HB 1/Analysis (BR 1) - J. Richards, H. Moberly, L. Clark, J. Barrows, J. Callahan, G. Stumbo
AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures 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, $111,469,600 for fiscal year 2001-02; $18,346,672,216 in fiscal year 2002-03; $17,705,769,941 in fiscal year 2003-04, as follows: Government Operations 2001-02 $ 7,942,000 2002-03 $602,737,600 2003-04 $601,987,500 Economic Development 2001-02 $351,500 2002-03 $19,923,900 2003-04 $22,487,100 Education 2002-03 $3,363,383,700 2003-04 $3,455,185,600 Education, Arts, and Humanities 2002-03 $229,131,900 2003-04 $246,803,000 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 $431,809,900 Cabinet for Health Services 2002-03 $4,080,384,100 2003-04 $4,079,480,800 Justice Cabinet 2001-02 $7,154,200 2002-03 $637,495,700 2003-04 $656,130,700 Labor Cabinet 2002-03 $304,395,400 2003-04 $307,360,700 Natural Resources and Environmental Protection 2002-03 $170,286,800 2003-04 $181,585,400 Personnel Cabinet 2002-03 $39,019,600 2003-04 $41,328,600 Postsecondary Education 2002-03 $3,324,083,300 2003-04 $3,481,263,600 Public Protection and Regulation 2002-03 $180,377,900 2003-04 $180,303,800 Revenue 2002-03 $105,114,900 2003-04 $103,285,600 Tourism Development 2001-02 $714,000 2002-03 $164,714,000 2003-04 $170,063,000 Transportation 2001-02 $49,626,000 2002-03 $1,694,332,200 2003-04 $1,721.861,700 Workforce Development 2001-02 $6,592,900 2002-03 $739,964,200 2003-04 $743,393,400; Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: Capital Projects 2001-02 $39,089,000 2002-03 $1,277,256,216 2003-04 $283,555,441; provide for allocations of the Local Government Economic Development Fund; direct that appropriations for existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2002, except under specified conditions; provide that 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 $31,300,000 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 reauthorization and reallocation of $2,000,000 authorized by the 2000 General Assembly for Aquaculture Infrastructure Components; 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 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 of 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; require the State Budget Director to 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 for prorating certain administrative costs; require Road Fund resources to 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 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 a city of the first class and the county containing that city shall create a joint Parks and Recreation Department; 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; provide a tax exemption for commercial printers; provide that $1,400,000 in each year of the biennium from lottery revenues be retained in 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, $193,087,000 in FY 2002-03, and $81,579,600 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.
HB 1 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - 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, $121,419,600 for fiscal year 2001-02; $18,315,519,216 in fiscal year 2002-03; $17,709,309,475 in fiscal year 2003-04, as follows: Government Operations 2001-02 $ 7,942,000 2002-03 $603,917,600 2003-04 $602,562,500 Economic Development 2001-02 $351,500 2002-03 $19,923,900 2003-04 $22,487,100 Education 2002-03 $3,363,383,700 2003-04 $3,455,185,600 Education, Arts, and Humanities 2002-03 $229,131,900 2003-04 $246,803,000 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 $431,559,900 Cabinet for Health Services 2002-03 $4,080,384,100 2003-04 $4,079,480,800 Justice Cabinet 2001-02 $7,154,200 2002-03 $637,495,700 2003-04 $656,130,700 Labor Cabinet 2002-03 $304,395,400 2003-04 $307,360,700 Natural Resource and Environmental Protection 2002-03 $170,286,800 2003-04 $181,585,400 Personnel Cabinet 2002-03 $39,019,600 2003-04 $41,328,600 Postsecondary Education 2002-03 $3,324,083,300 2003-04 $3,481,263,600 Public Protection and Regulation 2002-03 $180,377,900 2003-04 $180,303,800 Revenue 2002-03 $105,114,900 2003-04 $103,285,600 Tourism Development 2001-02 $714,000 2002-03 $164,714,000 2003-04 $170,063,000 Transportation 2001-02 $49,626,000 2002-03 $1,694,332,200 2003-04 $1,721.861,700 Workforce Development 2001-02 $6,592,900 2002-03 $739,964,200 2003-04 $743,393,400; Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: Capital Projects 2001-02 $49,039,000 2002-03 $1,265,173,216 2003-04 $286,769,975; provide for allocations of the Local Government Economic Development Fund; 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 $31,300,000 