $ 41,328,600
Postsecondary Education
2002-03 $3,316,219,800
2003-04 $3,470,440,100
Public Protection and Regulation
2002-03 $ 160,722,700
2003-04 $ 163,197,900
Revenue
2002-03 $ 101,352,900
2003-04 $ 102,599,600
Tourism Development
2001-02 $ 700,000
2002-03 $ 161,774,000
2003-04 $ 166,893,000
Transportation
2001-02 $ 49,626,000
2002-03 $1,693,687,200
2003-04 $1,721,861,700
Workforce Development
2001-02 $ 11,632,500
2002-03 $ 739,169,400
2003-04 $ 742,867,800;
Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows:
Capital Projects
2001-02 $ 36,839,000
2002-03 $1,117,431,200
2003-04 $ 267,386,000;
direct that appropriations for existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2002, except under specified conditions; authorize certain bond projects that may not be sold prior to January, 1, 2003; provide for lapse of General Fund appropriated debt service under certain conditions; allow funding of capital projects from specified funding sources; direct use of investment income from bond proceeds and the Technology Trust Fund; authorize an Agency Bond Pool totaling $66,800,000 under specified conditions and uses; provide for the Research Challenge Trust Fund and the Regional University Excellence Trust Fund; extend the matching requirement for the Capital Renewal and Maintenance Pool to June 30, 2004; direct the use and issuance of economic development bonds; provide appropriation and reporting of certain capital projects; appropriate funds for the Energy Efficiency in State Government Building Revolving Loan Fund; redirect funds previously provided for the Red Fox golf course; provide for the recording, reporting, allotment, and expenditure of appropriated funds; provide for the deposit of Restricted Funds and Federal Funds; prohibit the transfer of funds between budget units unless specifically authorized and upon review and determination by the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; provide that no appropriation from any fund source shall exceed the sum specified until the agency has submitted required documentation to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue for review and action under KRS 48.630; provide that questions relating to interpreting any appropriation be decided by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide that within 60 days upon adjournment of the 2002 General Assembly, the Governor's Office for Policy and Management shall prepare a final budget document based on the proposed State/Executive Branch Budget, the statutory budget memorandum, and other acts that contain appropriation provisions as enacted by the 2002 General Assembly, and other supporting documentation and legislative records as considered by the 2002 General Assembly; provide that the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet monitor and report on the financial condition of the Commonwealth under KRS 48.400; authorize the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a formula to prorating certain administrative costs; require Road Fund resources be utilized to meet the lease rental payments of the Kentucky Turnpike Authority for Resource Recovery Road projects; direct that confirmation or ratification of executive orders must be confirmed or ratified in another Act of the 2002 Regular Session of the General Assembly; provide that the employer contribution for KERS includes the revenues received from the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield demutualization agreement and therefore shall be no more than 3.76 percent for non hazardous duty employees, 17.60 percent for hazardous duty employees, and 17.37 for State Police for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, and shall be no more than 5.89 percent for nonhazardous duty employees, 18.84 percent for hazardous duty employees, and 21.58 for State Police for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet in conjunction with the Consensus Forecasting Group to provide a budget planning report by August 15, 2003; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide estimates relating to the General Fund and Road Fund and loss of revenues effected by tax expenditures; provide that the first $6,000,000 of unclaimed prize money is to be retained by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation for specified purposes and amounts in excess of $6,000,000 be transferred to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in each fiscal year; provide for carry-forward of undesignated General Fund balances; provide for the funding and uses of the Technology Trust Fund; provide for the confirmation and adoption of the General Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 01-01 and 01-02 for FY 2000-01 and General Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 02-01 and 02-02 for FY 2001-02 and the Road Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 01-01 and 01-02 for FY 2000-01 and Road Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 02-01 and 02-02 for FY 2001-02; limit the total number of filled permanent positions within the Executive Branch to the number authorized in the budget; provide a 2.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment in each fiscal year for each eligible state employee on their anniversary date; provide for identification and filling of positions not funded within the budget; provide for funds transfers to the General Fund totaling $2,500,000 in FY 2001-02, $145,400,000 in FY 2002-03, and $42,000,000 in FY 2003-04; provide for a General Fund Budget Reduction Plan, a Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan, and a Road Fund Surplus Plan; provide conditions, directives, and mandates for implementation of the budget plan; provide for a General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; and provide for identification and appropriation of Phase I Master Settlement Tobacco Settlement funds totaling $125,600,000 in FY 2002-03 and $109,100,000 in FY 2003-04.
