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AN ACT relating to governmental agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and 1
declaring an emergency. 2
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 3
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 42 IS CREATED TO 4
READ AS FOLLOWS: 5
(1) As used in this section: 6
(a) "Agencies" means the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the 7
Commonwealth Office of Technology, and the Department of Revenue; 8
(b) "Aggregated format" means the smallest possible combination of data to 9
ensure that no specific taxpayer is identified, generally with no more than 10
three (3) taxpayers combined into a single line of data; 11
(c) "Committee" means the: 12
1. Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; or 13
2. a. Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; 14
and 15
b. House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; 16
and 17
(d) "Data" means all tax return data, accounts receivable data, refund data, 18
tax expenditure data, or any other information required to make sound tax 19
policy decisions by the General Assembly as it relates to businesses 20
operating and citizens living in the Commonwealth. 21
(2) The agencies shall cooperatively provide to the committee all data in an 22
aggregated format. 23
(3) A working group containing employees from the agencies and the committee is 24
hereby created to accomplish an efficient and effective delivery of the data 25
required in subsection (2) of this section in an aggregated format which is easily 26
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which meets the needs of the committee. 1
(4) (a) By June 1, 2022, the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet 2
shall submit the names and contact information of staff from the agencies 3
to the committee. 4
(b) The first meeting of the working group shall occur no later than June 30, 5
2022, with monthly meetings to be held thereafter until the delivery 6
timeline, format, and methodology for each type of data has been 7
determined and the first submission of each type of data has been received. 8
Section 2. KRS 132.590 is amended to read as follows: 9
(1) The compensation of the property valuation administrator shall be based on the 10
schedule contained in subsection (2) of this section as modified by subsection (3) of 11
this section. The compensation of the property valuation administrator shall be 12
calculated by the department annually. Should a property valuation administrator for 13
any reason vacate the office in any year during his term of office, he shall be paid 14
only for the calendar days actually served during the year. 15
(2) The salary schedule for property valuation administrators provides for nine (9) 16
levels of salary based upon the population of the county in the prior year as 17
determined by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 18
annual estimates. To implement the salary schedule, the department shall, by 19
November 1 of each year, certify for each county the population group applicable to 20
each county based on the most recent estimates of the United States Department of 21
Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The salary schedule provides four (4) steps for 22
yearly increments within each population group. Property valuation administrators 23
shall be paid according to the first step within their population group for the first 24
year or portion thereof they serve in office. Thereafter, each property valuation 25
administrator, on January 1 of each subsequent year, shall be advanced 26
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for the population group is reached. If the county population as certified by the 1
department increases to a new group level, the property valuation administrator's 2
salary shall be computed from the new group level at the beginning of the next year. 3
A change in group level shall have no affect on the annual change in step. Prior to 4
assuming office, any person who has previously served as a property valuation 5
administrator must certify to the department the total number of years, not to exceed 6
four (4) years, that the person has previously served in the office. The department 7
shall place the person in the proper step based upon a formula of one (1) 8
incremental step per full calendar year of service: 9
SALARY SCHEDULE 10
County Population Steps and Salary 11
by Group for Property Valuation Administrators 12
Group I Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 13
0-4,999 $45,387 $46,762 $48,137 $49,513 14
Group II 15
5,000-9,999 49,513 50,888 52,263 53,639 16
Group III 17
10,000-19,999 53,639 55,014 56,389 57,765 18
Group IV 19
20,000-29,999 55,702 57,765 59,828 61,891 20
Group V 21
30,000-44,999 59,828 61,891 63,954 66,017 22
Group VI 23
45,000-59,999 61,891 64,641 67,392 70,143 24
Group VII 25
60,000-89,999 66,017 68,768 71,518 74,269 26
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90,000-499,999 68,080 71,518 74,957 78,395 1
Group IX 2
500,000 and up 72,206 75,644 79,083 82,521 3
(3) (a) For calendar year 2000, the salary schedule in subsection (2) of this section 4
shall be increased by the amount of increase in the annual consumer price 5
index as published by the United States Department of Commerce for the year 6
ended December 31, 1999. This salary adjustment shall take effect on July 14, 7
