16RS House Bill 325

House Bill 325

Actions

Last Action	posted in committee
Title	AN ACT relating to supervision of public documents and records and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	349
Sponsor	D. Keene
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Ch.65 to create position of "regional public records and licensing administrator," establish number at 15, establish appointment criteria, make administrators, deputies, and employees eligible for state benefits, create procedures for removal of administrators; create a new section of KRS 65 to establish procedures for temporary vacancies in post; create a new section of KRS 65 to require Commonwealth to provide office space and furniture; create a new section of KRS 65 to establish compensation range for administrators and make compensation subject to annual CPI adjustment, allow advances in grade for deputies, require Department for Local Government to prepare budget request for FY 2018-2020 for administrator's offices with a minimum of 16 full-time employees per office, require each administrator beginning, FY 2020-2022, to submit a budget request to the Department for Local Government, establish minimum requirements for deputies and require Local Government and Personnel Cabinet to collaborate to create a system for administrator personnel; create a new section of KRS 65 to mandate administrators and deputies be paid from State Treasury; create a new section of KRS 65 to establish duties as the issuance of marriage licenses, recording, and keeping certain legal documents, preparation of tax bills, and other duties established by statute; create a new section of KRS 65 to require all fees collected by administrators to be remitted to the State Treasury; create a new section of KRS Ch. 65 establishing the Task Force for Uniform Indexing System, establish members, reporting date for findings, and date for promulgation of administrative regulations; amend various sections throughout the KRS to amend duties and responsibilities of county clerks and to specify duties and responsibilities of county clerks and of regional public records and licensing administrators; create a noncodified section of the KRS requiring certain executive branch departments to study issues concerning regional public records and licensing administrators and county clerks, such as electronic storage and dissemination of records, electronic filing and voting, office space and budgetary issues, require an initial report to their departments, to the Office of Policy and Management, and to the Legislative Research Commission by July 1, 2017; repeal KRS 142.015, 382.220, and 382.225; DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.
Index Headings of Original Version	Special Purpose Governmental Entities - Regional public records and licensing administrators, creation of Local Mandate - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties County Clerks - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain duties of Statutes - Regional public records and licensing-administrators, creation of Deeds and Conveyances - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Domestic Relations - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain duties Effective Dates, Delayed - County clerks, certain duties transfered effective January 1, 2017 Engineers and Surveyors - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Fees - Regional public records and licensing administrators and county clerks Flood Control and Flooding - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Garnishment - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Libraries - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Notaries - Regional public records and licensing administrators to be notary Personnel and Employment - Regional public records and licensing administrators and deputies to be Commonwealth employees Planning and Zoning - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Public Officers and Employees - Regional public records and licensing administrators establishment of Public Records and Reports - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Space and Offices - Regional public records and licensing administrators to be provided space by Commonwealth Special Districts - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties State Employees - Regional public records and licensing administrators & deputies to be Commonwealth employees Taxation - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain duties for Taxation, Property - Regional public records and licensing administrators and deputies to be Commonwealth employees Information Technology - Regional public records and licensing-administrators, creation of Amusements and Recreation - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Appropriations - Regional public records and licensing administrators, budget requirements to be studied Archives and Records - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Area Development Districts - Regional public records and licensing administrators to operate within Attorney, County - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Chambers of Commerce - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Civil Actions - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Claims - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties Counties - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain duties of county clerks County Surveyors - Regional public records and licensing administrators to assume certain recording duties

02/02/16	introduced in House
02/04/16	to Local Government (H)
02/05/16	posted in committee