Kentucky House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 10 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-14 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky Mountain Trail Authority (KMTA) as an independent, de jure municipal corporation attached to the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet for administrative purposes only; authorize the KMTA to establish the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Area for tourism and outdoor recreation opportunities for residents and visitors; establish the process by which counties participate in the authority and appoint representatives to serve on the board; authorize board meetings and establish duties; authorize the board to adopt bylaws for governance; outline methods for appointing an executive director and hiring additional staff; establish that all personnel and operational costs of the corporation shall be paid from funds accruing to the corporation, through fees, grants, or other self-funding mechanisms; enable the authority to procure insurance, execute contracts, accept grants and loans, maintain an office, assess fees for trails, parking, and other trail-related recreational purposes, and to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Area; authorize the board to hire trail rangers; establish procedures for the authority to issue revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds; ensure that participating landowners are not liable for willful negligence or similar damages; establish a framework for adopting administrative regulations for a penalty schedule for violations of trail laws and rules.

AN ACT relating to outdoor recreation and tourism development and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Keith Hall [D]

Rep. Fitz Steele [D]

Rep. Jill York [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-14		to State & Local Government (S)
2011-02-10		received in Senate
2011-02-09		3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute
2011-02-07		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 9, 2011
2011-02-04		2nd reading, to Rules
2011-02-03		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
2011-02-03		posting waived
2011-01-04		to Tourism Development & Energy (H)
2011-01-04		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB130.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB130/bill.doc