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AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the 1
Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 2
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 3
Section 1. The Legislative Branch Budget is as follows: 4
PART I 5
OPERATING BUDGET 6
Funds Appropriations: Funds are appropriated to the Legislative Research 7
Commission for the Legislative Branch of government out of the General Fund and 8
Restricted Funds accounts for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 9
2022, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, and for the 10
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, in the following discrete 11
sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Each appropriation is made by the source 12
of respective fund or funds accounts to be used for the purposes of the Legislative Branch 13
of government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 14
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 15
1. General Assembly 16
General Fund 427,100 21,391,400 22,822,000 17
Restricted Funds -0- 75,000 175,000 18
TOTAL 427,100 21,466,400 22,997,000 19
(1) Legislators Compensation: Notwithstanding KRS 6.190 and 6.213, the daily 20
compensation provided by KRS 6.190 and the interim expense allowance provided by 21
KRS 6.213 for members of the General Assembly shall remain at the January 1, 2022, 22
level. 23
(2) Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission: Included in the above General 24
Fund appropriation is $571,600 in each fiscal year of the 2022-2024 fiscal biennium for 25
the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. Included in the above Restricted Funds 26
appropriation is $75,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS BR 1177
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for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. 1
(3) Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center: Notwithstanding KRS 2
7B.010 to 7B.090, operation of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center and its 3
governing board shall continue to be suspended effective July 1, 2022, and shall remain 4
suspended for the 2022-2024 fiscal biennium or until funding is restored. No funds are 5
appropriated for the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center for fiscal year 2022-6
2023 and fiscal year 2023-2024. 7
(4) Pension Benefit Increase: Notwithstanding KRS 6.521(3), no pension 8
benefit increase shall be granted to recipients of a retirement allowance under KRS 6.500 9
to 6.577 on July 1, 2022. 10
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 11
2. Legislative Research Commission 12
General Fund 1,794,800 60,652,500 61,817,800 13
(1) Permanent Full-time Employees: The total number of permanent full-time 14
employees hired by the Legislative Research Commission with the above appropriation, 15
and not assigned specifically to the House and Senate members of the Legislative 16
Research Commission, shall not exceed 232 in fiscal year 2022-2023 and 232 in fiscal 17
year 2023-2024. In addition to this number, the total number of permanent full-time 18
employees assigned specifically to the House members of the Legislative Research 19
Commission shall not exceed 19 and the permanent full-time employees assigned 20
specifically to the Senate members of the Legislative Research Commission shall not 21
exceed 10. 22
(2) Legislative Record: Notwithstanding KRS 7.105, distribution of the final 23
issue of the Legislative Record and the interim Legislative Record shall be suspended 24
effective July 1, 2022. 25
TOTAL - OPERATING BUDGET 26
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS BR 1177
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General Fund 2,221,900 82,043,900 84,639,800 1
Restricted Funds -0- 75,000 175,000 2
TOTAL 2,221,900 82,118,900 84,814,800 3
Unexpended Balance: Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any unexpended balance 4
remaining at the close of fiscal year 2021-2022 shall not lapse but shall continue into 5
fiscal year 2022-2023, and any unexpended balance in any succeeding fiscal year shall 6
not lapse but shall continue into the following fiscal year. 7
TOTAL - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH BUDGET 8
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 9
General Fund 2,221,900 82,043,900 84,639,800 10
Restricted Funds -0- 75,000 175,000 11
TOTAL 2,221,900 82,118,900 84,814,800 12
PART II 13
GENERAL PROVISIONS 14
1. Expenditure Authority: The Director of the Legislative Research 15
Commission, under the supervision of the Legislative Research Commission, may expend 16
any of the funds appropriated for legislative operation and administration in any lawful 17
manner and for any legal purpose consistent with the policies and practices of the 18
Commission. No executive agency or statute governing the executive agencies of state 19
government shall have the power to restrict or limit the actions of, or the expenditure of 20
funds appropriated to, the Legislative Research Commission for the Legislative Branch of 21
government. 22
2. Capitol and Capitol Annex Capital Construction Expenditures: Any 23
expenditure authorized by the Director of the Legislative Research Commission, under 24
the supervision of the Legislative Research Commission, relating to implementation of 25
KRS 56.463(4)(b), or relating to the Capitol Building, and funded by previous or current 26
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government shall not be governed by KRS 7A.010, 7A.120, 45.750 to 45.810, 1
48.010(16), 48.020, and 48.110. 2
3. Severability of Budget Provisions: Appropriation items and sums in this Act 3
conform to KRS 48.311. If any section, any subsection, or any provision thereof shall be 4
invalid or unconstitutional, the decision of the courts shall not affect or impair any of the 5
remaining sections, subsections, or provisions. 6
4. Duplicate Appropriation: Any appropriation item and sum in this Act and in 7
an appropriation provision in another Act of the 2022 Regular Session of the General 8
