06RS SB59

SB59

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SB 59 (BR 962) - D. Kelly

     AN ACT relating to reorganization.
     Establish KRS Chapter 39G and create new sections to establish the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security and its duties; attach the office to the Office of the Governor; require the Governor to appoint the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security; move the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board of Kentucky from the Commonwealth Office of Technology to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 39A.050 to require that the director of the Division of Emergency Management notify the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security of all major emergencies and disasters and all responses to these events; amend KRS 36.010, 39A.070, 11.5163, and 39A.283 to conform; repeal KRS 36.224 and 39A.287; confirm Executive Order 2005-563.

SB 59 - AMENDMENTS


     HCS - Retain original provisions; make a technical correction in Section 4 attaching the Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) Emergency Telecommunications Board to the new Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 11.507, 11.512, and 65.7623 to conform to the transfer of the CMRS Board from the Commonwealth Office of Technology to the Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 12.023, relating to administrative bodies attached to the Office of the Governor, to include the Office of Homeland Security.

     HFA (1, M. Cherry) - Make a technical correction in the new section attaching the Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) Emergency Telecommunications Board to the Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 11.507, 11.512, and 65.7623 to conform to the transfer of the CMRS Board from the Commonwealth Office of Technology to the Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 12.023, relating to administrative bodies attached to the Office of the Governor, to include the Office of Homeland Security.

     HFA (2, J. Barrows) - Require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) to inform members of the General Assembly of the process by which a public agency applies for a federal homeland security grant and provide certain information to the members at least 90 days before an application deadline; require the adjutant general to notify the Governor and the executive director of the OHS of a disaster involving homeland security; require the adjutant general to be the Governor's primary point of contact for managing and responding to a disaster involving homeland security; require the OHS to directly notify the chief executive officer of each city, county, urban-county, charter county, and consolidated local government concerning grants for homeland security as soon as the grants become available; require the OHS written report to the Governor, the Auditor, LRC, and the Interim Joint Committee on Seniors, Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection by November 1 instead of October 25; direct the state Auditor to examine revenues and expenditures provided under the OHS annual written report and under the OHS records, and, if examination findings warrant, to conduct audits; require the Auditor, by January 30, to submit examination and audit reports to the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee and the House Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee; direct the executive director of OHS to provide to the LRC and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue a quarterly report on the receipt and expenditure of homeland security funds; specify the minimum contents of the report; require the initial quarterly report by October 15, 2006.

     HFA (3, T. Riner) - Add a provision to require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to publicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth by including the statutory provisions of KRS 39A.285(3) in its agency training and educational materials; require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to see that a plaque with the text of KRS 39A.285(3) be displayed at the entrance of the Emergency Operations Center; make conforming amendments.

     HFA (4, T. Riner) - Add a provision to require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to publicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth by including the statutory provisions of KRS 39A.285(3) in its agency training and educational materials; require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to see that a plaque with the text of KRS 39A.285(3) be displayed at the entrance of the Emergency Operations Center; make conforming amendments.

     HFA (5, J. Vincent) - Amend KRS 174.125 to rename the Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission to the Kentucky Bicycle and Pedestrian Byways Commission; clarify the duties of the commission; allow the commission to file an amicus curiae brief in the cases before the state or federal courts.

     Jan 5-introduced in Senate
     Jan 9-to State and Local Government (S)
     Jan 11-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Jan 12-2nd reading, to Rules
     Jan 13-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 17, 2006
     Jan 17-3rd reading, passed 32-0; received in House
     Jan 20-to State Government (H)
     Feb 9-posted in committee
     Mar 14-floor amendment (1) filed
     Mar 15-floor amendment (1) withdrawn
     Mar 21-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
     Mar 22-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (2) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3) filed
     Mar 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 24, 2006; floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute
     Mar 24-3rd reading, passed 91-5 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (4) ; received in Senate
     Apr 10-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (4) as a Consent Bill; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (4) ; passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
     Apr 11-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
     Apr 21-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 193)

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