HB 507 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/Analysis - AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $77,226,200 for fiscal year 2001-02; $17,001,481,700 in fiscal year 2002-03; $17,357,401,500 in fiscal year 2003-04, as follows: Government Operations 2001-02 $7,930,000 2002-03 $604,679,600 2003-04 $599,688,500 Economic Development 2001-02 $351,500 2002-03 $19,923,900 2003-04 $20,240,100 Education 2002-03 $3,337,092,000 2003-04 $3,430,029,900 Education, Arts, and Humanities 2002-03 $228,531,900 2003-04 $ 246,012,500 Cabinet for Families and Children 2002-03 $967,682,200 2003-04 $997,884,100 Finance and Administration 2002-03 $426,388,600 2003-04 $430,798,800 Cabinet for Health Services 2002-03 $4,080,109,100 2003-04 $4,078,361,300 Justice Cabinet 2001-02 $7,154,200 2002-03 $636,962,900 2003-04 $655,111,500 Labor Cabinet 2002-03 $291,775,400 2003-04 $290,700,700 Natural Resource and Environmental Protection 2002-03 $162,686,800 2003-04 $169,149,400 Personnel Cabinet 2002-03 $39,019,600 2003-04 $41,328,600 Postsecondary Education 2002-03 $3,3323,583,300 2003-04 $3,480,854,700 Public Protection and Regulation 2002-03 $180,377,900 2003-04 $180,178,800 Revenue 2002-03 $104,452,900 2003-04 $102,599,600 Tourism Development 2001-02 $714,000 2002-03 $164,714,000 2003-04 $169,733,000 Transportation 2001-02 $49,626,000 2002-03 $1,694,332,200 2003-04 $1,721,861,700 Workforce Development 2001-02 $11,450,500 2002-03 $739,169,400 2003-04 $742,867,800; Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: Capital Projects 2001-02 $39,039,000 2002-03 $1,192,452,300 2003-04 $267,786,000; direct that appropriations for existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2002, except under specified conditions; authorizes certain bond projects may not be sold prior to January, 1, 2003; provide for lapse of General Fund appropriated debt service under certain conditions; allow funding of capital projects from specified funding sources; direct use of investment income from bond proceeds and the Technology Trust Fund; authorize an Agency Bond Pool totaling $66,800,000 under specified conditions and uses; provide for the Research Challenge Trust Fund and the Regional University Excellence Trust Fund; extend the matching requirement for the Capital Renewal and Maintenance Pool to June 30, 2004; direct the use and issuance of economic development bonds; provide appropriation and reporting of certain capital projects; appropriate funds for the Energy Efficiency in State Government Building Revolving Loan Fund; redirect funds previously provided for the Red Fox golf course; provide that coal severance and community development projects authorized in the 2000 General Assembly sessions do not have to be reauthorized or reallocated; provide for the recording, reporting, allotment, and expenditure of appropriated funds; provide for the deposit of Restricted Funds and Federal Funds; prohibit the transfer of funds between budget units unless specifically authorized and upon review and determination by the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; provide that no appropriation from any fund source shall exceed the sum specified until the agency has submitted required documentation to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue for review and action under KRS 48.630; provide that questions relating to interpreting any appropriation be decided by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide that within 60 days upon adjournment of the 2002 General Assembly the Governor's Office for Policy and Management shall prepare a final budget document based on the proposed State/Executive Branch Budget, the statutory budget memorandum, and other acts that contain appropriation provisions as enacted by the 2002 General Assembly, and other supporting documentation and legislative records as considered by the 2002 General Assembly; provide that the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet monitor and report on the financial condition of the Commonwealth under KRS 48.400; authorize the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a formula to prorating certain administrative costs; require Road Fund resources be utilized to meet the lease rental payments of the Kentucky Turnpike Authority for Resource Recovery Road projects; direct that confirmation or ratification of executive orders must be confirmed or ratified in another Act of the 2002 Regular Session of the General Assembly; provide that the employer contribution for KERS includes the revenues