| Last Action | 03/13/25: returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to public water and wastewater systems and declaring an emergency. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1361 |
| Sponsors | J. Bray, J. Petrie, A. Bowling |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet three or more of the eligibility criteria instead of one; require that a funding application for a capital construction project include cost and timeline estimates prepared and signed by a licensed professional engineer; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Engineers and Surveyors - Kentucky WWATERS Program, capital projects, funding applications, engineer estimates, requirement Loans and Credit - Kentucky WWATERS Program, public water and wastewater systems, funding, eligibility Public Utilities - Kentucky WWATERS Program, public water and wastewater systems, funding, eligibility Public Works - Kentucky WWATERS Program, public water and wastewater systems, funding, eligibility Sewer Systems - Kentucky WWATERS Program, public water and wastewater systems, funding, eligibility Water Supply - Kentucky WWATERS Program, public water and wastewater systems, funding, eligibility Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board, Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility evaluations |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 House Committee Amendment 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 02/19/25 |
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| 02/27/25 |
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| 03/05/25 |
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| 03/06/25 |
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| 03/11/25 |
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| 03/13/25 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; require that approved eligible funding recipients adopt best management practices as established and administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board; add to the funding eligibility criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the amount of stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration entering the funding applicant's system seriously impairs its effectiveness; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings |
Fiscal Note - Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility, funding, conditions Effective Dates, Emergency - Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility, funding, conditions Loans and Credit - Kentucky WWATERS Program, funding conditions, best management practices, adoption Public Utilities - Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility, funding, conditions Public Works - Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility, funding, conditions Sewer Systems - Kentucky WWATERS Program, public wastewater systems, eligibility, inflow and infiltration issues Water Supply - Kentucky WWATERS Program, funding conditions, best management practices, adoption Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board, Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility, funding, conditions |
| Amendment | House Committee Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | J. Petrie |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings | Title Amendments - HB 741 |
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