2000, and shall not be retroactive to the preceding January 1. 8
(b) For each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2000, upon publication 9
of the annual consumer price index by the United States Department of 10
Commerce, the annual rate of salary for the property valuation administrator 11
shall be determined by applying the increase in the consumer price index to 12
the salary in effect for the previous year. This salary determination shall be 13
retroactive to the preceding January 1. 14
(c) In addition to the step increases based on service in office, each property 15
valuation administrator shall be paid an annual incentive of six hundred 16
eighty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents ($687.67) per calendar year for 17
each forty (40) hour training unit successfully completed based on continuing 18
service in that office and, except as provided in this subsection, completion of 19
at least forty (40) hours of approved training in each subsequent calendar year. 20
If a property valuation administrator fails without good cause, as determined 21
by the commissioner of the department, to obtain the minimum amount of 22
approved training in any year, the officer shall lose all training incentives 23
previously accumulated. No property valuation administrator shall receive 24
more than one (1) training unit per calendar year nor more than four (4) 25
incentive payments per calendar year. Each property valuation administrator 26
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the following calendar year for the purpose of satisfying the minimum amount 1
of training for that year. This amount shall be increased by the consumer price 2
index adjustments prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. 3
Each training unit shall be approved and certified by the department. Each unit 4
shall be available to property valuation administrators in each office based on 5
continuing service in that office. The department shall promulgate 6
administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish 7
guidelines for the approval and certification of training units. 8
(4) Notwithstanding any provision contained in this section, no property valuation 9
administrator holding office on July 14, 2000, shall receive any reduction in salary 10
or reduction in adjustment to salary otherwise allowable by the statutes in force on 11
July 14, 2000. 12
(5) Deputy property valuation administrators and other authorized personnel may be 13
advanced one (1) step in grade upon completion of twelve (12) months' continuous 14
service. The department may make grade classification changes corresponding to 15
any approved for department employees in comparable positions, so long as the 16
changes do not violate the integrity of the classification system. Subject to 17
availability of funds, the department may extend cost-of-living increases approved 18
for department employees to deputy property valuation administrators and other 19
authorized personnel, by advancement in grade. 20
(6) Beginning with the 1990-1992 biennium, the department shall prepare a biennial 21
budget request for the staffing of property valuation administrators' offices. An 22
equitable allocation of employee positions to each property valuation administrator's 23
office in the state shall be made on the basis of comparative assessment work units. 24
Assessment work units shall be determined from the most current objective 25
information available from the United States Bureau of the Census and other similar 26
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assessment work units shall be based on parcel count per employee. The total sum 1
allowed by the state to any property valuation administrator's office as 2
compensation for deputies, other authorized personnel, and for other authorized 3
expenditures shall not exceed the amount fixed by the department. However, each 4
property valuation administrator's office shall be allowed as a minimum such funds 5
that are required to meet the federal minimum wage requirements for two (2) full-6
time deputies. 7
(7) Beginning with the 1990-1992 biennium each property valuation administrator shall 8
submit by June 1 of each year for the following fiscal year to the department a 9
budget request for his office which shall be based upon the number of employee 10
positions allocated to his office under subsection (6) of this section and upon the 11
county and city funds available to his office and show the amount to be expended 12
for deputy and other authorized personnel including employer's share of FICA and 13
state retirement, and other authorized expenses of the office. The department shall 14
return to each property valuation administrator, no later than July 1, an approved 15
budget for the fiscal year. 16
(8) Each property valuation administrator may appoint any persons approved by the 17
department to assist him in the discharge of his duties. Each deputy shall be more 18
than twenty-one (21) years of age and may be removed at the pleasure of the 19
property valuation administrator. The salaries of deputies and other authorized 20
personnel shall be fixed by the property valuation administrator in accordance with 21
the grade classification system established by the department and shall be subject to 22
the approval of the department. The Personnel Cabinet shall provide advice and 23