received from the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield demutualization agreement and therefore shall be no more than 3.76 percent for non hazardous duty employees, 17.60 percent for hazardous duty employees, and 17.37 for State Police for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, and shall be no more than 5.89 percent for non hazardous duty employees, 18.84 percent for hazardous duty employees, and 21.58 for State Police for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet in conjunction with the Consensus Forecasting Group to provide a budget planning report by August 15, 2003; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide estimates relating to the General Fund and Road Fund and loss of revenues effected by tax expenditures; provide that the first $6,000,000 of unclaimed prize money to be retained by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation for specified purposes and amounts in excess of $6,000,000 be transferred to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in each fiscal year; provide for carry forward of undesignated General Fund balances; provide for the funding and uses of the Technology Trust Fund; provide for the confirmation and adoption of the General Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 01-01 and 01-02 for FY 2000-01 and General Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 02-01 and 02-02 for FY 2001-02 and the Road Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 01-01 and 01-02 for FY 2000-01 and Road Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 02-01 and 02-02 for FY 2001-02; provide a Deputy Clerk Career Ladder for the Judicial Branch; provide a tax credit for race tracks; waive sovereign immunity for motor vehicles covered under government agencies; provide that funds remaining in flexible spending accounts of local school district employees for calendar years 2001, 2002, and 2003 be transferred to the General Fund; limit the total number of filled permanent positions within the Executive Branch to the number authorized in the Act; provide a 2.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment in each fiscal year for each eligible state employee on their anniversary date; provide for identification and filling of positions not funded within the Act; provide for funds transfers to the General Fund totaling $16,500,000 in FY 2001-02, $170,622,100 in FY 2002-03, and $62,916,600 in FY 2003-04; provide for a General Fund Budget Reduction Plan, a Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan, and a Road Fund Surplus Plan; provide conditions, directives, and mandates for implementation of the budget plan; provide for a General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; and provide for identification and appropriation of Phase I Master Settlement Tobacco Settlement funds totaling $125,600,000 in FY 2002-03 and $109,100,000 in FY 2003-04.
HFA (1, C. Siler) - Transfer $300,000 in each fiscal year from the Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis Fund to fund medical residency positions at Morehead and Corbin hospitals.
HFA (2, J. Coleman) - Delete the increase in the fee imposed on charitable gaming.
HFA (3, J. Vincent) - Require Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists to promulgate regulations before raising licensing and renewal fees.
HFA (4, B. Yonts) - Realign Muhlenberg County highway projects within the 2002-04 Biennial Highway Plan.
HFA (5, B. Yonts) - Realigns moneys from Coal Severance Tax Receipts Capital Projects appropriated for Muhlenberg County - Construction of Interstate Ramp at Highway 175 and Western Parkway at Graham to the City of Greenville to provide for a mini park/green space between the existing court house and the new Judicial Center, and for new sidewalks and curbing around the Center.
HFA (6/FN/P, S. Nunn) - Provide that commercial printers or mailers are not required to collect use tax on sales of printing or direct mail advertising materials that are both printed out of state and delivered out of state for mass mailing to third party Kentucky residents; provide that the purchaser is still liable for the tax.
HFA (7, B. Colter) - Appropriate $290,000 in fiscal year 2002-2003 and $299,000 in fiscal year 2003-2004 to support program operations at the Leslie County Center for Hazard Community College. Deduct like amounts from the Council on Postsecondary Education budget unit.
HFA (8, J. Wayne) - Prohibit the expenditure of appropriations or other available funds for the purpose of executions.