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 reauthorization and reallocation of $2,000,000 authorized by the 2000 General Assembly for Aquaculture Infrastructure Components; 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 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 State Budget Director 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 tax credit for race tracks; waive sovereign immunity for motor vehicles covered under government agencies; provide that cities of the first class and the county containing that city shall create a joint Parks and Recreation Department; 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; provide a tax exemption for commercial printers; provide that $1,400,000 in each year of the biennium from lottery revenues be retained in the General Fund; provide language related to the transfer of ownership or control of water utilities in cities of the first class; provide language relating to the death penalty; provide language relating to carrying a firearm into a jail; 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, $193,887,000 in FY 2002-03, and $81,579,600 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; 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; and provide for certain other revenue measures.
HFA (1, G. Lindsay) - Delete provisions relating to prohibiting use of public or private funds for the execution of a person who is mentally retarded or who was under the age of eighteen at the time of the commission of the offense for which they were sentenced to death.
HFA (2, S. Riggs) - Authorize energy efficiency programs for state facilities to be financed by energy savings.
HFA (3, K. Hall) - Allocate single county Local Government Economic Development Funds for Pike County.
HFA (4, T. Pullin) - Restore Offer of Assistance for District 221.
HFA (5, T. Feeley) - Establish a school growth trust fund in the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
HFA (6, T. Feeley) - Decrease the education technology escrow account from $20,000,000 to $15,000,000 in FY '03-'04; increase general fund in the Finance and Administration Cabinet by $5,000,000 for the purposes of the school growth trust fund in FY '03-'04.
HFA (7, G. Tapp) - Delete the provisions for certain health facilities exempted from certificate of need, requiring the Cabinet for Health Services and fiscal court to agree on the selection of the provider, and delete references to the request for proposal; provide that the Cabinet for Health Services shall license a health facility or services, as applicable, if a provider gives notice of intent within 90 days of effective date to establish a health facility; provide that, if more than 1 provider gives notice, the fiscal court of the county shall, after soliciting proposals from each provider, select 1 provider to establish the health facility; and provide that the authority to exempt a facility from the certificate of need shall expire on December 31, 2002.
HFA (8, H. Collins) - Provide $500,000 in General Funds for water lines in Johnson County.
HFA (9, R. Palumbo) - Delete the provisions prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving the transfer of ownership or control of any water utility company operating within a service territory which includes an urban-county government to a nongovernmental entity until 90 says after the sine die adjournment of the 2003 Regular Session of the General Assembly; direct the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a study of the standards of review used by the Public Service Corporation for the approval of the transfer of ownership or control of any investor-owned utility in Kentucky regulated by the PSC.
HFA (10, J. Gray) - Delete the provisions providing a moratorium on executions of persons who were 16 or 17 at the time of the commission of the offense and executions of persons who are mentally retarded.
HFA (11, R. Damron) - Amend Section 6 of the House Committee Substitute to eliminate the blanket overweight exemption granted to motor carriers hauling building materials; retain the overweight exemption for agricultural and forest products; eliminate definitions for "bill of lading," "building materials," and "home"; add to the definition of "agricultural and forest products" building materials delivered to the construction site of a single family home located on 40 or more contiguous acres; amend Section 7 to conform.
HFA (12, J. Gooch) - Delete the provisions providing a moratorium on executions of persons who were 16 or 17 at the time of the commission of the offense and executions of persons who are mentally retarded.
