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House Bill 428

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Last Action signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)
Title AN ACT relating to school facilities, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 1064
Sponsors W. Coursey, M. Cherry, J. DeCesare, J. Tilley
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct the Department of Education to determine urgent and critical construction needs; direct the department to provide a funding allocation to a district for a school that is closed to the public because it is structurally unsound or is otherwise uninhabitable as determined by the commissioner of education; require the funding allocation be to retire the unpaid debt on the stucturally unsound or uninhabitable building or to provide the semi-annual debt service payments on the current issue; provide that when funds are not available the costs shall be deemed a necessary government expense and shall be paid from the general fund surplus account under KRS 48.700; direct a school district that receives an allotment and receives funds from litigation or insurance to repay the allotment to the budget reserve trust fund account; direct the commissioner of education to provide an allotment to a school that was closed in 2010 because it is structurally unsound; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version Capital Construction - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Elementary and Secondary - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Finance - School facilities, urgent needs
Proposed Amendments House Floor Amendment 1
House Floor Amendment 2
House Floor Amendment 3
Votes Vote History

Actions

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02/10/11
  • introduced in House
02/14/11
  • to Education (H)
02/17/11
  • posted in committee
02/22/11
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/23/11
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2011
  • floor amendment (1) filed
02/24/11
  • floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed
  • 3rd reading, passed 96-2
02/25/11
  • received in Senate
02/28/11
  • taken from Committee on Committees (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (S)
  • to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
03/01/11
  • taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
  • 2nd reading
  • returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
03/02/11
  • reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2011
  • 3rd reading, passed 37-0
03/03/11
  • received in House
  • enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
  • delivered to Governor
03/15/11
  • signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor J. DeCesare
Summary Add new section to amend KRS 337.010 to raise the threshold exemption for public works projects from $250,000 to $1,000,000 when requiring payment of prevailing wages; exempt all construction projects in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary buildings and facilities from the prevailing wage requirements.
Index Headings Capital Construction - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Elementary and Secondary - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Finance - School facilities, urgent needs

Amendment House Floor Amendment 2
Piggyback? Yes
Sponsor J. Hoover
Summary Retain original provisions of the bill; amend KRS 45A.030 to define "project labor agreement" and "community workforce agreement"; amend KRS 45A.080 to require all construction contracts to be awarded through the competitive sealed bidding process and to prohibit the use of project labor agreements in construction bid specifications; amend KRS 45A.085 to exclude construction contracts from competitive negotiation; amend KRS 45A.095 to exclude construction contracts from noncompetitive negotiation except for emergency situations; amend KRS 45A.100 to delete small purchase authorization for construction projects; and amend KRS 164A.575 to limit capital construction procurement to competitive sealed bidding under KRS 45A.080, and prohibit the use of project labor agreements in construction contract specifications.
Index Headings Capital Construction - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Elementary and Secondary - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Finance - School facilities, urgent needs

Amendment House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor J. Hoover
Summary Make title amendment.
Index Headings Capital Construction - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Elementary and Secondary - School facilities, urgent needs
Education, Finance - School facilities, urgent needs

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