HFA (9, J. Wayne) - Prohibit the expenditure of appropriations or other available funds on executions of persons sentenced to death prior to July 13, 1990, and are determined to be mentally retarded.
HFA (10, J. Wayne) - Prohibit the expenditure of appropriations or other available funds on executions of persons who are between the ages of 16 and 18 at the time of the offense.
HFA (11, J. Turner) - Specify allocations of local government economic development fund single county account monies for Harlan County.
HFA (12, M. Treesh) - Provide that funds in flexible spending accounts of employees of local school district 145 that remain after all reimbursements shall remain in the district, if the funds are used for additional health benefits.
HFA (13, M. Treesh) - Provide that funds in flexible spending accounts of employees of local school districts that remain after all reimbursements shall remain in the district, if the funds are used for additional health benefits.
HFA (14, J. Turner) - Specify allocations of local government economic development fund single county account monies for Harlan County.
HFA (15, B. Smith) - Specify allocations of local government economic development fund single county account monies for Perry County.
HFA (16, J. Lee) - Transfer Phase I - Tobacco Settlement Funds from the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse to the Department of Health for Early Childhood and Mental Health.
HFA (17, H. Moberly) - Amend to provide for technical changes relating to the Executive Branch Budget; reauthorize and reallocate coal severance tax receipts and capital projects; reauthorize and reallocate highway capital projects; specify amounts to be provided from funds appropriated to the Department of Education; direct that the Cabinet for Health Services report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue and the Office of State Budget Director of actions taken in the event of a deficit in the Medicaid program.
HFA (18, R. Palumbo) - Specify that local school districts that did not get an offer of assistance during the 2000-2002 biennium get an offer during the 2002-2004 biennium based on the facility plan and unmet need.
HFA (19, H. Cornett) - Specify allocation of local government economic development fund single county account monies for Letcher County.
HFA (20, E. Ballard) - Specify allocation of local government economic development fund single county account monies for Hopkins County.
HFA (21, J. Fischer) - Prohibit moneys appropriated in the State/Executive Branch Budget from being expended for the purpose of human cloning or experimentation on human embryos; define human cloning; direct that an amount equal to the expenditures be returned to the credit of the General Fund by agencies that violate this provision.
HFA (22, J. Fischer) - Prohibit moneys appropriated in the State/Executive Branch Budget from being expended for the purpose of human cloning or experimentation on human embryos; define human cloning.
HFA (23, F. Nesler) - Amend to provide that the appropriation by the 2000 General Assembly in the amount of $2,000,000 in Bond Funds for fiscal year 2001-2002 (2000 Ky Acts, Ch. 549, Part II, R. Community Development Projects, 1. Finance and Administration Cabinet, number 661, Aquaculture Infrastructure Components), in accordance with the provisions of Part II 1. (4) Capital Project Budget Provisions, of this Act, is reauthorized and reallocated in fiscal year 2002-2003 to be administered by the Governor's Office of Agriculture Policy as follows: $600,000 to the Purchase Area Aquaculture Cooperative of which $450,000 is to be used for the purchase and installation of processing equipment, and the remaining $150,000 is to be used to complete the pond cost share program for farmers that were deemed qualified but due to rankings did not get funded; $1,000,000 to the Kentucky State University Aquaculture Program of which $900,000 is to be used for shrimp research and development, and $100,000 is to be used for bass research and development; and $400,000 to the Aquaculture Facility in Montgomery County.
HFA (24, J. Coleman) - Amend to delete the increase of the fee imposed on charitable gaming and adjust subtotals and totals accordingly.
HFA (25, B. Crall) - Provides $100,000 in each fiscal year for additional and equitable health benefits for local school district number 145. Deducts like amounts from the health insurance and life insurance coverage for employees of local school districts in each fiscal year.
HFA (26, B. Crall) - Provides $100,000 in each fiscal year for additional and equitable health benefits for local school district number 145. Deducts like amounts from the Family Resource and Youth Service Center Program in each fiscal year.
