Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 103.200 to include multifamily housing developments of 48 units or more in the definition of "building" for sections related to industrial revenue bonds; and amend KRS 100.347 to limit who can appeal a final action concerning planning and zoning to owners of real property contiguous to a property whose status would be changed as a result of the final action.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except delete the section that amended KRS 100.347 to limit who can appeal a final action concerning planning and zoning to owners of real property contiguous to a property status that would be changed as a result of the final action.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to define terms; establish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly to review, analyze, study, evaluate, provide legislative oversight, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding any aspect of the Kentucky Medicaid program; establish board membership, authority, and duties; amend KRS 7A.010, 7A.140, 7A.150, and 7A.180 to conform; create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to allow for the creation of a local appeals board to hear appeals from final orders of fire chiefs and state fire marshals; establish membership, procedures, and jurisdiction when no local appeals board is established; provide for appeal to Circuit Court of jurisdiction; amend KRS 227.200 to define terms; amend KRS 227.335, 227.380, and 227.390 to conform; amend KRS 43.010 to define "deputy auditor" and "ombudsman"; amend KRS 43.030 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.035 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide information on contacting the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman at all Department for Community Based Services offices; require ombudsman to maintain confidentiality; authorize the ombudsman to promulgate administrative regulations; establish that expenses incurred by ombudsman shall be charged to the entity that is the subject of the ombudsman's work; amend KRS 43.040 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.080 to make technical correction; require all state agencies to provide the Auditor of Public Accounts with access software; amend KRS 43.090 to establish ombudsman's reporting and recommendation requirements, require the Auditor to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 43.990 to make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS Chapter 43 to establish the organizational structure of the Auditor's office; require employees and contract staff of the Auditor to submit to state and federal criminal background checks; permit the Auditor to enroll employees and contract staff in the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the cabinet to provide contact information of the ombudsman on its website; require the cabinet to provide the ombudsman with read-only access to group email inboxes; amend KRS 620.050 to authorize the ombudsman to receive reports of suspected child abuse, neglect, or dependency from the cabinet; permit disclosure of files, reports, and other documents used by a children's advocacy center to the ombudsman; permit the ombudsman to report de-identified data otherwise required to be made confidential; require the cabinet to transfer control of a specific phone number to the ombudsman and to bear all costs associated with the transfer; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require that the Governor maintains an office for the receipt of bills that is open during certain times and within certain locations; provide alternative delivery methods if the Governor does not maintain that office; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to establish the Court of Justice reserve account in the State Treasury; require certain Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2024-2025 to be transferred to the Court of Justice Reserve Account; appropriate $3,200,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 from the Court of Justice Reserve Account; amend KRS 45.812 to require an agency, corporation, or school district that is authorized to issue a general obligation bond by an appropriation of the General Assembly, or by or on behalf of any Kentucky school district, to report the costs associated with the issuance of the bond to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1 and the State/Executive Branch biennial budget and capital projects to revise and provide funding for various programs and projects and establish conditions for state government agencies, institutions, and programs receiving funding; appropriate $750,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Auditor of Public Accounts budget unit for the purpose of conducting a special audit of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and the Kentucky Wired Network; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- J. Petrie

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- J. Petrie

Summary Require members of the Senate appointed to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board to serve a term of two years.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- J. Petrie

Summary Amend to establish that the Department for Local Government distribute funding to the Center for Rural Development and to correct the minimum investment for economic development growth projects from $2,000,000 to $2,000,000,000.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- J. Petrie

Summary Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each department and program cabinet identified in KRS 12.020 to provide a semiannual report on improved government efficiency to the Legislative Research Commission; establish requirements for the report.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 103.200, 100.347
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 103.200
House Committee Substitute 1: 103.200, 7A.010, 7A.140, 7A.150, 7A.180, 227.200, 227.335, 227.380, 227.390, 43.010, 43.030, 43.035, 43.040, 43.080, 43.090, 43.990, 209.140, 620.050, 45.812
Current: 103.200