| Last Action | 04/08/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 177) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to financial assistance and making an appropriation therefor. |
| Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 177
Current/Final Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 2122 |
| Sponsors | J. Gooch Jr., L. Bechler, J. Bray, P. Flannery, N. Kirk-McCormick, W. Lawrence, D. Lewis, M. Meredith, M. Prunty, B. Reed |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224A to making findings and declarations of the General Assembly regarding the need for funding for public funding for drinking water and wastewater systems; establish a water management assistance fund which is administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide assistance for both capital and non-capital expenses of governmental entities that provide public drinking water and wastewater services to the public; describe the various non-capital expenses that the fund can provide funding for; amend KRS 91A.040 to make permissive the requirement for the Finance and Administration Cabinet to place a hold on the funds to cities for nonperformance of required financial audits and statements; amend KRS 224A.011 to include private water associations under the definition of "governmental agency"; amend 224A.035 to authorize the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to make non-capital expenditure from funds that it governs; and amend KRS 224A.040 to allow expenditure for non-capital expenditures that improve the technical, managerial, or operational capacity of public drinking water and wastewater systems and allow for the purchase of obligations if the purchase does not cause interest on current or future state agency obligations to be included in gross federal income for federal tax purposes. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Environment and Conservation - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, finance for non-capital expenses, maintenance public works Pollution - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, finance for non-capital expenses, maintenance public works Public Utilities - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, finance for non-capital expenses, maintenance public works Public Works - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, finance for non-capital expenses, maintenance public works Water Supply - Private rural water associations, Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, funding eligibility Waterways and Dams - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, finance for non-capital expenses, maintenance public works Auditor of Public Accounts - Cities, audit requirements, permissive authority to release of funds withheld for noncompliance Audits and Auditors - Cities, audit requirements, permissive authority to release of funds withheld for noncompliance Cities - Audit requirements, permissive authority to release of funds withheld for noncompliance |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
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| 04/08/22 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | J. Gooch Jr. |
| Summary | Delete section 3 of the bill giving permissive authority to the Auditor of Public Accounts to place holds on city accounts; add noncodified section 6 authorizing the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to lift the holds placed by the Finance and Administration Cabinet at the behest of the Auditor of Public Accounts on city accounts solely for the purpose of allowing water and wastewater funding using federal CARES and American Rescue Plan funds to go to cities regardless of their audit compliance status. |
| Index Headings |
Environment and Conservation - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Pollution - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Public Utilities - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Public Works - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Water Supply - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Waterways and Dams - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Auditor of Public Accounts - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city fund accounts, city audits, holds released Audits and Auditors - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city fund accounts, city audits, holds released Cities - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released Counties - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, cities, funds in EMARS, holds released |
| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions, except remove provisions authorizing the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to release funds in the EMARS accounts that consist of federal funding for water and wastewater infrastructure grants and loans restricted due to noncompliance with audit requirements. |
| Index Headings |
Flood Control and Flooding - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Public Utilities - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Public Works - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Sewer Systems - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Water Supply - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Auditor of Public Accounts - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Audits and Auditors - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects Cities - Audits, federal funds withheld for water and wastewater projects |
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