HFA (27, B. Crall) - Adds $100,00 each fiscal year for additional and equitable health benefits for local school district number 145. Deducts like amounts from the Extended School Services Program.
HFA (28, R. Wilkey) - Provide, in addition to all other reporting requirements of KRS Chapters 121 and 121A, that all gubernatorial slates, slates' campaign committees, or slates' fundraisers shall file reports within 24 hours of transactions made during the 28 days preceding a primary or regular election, or made during the 14 days immediately preceding a runoff primary, including contributions from the personal moneys of a member of a slate, any deposit of personal moneys to the slate's campaign account, or any expenditure for advertising; provide that, notwithstanding KRS Chapter 121 or 121A, a slate receiving an election fund transfer that has received qualifying contributions in excess of the maximum threshold qualifying amount may elect, in lieu of disposing of qualifying contributions in the manner provided by KRS 121A.060, to retain contributions up to the expenditure limit or place contributions in a reserve account; provide that if the slate retains the contributions up to the expenditure limit, any matching funds shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar; provide that if the slate places the contributions in a reserve account, the funds shall remain in the reserve account until a nonparticipating slate exceeds the contribution or expenditure limit in a primary, runoff primary, or general election, and then the qualifying slate may transfer the funds to the campaign account and the funds shall then become qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving matching transfers from the fund; provide for transfer of funds to Registry of Election Finance for deposit in the election campaign fund of all excess contributions in the reserve account if no nonparticipating slate exceeds the contribution or expenditure limit, except that if qualifying slate wins the primary and has a reserve account balance, the slate may transfer funds from the reserve account to the campaign account, up to the maximum threshold qualifying amount and those funds may become qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving transfers from the election campaign fund for the regular election, or if a qualifying slate is involved in a runoff primary and has a reserve account balance at the end of the primary, then the slate may transfer funds from the reserve account to the campaign account and those funds may become qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving transfers from the election campaign fund for the runoff primary; provide for definition of "reserve account"; provide that in a runoff primary election, qualifying slates released from the expenditure limits shall be eligible for transfers from the fund in excess of $300,000, may accept qualifying contributions for the runoff primary, and any funds transferred from a reserve account to a campaign account shall be qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving 2 for 1 matching fund transfers; provide that no slate of candidates shall receive contributions within 14 days of a primary or general election, or within 7 days of a runoff primary.
SCS/Analysis - AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $114,477,200 for fiscal year 2001-02; $18,270,413,000 in fiscal year 2002-03; $17,643,225,200 in fiscal year 2003-04, as follows: Government Operations 2001-02 $7,942,000 2002-03 $594,037,600 2003-04 $601,719,500 Economic Development 2001-02 $351,500 2002-03 $19,923,900 2003-04 $20,240,100 Education 2002-03 $3,347,199,600 2003-04 $3,441,429,500 Education, Arts, and Humanities 2002-03 $228,531,900 2003-04 $ 247,910,000 Cabinet for Families and Children 2002-03 $967,682,200 2003-04 $997,884,100 Finance and Administration 2002-03 $426,138,600 2003-04 $429,548,800 Cabinet for Health Services 2002-03 $4,080,109,100 2003-04 $4,078,361,300 Justice Cabinet 2001-02 $7,154,200 2002-03 $634,612,900 2003-04 $654,942,500 Labor Cabinet 2002-03 $291,775,400 2003-04 $290,700,700 Natural Resource and Environmental Protection 2002-03 $162,886,800 2003-04 $169,349,400 Personnel Cabinet 2002-03 $39,019,600 2003-04 $41,328,600 Postsecondary Education 2002-03 $3,323,883,300 2003-04 $3,477,313,600 Public Protection and Regulation 2002-03 $179,851,400 2003-04 $180,179,790,500 Revenue 2002-03 $104,964,900 2003-04 $103,135,600 Tourism Development 2001-02 $714,000 2002-03 $161,513,900 2003-04 $169,963,000 Transportation 2001-02 $49,626,000 2002-03 $1,693,687,200 2003-04 $1,721,861,700 Workforce Development 2001-02 $11,450,500 2002-03 $739,169,400 2003-04 $742,867,800; Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: Capital Projects 2001-02 $37,239,000 2002-03 $1,272,425,300 2003-04 $274,878,000; direct that appropriations for existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2002, except under specified conditions; authorize certain bond projects may not be sold prior to January, 1, 2003; provide for lapse of General Fund appropriated debt service under certain conditions; allow funding of capital projects from specified funding sources; direct use of investment income from bond proceeds and the Technology Trust Fund; authorize an Agency Bond Pool totaling $66,800,000 under specified conditions and uses; provide for the Research Challenge Trust Fund and the Regional University Excellence Trust Fund; extend the matching requirement for the Capital Renewal and Maintenance Pool