HFA (13, B. Heleringer) - Retain original provisions and add a new paragraph to require jailers to submit to the Department for Corrections nonidentifying information on requests by a jailer for mental health evaluation or treatment from persons other than jail personnel, the number of mental health evaluations and incidences of mental health treatment provided by persons other than jail personnel; require a jailer to provide a notice to the department within 24 hours of an incident of apparent suicide or apparent suicide attempt of any prisoner; require the department to consolidate information received from jailers and submit a statewide report by September 1, 2003, and each September 1 thereafter on the provision of mental health services to prisoners and suicides and suicide attempts to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports to Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses.
HFA (14, F. Nesler) - Provide funds from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund to support the purchase of land and infrastructure development for the Eight County Regional Industrial Park.
HFA (15, G. Tapp) - Prohibit state agencies and postsecondary education institutions from providing employee benefits to domestic partners.
HFA (16, C. Geveden) - Appropriate $1,235,200 in fiscal year 2003-2004 to support bonding authority in public school district number 015. Deduct like amounts from the Council on Postsecondary Education budget unit.
HFA (17, R. Nelson) - Transfer funds from the highly skilled educator program to salaries for classified personnel.
HFA (18, G. Tapp) - Transfer funds from the highly skilled educator program to salaries for classified personnel.
HFA (19, G. Tapp) - Delete appropriation for the highly skilled educator program.
HFA (20, J. Bowling) - Provide that the Kentucky River Authority shall not collect water user fees from any municipally owned facility which withdraws water from a privately owned lake or reservoir which is not dependent on the Kentucky River main stem for recharge.
HFA (21, G. Tapp) - Delete the provisions that any amount in excess of the appropriation for Gubernatorial Campaign Financing be deemed Necessary Government Expense.
HFA (22, J. Comer) - In the event of a student death, award Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship to a scholarship fund in that individual's name in the year the award is approved.
HFA (23, J. Wayne) - Provide funding to the Louisville-Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority Residential Relocation Program.
HFA (24, B. Yonts) - Reduce funds from the County Costs in the Finance and Administration Cabinet to the credit of the General Fund.
HFA (25, G. Tapp) - Take money budgeted for campaign finance and use it to renovate the Lexington Civic Center instead.
HFA (26, G. Tapp) - Take money budgeted for campaign finance and use it for renovation of the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center instead.
HFA (27, G. Tapp) - Take money budgeted for campaign finance and transfer it to the state police to hire 152 new state troopers and purchase 152 new police cruisers instead.
HFA (28, G. Tapp) - Delete the appropriation for campaign finance.
HFA (29, G. Tapp) - Take money budgeted for campaign finance and use it for K-CHIP instead.
HFA (30, M. Treesh) - Delete provisions allowing the deductibility of income taxes paid to foreign countries; delete provisions allowing the taxation of natural gas distribution; provide that the Finance Cabinet is authorized to issue bonds to compensate for the tax provisions eliminated by the amendment.
HFA (31, M. Treesh) - Delete provisions allowing the deductibility of income taxes paid to foreign countries and provide that the Finance Cabinet is authorized to issue bonds to compensate for the tax provisions eliminated by the amendment.
HFA (32, M. Treesh) - Delete provisions allowing the taxation of natural gas distribution and provide that the Finance Cabinet is authorized to issue bonds to compensate for the tax provisions eliminated by the amendment.
HFA (33, G. Tapp) - Delete the provisions that any amount in excess of the appropriation for Gubernatorial Campaign Financing be deemed Necessary Government Expense and provide that the $9,000,000 is for the Gubernatorial primary campaign.
HFA (34, J. Fischer) - Create new section 36 of the general provisions to prohibit appropriation of funds for human cloning or for the buying, selling, receiving, or transferring a human embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from human cloning; defines "human cloning," "asexual reproduction," "somatic cells"; require an amount equal to the expenditure of any agency that violates the provisions of this paragraph be returned to the General Fund.
