Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 147A.150 to delete references to priority communities and insert references to eligible communities; amend KRS 147A.152 to redefine "eligible grant recipient," "eligible project," and "eligible use,"; delete "priority community"; define "eligible community"; amend KRS 147A.154 to include an approval or denial response by the Department for Local Government to Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program fund applicants and change monthly and annual reports by the Department for Local Government to the Governor, and to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, the House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; require local public universities to assist eligible communities with federal grant applications upon request of local area development districts; amend KRS 147A.156 to include a preliminary evaluation and final decision of applications by the Department for Local Government; amend KRS 147A.158 to provide up to 10 percent of the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program fund to nonprofit organizations and up to 90 percent of the fund to cities or counties; eliminate the use of funds by the Department for Local Government for administration of the program and the required report by the Department for Local Government of detailing expenditures for administration of the program from the fund; amend KRS147A.162 to require the Department for Local Government to identify and certify areas for funding to eligible communities; amend evaluation and scoring criteria of the Department for Local Government for the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation applications; amend KRS 147A.164 to require a monthly report to the Governor, the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, the House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; repeal KRS 147A.160, relating to designation of priority communities; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Delete original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 246 to establish the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024 under the Department of Agriculture; define terms; establish the duties of the Department of Agriculture in the implementation of the program, subject to the approval of the GRANT commission; establish a sunset provision of December 31, 2026; establish requirements for grant applications; establish project evaluation and scoring requirements; create a fund for the program; establish program reporting requirements; establish the GRANT commission; establish membership and meeting provisions; amend KRS 147A.154 and 147A.158 to sunset the existing Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program as established in the Department for Local Government and transfer the moneys in the existing fund to the Department of Agriculture to be used in Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024; amend KRS 12.020 and 246.030 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except add that the federal grants identified by the Delta Regional Authority and the Department for Housing and Urban Development may be eligible for obligation of state funds under the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program of 2024; delete "department" means the Department of Agriculture; add "cabinet" means the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend the application and administration provisions to be the responsibility of the Cabinet for Economic Development and the GRANT Commission to be administratively attached to the Cabinet for Economic Development; EMERGENCY.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 147A.150, 147A.152, 147A.154, 147A.156, 147A.158, 147A.162, 147A.164
Acts Chapter 188: 147A.154, 147A.158
House Committee Substitute 1: 147A.154, 147A.158, 246.030
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 147A.154, 147A.158
Current/Final: 147A.154, 147A.158
Current: 147A.154, 147A.158, 246.030