Kentucky 2024 2024 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB752 Engrossed / Bill

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AN ACT relating to disaster recovery, 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.   Notwithstanding KRS 39A.303(6), from the appropriation set out in 4 
2022 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 6, there is hereby appropriated Restricted 5 
Funds from the East Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (EKSAFE) fund 6 
established in KRS 39A.303 in the amount of $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the 7 
School Facilities Construction Commission to rehabilitate the Breathitt Area Technology 8 
Center. 9 
Section 2. Notwithstanding KRS 39A.305(9), there is hereby appropriated 10 
Restricted Funds from the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies 11 
(WKSAFE) fund established in KRS 39A.305 in the amount of $31,600,000 in fiscal year 12 
2024-2025 to the Department for Local Government for the following uses: 13 
(1) $25,500,000 for the city of Mayfield's fire station #1, police station, and city 14 
hall; and 15 
(2) $6,100,000 for the Graves County administrative building. 16 
Section 3.   If a recipient of moneys from the EKSAFE or WKSAFE fund under 17 
Section 1 or 2 of this Act subsequently receives moneys from any other source, the 18 
recipient shall reimburse the Commonwealth for the amount of the moneys received from 19 
the EKSAFE or WKSAFE fund. All moneys reimbursed to the Commonwealth shall be 20 
deposited into the Budget Reserve Trust Fund account established in KRS 48.705 within 21 
30 days. The moneys appropriated in Sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall not lapse and shall 22 
carry forward until June 30, 2026. If the moneys are not encumbered by June 30, 2026, 23 
the moneys shall be returned to the Commonwealth and shall be deposited into the 24 
Budget Reserve Trust Fund account established in KRS 48.705 within 30 days. 25 
Section 4.   Whereas the continuing recovery from the December 2021 storms 26 
and tornadoes and the July 2022 storms and flooding in Kentucky is of utmost 27  UNOFFICIAL COPY  	24 RS HB 752/GA 
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importance to the citizens within those devasted areas, an emergency is declared to exist, 1 
and this Act takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its 2 
otherwise becoming a law. 3