HFA (35, J. Fischer) - Create new section 40 of the general provisions to prohibit appropriation of funds for human cloning or for the buying, selling, receiving, or transferring a human embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from human cloning; defines "human cloning," "asexual reproduction," "somatic cells"; require an amount equal to the expenditure of any agency that violates the provisions of this paragraph be returned to the General Fund.
HFA (36, J. Fischer) - Create new section 36 of the general provisions to prohibit appropriation of funds for conducting destructive research on any human embryo, buying, selling, or transferring a human embryo with knowledge that it will be used for destructive research, buying, selling or transferring gametes to be used in destructive research; define "destructive research," "gamete," "human embryo," and "injury"; require that an amount equal to the expenditure of any agency that violates the provisions of this section be returned to the General Fund.
HFA (37, J. Fischer) - Create new section 40 of the general provisions to prohibit appropriation of funds for conducting destructive research on any human embryo, buying, selling, or transferring a human embryo with knowledge that it will be used for destructive research, buying, selling or transferring gametes to be used in destructive research; define "destructive research," "gamete," "human embryo," and "injury"; require that an amount equal to the expenditure of any agency that violates the provisions of this section be returned to the General Fund.
HFA (38, J. Fischer) - Create new section 36 of the general provisions to prohibit appropriation of funds for conducting destructive research on any human embryo, buying, selling, or transferring a human embryo with knowledge that it will be used for destructive research, buying, selling or transferring gametes to be used in destructive research; define "human cloning," "asexual reproduction," "somatic cells," "destructive research," "gamete," "human embryo," and "injury"; require that an amount equal to the expenditure of any agency that violates the provisions of this section to be returned to the General Fund.
HFA (39, J. Fischer) - Create new section 40 of the general provisions to prohibit appropriation of funds for conducting destructive research on any human embryo, buying, selling, or transferring a human embryo with knowledge that it will be used for destructive research, buying, selling or transferring gametes to be used in destructive research; define "human cloning," "asexual reproduction," "somatic cells," "destructive research," "gamete," "human embryo," and "injury"; require that an amount equal to the expenditure of any agency that violates the provisions of this section be returned to the General Fund.
HFA (40, H. Moberly) - Provide coal severance funding for Morgan County.
HFA (41, R. Palumbo) - Provide bond funds and debt service for the Rupp Arena Project.
HFA (42, K. Hall) - Create a fund to be administered by the Department of Education under Kentucky Board of Education administrative regulations to local school districts that do not receive adequate new state and local funds to meet the salary mandates of the Act; delete funds appropriated for the highly skilled educator program.
HFA (43, R. Palumbo) - Require any transfer of ownership or control of a water utility company to include findings that the utility shall maintain a headquarters in Kentucky and shall maintain the quality of service to customers.
HFA (44, R. Damron) - Notwithstanding KRS 294.010 to define "mortgage loan broker," "loan officer," "loan processor," and "classroom"; and notwithstanding KRS 294.020 to subject mortgage loan brokers regulated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the requirements of registration and continuing education; and notwithstanding KRS 294.030 to require mortgage loan brokers and loan officers to register before originating loans; notwithstanding KRS Chapter 294 to require mortgage loan brokers and loan officers to register with the Department of Financial Institutions annually: require loan officers when registering for the first time to complete a 12 hour course and establish a registration fee of $50; notwithstanding KRS ch. 294 to require mortgage loan brokers and loan officers to complete 12 hours of continuing education annually, require the department to approve continuing education courses; require certification to the department of completion of continuing education courses; permit an extension of 1 year at the discretion of the commissioner to complete continuing education requirements; provide for termination of registration for failure to complete continuing education courses and provide for reinstatement of registration; provide a penalty for submitting false or fraudulent certificate of compliance; notwithstanding KRS 294.032 to clarify that the requirement of 30 hours training before a mortgage broker can be licensed means 30 classroom hours; notwithstanding KRS Chapter 294 to establish grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of the registration of a loan officer.