technical assistance to the department in the revision and updating of the personnel 24
classification system, which shall be equitable in all respects to the personnel 25
classification systems maintained for other state employees. Any deputy property 26
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examined by the department in accordance with standards of the Personnel Cabinet, 1
for the position to which he is being appointed or promoted. No state funds 2
available to any property valuation administrator's office as compensation for 3
deputies and other authorized personnel or for other authorized expenditures shall 4
be paid without authorization of the department prior to the employment by the 5
property valuation administrator of deputies or other authorized personnel or the 6
incurring of other authorized expenditures. 7
(9) Each county fiscal court shall annually appropriate and pay each fiscal year to the 8
office of the property valuation administrator as its cost for use of the assessment, as 9
required by KRS 132.280, an amount determined as follows: 10
Assessment Subject to 11
County Tax of: 12
At Least But Less Than Amount 13
---- $100,000,000 $0.005 for each $100 of the first 14
$50,000,000 and $0.002 for 15
each $100 over $50,000,000. 16
$100,000,000 150,000,000 $0.004 for each $100 of the first 17
$100,000,000 and $0.002 for 18
each $100 over $100,000,000. 19
150,000,000 300,000,000 $0.004 for each $100 of the first 20
$150,000,000 and $0.003 for 21
each $100 over $150,000,000. 22
300,000,000 ---- $0.004 for each $100. 23
(10) The total sum to be paid by the fiscal court to any property valuation administrator's 24
office under the provisions of subsection (9) of this section shall not exceed the 25
limits set forth in the following table: 26
Assessed Value of Property Subject to 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS HB 604/EN
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County Tax of: 1
At Least But Less Than Limit 2
---- $700,000,000 $25,000 3
$700,000,000 1,000,000,000 35,000 4
1,000,000,000 2,000,000,000 50,000 5
2,000,000,000 2,500,000,000 75,000 6
2,500,000,000 5,000,000,000 100,000 7
5,000,000,000 7,500,000,000 175,000 8
7,500,000,000 30,000,000,000 250,000 9
30,000,000,000 ----- 400,000 10
This allowance shall be based on the assessment as of the previous January 1 and 11
shall be used for deputy and other personnel allowance, supplies, maps and 12
equipment, travel allowance for the property valuation administrator and his 13
deputies and other authorized personnel, and other authorized expenses of the 14
office. 15
(11) Annually, after appropriation by the county of funds required of it by subsection (9) 16
of this section, and no later than August 1, the property valuation administrator shall 17
file a claim with the county for that amount of the appropriation specified in his 18
approved budget for compensation of deputies and assistants, including employer's 19
shares of FICA and state retirement, for the fiscal year. The amount so requested 20
shall be paid by the county into the State Treasury by September 1, or paid to the 21
property valuation administrator and be submitted to the State Treasury by 22
September 1. These funds shall be expended by the department only for 23
compensation of approved deputies and assistants and the employer's share of FICA 24
and state retirement in the appropriating county. Any funds paid into the State 25
Treasury in accordance with this provision but unexpended by the close of the fiscal 26
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they were received. 1
(12) After submission to the State Treasury or to the property valuation administrator of 2
the county funds budgeted for personnel compensation under subsection (11) of this 3
section, the fiscal court shall pay the remainder of the county appropriation to the 4
office of the property valuation administrator on a quarterly basis. Four (4) equal 5
payments shall be made on or before September 1, December 1, March 1, and June 6
1 respectively. Any unexpended county funds at the close of each fiscal year shall 7
be retained by the property valuation administrator, except as provided in KRS 8
132.601(2). During county election years the property valuation administrator shall 9
not expend in excess of forty percent (40%) of the allowances available to his office 10
from county funds during the first five (5) months of the fiscal year in which the 11
general election is held. 12
(13) The provisions of this section shall apply to urban-county governments and 13
consolidated local governments. In an urban-county government and a consolidated 14
local government, all the rights and obligations conferred on fiscal courts or 15
consolidated local governments by the provisions of this section shall be exercised 16
by the urban-county government or consolidated local government. 17
(14) When an urban-county form of government is established through merger of 18
existing city and county governments as provided in KRS Chapter 67A or when a 19
consolidated local government is established through merger of existing city and 20
county governments as provided by KRS Chapter 67C, the annual county 21
assessment shall be presumed to have been adopted as if the city had exercised the 22
option to adopt as provided in KRS 132.285. For purposes of this subsection, the 23