Assembly which constitutes a duplicate appropriation shall be governed by KRS 48.312. 9
5. Priority of Individual Appropriations: KRS 48.313 shall control when a 10
total or subtotal figure in this Act conflicts with the sum of the appropriations of which it 11
consists. 12
6. Appropriations Revisions: Notwithstanding KRS 48.630(10), no revisions 13
for unbudgeted Restricted Funds appropriations for expenditure shall be allotted or 14
expended that have not been appropriated in any enacted branch budget bill or without 15
the express authority of the General Assembly. 16
7. Allowance in Lieu of Stationery: Notwithstanding KRS 6.220, in lieu of 17
stationery, there shall be allowed to each member of the House of Representatives the 18
sum of $250 and to each member of the Senate the sum of $500. This allowance shall be 19
paid out of the State Treasury at the beginning of each legislative session. 20
8. Salary Adjustments: In each fiscal year, employees of the Legislative 21
Research Commission shall receive a salary adjustment in accordance with the salary 22
adjustment provided to state employees in the state/executive branch budget. 23
9. Administrative Expenses: Pursuant to KRS 21.540, administrative expenses 24
shall be paid out of an administrative account which shall be funded by transfers of the 25
necessary moneys, in appropriate ratio, from the funds provided for in KRS 21.550 and 26
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10. Employee Layoffs, Furloughs, and Reduced Hours: Notwithstanding any 1
statute to the contrary, the following process and procedure is established for July 1, 2
2022, through June 30, 2024, in the event that the Legislative Research Commission 3
(LRC) determines that it is desirable for the Director of the LRC to layoff, furlough, or 4
reduce hours of employees: 5
(1) For the purposes of this section: 6
(a) "Appointing authority" means the Director of the LRC, in his or her capacity 7
as provided in KRS 7.090, or any agent whom he or she has delegated to act on his or her 8
behalf with respect to employee appointments, position establishments, payroll 9
documents, reemployment requests, waiver requests, requests for certification, or other 10
position actions for the LRC; 11
(b) "Furlough" or "reduction in hours" means the temporary reduction of hours an 12
employee is scheduled to work by the appointing authority within a pay period; 13
(c) "Layoff" means discharge of employment subject to the rights contained in 14
this section; and 15
(d) "Employees" includes all persons employed by the LRC; 16
(2) Upon an order by the LRC, the appointing authority has the authority to layoff 17
or furlough employees or reduce hours of employment for any of the following reasons: 18
(a) Lack of funds or budgetary constraints; 19
(b) A reduction in the agency’s spending authorization; 20
(c) Lack of work; 21
(d) Abolishment of a position; or 22
(e) Other material change in duties or organization; 23
(3) The appointing authority shall determine the job classifications affected and 24
the number of employees laid-off in each classification to which a layoff applies. In the 25
same department or office and job classification, interim and probationary employees 26
shall be laid-off before any full-time or part-time employees are laid-off. For purposes of 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS BR 1177
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layoff, "probationary employee" does not include an employee serving a promotional 1
probation; 2
(4) The Director of the LRC shall approve and implement all actions taken under 3
subsection (2) of this section and no such layoff, furlough, or reduction of hours may 4
begin until such approval has been granted. The Director of the LRC has the authority to 5
determine the extent, effective dates, and length of any action taken under subsection (2) 6
of this section; 7
(5) In determining the employees to be laid-off, the appointing authority shall 8
consider all employees under the same appointing authority and within the job 9
classification affected. Consideration shall be given to the following relevant factors: 10
(a) Job performance evaluations; 11
(b) Seniority; 12
(c) Education, training, and experience; and 13
(d) Disciplinary record; 14
(6) Any employee whose position is subject to layoff, furlough, or reduction of 15
hours shall be provided written notice containing the reason for the action as set forth in 16
subsection (2) of this section at least 15 days in advance of the effective date of the 17
action; 18
(7) Any employee who is laid-off shall be eligible to apply as a reemployment 19
applicant for positions with the same job classification in the LRC. For a period of two 20
years, a reemployment applicant shall be hired before any applicant except another 21
reemployment applicant with greater seniority who is on the same reemployment list. 22
When a reemployment applicant is removed from a reemployment list, he or she shall be 23
notified in writing. A reemployment applicant who accepts another LRC position, or who 24
retires, shall cease to have eligibility rights as a reemployment applicant; 25
(8) The appointing authority may place employees subject to a reduction in force; 26
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of eligibility for any benefit otherwise due the employee; 1
(10) The appointing authority shall have the authority to promulgate 2
comprehensive administrative regulations governing this section; and 3
(11) A layoff, furlough, or reduction of hours implemented in accordance with this 4
section shall not be considered a penalization of the employee. 5
PART III 6
BUDGET REDUCTION OR SURPLUS EXPENDITURE PLAN 7
The Legislative Branch shall participate in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus 8
Expenditure Plan in accordance with KRS Chapter 48, except that obligations essential to 9
the constitutional duties of the Legislative Branch shall be exempt from any Budget 10
Reduction Plan. The level of participation in a Budget Reduction Plan shall be at the 11
discretion of the Director and shall not exceed the actual percentage of revenue shortfall. 12