| Last Action | 03/23/22: recommitted to State & Local Government (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to financial assistance and making an appropriation therefor. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 2055 |
| Sponsors | P. Wheeler, J. Turner |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224A to make 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 |
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Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; delete amendments to KRS 11A.040 giving permissive authority to the Auditor of Public Accounts to place holds on city accounts; add a noncodified section authorizing the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to lift the holds placed by 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 Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | P. Wheeler |
| Summary | Delete Section 6 which authorized the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to release the hold of city funds in the Finance and Administration cabinet that consisted of grant and loan moneys for drinking and wastewater infrastructure. |
| Index Headings |
Auditor of Public Accounts - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits Cities - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits Environment and Conservation - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits Public Works - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits Sewer Systems - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits Water Supply - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits Waterways and Dams - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, city funds in Finance and Administration, audits |
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