amount to be considered as the assessment for purposes of KRS 132.285 shall be 24
the amount subject to taxation for full urban services. 25
(15) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (9) of this section, the amount 26
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valuation administrator for 1996 and subsequent years shall be equal to the amount 1
paid to the office of the property valuation administrator for 1995, or the amount 2
required by the provisions of subsections (9) and (10) of this section, whichever is 3
greater. 4
(16) Notwithstanding this section or any other Kentucky Revised Statute to the 5
contrary, the total compensation for the office of the property valuation 6
administrator in an urban-county government shall be $420,000 per year. 7
SECTION 3. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO 8
READ AS FOLLOWS: 9
(1) The Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research is hereby established at the 10
University of Kentucky to advance the study of the use of cannabis and cannabis 11
derivatives for the treatment of certain medical conditions and diseases as 12
indicated and recommended by the center's advisory board. 13
(2) The role and mission of the center shall be to: 14
(a) Conduct and fund research related to cannabis and cannabis derivatives, 15
including pharmaceutical development and the efficacies of cannabis and 16
cannabis derivatives for the treatment of certain medical conditions and 17
diseases; 18
(b) Conduct and fund research related to the health effects, including the 19
potential risks or side effects, of the use of cannabis and cannabis 20
derivatives; 21
(c) Conduct and fund research related to the efficacy and potential health 22
effects of various cannabis delivery methods, including but not limited to 23
vaporizing, ingestibles, topical applications, and combustion; 24
(d) Review current and future cannabis research literature, clinical studies, 25
and clinical trials; 26
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patient outcomes in states with medicinal cannabis programs; and 1
(f) Examine, to the extent that sufficient data are available, the health effects 2
of the use of combustible cannabis. 3
(3) The university shall: 4
(a) Develop and maintain the center in accordance with its administrative and 5
governing regulations related to the formation of multidisciplinary research 6
centers and institutes; 7
(b) Establish an internal advisory board to oversee the activities, research 8
agenda, and finances of the center. Members of the advisory board shall be 9
appointed by the president of the University of Kentucky and may include: 10
1. The director of the University of Kentucky Center for Cannabis 11
Research; 12
2. The director of the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and 13
Alcohol Research; 14
3. The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food 15
and Environment or his or her designee; 16
4. The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy or his or 17
her designee; 18
5. The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine or his or 19
her designee; 20
6. Physicians who are licensed by the Kentucky Board of Medical 21
Licensure and who are certified by the appropriate board in the 22
following specialties: 23
a. Oncology; 24
b. Pain and addiction medicine; 25
c. Neurology; 26
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e. Ophthalmology; 1
7. Researchers from a college or university that currently conducts 2
cannabis research or that receives funds from the center pursuant to 3
subsection (5) of this section, if any; and 4
8. Any other individual appointed at the discretion of the president of the 5
University of Kentucky; 6
(c) Report to the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and 7
the Legislative Research Commission by September 1 each year for the 8
preceding fiscal year, outlining the center's activities and expenditures; and 9
(d) Ensure that the center complies with subsection (4) of this section. 10
(4) The center shall: 11
(a) Employ a director and necessary staff; 12
(b) Seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public 13
sources to support the role and mission of the center; 14
(c) Conduct clinical research, clinical studies, and clinical trials as approved by 15
appropriate federal agencies; 16
(d) Establish an application for individuals interested in participating in 17
cannabis-related clinical research, clinical studies, or clinical trials and a 18
screening protocol to place interested applicants in appropriate research 19
participant pools; 20
(e) Publicly disseminate the research conducted or funded by the center; 21
(f) Host an annual cannabis research symposium; and 22
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and upon request 23
from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, enter into a 24
memorandum of understanding with the cabinet for data collected by the 25
center or any researcher associated with or funded by the center. 26
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research entity or any Kentucky institution of higher education and any 1
research entity association with such an institution. 2
(b) If the center awards research funds to any other entity, the center shall use 3
an open, competitive grant application process using national best practices. 4
(c) Any entity or institution that receives research funds from the center shall 5
