Senate Bill 241

Actions | Amendments
Last Action 03/29/23: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 139)
Title AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents Acts Chapter 139
Current/Final
Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement Fiscal Note
Bill Request Number 1382
Sponsors R. Webb, S. Meredith, J. Carpenter, J. Schickel, D. Thayer, J. Turner
Summary of Original Version Amend 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 11, to direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to make the conservation easement acquisitions required to be made under the section instead of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; delete the provision requiring the Finance and Administration Cabinet to procure outside counsel; provide that the conservation easement transfers not be subject to KRS 382.850 provided that the conservation easements stipulate that they will not inhibit coal mining operations; allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to work with third parties, contractors, and partners to perform the due diligence necessary to complete the transactions; move the closing date for the acquisitions back to June 30, 2024; provide that notwithstanding KRS 56.040, surveys for the lands involved in the transactions directed by the section may be completed after closing; require funds to be held in escrow to reconcile any differences in acreage of the lands once the surveys are completed; authorize the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to sign all necessary documents to complete the transactions; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to deliver all documents relating to the due diligence it has already performed to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources on the effective date of the Act; allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to accept, via assignment, contracts that the Finance and Administration Cabinet has already entered into in the course of performing its due diligence; amend 2022 Kentucky Acts Chapter 199, Part I, Operating Budget, L. Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, 7. Fish and Wildlife Resources, (4) Kentucky Cumberland Forest Conservation Program, to provide that the $3,875,000 one-time allocation in fiscal year 2022-2023 to support the Kentucky Cumberland Forest Conservation Program shall not lapse and shall carry forward; amend KRS 45A.800 to add the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to several definitions for KRS Chapter 45A; amend KRS 45A.810 to create one or more engineering and engineering-related services section committees in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and provide for the selection process for the members of the committees; amend KRS 45A.815, 45A.825, 45A.830, 45A.837 to conform; amend KRS 56.040 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to provide for the examination and certification of title when acquiring an interest in land from state funds; amend KRS 150.022 to remove language relating to the removal of a member of the Fish and Wildlife Commission by the Governor; amend KRS 150.0242 to provide that the department shall not be subject to any provision of KRS Chapter 45A that requires Finance and Administration Cabinet approval for any part of its procurement process; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations on or before January 1, 2024 implementing procedures for the procurement of engineering services; amend KRS 150.120 to remove the requirement that the Governor and the Finance and Administration Cabinet approve of the department's sale of contraband; subject sales of contraband to audit by the Auditor of Public Accounts; amend KRS 150.152 to specify certain aspects of the audit of the department by the Auditor of Public Accounts; amend KRS 150.170 to provide for a five acre minimum for a resident owner of farmlands to be hunting and fishing license-exempt when fishing or hunting on their own lands; amend KRS 150.175 to change some department-issued license names and to remove the requirement that an applicant under the age of 16 get written consent from a parent before applying for a youth statewide hunting license; amend KRS 150.195 to remove the requirement that county clerks sell licenses and permits issued by the department; specify other entities authorized to sell licenses and permits issued by the department; make conforming changes; amend KRS 150.250 to remove the requirement that the Governor and the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet approve before thedepartment can enter into a contract with the federal government; amend KRS 150.990 to conform; provide that the requirements of the Act apply to all procurements and acquisitions of interests in land undertaken by the department, including those commenced prior to the effective date of the Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version Fiscal Note - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, state public purchasing unit, state contracts, inclusion
Deeds and Conveyances - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
Effective Dates, Emergency - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
Environment and Conservation - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
Financial Responsibility - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, engineering services, procurement procedure
Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
Governor - Fish and Wildlife contraband sale and federal contracting, no Governor approval
Licensing - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, license and permit sales, authorized agents
Purchasing - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, engineering services, procurement procedure
Real Estate - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
State Agencies - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
State Agencies - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, engineering services, procurement procedure
Hunting and Fishing - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions
Hunting and Fishing - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, license and permit sales, authorized agents
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, engineering services procurement, January 1, 2024
Appropriations - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Cumberland Forest conservation easements, appropriation
Auditor of Public Accounts - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, audit, requirements
Jump to Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1
Senate Floor Amendment 1
Votes Vote History
Governor's Veto Message Veto

Actions

Top | Amendments
02/21/23
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
02/23/23
  • to State & Local Government (S)
03/01/23
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  • floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/02/23
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/03/23
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
03/07/23
  • 3rd reading, passed 34-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
  • received in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
03/09/23
  • taken from Committee on Committees (H)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (H)
03/10/23
  • taken from Committee on Committees (H)
  • 2nd reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (H)
  • to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/16/23
  • reported favorably, to Rules
  • taken from Rules
  • placed in the Orders of the Day
  • 3rd reading, passed 83-13
  • received in Senate
  • enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • delivered to Governor
03/24/23
  • Vetoed
03/29/23
  • received in Senate
  • to Rules (S)
  • posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  • veto overridden
  • passed 36 -1
  • received in House
  • to Rules (H)
  • taken from Rules
  • posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  • veto overridden
  • passed 75-17
  • received in Senate
  • enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 139)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 45A.295 to include the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in the definition of "state public purchasing unit"; amend KRS 45A.300 to prohibit the Finance and Administration Cabinet from excluding the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from any contracts available to multiple state agencies for the procurement of goods or services; require that appointees for vacancies for unexpired terms for the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission be subject to Senate confirmation; reinstate requirement that county clerks sell Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources' licenses and permits.
Index Headings County Clerks - Sale of fish and wildlife permits and licenses, county clerks, requirement
Financial Responsibility - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, state public purchasing unit, state contracts, inclusion
Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, state public purchasing unit, state contracts, inclusion
Purchasing - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, state public purchasing unit, state contracts, inclusion
State Agencies - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, state public purchasing unit, state contracts, inclusion
Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, vacancies for unexpired terms, Senate confirmation

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor R. Webb
Summary Provide that the conservation easement transfers directed by the Act shall not be subject to KRS 382.850, provided that the conservation easements stipulate that they will not inhibit oil and gas exploration or production activities.
Index Headings Deeds and Conveyances - Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions, oil and gas rights, preservation
Environment and Conservation - Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions, oil and gas rights, preservation
Oil and Natural Gas - Cumberland Forest, conservation easement acquisitions, oil and gas rights, preservation

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)