to June 30, 2004; direct the use and issuance of economic development bonds; provide appropriation and reporting of certain capital projects; appropriate funds for the Energy Efficiency in State Government Building Revolving Loan Fund; redirect funds previously provided for the Red Fox golf course; provide that coal severance and community development projects authorized in the 2000 General Assembly sessions do not have to be reauthorized or reallocated; provide for the recording, reporting, allotment, and expenditure of appropriated funds; provide for the deposit of Restricted Funds and Federal Funds; prohibit the transfer of funds between budget units unless specifically authorized and upon review and determination by the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; provide that no appropriation from any fund source shall exceed the sum specified until the agency has submitted required documentation to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue for review and action under KRS 48.630; provide that questions relating to interpreting any appropriation be decided by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide that within 60 days upon adjournment of the 2002 General Assembly the Governor's Office for Policy and Management shall prepare a final budget document based on the proposed State/Executive Branch Budget, the statutory budget memorandum, and other acts that contain appropriation provisions as enacted by the 2002 General Assembly, and other supporting documentation and legislative records as considered by the 2002 General Assembly; provide that the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet monitor and report on the financial condition of the Commonwealth under KRS 48.400; authorize the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a formula to prorate certain administrative costs; require Road Fund resources be utilized to meet the lease rental payments of the Kentucky Turnpike Authority for Resource Recovery Road projects; direct that confirmation or ratification of executive orders must be confirmed or ratified in another Act of the 2002 Regular Session of the General Assembly; provide that the employer contribution for KERS includes the revenues received from the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield demutualization agreement and therefore shall be no more than 3.76 percent for nonhazardous duty employees, 17.60 percent for hazardous duty employees, and 17.37 for State Police for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, and shall be no more than 5.89 percent for nonhazardous duty employees, 18.84 percent for hazardous duty employees, and 21.58 for State Police for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet in conjunction with the Consensus Forecasting Group to provide a budget planning report by August 15, 2003; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide estimates relating to the General Fund and Road Fund and loss of revenues effected by tax expenditures; provide that the first $6,000,000 of unclaimed prize money to be retained by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation for specified purposes and amounts in excess of $6,000,000 be transferred to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in each fiscal year; provide for carry forward of undesignated General Fund balances; provide for the funding and uses of the Technology Trust Fund; provide for the confirmation and adoption of the General Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 01-01 and 01-02 for FY 2000-01 and General Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 02-01 and 02-02 for FY 2001-02 and the Road Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 01-01 and 01-02 for FY 2000-01 and Road Fund Budget Reduction Orders No. 02-01 and 02-02 for FY 2001-02; provide a tax credit for race tracks; waive sovereign immunity for motor vehicles covered under government agencies; provide that funds remaining in flexible spending accounts of local school district employees for calendar years 2001, 2002, and 2003 be transferred to the General Fund; reauthorize funding in the Office of Agricultural Policy for Aquaculture activities; provide language relating to Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contracts; provide that commercial printers are exempt from collecting sales and use tax; provide that no funds in this Act can be used for advertising campaigns or promotions; provide that companies involved in roll forming be exempt from certain taxes; provide a tax exemption for certain minerals; limit the total number of filled permanent positions within the Executive Branch to the number authorized in the Act; provide a 2.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment in each fiscal year for each eligible state employee on their anniversary date; provide for identification and filling of positions not funded within the Act; provide for funds transfers to the General Fund totaling $16,500,000 in FY 2001-02, $178,363,000 in FY 2002-03, and $66,216,600 in FY 2003-04; provide for a General Fund Budget Reduction Plan, a Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan, and a Road Fund Surplus Plan; provide conditions, directives, and mandates for implementation of the budget plan; provide for a General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; and provide for identification and appropriation of Phase I Master Settlement Tobacco Settlement funds totaling $125,600,000 in FY 2002-03 and $109,100,000 in FY 2003-04.