present the results of its research at the center's annual research 6
symposium in the year after the research is concluded and shall, upon 7
request from the center, present an update on any ongoing research at the 8
center's annual research symposium if the research has not concluded. 9
(6) The application developed pursuant to subsection (4)(d) of this section shall be 10
made publicly available on the center's Web site. 11
(7) The university, the center, and any researcher or staff employed by, associated 12
with, or funded by the center or the university shall immediately notify the 13
Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Legislative Research 14
Commission of any imminent or serious public health risk, or potentially 15
imminent or serious public health risk, associated with cannabis identified as 16
part of a research project associated with or approved by the center or the 17
university's internal review board. 18
(8) If at any time the Commonwealth establishes a medicinal cannabis program, the 19
application to receive a medicinal cannabis card shall include a question asking 20
whether the patient is interested in participating in clinical research conducted by 21
the center. If the patient indicates his or her interest in participating in the 22
center's research, the department or state agency responsible for approving 23
medicinal cannabis cards is authorized to share the patient's name, phone 24
number, and address with the center. 25
(9) The appropriation provided by the General Assembly for the Kentucky Center for 26
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and shall only be appropriated once. 1
SECTION 4. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 210 IS CREATED TO 2
READ AS FOLLOWS: 3
(1) As used in this section: 4
(a) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; 5
(b) "CMHC" means a community mental health center; 6
(c) "Fund" means the mobile crisis services fund; and 7
(d) "Mobile unit" means any vehicle which a CMHC uses to travel within its 8
region to provide community services for Kentuckians who experience 9
issues with mental health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, and 10
substance use disorder. 11
(2) (a) The mobile crisis services fund is hereby established within the cabinet to 12
provide loans to CMHCs for: 13
1. Increasing access to mental health services; and 14
2. Providing services to individuals who lack sufficient access to 15
transportation and who are: 16
a. Residing in rural areas; 17
b. Residing in homeless shelters; or 18
c. Disadvantaged mentally, physically, or economically. 19
(b) Any loan issued by the cabinet shall not exceed a five (5) year term and the 20
interest rate shall not exceed one percent (1%). 21
(3) The cabinet shall: 22
(a) Determine the terms and conditions of each loan, including the repayment 23
to be deposited back in the fund for issuance of future loans to other 24
CMHCs; 25
(b) Review and adjudicate applications submitted by CMHCs that apply for a 26
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(c) Monitor the performance of each CMHC in the program; and 1
(d) By December 1, 2022, and by each December 1 thereafter, report to the 2
Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services 3
information about each CMHC in the program, including: 4
1. The name and location of each CMHC that received a loan; 5
2. The amount of principal originally loaned; and 6
3. How each CMHC used the funds. 7
(4) In order to apply for loan, a CMHC shall: 8
(a) Submit an application to the cabinet; 9
(b) Agree to use the funds for the purchase, operation, or establishment of 10
mobile units; and 11
(c) Agree to provide services to individuals who lack sufficient access to 12
transportation and who are: 13
1. Residing in rural areas; 14
2. Residing in homeless shelters; or 15
3. Disadvantaged mentally, physically, or economically. 16
(5) (a) The fund created in subsection (2) of this section shall be a trust and agency 17
account. 18
(b) The fund shall be administered by the cabinet. 19
(c) The fund shall include moneys appropriated by the General Assembly, 20
contributions, donations, gifts, or federal funds. 21
(d) Moneys in the fund shall be used by the cabinet to administer this section. 22
(e) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the fund at the 23
close of the fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the 24
succeeding fiscal year. 25
(f) Interest earned on any moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund. 26
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of providing loans to CMHCs. 1
(6) The appropriation provided by the General Assembly for fiscal years 2022-2023 2
and 2023-2024 for mobile crisis services shall be considered startup funds to 3
support the establishment of additional mobile crisis units and shall only be 4
appropriated once. 5
(7) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services may promulgate administrative 6
regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement this section. 7
Section 5. KRS 262.330 is amended to read as follows: 8
(1) The board may make available or lease, on such terms as it prescribes, to 9
landowners and occupiers within the district, agricultural and engineering 10
machinery and equipment, including heavy or specialized equipment acquired 11
