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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) and (8), from the appropriation set 4
out in 2022 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 6, there is hereby appropriated 5
Restricted Funds from the East Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (EKSAFE) 6
fund established in KRS 39A.303 in the amount of $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 7
to the Breathitt County school district for strained fiscal liquidity related to the impact of 8
the Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster, designated FEMA-4663-DR. 9
Section 2. Notwithstanding KRS 39A.305(8) and (9), there is hereby 10
appropriated Restricted Funds from the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for 11
Emergencies (WKSAFE) fund established in KRS 39A.305 in the amount of $54,331,000 12
in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Department for Local Government for strained fiscal 13
liquidity in: 14
(1) The City of Mayfield, in the amount of $48,231,000 for the electric and water 15
systems, fire station #1, police station, and city hall; and 16
(2) Graves County, in the amount of $6,100,000 for the administrative building. 17
Section 3. If a recipient of moneys from the EKSAFE or WKSAFE fund under 18
Section 1 or 2 of this Act subsequently receives moneys from any other source, the 19
recipient shall reimburse the Commonwealth for the amount of the moneys received from 20
the EKSAFE or WKSAFE fund. All moneys reimbursed to the Commonwealth shall be 21
deposited into the Budget Reserve Trust Fund account established in KRS 48.705 within 22
30 days. The moneys appropriated in Sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall not lapse and shall 23
carry forward until June 30, 2026. If the moneys are not encumbered by June 30, 2026, 24
the moneys shall be returned to the Commonwealth and shall be deposited into the 25
Budget Reserve Trust Fund account established in KRS 48.705 within 30 days. 26
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and tornadoes and the July 2022 storms and flooding in Kentucky is of utmost 1
importance to the citizens within those devasted areas, an emergency is declared to exist, 2
and this Act takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its 3
otherwise becoming a law. 4