SCA (1, D. Kelly) - Amend the Mental Health/Metal Retardation budget to provide $275,000 in fiscal year 2002-2003 and $275,000 in fiscal year 2003-2004 to implement a training program relating to mental health consultation and education to jails.
SCA (2, J. Turner) - Provide and reallocate coal severance tax projects for Fleming county, Letcher county, and Martin county.
SCA (3, J. Turner) - Provide and reallocate coal severance tax projects for Pike county.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR (1) - Retain original provisions of Senate Committee Substitute, with the following changes: Appropriate from the General Fund, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $114,477,200 in fiscal year 2001-2002, $18,402,532,000 in fiscal year 2002-2003 and $17,659,163, 200 in fiscal year 2003-2004; provide bond funds to support various capital projects and assign debt service costs; include federal funds available to Kentucky as a result of the Reed Act; reauthorize Fleming County Local Government Economic Development Fund allocations; include Local Government Economic Development Fund allocations for Floyd, Letcher, Martin, Owsley, Pike, Whitley, and Christian Counties; appropriate $20,000,000 in Economic Development Bonds for the purpose of attracting a major industrial facility; insert language relating to a Body Armor Program; insert language relating to the Kentucky Arts Council; delete language relating to Facilities Plans; insert language relating to mental health consultation and education in jails; insert language relating to surface coal mining permits; insert language relating to nature preserves; insert language relating to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; insert language relating to miscellaneous road expenditures; and insert language related to the Facility Replacement and Renovation Program in the Workforce Development Cabinet.
FCCR (2) - Retain original provisions of the General Assembly version of HB 507 with the following changes: Appropriate from the General Fund, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Agency Funds Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds $116,277,200 in fiscal year 2001-2002, $18,486,943,500, and $17,693,141,200 in fiscal year 2003-2004; provide bond funds for various projects and assign debt service costs; include Local Government Economic Development Fund allocations for Daviess, Hopkins, Floyd, Bell, Martin; insert funds for the Flood Control Matching Program; remove Morgan County Local Government Economic Development Fund Industrial Road Development Building project; include language relating to adjustment of claims procedures in the Department of Workers Claims; reauthorize Fleming County Local Government Economic Development Fund allocations; include language to exempt racetracks from certain excise taxes; delete a Greenup County Local Government Economic Development Fund allocation; insert language relating to the Advisory Council on Gifted Education; insert language relating to the Facilities Support Program; insert language relating to the School Facilities Construction Commission; insert language relating to Learning and Results Services; insert language relating to local school districts; provide funds for the community education program; insert language related to the CMRS Board; provide $1,600,000 in each fiscal year to support one-time bonuses for county extension agents; include language regarding a feasibility study of an electronic health network; insert language relating to Aquaculture Infrastructure Components; insert language relating to juvenile detention facilities; insert language relating to the Survivors II Program; insert language related to a Body Armor Program; insert language relating to Community Based Services within the Cabinet for Families and Children; include federal funds available to Kentucky as a result of the Reed Act; insert language relating to new technical education schools; insert language relating to health maintenance organizations; insert language relating to mental health consultation and education to jails; insert language relating to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol, and Other Drug Abuse Disorders; insert language relating to the Children's Law Center; insert language relating to Morehead State University and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; insert language relating to cemetery preservation; insert language relating to the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; insert language relating to amendments to the Six Year Road Plan; insert language relating to the Motorcycle Education Program; reauthorize and realign road projects in Muhlenberg County; insert language relating to the amendments to the Biennial Road Plan to include various projects; include language relating to a study of safety improvements; include language relating to TARC; insert language creating the Community Development Bond Pool Project in the amount of $202,615,000 in fiscal year 2002-2003 and appropriating debt service in the amount of $20,000,000 from the General Fund in fiscal year 2003-2004; include language relating to the Adopt-A-Litter Program; provide, in addition to all