pursuant to Section 6 of this Act, fertilizer, seeds, seedlings and such other material 12
or equipment as will assist the landowners and occupiers to carry on operations 13
upon their lands for the conservation of soil resources and for the prevention and 14
control of soil erosion. 15
(2) As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this chapter to, or the 16
performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of 17
its agencies, the board may require contributions in money, services, materials or 18
otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits, and require landowners and 19
occupiers to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the 20
permanent use of their lands as will tend to prevent or control erosion. 21
Section 6. KRS 262.610 is amended to read as follows: 22
(1) (a) The Soil and Water Conservation Commission as referred to in KRS Chapter 23
146, subject to the supervision of the commissioner of the Department for 24
Natural Resources[for natural resources], to the restrictions provided in 25
Section 5 of this Act and KRS 262.610 to 262.660, and to the requirements of 26
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available, or to assist in acquiring or making available to soil and water 1
conservation districts, heavy or specialized equipment or infrastructure which 2
an individual district cannot itself economically obtain. 3
(b) A district may submit a request to the commission for the acquisition of 4
heavy or specialized equipment jointly with a person residing within the 5
district to whom the district has agreed to lease the equipment in the event 6
that it is acquired or made available. The district and the person shall 7
submit all information with their joint request for heavy or specialized 8
equipment as may be required by the commission in the administrative 9
regulations promulgated under Section 7 of this Act. Any application made 10
by a district, or two (2) or more districts acting jointly pursuant to KRS 11
262.650, to the commission to acquire or make available infrastructure, or 12
to assist in doing so, shall not be made jointly with any person. 13
(2) When the commission acquires or makes available to any district the equipment or 14
infrastructure above referred to, it shall require said district to fully amortize, in the 15
form of rentals or payments, to the Division of Conservation, as referred to in KRS 16
Chapter 146, any amount so expended by the commission for such assistance. The 17
amount and method of amortization for each piece of heavy equipment or 18
infrastructure shall be determined by the commission, subject to approval of the 19
commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources[natural resources]. The 20
amount and method of amortization for each piece of heavy or specialized 21
equipment shall be determined on the basis of the lease or a rental fee to be charged 22
by the district to the lessee or other user of equipment sufficient to: 23
(a) Fully amortize to the division the capital outlay for the machinery itself over 24
the period of its reasonably anticipated full usefulness; 25
(b) Cover the cost of operation, maintenance and repairs; 26
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(d) Compensate the district for the usual costs of transportation from one (1) job 1
to another. 2
(3) In giving effect to all of the foregoing, the commission shall estimate the amount of 3
time such equipment would ordinarily be idle. 4
Section 7. KRS 262.660 is amended to read as follows: 5
(1) The commission, with the approval of the commissioner of the Department for 6
Natural Resources[for natural resources], is hereby authorized to promulgate such 7
other rules and regulations or methods of accounting as may be necessary or 8
expedient to give effect to the purposes expressed in KRS 262.610 to 262.650. 9
(2) On or before January 1, 2023, the commission, with the approval of the 10
commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources, shall promulgate 11
administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A that shall at a 12
minimum set forth: 13
(a) The form and manner in which a person and a district may jointly request 14
the acquisition of heavy or specialized equipment pursuant to subsection 15
(1)(b) of Section 6 of this Act, including but not limited to any financial or 16
other disclosures the commission may require; 17
(b) The terms, conditions, and repayment of loans for heavy or specialized 18
equipment that the commission makes available to districts for lease to 19
persons within those districts; and 20
(c) The terms and conditions for lease agreements between districts and 21
persons for the use of acquired heavy or specialized equipment, including 22
but not limited to permissible uses of the equipment, care and maintenance 23
of the equipment, liability assumptions for property damage or bodily injury 24
caused by the equipment, insurance requirements, availability of the 25
equipment for use by others in the district, and the keeping of public records 26
regarding the use of the equipment. Notwithstanding any provision of this 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS HB 604/EN
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chapter or KRS Chapter 42 or 45A to the contrary, lease agreements shall 1
allow a lessee to use acquired heavy or specialized equipment outside of his 2