HFA (45, J. Lee) - Provide Bond Funds and debt service to support the Glendale Land Purchase.
HFA (46, R. Palumbo) - Provide Bond Funds and debt service for the Rupp Arena Project and the Glendale Land Purchase.
HFA (47, J. Wayne) - Change funding sources of capital project for the University of Kentucky and Murray State University; and restore agency bond pool for the Council on Postsecondary Education.
SCS - 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, $111,419,600 for fiscal year 2001-02; $18,390,486,378 in fiscal year 2002-03; and $17,709,901,749 in fiscal year 2003-04, as follows: Government Operations 2001-02 $ 7,942,000 2002-03 $595,262,600 2003-04 $606,037,000 Economic Development 2001-02 $351,500 2002-03 $19,923,900 2003-04 $22,487,100 Education 2002-03 $3,364,268,200 2003-04 $3,455,970,600 Education, Arts, and Humanities 2002-03 $228,931,900 2003-04 $248,110,000 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 $431,809,900 Cabinet for Health Services 2002-03 $4,080,384,100 2003-04 $4,079,480,800 Justice Cabinet 2001-02 $7,154,200 2002-03 $636,390,700 2003-04 $655,075,700 Labor Cabinet 2002-03 $304,395,400 2003-04 $307,360,700 Natural Resources and Environmental Protection 2002-03 $170,286,800 2003-04 $181,585,400 Personnel Cabinet 2002-03 $39,019,600 2003-04 $41,328,600 Postsecondary Education 2002-03 $3,325,283,300 2003-04 $3,481,213,600 Public Protection and Regulation 2002-03 $179,851,400 2003-04 $179,915,500 Revenue 2002-03 $105,114,900 2003-04 $103,285,600 Tourism Development 2001-02 $714,000 2002-03 $164,513,000 2003-04 $169,963,000 Transportation 2001-02 $49,626,000 2002-03 $1,694,332,200 2003-04 $1,721.861,700 Workforce Development 2001-02 $6,592,900 2002-03 $739,964,200 2003-04 $743,393,400; Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: Capital Projects 2001-02 $39,039,000 2002-03 $1,348,492,078 2003-04 $285,920,049; provide for allocations of the Local Government Economic Development Fund; direct that appropriations for existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2002, except under specified conditions; provide 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 $31,300,000 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 reauthorization and reallocation of $2,000,000 authorized by the 2000 General Assembly for Aquaculture Infrastructure Components; provide language related to the Guaranteed Energy Performance Projects Pool; 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 State Budget Director shall 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 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 cities of the first class and the county containing that city shall create a joint Parks and Recreation Department; 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; provide a tax exemption for commercial printers; provide that $1,400,000 in each year of the biennium from lottery revenues be retained in the General Fund; provide language relating to the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission; provide language relating to the Open Meetings/Open Records Act; provide language relating to the use of state funds for advertising campaigns and promotions; provide language relating to hot roll forming; 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, $190,531,000 in FY 2002-03, and $81,579,600 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; provide for identification and appropriation of Phase I Master Tobacco Settlement funds totaling $125,600,000 in FY 2002-03 and $109,100,000 in FY 2003-04; and provide certain revenue measures.
SCA (1/Title, R. Sanders Jr) - Make title amendment.
Apr 22-introduced in House; to Appropriations and Revenue (H); posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Apr 24-reported favorably with Committee Substitute ; 2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) and (20) filed to Committee Substitute; floor amendments (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (35) (37) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) and (46) filed to Committee Substitute; floor amendments (34) (36) and (38) filed to bill ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, April 25, 2002
Apr 25-floor amendment (47) filed to Committee Substitute ; 3rd reading, passed 70-9
Apr 26-received in Senate; to Appropriations and Revenue (S); reported without opinion; 1st reading
Apr 29-2nd reading; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Apr 30-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 30, 2002; 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; received in House; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
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