other reporting requirements of KRS Chapters 121 and 121A, that all gubernatorial slates, slates' campaign committees, or slates' fundraisers shall file reports within 24 hours of transactions made during the 28 days preceding a primary or regular election, or made during the 14 days immediately preceding a runoff primary, including contributions from the personal moneys of a member of a slate, any deposit of personal moneys to the slate's campaign account, or any expenditure for advertising; provide that, notwithstanding KRS Chapter 121 or 121A, a slate receiving an election fund transfer that has received qualifying contributions in excess of the maximum threshold qualifying amount may elect, in lieu of disposing of qualifying contributions in the manner provided by KRS 121A.060, to retain contributions up to the expenditure limit or place contributions in a reserve account; provide that if the slate retains the contributions up to the expenditure limit, any matching funds shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar; provide that if the slate places the contributions in a reserve account, the funds shall remain in the reserve account until a nonparticipating slate exceeds the contribution or expenditure limit in a primary, runoff primary, or general election, and then the qualifying slate may transfer the funds to the campaign account and the funds shall then become qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving matching transfers from the fund; provide for transfer of funds to Registry of Election Finance for deposit in the election campaign fund of all excess contributions in the reserve account if no nonparticipating slate exceeds the contribution or expenditure limit, except that if qualifying slate wins the primary and has a reserve account balance, the slate may transfer funds from the reserve account to the campaign account, up to the maximum threshold qualifying amount and those funds may become qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving transfers from the election campaign fund for the regular election, or if a qualifying slate is involved in a runoff primary and has a reserve account balance at the end of the primary, then the slate may transfer funds from the reserve account to the campaign account and those funds may become qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving transfers from the election campaign fund for the runoff primary; provide for definition of "reserve account"; provide that in a runoff primary election, qualifying slates released from the expenditure limits shall be eligible for transfers from the fund in excess of $300,000, may accept qualifying contributions for the runoff primary, and any funds transferred from a reserve account to a campaign account shall be qualifying contributions for purposes of receiving 2 for 1 matching fund transfers; provide that no slate of candidates shall receive contributions within 14 days of a primary or general election, or within 7 days of a runoff primary.
FCCR (3) - Retain provisions of first Free Conference Committee Report with the following change: Provide $3,000,000 in bond funds and related debt service for the Flood Control Matching Fund; and provide bond funds totaling $2,009,000 and associated debt service for the Oakwood structural repair and maintenance.
Jan 28-introduced in House
Jan 29-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Mar 7-posted in committee; posting waived
Mar 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Mar 11-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute ; 2nd reading; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Mar 12-floor amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) and (27) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 13-3rd reading; floor amendments (2) (8) (9) and (19) rejected ; floor amendments (10) and (21) ruled out of order ; passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (6) (16) (17) and (23)
Mar 14-received in Senate
Mar 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 20-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; 1st reading
Mar 21-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 26-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3) to Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2002; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3)
Mar 27-received in House; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3); House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3) ; received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3); Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3) ; Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House; Free Conference Committee appointed in House
Mar 28-Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in Senate
Apr 1-floor amendment (28) filed ; Free Conference Committee report # (1) filed in House and Senate
Apr 2-Free Conference Committee report # (2) and # (3) filed in House; Free Conference Committee report #(3) filed in Senate; Free Conference Committee report #(3) adopted in Senate; bill passed 38-0; received in House; Free Conference Committee Report Ruled Out of Order
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