or her district with prior approval of the board for the leasing district. 3
Section 8. The Commonwealth West Healthcare Workforce Innovation Center 4
shall be established to provide accessible, healthcare-specific educational pathways in the 5
western region of the state for postsecondary, high school, and nontraditional students to 6
address decreased student enrollment in healthcare-related fields, resulting in expanding 7
the pipeline of qualified healthcare workers and reducing the shortage of qualified 8
medical staff across the Commonwealth. 9
Section 9. The center shall be a health education, innovation, and simulation 10
facility located in Owensboro that offers a combination of instruction and hands-on 11
experiential learning opportunities to students pursuing nursing and allied health 12
credentials. The center shall be operated and maintained through a collaborative 13
partnership between public and private organizations, including but not limited to Brescia 14
University, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Henderson Community 15
and Technical College, Hopkinsville Community and Technical College, Kentucky 16
Wesleyan College, Madisonville Community and Technical College, Owensboro 17
Community and Technical College, Western Kentucky University, Western Kentucky 18
University-Owensboro, University of Louisville School of Nursing-Owensboro, and 19
Owensboro Health, Inc. 20
Section 10. The center shall provide in-person and virtual didactic instruction 21
and hands-on, experiential learning opportunities while offering career paths to address 22
immediate workforce needs, including but not limited to nursing, nursing assistant, 23
medical office assistant, radiology science, long-term care, social work, clinical 24
psychology, behavioral health, laboratory services, paramedic, and community healthcare 25
workers. 26
Section 11. The General Assembly shall provide funds for the initial start-up 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS HB 604/EN
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and operating costs of the center, including but not limited to faculty, personnel, facility, 1
equipment, and furnishings in the form of a grant to be administered by the Kentucky 2
Community and Technical College System and distributed to the collaborating partners 3
and organizations in accordance with the agreements established for the center. 4
Section 12. By January 1, 2023, and by November 1, 2024, the Kentucky 5
Community and Technical College System shall provide a report to the Legislative 6
Research Commission on the status of the center, including but not limited to operations, 7
enrollment, expenditures, funding, and partnerships. 8
Section 13. There is hereby appropriated Federal Funds from the State Fiscal 9
Recovery Fund from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $1,500,000 10
in fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 to the Learning and Results Services budget unit 11
to enrich science curriculums using Plasma Games’ STEM and Chemistry education tool. 12
Section 14. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of 13
$150,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Department for Local Government to allocate to 14
the Rough River Business & Tourism Association to provide accessibility to the marina 15
and demolition of the abandoned intake structure. 16
Section 15. There is hereby appropriated Federal Funds from the State Fiscal 17
Recovery Fund from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $5,000,000 18
in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Kentucky Center for the Arts for emergency repairs, 19
maintenance, and operations. 20
Section 16. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of 21
$4,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the School Facilities Construction Commission as 22
special offers of assistance for Rockcastle County Schools to use in the construction of a 23
Rockcastle County middle school. 24
Section 17. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of 25
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and 26
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the Justice Administration budget unit to support 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS HB 604/EN
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Operation UNITE. 1
Section 18. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys in the amount of 2
$105,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2022-2024 biennium to the Kentucky Public 3
Pensions Authority to be applied to the unfunded pension liability of the Kentucky 4
Employees Retirement System Nonhazardous pension fund. 5
Section 19. There is hereby appropriated General Fund moneys from the 6
General Fund Surplus Account (KRS 48.700) or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund account 7
(KRS 48.705) in the amount of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the University of 8
Kentucky for the creation and operation of the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research, 9
including expenses related to conducting clinical research and participant recruitment. 10
The appropriation shall be considered startup funds for the Kentucky Center for Cannabis 11
Research and shall only be appropriated once. The appropriation shall be reduced by any 12
gifts, donations, endowments, or other contributions, not including grants or other funds 13
