KY HB627 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-21 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 21 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-21 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin District or Circuit Court; provide that the Board of Claims does not have jurisdiction over an adjacent landowner's claim for damages.
Title
AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-21 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-02-21 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb627.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb627/orig_bill.pdf |