designated for the purpose of conducting research, received by the University of 14
Kentucky for the purpose of creating or operating the center. Appropriations to the 15
Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research in this Act shall be considered a mandated 16
program and shall be excluded from the public postsecondary comprehensive funding 17
model. 18
Section 20. The University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Center for Cannabis 19
Research shall, within 120 days after the effective date of this Act, prepare and submit an 20
application to the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, pursuant to 21 C.F.R. pt. 1318, for 21
registration as a marijuana grower. 22
Section 21. 2022 Regular Session HB 1/VO is amended as follows: 23
On page 13, delete lines 23 and 24 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 24
"(z) $4,250,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Manchester/Clay County Tourism 25
Commission, Elk Hill Regional Industrial Authority, and Volunteers of America for land 26
acquisition, renovations, upgrades, and Elk Hill Spec Building and Housing;"; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS HB 604/EN
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On page 54, delete lines 14 through 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 1
"(3) Health Insurance: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is 2
$776,548,700 in fiscal year 2022-2023 and $849,223,600 in fiscal year 2023-2024 for 3
employer contributions for health insurance and the contribution to the health 4
reimbursement account for employees waiving coverage. Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, 5
the unexpended General Fund balance for health insurance and the contribution to the 6
health retirement account for employees waiving coverage for fiscal year 2021-2022 and 7
fiscal year 2022-2023 shall be transferred to the Kentucky Employees Health Plan trust 8
fund."; 9
On page 78, delete lines 20 through 25 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 10
"(8) Basic Health Program Information Technology System: Included in the 11
above appropriation is $3,500,000 in General Fund and $3,500,000 in Federal Funds in 12
fiscal year 2022-2023 and $1,000,000 in General Fund and $1,000,000 in Federal Funds 13
in fiscal year 2023-2024 to support enhancements to the Medicaid Management 14
Information System (MMIS) for implementation of a Basic Health Program to provide a 15
bridge health insurance plan for eligible recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of law 16
to the contrary, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall not exercise the state's 17
option to develop a basic health program as permitted under 42 U.S.C. sec. 18051 18
without first obtaining specific authorization from the General Assembly to do so."; 19
On page 102, delete lines 13 through 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 20
"(9) Volunteers of America - Freedom House: Included in the above General 21
Fund appropriation is $4,000,000 in each fiscal year to support the Freedom House 22
administered by Volunteers of America. Included in the above General Fund 23
appropriation is $250,000 in each fiscal year to support the Lincoln County Family 24
Recovery Court to assist families involved with the child welfare system. Included in the 25
above General Fund appropriation is an additional one-time allocation of $100,000 in 26
each fiscal year for education, outreach, and services related to restorative practices."; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS HB 604/EN
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On page 139, delete lines 8 through 11 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 1
"(c) A nonprofit that has not already received direct financial assistance, excluding 2
loans, through the federal CARES Act (Pub. L. No. 116-136), the Consolidated 3
Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), or any subsequent federal relief package enacted 4
prior to the nonprofit’s grant application being considered shall be given preference."; 5
On page 147, delete lines 24 through 26 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 6
"(1) Debt Service: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is $721,000 7
in fiscal year 2022-2023 and $7,926,500 in fiscal year 2023-2024 for new debt service to 8
support new bonds as set forth in Part II, Capital Projects Budget, of this Act."; 9
On page 148, delete lines 21 through 23 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 10
"(3) Independent Land-Use Survey: Included in the above General Fund 11
appropriation is $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022 to support an independent land-use 12
survey on all State Fair Board properties."; 13
On page 214, delete lines 21 through 23 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 14
"4. STATE FAIR BOARD 15
001. State Fair Board Property Improvements 16
Bond Funds -0- 180,000,000 17
002. Maintenance Pool 2022-2024 18
Bond Funds 20,000,000 -0-"; and 19
Adjust subtotals and totals accordingly. 20
Section 22. Whereas the operations of governmental agencies are imperative for 21
the betterment of the Commonwealth, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Act 22
takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise 23
becoming a law. 24